The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-09-11


Hundreds Of other young married
couples have made the same discovery,
and. although 1t surprised and shocked
them, they havo been too wise to allow
1t to wreck the happiness Of their mar
r ried lives.
Mr.. and MRS. Browne we're thus wise.
They wasted no time in undignified and
Improbable wrangling over their DIFF
ferencss Of opinion, but neither of them
yielded one jot or little to the other.
They simply kept silent on all topics
on which they should disagree.
Happily also, for them, their differ
ences Of opinion were in regard to the
minor things Of life, and, although it Is
the ttlittle foxes that destroy the
vines" their little differences did not
destroy their worldly happiness, each
of them being blessed with abundant
good nature in spite of the firmness of
opinion that made them decline to yield
ono to the other. =-=z.s-
Mrs. Gibson Browne was q High
Church Episcopafian, while Mr.. Gibson
Browne was inclined toward Unitarian
ism, but Mrs. Browne did not become a
u II
faith and become an Episcopalian- and
yet they were happy as married folks
go.
Mrs. Browne was decidedly opposed
to all operas in which there was bal
let; while Mr.. Browne was fond Of a
ballet purely because OF the artistic eff
fect-it gave to operate scenes, .and-he
went to the opera whenever he felt like
doing so, and did not annoy his wife by
telling her any thing about it.
And when Mrs. Gibson wished to do
any thing she felt it was perfectly prop
err for her to- even though Gibson did
not approve of it, she simply and quiet
-ly did it, and Gibson was none the wiser.
There we're times when Mr.. and Mrs.
Gibson Browne exemplified the old adj
age, silence is golden"
morning, at the breakfast table,
Mr.. Browne said:
my dear, don't forget that the Van
Horns give their party tomorrow
night. -
81 remember it." replied Mrs. Browne
without lifting her eyes from her plate.
''Wbat dress shall you wear?'
am hoo BoihB, ioPiiou MIS-
Browne, calmly.
mot going9n Mr. Browne dropped
his knife and fork in surprise.
mo. l am not"
why not?'
II have my reasons, Gibson. Rest as
sured that they are good ones. And I'd
rather you didn't go either"
''But L think I shall go, my dear.
"Pd rather you wouldn't
"I don't see why j shouldn't go.
'Let the fact that l. don't wish you to
suffice for this once"
For the first time in their married
lives, Mr.. and Mrs Browne engaged in
heated discussion. Mrs. Browne. firm
ly refused to give her reason for re-
naming at home, and as firmly insisted
on Mr.. Browne remaining with her.
There was, in fact,,a good deal of firm
ness on both sides.
l. Mrs. Browne did not resort to tears;
she never did; Mr.. Browne did not rage
and fame and use tungentlemanly Ian
guage; he never debut their voices
3 grew harder and colder every moment,
and as they rose from the table, Mrs,
Browne said, decidedly:
lyon shall not go, Mr.. Browne" to
which Mr.. Browne replied, with equal
decision:
"Indeed, shall go, Mrs. Browne"
he went down town in a more I'M
comfortable frame Of mind than he had
ever experienced as married man.
Never be fore had nc seen such look oil
firmness on his wife's face. and he knew
by this time that Mrs. Browne was a