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women there had never been even so much
as the shadow of a quarrel between Mr..
and Mrs. Cranston. But after Mrs. Grams
ton bought wheel and learned to ride
well there was disagreement which came
very near breaking up a 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 unconsciously
gained an opinion that her word was to
him like the laws OF the Modes ald 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 dressmaker
to make suit Of bloomers for me today.
do so much bicycling now that skirts are
too heavy for me-"
"what!' shouted Tom, dropping his
spoon in the oatmeal.
Mrs. Cranston also dropped her spoon
and looked in surprise at her husband.
81 said," she repeated, 'that was going
to get bloomer suit. What strikes you
as particularly strange about that"
what strikes me as particularly
stranger" he repeated with wild look in
his eyes "Do you think for one instant
that will allow my wife to race around
town looking like a Autograph of a variety
entertainment? Not much"
'But, Tom," said Louise in tone that
haG never failed to persuade her husband
that she was right and that he was wrong,
81 don't see why | cant have bloom
ers. Mrs. Kynaston and Mrs, Bentley and
Mrs. Jennings all wear them, and their
husbands don't object, so why should you?'
at makes no difference why | should, y
said Tom doggedly. 81 don't intend to
have my friends on the exchange coming
to me and saying, tom, l see your wife is
wearing boomers " Not if | know it?'
But Tom, she began, CT
ooh, don't talk any more nonsense
Louise" he broke in. 81 am sick of it,
You shan't wear boomers, so that settles
it," And Mr.. Cranston, whose appetite
had been taken entirely away by his wife's
announcement, got up from the table and
started for the door.
t'Guoi-byy," he called from the hall
and then the door slammed, and Louise sat
at the breakfast table wondering how it
l., I. hot
her husband had a will of his own.
She had told all her friends only the day
before that she would be wearing boomers
within a week, and when they had sug-
gested that her husband might object, she
had said
"What Tom object? Why, he never OBJ
jects to anything"
And now Tom had absolutely refused to
allow her to wear them, with facial ex-
preston which showed that he would not
stop short of the divorce courts to pre-
vent it.
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 hurried note to her dressmaker
ordering bloomer suit of a pattern which
she had already selected and then donned
her old bicycle suit to pay call to Mrs.
Kynaston, who had husband who did
not object to boomers.
She told her troubles to the yivacious
Mrs. kynaston, who was not sparng in her
sympathy for the poor friend who had II
narrow-minded husband who objected to a
convenient bicycle dress.
"Why, how foolish Of HIM" she said.
81 don't believe the poor man has ever seen
proper bicycle costume. I'll tell you
what we'll do. Well all 90 bicycling this
afternoon and come back by your house at
just the time your husband gets home, and
he will see what a boomer suit looks like"
And so the bicycle party was arranged,
and when Thomas Cranston arrived at his
home that evening he saw five women
riding in front of the house, and four of
IUem were III Iull I'lUOnleT cOSCuIle. lie
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 wifes request but he made up his mind
that it would be unmanly 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 hroached the
subject OF bloomers, but her husband
silenced her by saying:
'Now, see here, Louise, don't speak to
me about hloomers again. You may 20 in
for wonsns rights if you like, and you
may wear standing collars and mems waist
coats, but you shall not wear trousers, even
if bicycling does justify it in your eyes I"
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