Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-09


eomely countenance of the woman. Her
nervous disposition made itself known
to every one in the car and particularly
to the little boy as she yanked the child
by the arm into the seat beside her. Aft
er moments silence the woman said,
you might have known how it would
be-" to which he responded, well, l
might have known, but I didn't, SO shut
upr
Another passenger entered the car at
that moment and stumbled over the port
manteau.
Hang that bag" said the man.
IF were you, / would keep my cuss-
ing for home," said the woman, and SO
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 bag
in the dirtiest quarters of a third rate
fish market. The little boy, thank heav-
en-, went fast asleep. Much of the con
versation between the two was inaudib]e
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 the entire at.
mosphere and attracting the attention
or nearly score of people. They got
out at the corner of Fourteenth street
and Broadway and entered q cafe-he
sullen, ejaculatory and profane; she
keyed up to G in alt. defiant, shrewish,
chock full of scold.
Well, what Of it? 1t is not such a very
uncommon thing for man and wife-for
lovers even, for daily intercoursers-to
quarrel and to vent serpentlike misses
from the unruly members that wag with
curious motion as they distill poison
from bitter and jaundiced hearts. It is
not so uncommon, | admit, but isn't it
always suggestivef 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
portmanteau was considerably older
than the 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
women's hair should be, and revealed in
its old fashioned brushing tiny ear. not,
80 small as to indicate utter salRE
hrtf an Tho nfb L.,x,1 cl ace
rival gen2ianf Lot SO large as t
vulaa1i dc Saddle Rock oyster in it
- 9iity. Her eyes were brown, sof
at that; her teeth were regular an
clean; her dress was neat, her hands an
feet well clad. and an occasional pa
upon the boys shoulder as he lay mes
ting against her, fast asleep, Indicate
the feminine nature, the affectionate ter
derness of the mother.
Listening under the circumstances wa
not rudeness. 1t was compulsory. sa
next the boy. Some Of his banana ski
ornaments my coatsleeve until this me
ment. AS he lay semicoiled up notice
the copper nails in the bottom of his sho
and the copper toe upon the same. TIL
group was easily and perfectly with
my vision. As word after word fell red
hot thought: How odd this all woul
have sounded in that shell-like ear fiv
years ago. How strange it would hav
seemed to the lover had he heard it @
had 1t been suggested to him that eve
1t could be possible for him to hear sue
language from such lps.-Howard il
New York Recorder.