Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-01

9. A blind love is a foolish Low,
Encourage the best.
10. Permanent mutual respect
necessary for permanent mutual low,
/ II. The tight cord is the easiest t
snap.
II. If you take liberties, be pre-
pared to give them.
Ii. There is only one thing wors
than quarrels in public. That j
caresSes.
IA. Money is not essential to hap
piness, but happy people usually
have enough.
10. So save some
16. The easiest way of saving is t
DO without things.
IL. If you can't, then you had bet
ter do without wife.
Is. The man who respects his wifi
does not turn her into a mendicant
Give her a purse of her own.
10. If you save save at your owl
expense
20. In all matters of money. pre-
uOU
for the best
Such was their course as far as Thu
ambitious young couple could lay it
They may correct it by experience,
and improve it by use, but it is goo(
enough to guide them safely out tt
sea.
The married lovers live up to theil
own maXims
The most serious incident of thei]
married life occurred when one morn
ing the young husband received ar
imperative letter from Violet Wright
to meet her that afternoon in a pri
vate room at Moriani's.
My dearest Frankie the letter
said, Il suppose I should not address
you like this, now that you are a good
little. married man, but the force oil
custom is strong, and, after all l knew
you long before she did, Now
I'll give you your orders for the day
and don't you forget them. You will
leave your office at $3.50. You will
drive to Moriani's and you will find
me at the door. We shall go up to
our old private room and we shall
have tea together and a dear old chat
about all sorts of things. So come. u
He went
He repealed her advances.
What rot it all isl" she continued
laying her hand upon his shoulder
When did you begin to ride the high
moral horse? You were Just as
cheerful as the rest of them when last
saw you. You speak as if a man
ceased to live just because he is mar
ried What has changed your"
I'll tell you what has changed
me- said he, looking up. my wife
has changed me-"
"Oh, bother your wife,
A look which was new to her came
over his face.
stop that" said he, sharply.
"Oh, no harm! How has your wife
made this wonderful changer"
His mood softened as his thoughts
flew back to Woking.
by her own goodness-the atmos-
phere that she makes round her. If
you knew how wholesome she was,
how delicate in her most intimate
thoughts, how fresh and how sweet
and how pure, you would understand
that the thought of being false to her
is horrible. When l think of her as
she sat at breakfast this morning, SC
loving and so innocent
He would have been more discreet if
he had been less eloquent. The lady's
temer suddenly overowed.
Innocent" she cried. "As innocent
as ami
He sprang to his feet with eyes
Hold your tongue! How dare you
talk against my wife? You are not
fit to mention her name!"
I'll go to Woking!" she gasped.
"You can go to the devil" said he
and rang the bell for his bill.
She did go to Working, intent or
breaking up his home, but the purity
and grace and sweetness of the young
wife restrained her.
"You have such pretty way of put
ting things said the young wife, 81
innocent that she never suspected thu
character of her visitor. "You know
my husband very slightly, but still
can see that you know the world yer,
well. I often wonder if 1 am reall,
the best kind of woman that b.
could have married?'
eyes," said the visitor; 81 think yo1
are"
you are lady with lady's soul il
you," said the woman of the world
"A woman can draw a man down yer,
low, or she can make him live at hi
very highest. Don't be soft with him
Don't give way when you know tina
your way is the higher way. Pull hir
up; don't let him ever pull you down
Then his respect for you will strength
en- his love for you, and the two to
gether are so much greater tina
either one apart"
"And one other piece of advice be
| fore 1 leave you," said Violet Wright
Don't ever take your husband fo
granted. Don't ever accept his kis
or caress as routine thing. Don
ever relax those little attentions whic
you showed him in the earliest day.
| Don't let the freshness and poetry g
out of love, for the love may soon TO
low it, even when duty keeps the ma
true. 1t is the commonest mistak
| which married women make. It ha
caused more unhappiness than an
other. They do not realize it until
is too late. Be keenly watchful fc
your husbands wants and comfort
1t is not the comfort but the attentio
which he values. If it is not there, h
will say nothing if he is a good fellow