El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-25
Cupid WITH A JIMMY.
How u Husband Discovered Her
Worth to His Wife
BY HELEN FOLLETT.

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When John Trumbull fell In love
with vivacious and sprightly Gertrude
Moore no one would ever Lave sus-
pected that he WAS scholar. a thinker
and Il settled man of 40 His general
actions were those of IA youth of IS IN
dergoing his first case of love. The
upshot of il was that when these two
became engaged Miss Moore pulled
Mr.. Trumbull around by his philo-
Sophical nose and made him dance to-
her iiddling rs suited her capricious
and changing moods. Matrimony found
the same condition of affairs. Every
domestic question WIS decided by Mrs.
TruInbuii. no matter whether il was
the choice Of an apartment or the Sc
lection Of 81 new coffee grinder. Mr..
Trumbuil. being still in state of
binding affection and admiration for
the LITTLE girl nf 20 whom he had wooed
and won. let her have her way. with
the result that h" WAS being henpecked
10 the. queens IISt"-
Hur the years went 10y. aS the
years have Il way of doing. Mr.. Trum-
bull gradually awakcu",l L" the one
sided state uf affairs. Mrs. Trumbull.
being selfish AMI possessing Il thistle
down iat"li"",. fanri"d that it would
nos IL" to lot Mr.. Truinbull know that
she WAS at all fond Of him. Some old
lady had Inii her one" that when
mar knows u woman loves him his af
lection becomes chilled like whipped
cream in an ice chest. so she stuck up
her IL stuck up of it, own accord,
by the way and went her usual pace
of bullyraGgin. and worrying him. She
would do this. she would do that
what John thought didn't matter.
But, as said before. a change finally
came over Johu'S heart He still con-
sidered that dainty wife of Ills quite
the snarteSt cievrrcSt woman in the
world. but, strange IL say, he WIS be-
coming aware of her peculiar powers
of debating ana laying down the law.
John WAS quiet and inoifcnSivc and
Just the kind Of a man that offers
splendid opportunities for the woman
with II will Of her own. For Il long
time Mrs. John did not observe that
her husbands substantial admiration
was growing thin almost 10 Il shadow.
But when she did realize it the blow
was something fearful. 1t had been
her opinion that even though she were
to sell his best clothes To the rag mau
or burn the house up or turn his hair
white with her everlasting criticisms
John would ever remain the same
faithful. adoring. enduring.
one morning Johu didn't kiss his
wife when he went down town to bust
ness. She moped and wept and scolded
the baby and the kitchen maid and
h.. In
that time on things went from bad to
worse and from worse To even worse
than that Once in great while when
Johns old vision Of love for his wife
came up he would take her in his arms
and tell her that she was the prettiest
thing i'm the world Following her old
time tactics. Mrs. John would in return
comment OH his bad choice of a necktie
or let loose the pleasant information
that his collar was soiled on the edge.
Johns heart would sink. and he'd
tramp Off To work feeling like an or
phan asylum in Il derby hat and crcaS-
ed trousers.
As il was not Johns nature to war
against any one he simply kept himself
out OF Mrs. Johns way. Sunday after
moons he went over To the North Side
to see an old college chum of his. These
trips were his only designations.
One Sunday afternoon when he and
his old friend were discussing some
exciting Sollcge Scrimmagr
that had taken place IL years back the
telephone bell rang, and Il womans
voice begged To speak TO Mr.. Trumbull.
He Went 10 the phone.
lis that you. Gcrirudc:
Yes. John. And won't you come
home. please: let Sadie take baby
over To your mothers. AMI everybody
In thc building is out. aud I'm having
the fidSe;s. | don't know what I'm
scared about. but I'm just nervous"
An right, dear" said John, and
home he went. not stopping long
enough to finish up the recoIlections of
the college fight.
At home lie found his wife sitting
rurled up on a little settee looking |
very much rs she had looked when /,