The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-22

HOW Mrs. Fenton Taught Her Hus-
band q Lesson.

"H'm!"
Mr.. Fenton put down his evening pa
oer and regarded his wife with sigh
She sat on the other side OF the taole,
mending her way through pile OF
stockings mountain high; plump ~
tie woman OF forty, none too trig III
6yure. decidedly ruflied as to hair, but
with merry twinkle in her blue eyes
and motherliness expressed IN every
line 81 her comfortable person
..Wellq, said she. looking up, feeling
with sinking at the heart that some
new complication had come up IN the
financial situation, and that she was
about TO he treated to views OF bimet-
allism. adding to the feminine mlno.
But no. Her lord and master h"t
been led into very different tram Oh
thought
..It's nearly fifteen years that we
have been married. Mary he museu,
remembering as he spoke that In all
tina, time he had hardly ever before
scrutinized her with such critieai
gaze. ,a
...rell IL not in Cath" she laughed
.I.m growing old. but let us keep u
secret in the family as long as we can.
Eyes. YOU have changed-we nave
both changed. What VAN h'''s
chatterbox you used to be-
...yoretpra 1t ered nihT expressed me II
those DAYS. Now Socks d prdefered nihi'
xvopld be more like it, cried Mrs rem
ton oavlv. with flourish OF her darn
;pg needle nj the work basket. Ans
as for vanity. Bless my heart
should like to know when nave ha
time TO be vain
lam afraid you are getting lii'i
careless. nv dear" her husband oil
served. CONTEMPLATING himself on hay
;ny soeasily led up to the discussio
H.. wanted. sometimes 1t has struc
me that You were almost uneioy' ~,
that's a sad mistake for a woman
she has the air of being well groome'
she possesses very great charm.
Mr. Fenton wore prodigious whisker
Dupdreary-likc. and they hid blus
.,.l,;eh rose TO his face at the consciou
ness that he was quoting the ne"sp
nar article rerbdfim It htdrdfm. but
xy;fe had no such protection. ana u
r;ch color visibly dyed her very pro
To he called untidy is cruel 81
f~om ones better half. but she
strained the Indignation on her A.
and tried to ask quite calmly:
Whom should you call particular
-,..l, gr,omed woman, now? VI cour
I sunpose there are three hundred y
;,i,,-n;ne Of them in the four NJ
dred. but among our ncighoor
vould help me to find model
know
Th.re had been moments In Tn
aadca career when Mr.. Fcnton !
felt that the workings OF q FEMININE !.
tellect were quite beyond him. an"
was another of them. Az wha'
Mary driving? IL was impossiple
susnect her Of jealousy, Tor from .
.o;n, her sweet nature was apsoiu'
free. So. rather in the DARK nc
piled helplessly:
.,,,-ah. Well, Mrs. Van Du'
,,o,y She always seems to me
~, vould term well groomed-a
-. IN a woman and dresses mig
WELL e, on
Mrs. van DuSeH 'F.
wear for dress where spend per"
also. She buys her figure from III
,,ars;v. corsetmalxcr. but II = uss
fomcution that To man. She M
.h;llran three servants. and not
,n,bipl, az but fixing herself up.
~, conn,aining. James. dear. 10
,,ar,hcr vo, brought up the SUI
.-,lf mt when YOU compare
with Robert Van Dusen whe
should consider the difference u
circumstances. / have many
cares and my days are full TO me q
The rough head bent over the
which was being filled with ca
la,,;,.c.vork Of black yarn, ana
noodle went in and out s'eao'i'
the members eyes were ai'n ''ooo'
ticcd it.
.put Il takes very little time TO
a.s self in ncatness and order.
hear this. now. my dear. a very
article: very sensible, too.
Tha cloouencc Of Cicero. the ro'
periods u Junius would NOV
moved Mary Fenton at that me
II took all her wits to keep 90"
bitterness in her heart Nithou'
inc FOR encouragement, her NJ
read on:
~. womau who has an air OF bel
~,.,r.a has A very great charm Tor q
Iuc sllprcd this sentence why exp
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~. .ou should at least try the exp
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