Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-03-28

eidedly rufiled as to hair, but with a
merry twinkle in her blue eyes and
mOtherliness expressed In every line
Of her comfortable person.
"Well!" said she, looking up, feel
ting with sinking ut the heart that some
new complication had come up in the
financial situation, and that she was
about to be treated to views of bimetal-
lism, adding to the feminine mind.
But no. Her lord and master had been
ted into Q very different train Of
thought.
ats nearly fifteen years that we
have been married, Mary" he unused,
remembering as he spoke that in all
that time he had hardly ever before
gaze.
s'"Tcll it not In CATH" she laughed.
"I'm growing old, but let us keep it a
secret in the family as long us we can"
"Yes, you have changed-we have
both changed. What a vain little chat
terbox you used to be"
"'Vox ct praeterea nihil! expressed
me In those days. Now Socks ct prae-
terea nihip would be more like it,"
cried Mrs. Fenton gaily, with a flourish
of her darning needle ut the work bas-
ket. And as for vanity! Bless my
heart! I should like to know when l
have had time to be vain!"
Il am afraid you are getting n little
careless, my dear" her husband OBJ
served, congratulating himself on hav-
ing so easily led up to the discussion he
wanted. Sometimes it has struck me
that you were almost untidy, and that's
a sad mistake for a woman. If she has
the air of being well groomed she pos
sesses a very great charm"
Mr.. Fenton wore prodigious whis-
kers, Dundreary-like, and they hid a
blush which rose to his face ut the
consciousness that he was quoting the
newspaper article verbatim ct liter
atm. But his wife had no such protec-
ton. and the rich color visibly dyed her
cruel stab from ones better half, but
she restrained the indignation on her
tips and tried to ask quite calmly:
"Whom should you call a particular
~ we'll groomed woman, now? OF
course, I suppose there are 800 Of them
In the four hundred, but among our
neighbors? 1t would help me to find q
model, you know"
There had been moments in their
welded career when Mr.. Fenton had
felt that the workings of a feminine
intellect were quite beyond him, and
this was another of them. At what
was Mary driving? 1t was impossible
to suspect her Of Jealousy, for from
that faint her sweet nature was abso-
iutely free. So. rather in the dark, he
replied h~elplessly:
"Um-ah. Well, Mrs. Van Dusen,
00w. She always seems to me what
you would term well groomed-a fine
figure of q woman and dresses mighty
we'll"
"Afrs. Van Dusen spends $1,000 a year
for dress where l spend, perhaps, $3.50.
She buys her figure from IN expensive
corset maker. but 1t Is useless to men,
ton that to a She has no chill
dren, three servants, and nothing to
think Of but fixing herself up. / am
not complaining, James, dear. You re-
member you brought up the subject
yourself, but when you compare me
with Robert Van Dlsen's wife you
should consider the difference in our
circumstances. / have many, many
cares and my days are full to the
brim."
The rough head bent over the hole
which was being filed with a careful
lattice-work Of black yarn, and the
needle went in and out steadily. If
the members eyes were dim, nobody
noticed 1t.
"But It takes very little time to keep
ones self In neatness and order. Just
hear this, now, my dear. A very good
article, very sensible, TOO"
The eloquence Of Cicero, the rounded
periods OF O Junius would not have
moved Mary Fenton at that moment.
1t took all her wits to keep down the
bitterness In her heart. Without wait
ing for encouragement, her husband
read on:
1.-THE woman who has IN mir Of be-
inH well groomed has a very great
charm for all men, Gle skipped this
sentence. why expose the writer to
q charge Of plagiarismD Really, la
dies. you; should ct least try the ex-