Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-25
HIS HOT TEMPER.
But He Had Forgiving Heart, So He
Went Back.

But He Had FOrgiving Heart, So He
Went Back.
Excuse me-" he said respectfully, but
would you spare me five minutes. want
a little advice on an important matter, a
very important matter, in fact it's vital"
He had meek and careworn look, and
the man whom he had accosted felt sorry
for him and stopped as if he were willing
to give me any advice which was in his
power
"You see" said the man who wore the
haggard expression, "Im in trouble; it's
q domestic trouble-with my wife, you
see"
ooh, yes, you had unpleasant words with
her"
YES, that's about it."
>"And now are you sorry?"
"You bet am"
"And you want to forgive her"
"Er-well, you see, it amt that so much
that Pm worried about. Pm willing
enough to forgive, but I'm not SO sure
about her being willing"
II suppose she has pride"
"Maybe you'd call it that, but don't
not just exactly PRIDE" with great stress
on the pride. You see she runs the house;
she owns it. And runs the shop; she OWLS
that too. She's pretty smart woman
and | haven't much head for business, SO
she runs the whole concern. Well, some.
times she loses her temper. | don't know
why. Pm sure am the most humble man
in the world, but she has got temper;
there is no use denying it. This morning
she got mad. She allowed that | wasn't
much of husband. She said that | bad
never done any work since we were mar.
ried, and that she did not believe that !
ever would. She was sick of supporting
me- Yes, she was unjust enough to put it
that way. She reproached me with what
she called my worthlessness. | tried to be
patient with her. don't believe in being
severe with women. always was kind to
them But when she forgot herself SO
much as to order me out of the house, then
l must confess that | lost my temper too
A man can't always be forbearing, no
matter how gentle he is by nature | am
afraid answered her sharply. And when
she took me by the arm and dragged me
out and pushed me off the steps and
slammed the door in my face, felt that
patience and meekness had ceased to be Il
virtue. told her that could not stand
ssuch treatment even from my wife. Then
when she snapped out that I'd have to
stand it, and that l couldn't come back
into that house again until | had made up
my mind to do some work lost my self
restraint entirely and told her she would
never see me again. And here Fam, you
see."
-"Um," said his new friend thoughtfully
II see."
"Now, it's pretty serious fix to be in. |
haven't any place to sleep. | haven't had
anything to eat since breakfast and don't
know what Pm going to do Of course Pm
willing to forgive her. don't want to be
too hard with her. Perhaps | was little
hasty, but was little angry, you know
The best of us make mistakes. I'm per.
fectly willing to go back and tell her that
we'll let bygones be bygones, but what is
worrying me is how to approach her. II
she's in bad temper 1 may forget myself
again and be led into saying something
harsh. How would you advise me to 90
about it,"
81 think I'd just go to her and say you'd
try to do better"
"You would, ehS"
"That seems to be about your only way
out of the difficulty"
"You think Pm right to swallow my
pride don't your"
"In this case you seem to be right"
"You don't think it would be undignified
to go back"
perhaps not"
"You would forgive everything, would
you, and try to bear with her failings"
Il think if were you that | should"
"Well," with doubtful sigh, II guess
I'll try it, Patience is more to be encour'
aged than pride, and l always was for
giving man. Thank you, for your advice.
l guess I'll be starting home; it's about
supper time. New York Tribune.