The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-22
KATE'S HUSBAND.

"It does seem to me that these children
will drive me crazy" said Kate Har-
land, as she ran into the sitting-room and
drew her baby from under chair which
it had accidentally pulled over upon
itself.
Patience, Kate, patience" said her
husband, who sat by the window read
ing the morning paper
"You are too easily excited, my dear
you should learn to to take things more
coolIy."
you don't know what you are talk
ing about, Carl" said Kate, in peevish
voice. You tell me to be patient, calm
and cool, and accuse me of being irrita-
BILE Perhaps am irritable, and Think
you would be if you had to live with two
mischieyous children, day in and out,
the year round. When you talk about a
woman being patient and calm under
such circumstances, say you don't know
what you are talking about"
Kate spoke excitedly, and gave her hus-
band a look of severity that was wasted,
for Carl Harland did not lift his eyes of
the paper he was reading.
" You are just like all the others of
your sex, Kate" ne replied, shifting his
eyes slowly to the top Of another page,
d" I never yet knew a woman who didn't
spend a good share of her time complain
ing Of her lot in life. said you were too
easily excited, and think you are. You
always have let the homework worry
you, eyeE since you have been obliged TO
do it. If / could afford to employ girl
to assist you, and you could get time to
read and get out and ransack the dry
goods stores and have a good time gen
eraHy, you would De comparatively hap
py. | cannot afford to furnish you with
an assistant, and it seems to me it is but
your duty, under the circumstances to
perform the work of the house without
giving way to your temper, which makes
you very disagreeable, indeed, my own
dear"
Al do the best l can, Car" said Kate,
but I can't help worrying and finding
fault with the children sometimes when
l am tired"
L can't see what there is about your
work that should tire you, as you say ii
does" laying down his paper and turn
ing TO Kate, who was vigorously sweep
ing:
4" If you had the responsibility Of sup
porting the family and had to work from
morning till night as l do, then you
might worry and complain of getting tir-
ed. You have never heard me complain
have you"
don't know that I ever have, Carl,
said Kate, meekly, as she swung the new
broom over the carpet, unable to SET
through the mist that was in hel
eyes
You were a spoiled girl, Kate" con-
tinued her husband, and 1 suspect that
it would have been much better for US
both if we had never met but We are mar
ried. and must make the best Of the stu
alton, and l sincerely hope that you will
refrain from letting your temper get the
best of you, when ] am in the house. i
had no more to do, and no more t.
worry me than you have, should con
slider myself an extremely fortunate per
son."
Carl had risen, and putting on his ha
he left the room, closing the door be
hind him with an emphesis which indi
Gated that he allowed his temper to rise
above the point of moderation.
When the door closedHupon the form o.
her husband, Kate sank into chair and
burying her face in her hands, gave her
self up TO tears.
Harold, the eldest boy, tugged at hi:
mothers elbow, while the baby sat il
the middle Of the floor and looked in
ouirinely at her mother through her big
blue ewes. as if wondering that any 9TH
er person on earth, but herself, should
have cause for indulging in such great
grief
Kate had been Carl Harland's wife fol
FIVE years. They had known each other
but a few months before they were mar
ried. They believed that they loved each
other, and as Carl was a prosperous mer'
chant in thriving western town, there
seemed to be no reason for postPoning
the day when they became one, SO they
were married, and Kate bade adieu to
parents and friends, to 60 to the houss
her husband had prepared for her in the
far country.
In the second year oftLeir married life
a boy was born to them golden hair
ed, brown-eyed fellow, the image of his
father, and two years later came girl
with the tender blue eyes and sweet face
of her mothe-. Carl Hsrland and his
wife were supremely happy in the posses
sion Of their home and their children
Their love for each other increased Will
th, years, and they seemed destined tc
pass through life under a cloudless sky
One night during great storm the wa
ter came down from the mountains and
swept through the valley destroyin:
many thousands Of dollars worth of yer!
valuable property. Carl Harland's place
of business was wrecked the building
was torn timber from timber, and II;
contents carried away by the flood. The
properly was not insured against damage
bv water. and Carl awoke one morning
70 find himself penniless-
This misfortune bad marked effect OF
Kate's husband. He had lost his cheer