Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-10-11

W pASsAu6 uuy eAsea usy Al SAe iuies-
matte atmosphere Of her toothbrush
and combings, and he wanted to try
10 reclaim her, TO make . healthy,
happy woman Of her. 10 he built .
house that might have been called .
palace, II any one OF those wrstched
old European palaces were one-hun-
dredth part as good as the kind Of house
an American builds when he sets out
TO please his wife. One speciality about
this house was that 1t had more differ
ent sorts Of rooms than any house that
ever was heard Of. 1t had parlors and
u, awing-rvoins sHnu Withdrawing
rooms, and without drawing rooms, and
dining rooms, and wining-rooms and
music rooms and picture rooms and H.
braries and aviaries and apiaries and
conservatories and observatories and
every possible and impossible archi-
tectural outfit that ever was devised.
But the heart and soul Of the whole
house was the boudoir. 1t was on that
boudoir that this man flung himself.
lie had fought In the wild west with
savage Indians and rough frontiers
men. In the face Of countless obsta.
cles he had made himself rich and 70.
spected His courage was dsuntless,
chilled..ts WA. musb In comp.rison
with bis nerve. This was the man
who had undertaken 70 cure hi. wifs
Of tho bedroom habit
rb. houdo,r that h. oHa1h hsr a. j..
suhstItute for her bedroom was ! mar.
vel ~ nineteenth century srt In Or.
dow n rot 4 iust eysctlv r,eht' ha ssnt
for . boudo,r ernort from parIs, Ana
rnve him mi Unlimited .wino. When
the ernert cot throuoh that houdoir
Ind cost . onarter ~ n million dollars
and Il had not ia eoual mon earth'
There was mo r.sourcs of at or Of tax.
M. manuiacturs that had mot bssn AZ.
han.t.d 10 male Il beautiful Silka
and ,atina were the cheapest of its
drsperiea Couches, sofsa diysps,
every possible invention in the wav Of
furniture wherein q woman could lie
or lounge or sit or sprawl was there 70
tempt the Incidence Of the gentle mis-.
trsss Of the place. Perfume Fountain
plsvsd In eysrv known kew Of odor
Iirds Of .weetest sonp caroled from
golden caOes and wera trained 10 .hut
M when 80 directed, No sppurtensnce
Of luxurv comfort or eisranoe was
wanting In this magic chamber Fla
made bIs wife nromiss that she would
rive nm har common.nlsns bed.cbam.
Sar and nns. her leisure hours In this
haloyon abode, and no had ohromatic
slides fixed in the window sashes, so
that by touching the proper button
she could have any illumination she
wanted 70 suit whatever complexion
she happened to have on
sho wa. . tu. woman and she lent
her promi.s Dav bv day she faded
swsv and her wan. white cheek grew
nale and nalor Dav nv dav hour after
hour she sat In her martyrdom. dream.
iny Of her washstand dreaming OF her
tootbbrush dreaming Of her soapdish.
dreaming OF tho dear, dear tin slopiar,
Her husband noted with anxiety her
falling health. but his coarss mascu.
line norcention did not enable him to
Guess the cause AT last there cana n
time when lie was Obliged to leave her
for n fortnight, and with streaming
eyes he confded her to the old nurse
who Ind carcd for her in infancy
M soonsr IVA, he yona than tb,s be.
mi, woman rasolva1 unon n rad;ca,
mi dorlro oorrso ~ oct,or Hurrv.
ino ~ hsr own humble sn,rtmsrt sha
na o I.a ,,,,ad har u,adas. oo.tons
h~J in.a IT, .,sn,,aoau. houda,,