The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-20
ONE TYPE OF HUSBAND.
His Is n Nature Which Most Young Girls
should Avoid.
II pity that woman"

should Avoid.
81 pity that woman"
pity her?"
Eyes. with all my heart; watch
them"
She was bud of girl wife, and as
she sat costly ensconced in her light
gray macintosh, with its cape and big,
though inoffensive, plaid s-the picture
OF perfect loneliness intrenched against
the piercing. dampness of the stormy
night-one might well marvel at tho
alien thought of pity. There was the
unmistakable suggestion of an eXquis-
itely rounded and graceful figure.
Her eyes were of deep blue, shaded
by dark brows and lashes, and tho
wavy strands of hair, Il shade fainter
and more dull than golden, were
pressed close about the shell-like ears
by light veil which also seemed to
hold the pretty little bonnet firmly in
place. The face was refined, beautiful
and more lovable than intellectual in
its outlines; the complexion was fair
but colorless-the uniinpeachable evil
dence of an habitual and harmlessly
mild dissipation.
They had been to the opera. He sat
stiffiy and uncomfortably by her side
He was tall and lanl1 and angular, and
as he unfastcned the two top buttons of
his black overcoat there was shown the
immaculate form of the evening dress
His silk hat leaned, perhaps involun-
tary, little to one side, and his dark
eyes increased the impression of self
cons cious uneasiness. A thin, dark
beard, which evidently wasn't on
speaking terms with the mouth, had
also defied successfully any artistic in.
timacy with the BARRIERS shears and q
hectic flush heightened the cheeks. He
occupied only the forward part Of his
seat, while she cuddled back as far as
possible and inclined slightly toward
the vacancy behind him. It's needless
to add that they were going to their
home in Brooklyn.
She evidently enjoyed the opera at
least, and was anxious to dwell with
him upon the scenes which pleased her
most. Her mood also was friendly,
critical one. He seemed to have n
chronic grudge against himself and
everybody else who presumed to inter-
rupt his profound communion with his
thoughts.
She sat few moments in silence,
then looked up into his face with child
ish confidence and said something in O.
loud voice
His features relaxed, the crease be-
tween his thin brows deepened and his
face was petulant and fretful as he
rolled his eyes toward her, more to let
her understand he was about to adj
dress her than to look into hers
''Td like to know what you know
about it. anyway"
She drew back little in silence at
his rough retort but presently she
forgot her chagrin and said something
to him again.
well, you're n nice person to criti-
else anything like that, aren't you?
Haven't you got any sense at all?'
The little woman blushed, her eyes
dropped, the faint smile of interest
faded from her face, and she sank back
again to hide her embarrassment. But
hers, evidently, was one of those
sunny, open temperaments which soon
forget wrong, especially when per.
petuated by n loved one, and it was OF
long before her countenauce was again
serenely tranquil and her happy eyes
told of the pleasant thoughts which
were fitting through her mind Soon
she looked up again and spoke to him.
Yes, that's just about like YOU" he
CALCULATED snrcastically. "Why don't
you wait till you know something
of what you are talking about before
you begin to criticise? What do YOU
suppose people go to hear it for, any
way? Do you think every ones fool
but you?"
And the man ratified on with his
harsh reprimand, seeming 10 take a
supreme delight in verbally chastisine
the sweet, shrinking little innocent at
his side for presuming to exist or en-.
deavoring to make the evening pleasant
for him with her inoffensive prattle.
AS she shrank further and further
back in her seat paleness drove the
bushes from her checks, and she had
not recovered her courage to speak
again when the train stopped at the
City Hall station and they hurried
across to the bridge cars.
He is the same probably in every.
thing. His is nature which does not
change. They are young, and evident.
| ly have not been married more than a
year or two.
| How long will she endure it?
| And at this crisis. which OF the two
| dark crossroads will she take?
YES, indeed; pity that woman.
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