Evening journal., 1897-12-09
SHE STILL LOVED HIM.
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the pound parties, the pleasant little |
dances, the musicales, and the many
other things let them all go to
please him, and we spent hour after
hour in the parlor talking over the fu-
ture. renting our house picking out our
furniture and arranging it;and wewere
to spend every evening in it, and de-
cline almost every invitation to go out,
feeling that it would be a shame to de-
sert our little nest as he called it,
even for a few hours. My dear. if you
have never been kept up night after
night listening to the sweet but sense
less rawlings of man whom you re-
gard, take warning now, and do not
waste your time, for the honeyed words
are but the lime which the willy fowler
is spreading to catch the bird. When
l compare the past with the present I
wonder if there is such a thing on
earth as eonstancy. But ! am not
through yet. Let me tell you what
else he did in his efforts to ensnare the
affections Of my young and inexperi-
enced heart.
He said that my eyes were like lakes
of the mountain;
My lips were of coral from India's
warm wave;
Ny cheeks had the CLINT from some
white marble fountain,
And over my blushes and dimples
he raved.
The JOY of his life was to fasten my
shOestring;
To button my gloves was a source of
delight
My bonnets were dreams-as for that,
every new thing
wore he declared to be perfectly
right
How nice of him." sighed the So
ciety editor. The sporting editor kick
ed the spittoon under the table and
vowed beneath his breath that if he
ever ran across the wretch who had
stained the cheek of the fair divinity
with tears Ct sorrow and regret he
would throttle him on sight
The political editor suggested that it
was pretty near time to call a fami'v
caucus and unseat the wretch.
What is the use of saying anything
to the family My father and mother
declare that 1 have made my bed and
that l must lie on it. Father said he
never liked my husband, anyhow, but
that for fear Of breaking my heart he
! permitted him to marry me. He told
me that my husband had the face of a
rogue. l told him that that was un-
true, that there was not a handsOmeI
man in the city of Wilmington; and
that ] did not thank him for making
disparaging remarks about the man
who had sworn to protect me. He
said something about never being able
to understand these darned women
anyhow, and went of in a huff. Then
went to mother, and she declined to in
terfere, saying that she did not want
to become involved in a quarrel witt
a woman such as my husbands mo
ther was, and she advised me to sc
and see my husbands mother and ge
her to use her influence upon him.
went to see his mother and brOache1
the matter as delicately as l could. Sh
hared up Immediately and said tha
her boy was incapable of doing any
thing wrong or dishOnorable; that sh
had brought him up and did not car
to have her labor held up to heartles
criticism. l told her that he neve
stayed home an evening with me, AM
that all of his tenderness seemed TO b
lost She advised me to make hOm
: more attractive for him, and hinte
that she never for the life of her coul
see what he saw in me to marry me
anyway You can well appreciate VIII
, have gone to my silent and bes
: friend the pen, for consolation and
ease my burdened and almost broke
t heart"
} You might get a divorce" suggeste
the court reporter.
f "A divorcel" she exclaimed "An
t pray, why should / get a divorce?"
I "To get rid of him." answered tn
court reporter.
1 But / don't want to get rid of him
S she said. Il love him too dearly. An
e. then. besides, there is that big blacl
. haired. brown-eyed girl across II
e street who would be only too glad
get him if he were free from me. Ever
p time he comes home to meals she
= sure to be stuck at the window lOokiI
n at him, and she bows and he raises h
= hat. and she acts for all the world
though he belonged to her and not
me- No, ! don't want divorce. VIII
Il want is to have him for myself alOn
b lust as | had him before we were ma
- ried. Why he had none Of these e.
e gagements then. If / wanted ice crea
l. or candy all l had to do was to gi
e the gentlest sort of a hint, and l got
n in abundance. The best seats in q
e Opera House were at all times at n
disposal. He always dressed in Z
/ best of style and was a credit to hiI
! self and to all who were seen wi
y him. But, such a change. Now
+ never thinks of anything but comil
is home, getting his meals and going ol
IL and the shabbier he is the better
/ seems to like it, If he happens
spend an evening at home he sits the
~ with paper or book in his hand a
III never says a word If ask him qu'
IN ton he says: 'Uhv or Please do
- bother me when l am reading!' Su
VI a change! l can scarcely realize III
a he is the same man. But l have o
- or two more verses, and then / sh
- not trespass any longer upon yc
- time:
ry He sat up till midnight six days {
of seven;
TO He walked mile on mile with pC
an me at his side;
te We gazed at the stars which bestudC
re the heaven,
to And riches we're horses which b
to gars could ride.
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