Catoctin clarion., 1890-08-14
No. | 7

'l.le STILL dearest, ne saltt more gen-
tly han he had spoke for many months.
Gretchen take this note TO Doctor
Davis, and call us yon come back and
ask Mrs. Hall if she will run in for
few moments.
Doctor Davis came, gray haired man
who had read many of this worlds les
sons Alright.
'Qverwork. my dear sir. System
completely run down. l have noticed
it. NJ help but that raw Swede girl
willing enough but not capable, sir.
Men don't know the valuc of a good wife
until they lose them, said the old
man, bluntIy.
You don't think--she-my---wife
-Nellie lie-will die p cried tho startled
lawyer
Perhaps not--hope not. But she is
worked out, and the worst Of it Is she
will Carry her worry and trouble with
her through her deliruln. What's this
about partnership, Huntington | have
heard you define marriage often enough.
How have you used this partner of
yours? llave you shared tie profits hon.
estly? Ill like to have YOU compare ac.
counts you will haye time enough be-
fore your wife gets up again. / suppose
she has mother Send for her at once.
Yes, yes, III bc round in the morn
lug, but more depends upon loving care
than upon me mind I said loving care,
Good night, sir
In the weary time OF anxious waiting,
Huntington learned meaning Of his
favoritc creed. In her lclirlum Nellie
told him many things which she would
never have mentioned in her rational
moments.
At last there came a day when the
little cottage was as silent as death
when the dread angel lowered, on the
threshold, then passed merclfully by;
when human flower bloomed but to
perish, and tiny life went out with its
first glimpse of earth.
Yes she will liye, said good DR.. Da.
Wis, snspiciously, wiping his glasses.
You have learned your lesson easier
than many men 10, Huntington, for
you will have your wife again, If you
love her, cherish her, man-lnake her
happy. She is your partner in life.
Size has common sense, | suppose? Well,
then, allow her share Of the profits.
Meyer let her be ashamed Of her hus.
bands manners. am a blunt old man,
but | mean we'll. I have seen much Of
this onesidcd partnership business
among married people. Your wife has
as much right to her share Of Your in.
come as you have. I hope you're not
offended, but I'm glad l had the cour-
age to give you something to think
about. Keep up the loving care, Hunt.
ington, and your wife will be around in
a month.
That month was one Of pleasure and
sorrow to the repentant husband, but
he had resolved upon a new course of
action, and as they sat at the table on
New Years Eye, he SAID tenderly.
1T was kind Of mother to leaye us to
begin the new year together, Nellie; it
shall be the beginning OF a new life for
us. Henceforth my partner is an
equal with myself. The household IS
your branch of the business. | will see
that you have sufficient funds to coYer
all expenses in creditable way. My
wife shall never again feel ashamed be-
cause Of my stlnslness.
'Ineyer was that Nellie protested,
loyalty,
Perhaps you were not sensible of it,
but the feeling was there just the same,
replied her husband firmly. 1T shall
never happen again. Tomorrow the
finn Of Huntington and wife begins
anew, and on Il different basis. | will
cherish my family hereafter.
And happy years have proved the
truth Of his VOW