Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-12-19
AN INCIDENT IN REAL LIFE.


Showing How Unpleasant People Gan MAX
Il Themselves by Their Talk.
:, Istepped upon q Broadway car at tn
lower end of Broadway and rode in i
along that fast changing highway as ia
MS Nineteenth street. At the corner O
Chambers street and Broadway MAJ
of perhaps 40 and woman not NOR,
than 25, he carrying huge portmanteau
: collection of wraps, two umbrella,
} and cane, she leading by the hand Z
, 8-year-old baby, joined the partially
crowded patronage already seated. A
cloud of dissatisfaction rested upon the
brow of the man. The frown of an al
ready born rumpus fast unfolding into
lfruitage mado forbidding and ugly the
comely countenance of the woman. Her
nervous disposition made itself known
j to every one Ia the car and particularly
to the little boy as she yanked tho child
by the arm into the seat beside her. Aft
er moments silence the woman said
"You might have known how 1t would
be-" to which he responded. well,
might have known, but didn't, SO shut
upr"
Another passenger entered the car at
that moment and stumbled over the port
manteau
Hang that bagw said the man.
III were You, would keep my cuss-
ing for home" said the woman, and 30
on and on and on.
The ensuing half hour was passed by
these two in strain which would have
done credit to the most pronounced has
In the dirtiest quarters OF third rate
iish market. The little boy, thank heav-
en-, went fast asleep. Much OF the con-
versation between the two was inaudible
save to the three or four people in imme-
date contact with them, but every once
in awhile the shrill voice of the female
bird scared into upper attitudes of def
ance, making discordant tho entire at
mosphere and attracting the attention
OF nearly a score OF people. They got
out at the corner Of Fourteenth street
and Broadway and entered cafe-he
sullen, ejaculatory and profane; she
keyed up to G in alt, defiant, shrewish.
chock full of scold.
Well, what of it? II is not such very
uncommon thing for man and wife--for
lovers even, for daily intercoursers--to
quarrel and to vent serpentlike Kisses
from the unruly members that wag with |
curious motion as they distill poison |
from bitter and jaandiced hearts. It is |
not so uncommon, | admit, but isn't it |
always suggestive2 thought as looked |
at the man, with good, square, clean |
forehead, well marked brows, clear |
skin and an air Of self poise, that he was |
hardly doing himself justice. Save that
his hands were rude and rough and that
his boots were country made, that his |
was considerably older
than tho ordinary hill and that his UNI.
brella looked as though it might have
been utilized by Mrs. Noah when she
came from the ark, he was man of the
world In appearance.
And the woman had pretty face.
Her hair was parted in the middle, as
hair should be, and revealed in
Its old fashioned brushing tiny ear, not
30 small as to indicate utter selfshness,
but. ON the other hand, not 80 large as to
rival genuine Saddle Rock oyster In ito
Her eyes were brown, soft
Mt that; her teeth were regular and
'lean; her dress was neat. her hands and
feet well clad, and an occasional pat
upon the boys shoulder as he lay mes
Ting against her, fast asleep, indicated
The feminine nature, the affectionate ten
ierness of the mother
Listening under the circumstances was
not rudeness. 1t was compulsory. sat
next the boy. Some of his banana skin
my coatsleeve until this mo
ment. As he lay semicoiled up noticed
The copper nails in the bottom of his shoe
and the copper toe upon the same The
group was easily and perfectly within
my vision. As word after word fell red
lot thought; How odd this all would
aave sounded in that shell-like ear five
years. ago. How strange it would have
seemed to the lover had he heard it or
lad 1t been suggested to him that ever
{ could DO possible for him to hear such
language from such lips Howard in
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