Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-07
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v,.d only ,lx months, aud To such 'hiee'
handsome man. az all tho young lanes
declared. that surely she ought TO nave
besn happy with him. And 30 she s ~,
hen. untll-until, 10 tell the TRUTH NJ
Bob Palmer. forgetting or seeming TO Tor
Get tina, no was married man. had recent
~ taken to flirting with these very Young
Indlc. AT ali the parties IN Middleton, leav'
inc bls wife 10 take care of herself SURE.
~ IL was enough to make any slt u,on ",
wife cfy-espccially one 80 senA''"o'' WV
lie -
"Iielioi been crying again, J declner
exclaimed Mr.. Bob Palmer, snduenly es ..-
ing hls little whistle as be entetoa tns
room on returning from his ofiice. Wha' !
the tnntter now. Nelllei Canary reiuseu
10 sing or Nine. vlgllni not put ho~efs
enough In your bonnet" -
"Oh. Bobl how can your sobbed Nellie
beginning afrc.h. -,
sliting down upon tho lounge and SPEAK,
ing mora seriously, u don't Ike THIS ~
all never come home that your eyes arc
not red aud swollen with crying Whht
have you 10 cry about, | should IKE 20
knowf It's m insult TO me 10 80 snivc,
Ing abouttho houseaiier this fashion, anu
moping away IN cornerr, looking suilsh
and Miserable, "a you did last nlght a.
Mrs. MarkilnA Why. people will think
me a perfect domestic tyanti
"Ah. bob, don't speak col can't help
t. indeed. do feel 40 miserable You
make me 10. Bob"
III Well, that Il rchi Perhaps your
b. good enough 70 let me know OF what
enormity I've been guilty that has turned
you into q modern NloheP
Nothing really wrong. dear but, ohi u
you knew how much a wife thinks OF her
husbands love, and''- Here poor Nellie
broke down again. Mt Pslners eyes
openci very wide.
"wlewr' whl-tlcd he, ~ this Isn't
really absurd. So she's icalousi"
"Indced, 90, dear Bobi Bnt-bnr'--she
could hardly speak for the choking In her
ti,roat.-.you can't undcrrtand the pride
woman takes In having her husband treat
her with affection aud respect before every
one, or how 10 humbles or mortlnes her TO
BE- neglected by him, and have other wourr
on consider ti.nsolycs riyAls-like Isabel
BADEN"
Mr.. Bob Palmer laughed outright and
then he grew angry.
YOU'RE an absurd little fool. Nellie he
said. As n Isabel Baden werc anything
to mo beyond pleasant and Agreeable
young woman TO amuso ones self with at
. party. Nousenssr
'Shs don't think So" said Nellie. and.
and the others don't think 40. Thcyall
think you ART getting tired Of your wife.
and label latters herself that she has cut
me out, and Is trying TO let people ace Il, !"
"fiddlcStirksr' said Bob. rising impa.
tlcntly from the lounge I'm astonished
nc YOU, Nellie. and had really given you
credit for moro sense ~ well ~ temper"
In added severely. II wish you'd nmusc
yourself In society, as do, instead Of going
inoplng about In this fashion. You can't
expect 10 have me tied 10 your apron
sirlnga, and I'd much rather SEQ you dirt
ing little yoursc3 than skulking away
In holes and corners Ike spider. watch.
Ing your butterfly % husband. To sse II
you can detect him Ia doing wrong. You
make me quite ashamed Of You. declare"
Mr.. Palmer took his hat and walked out
Of the room with an air Of mingled dignity
and injured innocence. His wife sat up,
wiped away her team, and mused while
with eyes flashing and cheeks flushed with I
wounded aud indignant feeling.
"Yes," she said to herself. "sinoe he has
requested IL | will amuse myself ms he |
docs and sec how he likes III Ashamed 81 |
me, Is he' And be did not used TO be 30
when was gay and happy. oh. Bob. II |
you only knrw how loved you"
And once more, despite her rcsolntely |
closing her eyes and pressing her fingers
upon them, the tears would come.
There was TO be, that very evening, q
party Mt Colonel Johnsonis, and Nellie |
took particular pains In dressing herself
for II. She had been OF late rather care.
les on this point. and was now rewarded
for her extra care by her husbands glance
Of approval, and his remark that that pink
silk was becoming to hor. In consequence,
her eyes and checks were brighter, and her
spirits more buoyAnt, as she entered Mira
Johnson's crowded drawing rooms.
Scarcely had they paid their respects TO |
the hostess when Mr., Palmer aecosted, or
rather was aeeosted. by Miss Baden, bril-. |
liant. confident girl, who tried TO ensnare
him before his marriage; and a,.the same
moment gentleman addressed Mrs.
Palmer. She answered mechanically, un.
able 10 withdraw her attention entirely
from her husband and his companion, un.
I'll. seeing something In Miss Bpien's
glance at herself which she did not Ike,
her pride again awoko and she turned, ~
with sudden determination, 10 the gentle
man At her side. lie was recent conner
to the town--very pleasant and handsome
.-and Nellie Palmer forthwith began 10
try and make herself agreeable 10 him
He looked No pleased. and was himself 80
Agreeable that II soon cost her no effort to
converse, and then her old lively spirits re-
turned, and, Ia her surprise, she found
thai she was enjoying herself Her hus. |
band didn't much notice this, but Miss
Baden did, and her Irritation with Mr..
Palmer lost much Of It's charm, now that
hh wife did not appear mortified aud zeal.
oaA' and that people couldn't tee that she
Was so.
Wherefore Miss Baden grew Indifferent,
and MI. Palmer bethought himself To look |
siter bis wife, Not finding her looking
over the photograph albums, nor talking |
70 deaf old Mr.. Brown, neither in any Of |
the holes and corners" which She wnS |
wont Of late to frequent, he became rather |
przald
AZ that Instant llttlelaugh AZ hlselbow
STARTLED him, and turning he saw Nellie,
bright and flushed, talking To very hand. |
some man, who appeared to he quite nb. |
sorbed In her. Mr., Palmer stared a mo.
ment at the Unconscious couple.
why, the deucep was his thought.
'"What on earth can they have been talk, |
INK about all this whlleW Then suddenly
meeting his wlie's eye be smiled and wills.
perel' Enjoying yourself, Nellfp
On yes, dear, delightfully."- Don't
trouble yourself about me, pray.p
Nellie Palmer had never sung more
ANee'ly or danced mora gracefully than
upon this evening $3.50"
Don't you think. Nell youtv., d,,,..y,