Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-08-12

Qudrrel between MT. ana Mrs. Cfdu-
ston. But after Mrs. Cranston bought
bicycle and learned to ride well there
was a disagreement which came very
near breaking up happy home. They
had been married three years, and they
had often said that their married life
had been one long honeymoon.
Tom had yielded so readily to all of
his wife's whims that she had uneon-
sciously gained an opinion that her
word was to him like the laws of the
Medes and the Persians
But this idea was all knocked to
pieces when one morning as they sat
at breakfast Mrs. Cranston said
''Tom, I'm going to order my dress
maker to make a suit of boomers for
me to-day. do so much bicycling now
that skirts are too heavy for me-"
"Whatv' shouted Tom, dropping his
spoon in the oatmeal and spattering
milk all over his necktie, looking at her
as though she had announced that she
was going to commit suicide.
Mrs Cranston also dropped her spoon
and looked in surprise at her husband
II said," she repeated, that l was GO
ing to get bloomer suit. What strikes
youas particularly strange about that|
"What strikes me as particularly
stranger" he repeated, with wild look
In his eyes. "Do you think for one In
stant that will allow my wife to race
around town looking like lithograph
o ;o+x orto I'm, ant2 Not nlI1Hh ~
"But, Tom," said Louise, in a tone
that had never failed to persuade her
husband that she was right and that he
was wrong. II don't see why | can't
have boomers. Mrs. Kynaston and
Mrs. Bentley and Mrs. Jennings all
wear them and their husbands don't
object, SO why should your
'Itmakes no difference why should"
said Tom, doggedly. 81 don't intend
to have my friends on the exchange
coming to me and saying Tom, l see
your wife's wearing boomers Not If
I know It,"
But Tom she began, Il"
"Oh, don't talk any more nonsense,
Louise" he broke in. 81 am sick of 1t.
You shan't wear boomers, so that set
ties It," And Mr.. Cranston, whose ap-
petite had been entirely taken away by
his wife's announcement, got up from
the table and started for the door.
"Good-by,' he called from the hall.
and then the door slammed, and Louise
sat at the breakfast table wondering
how 1t was that she had never before
known that her husband had will of
his own.
She had told all of her friends, only
the day before, that she would be wear
ing boomers within a week, and when
they had suggested that her husband
might object she had said
"What. Tom object? Why, he never
objects to anything"
And now Tom had absolutely refused
to allow her to wear them, with facial
expression which showed that he would
not stop short of the divorce courts to
prevent 1t.
Finally she arose from the table and
went to her room.
She had an idea which she thought If
properly carried out, would gain Toms
consent to the wearing of boomers. She
wrote n hurried note to her dressmaker
ordering a bloomer suit Of pattern
which she had already selected, ana
then donned her old bicycle suit to pay
call on Mrs. Kynaston, who had
husband that did not object to bloom
ers.
She told her troubles to the yivacious
Mrs. Kynaston, who was not sparing In
her sympathy for the poor friend who
had narrow-minded husband who OBJ
jected to Il convenient bicycle dress.
"Why, how foolish of him." she said.
"I don't believe the poor man has over
seen a proper bicycling costume. III
tell you what Wen do. Wen all go
bicycling this afternoon, and come back
by your house at just the time your hus-
band gets home, and he will see what
q bloomer suit looks like"
And so the bicycle party was arrang-
ed and when Thomas Cranston arrived
at his house that evening he saw five
women riding in front of the house and
four of them were in full bloomer cos
tune. The fifth, who wore skirts, was
his wife.
He was not so badly shocked as he
thought he would be, and he wished
that he had not been so decided in his
refusal Of his wife's request, but he
made up his mind that 1t would be un-
manly to yield after his remarks Of the
morning, and so with bow to his wife
and her companions he went indoors
and began to dress for dinner.
That night Louise again broached the
subject of boomers, bur her husband ST.
fenced her by saying:
"Now, see here, Louise, don't speak to
me about bloomers again. You may so