The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-04-10
MRS. HfCKSBROWN.
How Lesson Of Mutual For
bcarance was Learned

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There Is always beginning 70 ar
end. What IL was in the case Of Mr.
and Mrs. Hiclxs-Brown, ] do not pre-
tend 70 know. What ! know mos
about Is the end and the appendix. o.
course all the differences leading up e
the last net were thoroughly aired In
court and IN the newspapers. but II was
the final act OF brutality on Mr.. Hicks
Browns part that was especially
dilated upon. and for weeks this ''fiend
In human FORM was execrated BY
DANES aud damsels NIL over this broad
land. and Mrs. Hicks Brown was an
object ofheartfelt commiseration on all
sides.
am inclined to think that II Mr..
Hicks Brown had been more like the
men who are held up as model husbands
By the knowing members Of certain
ladies' societies, he and Mrs. Hicks
Brown-shc whom only two short
years since he had promised TO love and
cherish would be living in peace and
amity, to say nothing Of conjugal
happiness, even unto this day; and II
Mrs. Hicks Brown had been anything
but the only child Of very rich and
foolishly indnlgent papa, things might
have been different. But Mr.. Hicks
Brown was Just as much used to having
his own way as was his pretty spouse;
and the natural result was family
rows, more or less insignificant in
character At FIRST, Mr.. Hicks Brown
t14nlt1xa1 ~. ~. r.. 1s.e4 ~
dutifui bubbles arei but he saw the
shoals Of trouble on to which thus
course was causing him to drift, and
concluded, after mature consideration,
that II was Ms will that should domin-
ate in the Hicks-Brown family. and he
hxed his plan Of procedure and gov
erned bis actions accordingly. Mrs.
Hicks Brown, with feminine insight,
perceived. at an early stage Of the
game, what her lords intentions were;
and, as she had always been aecus-
toned to have her way, she decided
that 1t was too late to begin knocking
under and there you have what was
presumably the beginning Of the end
IT was dog that caused the climax
II there was any creature on earth that
Mr.. Hicks brown loathed and despised,
it was pug. and his better half, aware
Of this antipathy, had, with character
istic feminine pcrversity, availed her
self Of the first opportunity to possess
herself Of one Of those interesting ami
mails, which speedily won, It seemed,
first place In her affections, and made
Mr. Hicks Browns life miserable.
He stood It. however. as long as he
could, but the end had TO come.
Mr.. Hicks-Brown was an architect,
and it came to pass that he had, on one
occasion, been Invited to prepare the
plans for public building. The plans
were drawn ard accepted by the com
mittec. which, however, returned them
to him for certain important altera-
tons; and they were laid on the table
in his den. to be attended to when he
returned home in the late afternoon Of
a certain day.
Nav, n 50 happened that Vic, the pug
aforementioned, was of an iaquiFing
turn Of mind, and she chose this very
afternoon for an exploring tour In the
upper part Of the house.
When MIR. Hicks Brown entered his
den, about Eve o'clock, he saw at once
that portions Of his plans were missing,
and, snpposing that his wife had taken
them to show to some visitor, he hur-
ried downstairs.
Where are those plans?'' he asked.
What plans, dear?" softly inquired
Mrs fIicks-Brown, sliding her caramel
into one cheek, and still keeping one
eye on particularly thrilling page OF
the yellow back novel In her lap.
What-what plansi Do you mean
to say you didn't take those Calumet
building plans from my table?'' asked
Dir. Hicks Brown, in some agitation.
"oh-h!'' sad his spouse, mildly sur
prised. why, it must have been
those that Vic had
That Vic hadf' howled Mr.. Hicks
Brown. And, pray, where are they
now?''
Don't get excited, dear. We're
they anything in PARTICULAR Vic had
some old, soiled pieces of cloth, playing
with them awhile ago; but supposed
they We're some you had thrown into
the waste basket, SO ! burned Henry!
What are you going to do2"
But Henry did not answer. He strobe
over TO the cushion wherein the offend
ing Vic was taking her afternoon ST.
esta, gripped her firmly by the nape Of
the neck, and, despite his wife's hyteri-
cal protests, opened the door and kicked
the bowling animal into the street,
and, not satisfied with this, when Mrs
Hicks Brown would have rushed to
rescue her pet, he took her by the
shoulders and forced her into d chair,
noting with grim satisfaction as he did
SO that a couple Of street arabs were
making Off with Vic.
That day Mrs Hicks Brown went
home 70 her mother, and two weeks
later she was member Of they divorce
colony IN a western city, seeking free
dom from matrimonial bonds on
the ground Of cruel and inhuInarl treat
ment, " which she expected the court,
when her case was presented, to under
stand az having been applied 70 her, in
stead Of to Vic.
Inv the state where Mrs. Hicks.
Brown sought her divorce. it takes