Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-03
HATES HUSBAND.

Kate had been Carl Harland's wife
ave years. They had known each
other but few months before they
we're married. Carl was a prosperous
merchant in a thriving western town
and there seemed to be no reason for
postponing the day when they should
become che, so they were married and
Kate bade adieu TO parents and friends
70 60 to the house that her husband
had prepared for her in the far coun-
wy.
In the second year OF their married
Hfe a boy was born to them; a golden
hired, brown-eyed fellow. the image
OF his father, and two years later came
girl with the tender blue eyes and
sweet face of her mother. Carl Har-
land ard his wife, were supremely
Happy IN the possession of their home
and their children. Their love for
each other increased with the years
and they seemed destined to pass
through life under a cloudless sky.
One night during a great storm. the
water came down from the mountains
and swept through the valley destroy
Ing many thousands OF dollars worth
OF property. Carl Harland's place Of
business was wrecked The property
WAS not insured against damage by
water and Carl awoke one morning to
and himself penniless.
This misfortune had a marked effect
upon Hates husband. He lost his
cheer fulness. He became irritable
and critical in his manner towards his
wife who tried to be brave and en-
courage her husband by word and deed
70 renew his efforts to rebuild the
lessly robbed. The indifference with
which her efforts in this direction
we're received had at last deadened
the ambition in Kate heart, and she
had begun to enfold herself in the
skirts of the gloomy mantle that her
husband had wrapped about himself
Jhe grew Respondent and peevish,
irritable and careless, and the last
year of the married life of Carl Har-
land and his wife had been marked
by many unpleasant scenes in which
harsh words very frequently prevailed
1t was late in the afternoon when
Carl came home, and he found Kate
lying upon the sofa suffering with a
severe headache.
"More worry he thought rs he sat
down to a cold lunch alone, well. ]
think after all, that if she is bound
to worry, the best thing is to refrain
from showing her sympathy. If she
thinks she is treating me and the
children right by acting in this man
uer l think shall let her get all the
satisfaction that she possibly can out
OF her headaches.
Carl passed the evening in silence
he gave some attention to his children,
but he was indifferent to his wife. The
next morning her head was no better
and she was so weak as to be unable
10 leave her bed.
Carl did not think that she was
as i'll as she said she was, but he en-
oouraged her 'whimn and insisted
upon her remaining in bed II have
no work to-day, he thought and
this will be a splendid opportunity for
me to show Kate how easily the house
work can be done, If a person goes
about it calmly and takes some inter-
est ia it.
He was kind to Kate that morning,
for he wanted hia every act to impress
her. He dressed the children and set
about preparing Breakfast. While he
was arranging the dishes on the table,
Grace the youngest child crept up to
the coal hod and tipped it over on her.
self. The coal dust filed her mouth
and eyes, and soiled her clothes.
Carl glad of an opportunity to show
his wife how calm he could be under
trying circumstances gathered the
crying child in his rms and talked
coaxingly to her while be bathed her
face and hands and changed her dress.
He had cot the dress partly on when
the oatmeal boiled over Carl sat the
baby down on the floor anu stepped to
the stove TO remove the kettle. Mean
time Grace was frantically trying TO
sxtricate herself from the folds Of the
dress her father had left euveioping
her head Carl picked her ups and said
''peek-a-boo" when her head popped
from II e interior OF the dress, but the
tone in which he said it was not alto
gether cheerful, and when he buttoned
her dress ne drew 1t together with so
much force that the seam in the shoul-
der was widely ripped. At this Carl's
teeth bore together harder than usual;
that was all.
After breakfast he prepared some
toast and tea for hata, and accepted her
praise with triumphant smile After
the dishes were washed and set away,
he began to sweep the carpet. He had
scarcely begun this work when he
found an annoyance in the person OF
The baby, who insisted upon gathering
up the dirt in her thy hands and scat
Iering it on the carpet that had just
been swept After several vain attempts