Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-23

Huppeicu 10 INC DcucIciuTy VI I'LL tllese
praiseworthy cxertions OH her part.
Binks was an excellent man: hard.
working and sober. lie made good
money and took 1t home to his wife for
her Judgment to settle its fate; every
dollar of 1t.
Mrs. Binks was woman among a
thousand. When taken separate and
apart from his wife and questioned,
Binks said she was ''corkcr." Press.
ed as to what he meant by "corker,"
Binks declined all attempts at defini.
tion, and beyond insisting that Mrs.
Binks was and would remain cork.
err" would say nothing.
From what was said Of Mrs. Binks
BY herself 1t would seem that she was
true, loving wife to Binks, and that
aside from the duty every woman owed
to her sex and the establishment Of Its
rights In all the avenues Of life, she
held that with the wedding ring came
. list Of duties due from good woman
to her husband which could not be
avoided or gone about.
"Some women" Quoth Mrs. b.. "worry
their husbands with n detail of small
matters. A woman WHO Is to be help.
meet to her husband such as I am to
Binks will be self.reliant and decide
things for herself. In the little cares
OF life that fall to her share let her 60
forward by herself. What Is the use
OF adding her troubles to his? II she
has plans let her execute them. If
problems confront her let her solve
them. II she tells her husband aught
Of the thousand little enterprises Of her
daily home life let II be then the result.
When success has come to her she may
call her husband to witness the vic.
tory. Aside from that she should
face her responsibilities alone"
OF course, Mrs. Il. did not mean by all
this that she would not be open and
frank with Binks and conflde In him IL
q burglar was In the house.; or II the
house took fire In the night that she
would not arouse Blnks and mention
It. What she did mean was that when
1t came to such things as dlsmisslng
the servant girl the wife should grid
up her loins and fire the maiden single.
handed, and not ring her husband In OH
play manifestly dlsagreeable and like.
ly to subject him to pain and remorsc.
1t Glanced but recently that an oppor.
tunity opened like gate for Mrs. B. to
Illustrate her doctrine that wives should
proceed with plain duty alone, with.
out imposing needless anxiety on the
head Of the family.
Mrs. Blnks had decided to visit her
sister In Philadelphia. She was to 90
Thursday. and Binks. who was paid his
sweat.bought stipend on Monday. was
to cough up the money Monday even.
ing wherewlth to make the trip.
1t CHANGED unfortunately that pay
day this particular week was defer
red. The head partner was sick or ont
Of town; checks could not be drawn. or
something like that.
"But your money will come on Satur-
day, boys" said the other partner. So
Binks was obliged to wait.
The money was all right: II would be
accurately on tap Saturday; so Blnks
took no fret on that point.
But what was he to do about Mrs. Il. ?
That good woman was to go Thursday,
and In order to organize for the dc,
scent upon her relatives would need the
money-SiO-on Tuesday. What was
Binks to do?
Clearly he must do something. Tie
could not ask Mrs. b. to put of her
trip a week. Indeed, his reluctance to
take such cOlil.se came almost to the
point Of superstition.
In his troubles Binks suddenly be.
thought him Of gold watch of his
fathers with rich chain and guard
attached. These precious heirlOoms
had been given to Birks by the elder
Binlss' executors, and were cherished
accordingly.
Rather than disappOlnt Mrs. b., the
worthy Binks decided that just for once
In his life he would seek a pa wnbr0lser
and do business with that common rela.
tive of us all
Binks felt timid and ashamed, bu,
the case was urgent. There was no risk
for his money would float In all right
on Saturday. Blnks could then redeem
thes, r!elles from disgraceful hook,
and all would be well. Mrs. Il. would
be In Philadelphia on redemption day
so 1t would not be necessary to tell hel
anything about the matter. 1t would
save her q pain, and Blnks bravely de
termined to keep the whole transaction
dark.
Again, II he told her he had not been
paid at the store the brave woman
would lnfallibly wend to his employers
house and demand the reason why. Thi.
would he useless and embarrassing
Therefore Binks would say nothing
He would pawn the ancestral super
and get 1t again when his money came
in and his wife was away.
The watch and Its appertainments
were snug in the far corner of a bureau
drawer away over and behind Mrs. b
lingerie. Binks had watch of hi
own, Waterbury with handspring
as endless as a chain pump. Mrs. B
saw, therefore, no reason why h,
should carry the gold watch OF his pro
genitor. Binks might lose 1t. Mrs. B
strongly advised that 1t be kept In thu
bureau where 1t would be safe; and. Of
course, In an affair of that sort Binks
took his wife's advice.
Binks reflected that he must secur,
the watch and pawn II that. night. 4,
do SO he must plot to get Mrs. d. out O
the house. Blnks thought deeply. A
last he had 1t.
Binks sent message home In til,
afternoon and asked Mrs, Ii. to NEE