The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-06-15
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COMMUNAL TROUBLE.

Islssys thDaght there vas some co
nection between . vfe and but,ous, 40
not button on this shirt bosom. Bessl
We bad been married syesr or NOR
Aud now We bad qu,rreled about bui
tons.
l did not think then what "a assourd
ing thing woman must feel il TO De tai
on from the pedestal on which her love
has epsbriped her as goddess and scold
ing about some household mstter. Al
men do IT.
Iweni to town. Ny business wss tran
sscted 10 a moody dream, 4 drowned a.
misery in cigars aud went home Is sngr.
as had left IT,
No Bess met me st the gate. | fount
her in the dining room, and she looked
up with proud. cold face expecting al
apology perhaps, but gave her none
Fortunately | had q erievsnceithe muttol
was not cooked to suit me, and there were
no cspers.
I,bessn oace more on the subiect Of ,
wife's duties Bridget must not overlook
ed. A bachelor might leave the dinner IL
servant, bnt DOT married woman.
Bess did not tell me what l knew al
ready that Ut Nine. Pongee's finishing
seminary the superiLt Ltendenoe Of = cook
was not taught and that year 10 not long
experience.
She sat quite quiet and enraged me SO
thst before sought my pillow l bad said
very cruel things, she had at last dropped
ons bitter. ranking speech into the mo
mentary silence and shut herself in her
osby's nursery.
And so ii went on through ell the bitter
days OF the long week. At last il was
Saturday morning. gave her q cruel
stab an upjost one. as knew. When l
spoke | had my back trrned toward her
snd Was looking ont upon tie cloudy
sky. so that did not see her when she
SAID: f'itt.fti
|
| turned st that. Sh, Was standing
quite pale, even to the lips, and saw
that she had drawn her Wedding ring from
her finger
| hate that. shs sal !. snd hste you.
And she flung the ring upon the csrpst
aud made gesture as thoneh she were
Hnging her love fiom her also and left
the room without Ano her word. though
waited for her to come back for nearly IN
hour
/ had much TO do that day-business
appointments which should have been st'
tended to forthwith but long after hsd
reached my office in thecity iound my,
self sitting wretchedly 10 q char. with my
head upon my hands, thinking over and
over again those words, bate that. and /
hate you.
Aud my love came back, and / was
Robert walking with Bessie under the
trees again, not the stern marriel man dei
teruined to teach bis wife her duty.
/ looked at the clock l had Just time
to catch the noon train for home. Who
cared for business for Jones, Brown and |
Thompson2 I must 60 home and mako
up with Bess. seized my bat and few
own the street. re ched the depot. l
was 10 The cAr bresthless with exertion
and anxiety. View re thirty minutes in
reaching P. To me it seemed thirty
hours
At last WAS there. Refore me arose
our little cottage, with it's slope OF velvet
green from the door to the river.
Usually all was quiet aud scarcely o
soul to be seen. To day group Of women
stood by the river. Two men. one . sail'
or d, ishbor from the village, we're there
also. and among them Budget raised hsr
sbrill voice. t#Ft M
They've took TO fsbtin lately. and they
had II bot and heavy this blissed mornin'.
shouldn't wonder. Howly father
there's the msstber Ios, and abe fed
l saw them oil looking at me 10 ave
stricken silence. ! saw also my little row
boa, lying wet on the sand, the oars not
with her.
felt my heart .t.nd still aud pssped
out:
What is the matter. tst
My sailor neig answered,
We're afraid there has been 80 sccident.
Tom Bowling took Jour boat out this
morn ing and the Loat hiss been picked up
-snd Tom hasn't
Young Tom Bowling often borrowed
the bolt | was not iurl lrised q. that.
iope Tom is safe, | said. AT wbst
hour did my wife lend him the beat,
Nobody spoke for tvo minutes.
Al l.si . woman began 10 cob:
Oh. don, tell biml Msbe tispt 90.
Add the sailor ssid so'smply:
Take heart, cir: msbbe there's hope
bot our vile hired Ton Bowling 70 ros
her aud The baby on the river ., half past
t.n.
When tsoss soeds fell nron ny sAs,, I
dropped 10 the ground 10 sswooa.
10 three bour boy iound Toms hat
floating 10 the wster. r.o more. sDd
grin. bard featured msn came TO me % !
rsyed like = msbse upos the beach sBd
touched bis bat
Mister. be said Ton ia found. They're
. bringing OF him.
bad 90 netd 10 q, L tos be wa found.
| knew. SO they wouli soon fad Bess
and hef baby. heavy and cold. With dsrk,
drippiDg bsir aud eyes vide open. staring
al the sky.
o5. ii would have been terrible enough /,