Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-20
hood OF Making Up.

after Iholr Marr-ag ga Llheh-
hood OF Making Up.
New Haven. Conn, December 19.-In
the village Of Branford there is a two
story frame house. old and battered by
the weather. and long implanted. 10
stands apart. and for years none but
The occupants have gone into it. In
that house Edward Burke and Ellen,
his wife. have lived for twenty-three
years. They were married in 1873, and
took this cottage and settled down 20
comfortable. drowsy existence after the
fashion Of the respectable New Eng
land family.
At the end of six years. the neighbOrs,
who had been watching them carefully,
noticed that something was wrong. The
VIE could be s--- eating her meals at
table on the ground floor Of the cot
tage. while the husband was 10 be seen
eating at q table iD one of the upstairs
rooms There was mo- men S articles I'm
The washing Ellen Burke hung out on
the lines in the back yard. and once O.
week Edward carried @ bundle 10
washing woman iu the village. The
noighb0rs declared that one of those
fierce. bitter. silel, Quarrels. not un-
common in New England villages was
ON between them.
Burke and his wife were never seen
together. and when the neighbors bent
up-n getting at the truth, questioned
each separately. they got no sa-isfac~
ton. Neither would speak the others
name. The interest in the quarrel be,
came SO intense tb3t t0 prevent some t
the aebler Old people from dyins Of un>
ST. SIZED curiosity a counsel VS. heio
and an ingenious line of action was re-
solved upon.
They decided that it must De the man
who was FAULT. and that be must be
crazy So be was hauled up. and all
the village turned ont 10 hear his eX-
plantation. He simply said that he and
his wife had guarre.ed and had not
been speaking and. SO far as he could
manage it would never speak 20 each
other again. Tie said that she lived on
the ground floor and he on the second
floor and chat each establishment was
complete iu itself.
This was not lJnacy. and so Edward
Burke was released and allowed to go
back 10 his queer home. But village
curiosity was still a hunger and a thirst. |
So Ellen Burke was hauled up charged
with being insane She soon proved
that She was perfectly sane. and did il
without letting out any more of the
cause and progress of the quarrel than
had her husband
After these lunacy proceedings the l
good people let them alone for a year
or ,wo. Then they bethought them |
that In a decent g0dly place like Bran |
ford such bitterness between husband |
and wife was unseemly. revolutionary |
and sc11dal0Us. So they went 20 the /
Burkes and prayed with them and ex- /
hortcl them and threatened them. But /
the BUrkes remained as before and |
spoke not, although they passed each /
other many times every day i'm the year |
Ihcv gradually dropped all their ac- |
Cualn anco and spent an their time not |
employed ion making their separate and /
independent livings i'm the house. she |
broodIDg down stairs and he brOOding |
i1 his sitting room over her head No
doubt each sent many longing thought
ONT toward the other or backward to-
ward Che days when they had wandered /
che village lanes each with an arm
around the other. Bat that stubborn. /
relentless pride that fear Of being
thought weak and yielding. held them
apart. And so the years passed down
10 November last. almost the seven
tee1th anniversary of their quarrel
That day something happened. no one
knows what that angeved Burke into
breaking the silence. Down the stairs
hC came. and. for the first time in II
years. walked iu upon his wife and be-
SAN Co shout an her. She answered him
SIN The same strain. He took her by the
shoulders and gave her a tremendous
shaking. set her down hard in her big
rocking chair and salked away.
She was ~ a frantic rage. She rushed
ont and had him arrested He was
fined Sc. fie appealed the case. and il
came before Justice Studley I'm the Court
OF Common Pleas. The decision of the
lower court was confirmed. and now
Burke has not only 90 pay the SO but
also The costs of the appeal.
This looks as If Edward and Ellen
were further away each from the other
than ever before. But there is one
hopeful sign. They are talking each TO
the other aglin. daily. hourly. It is
uce they are qu1rreling but. as the ST.
lonce is broken. the tears may come az
any moment. The ncighbors are hone
1ul and are very wisely standing aIoof
or rs far alo0f as is compatible with
watching every move.