Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-11-18

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49, Agatha Clair
m pushed back her
~ unfinished cup of
coffee. a decided
frown On her smooth, white forehead.
Indeed. Eugene = ttthsrevas snotsof
Irritation in her voice-"I fail to see
why a woman should be PRONOUNCED
crazy1becadse pIesses. desire to-
visit her home after an absence of
year andahalfnnF - sYA C. .
"Home!"A b i echoed Che word a lit
tie reproachfully, his eyes wandering
around. the neat dinin groom: :, his is
home, Agatha. The first feal one we
have either of US had for years"
The color gdeepenedH en} the, Wife's7
cheeks. Her husbands words were
true; her girlhood's home, with an
uncle in distant city, had not been
happy one. This uncle had been too
PROUD. to let his sisters child earn her
bread, had les eirmore pride
than love or money in the home Agatha
had4realizad the bitterness eahxeada
of dependence. ~.:
The coy farmhouse. shared With The |
quiet man who had won her love, had
i iifs ss fbs s;ESa & s all ~ Is
crowded With gsy aay oung afeS Agatha
began, after & ai til 70 idnnee fDSra GLANCE
just now a>letter from her cousins, tell
ing OF concerts, lecturesaandA parties
made the uneventful wintera tretching
before her look very dreary.i: q ,sr.s.
She sat toying with her2spoon until
her husband had finished his break
fast. Then she looked up, <coaxing
light in her soft, gray eyes II w |'s|H1
"Why can't.we go, Eugene p rsG0N1 4
Cant afford It," he replied, a4little
nngraciously, for her persistence an
noyed him. Besides, the railroad fare,
there'd be lot of new clothes wanted
and" --@1------~-> EI.+x Il
"Clothes!""' Agatha was angry, now.
Really, didn't suppose you knew that
a woman ever had to have clothes. I've
seen nothing 'since4I was your wife to-
show any such knowledge on your part
I'm tired of this scrimping and saving
'and. stagnating"
There was a pause: Husband and
wife confronted each other, both With
hushsdfaees ana fiiunrnr fsd breantthsm enc &
'"A1d Pm" he began, holly. Then,
movee by some memory, he stopped.
A mpment later he cried cut: A.ss.Ah,
Agatha, never dreamed that you felt
that gay! It cost so much for usrto
,start;sand thescropss have DE enIpoor.. i
thou ht you understood" and break
Ing of abruptly he strobe out through
the Kitchen on his wayto the barb. Il 81
Asathe heroine of a nineteenth cen7s
fury story, Agatha should have sat
downaand burst into tears. But, there
was little of5the heroic utther! 7 She
was only an ordinary woman whose
temper was aroused, although not to
suchsEn extent that she could entirely
forget the usual chord Of pain in her
husbands voice. However, she went
about her work, setting down her pref
~ china with an unnecessary amount
of energy, and saying to herself: z"I
1thinksit downright mean in Eugene. I
wonder how I shall ever endure this
long, lonesome winter! Noplace to go,
and no one to see" 4 "a
The matter was not referred to again.
But there was g. cloud between husband
and wife -the first since their wed ding
day. q ~. $.=s