The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-12
PROTECTING HIS WIFE.
Husband Who Settled Things II
Lasting F2shion-

Lasting Fashion
A Star reporter was walking along
New JERSEY avenue one Sunday lately
with an acquaintance of his. man OF
SO or upward. when their attention was
attracted by woman trying 70 coerce
her son, lad OF u or Is. into obedience
She wanted the youngster 10 go IN tbs
house, and he refused. whereupon she
took hold of him and he began 10 fight
her. In q minute the reporters cosss-
panion was alongside and he had the
boy by the collar shaking him The
mother. instead OF taking up the fsht
on behalf of the boy. Is some mothers
would have done, thanked the man. and
the boy followed her into the house
THAT was risky thing YOU did"
said the reporter, when his companion
reioined him. Its wonder ron didn't
have TO fight the woman"
81 know how those things are" he
laughed, "but can't help helping the
woman. don't care what the results
may be-
Most men, I think. feel that way but
most men are wise enough 70 keep their
hands of OF family row"
let me tell you how Warned not
to-" said the man; ''or, perhaps. rather
learned TO respect = mother. was 81
only son, an only child. in fact. and
naturally was spoiled. Ny father
died when I was about IS, leaving a very
nice property 10 my mother Size was
foolish about me and let me have my
own way and IS much money as che
could spare. Sometimes more than
that, but il was all the same 10 me-
blew in all l could get and wanted
more. I was polite enough 20 other
women, but Ike good many spoiled
BOYS, il did not occur 70 me that nv
mother should be treated by me as
treated other women
ut wasn't that was lacking in the
sense of gallantry. for was rot; II only
seemed TO me that she was my mother
and / had boys right 10 be impolite
and rude TO her. When | was about -
or IS, had improved very little, AMI
my mother still treated me as boy.
and / was ruder than ever, for | needed
more money and she couldn't give II "a
me. Well, about this time she married
again: one of the incest men that ever
lived he was, too. and rich. At first be
was quite liberal with me, but when hs
found out what kind Of chap was,
and how I treated my mother, he let
up on that, and began 70 lecture nc On
nv conduct. Ididn'tpay any attention
i. - 10 oft he
been my stepfather about year, be
called me into his Office for another
talk. may say here he was about 60,
.ery gentle, at least IS pounds lighter
than was and three inches less IA
height.
"'Now, John he said, when be had
shut the door and locked ii, i want 20
settle this business with you for goSd
and all. I've talked 20 you about your
conduct to your mother. what a boy
owed TO his mother and all that. and you
Paid no attention: then / tried 20 talk
YOU into a chivalrous feeling for her as a
man should have for a woman. and you
paid no attention. This morning you
acted toward her worse than ever.
Now. I want you 70 understand this ~
different light You are Elan and
am. That lady is my wife. end allow
no man to treat my wife as you have
treated her, and propose TO thrash yon
for It Just as would any other man
under the same circumstances Throw
Of your coat
But why dwell on the painful scene
that followed" laughed the reporters
companion 81 never in my life got
such a terrific licking. and from that
day forward the respect Difference and
CaIlantry 1 showed TO the old gentle
mans wife was really beautiful. That's
the way il began. but il wasn't long til
] felt toward her as o man should feel
toward his mother, notwithstanding
how much she spoiled him, and til the
day of her death l never lacked "a
courtesy 20 her; and as for her hus-
band, well. was ready 20 back hir1
against all corners. Washington Star.