Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-07-10
PROTECTING HIS WIFE,
Husband Who Settled Things II
Lasting Fashion.

Lasting Fashion. -
A Star reporter was walking along
New Jersey avenue one Sunday lately
with an acquaintance of his, man Of
50 or upward, when their attention was
attracted by woman trying to coerce
her son, lad of II or Is, into obedience.
She wanted the youngster to go in tn,
house, and he refused, whereupon she
took hold of him and he began to fight
her. In minute the reporters co1n-
panion was alongside and he had the
boy by the collar shaking him. The
mother, instead of taking up the fight
On behalf of the boy, as some mothers
would have done, thanked the man, and
the boy followed her into the house.
THAT was a risky thing you did,
said the reporter, when his companion
rejoined him. cts wonder you didn't
have to fight the woman"
II 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 to keep their
hands off of family row."
"Iet me tell you how learned not
to-" said the man; "or, perhaps, rather
learned to respect q mother. was an
only son, an only child, in fact, and
naturally / was spoiled. My father
died when was about Is, leaving a very
nice property to my mother. She YVES
foolish about me and let me have my
own way and as much money as she
could spare. Sometimes more than
that, but it was all the same to mel
blew in all I could get and wanted
more. was polite enough to other
women, but like good many spoiled
boys, it did not occur to me that my
mother should be treated by me as
treated other women.
1T wasn't that 1 was lacking in the
sense of gallantry, for was not; it only
seemed to me that she was my mother
and I had a boys right to be impolite
and rude to her. When was about ~
or 25, had improved very little, and
my mother still treated me as a boy,
and was ruder than ever, for needed
more money and she couldn't give 1t to
me. Well, about this time she married
again; one of the incest men that ever
lived he was, too, and rich. At first he
was quite liberal with me, but when he
found out what kind of chap I was,
and how I treated my mother, he let
up on that, and began to lecture me on
my conduct. Ididn't pay any attention
to his advice, and one day, after he had
been my stepfather about year, he
called me into his office for another
talk. I may say here he was about 60,
.ery gentle, at least Is pounds lighter
than [ was and three inches less in
height.
SNOW, john he said. when he had
shut the door and locked it, 4 want to
settle this business with you for good
and all. I've talked to you about your
conduct to your mother, what boy
owed to his mother and all that, and you
paid no attention; then I tried to talk
you into chivalrous feeling for her as
man should have for woman, and you
paid no attention. This morning you
acted toward her worse than ever.
Now, want you to understand this in
a different light. You are man and I
am. That lady is my wife, and allow
no man to treat my wife as you have
treated her, and propose to thrash you
for it just as would any other man
under the same circumstances. Throw
off your coat
'But why dwell on the painful scene
that followed?" laughed the reporters
companion. II never in my life got
such a terrific licking, and from that
day forward the respect, Difference and
gallantry showed to the old gentle
mans wife was really beautiful. That's
the way it began, but it wasn't long till
I felt toward her as a man should feel
toward his mother, notwithstanding
how much she spoiled him, and till the
day of her death I never lacked in
courtesy to her; and as for her hus-
band, we'll, was ready to back him
against all comers."-Washington Star.
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