Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-15
C||P|D WITH A JIMMY.
How Husband Discovered Her
Worth to His Wife.
BY HELEN FOLLHTT.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
When John Trumbull fell in love
with vivacious and sprightly Gertrude
Moore, no one would ever have sus-
pectod that he was a scholar, a thinker
and Il settled man of 40. His general
actions were those of a youth of IS UNI
der%ong his first case of love. The
upshOt of it was that when these two
became engaged Miss Moore pulled
Mr. TrumbuIl around by his philO-
sophical nose and made him dance to
her fdlling as suited her capricious
| and changing moods. Matrimony found
the same condition of affairs. Every
domestic question WIS decided by Mrs
Trumbull, no matter whether it was
the choice of en- apartment or the Sc
lection Of a new coffee grinder. Mr
Trumbull, being still in state OF
binding affection and admiration for
the little girl of 90 whom he had Wooed
and won. let her have her way, with
the result that he was being henpecked
TO the queens taste.
But as the years went by, as the
years have a way of doing, Mr.. Trun'
bull gradually awakened to the one
sided state Of affairs. Mrs. Trumbull,
being selfish and possessing a thistle
down intellect. fancied that it would
not do to let Mr. Trumbull know that
she was ut all fond Of him. Some old
lady had told her once that when Il
man knows woman loves him his ar
lection becomes chilled like whipped
cream in an ice chest. So she stuck up
her nose it stuck up Of its own accord,
by the way and went her usual pace
OF hullyragging and worrying him. She
would do this, she would do that
what John thought didn't matter.
Hut. as said before, n change finally
came over Johns heart He still con-
sitlored that dainty wife of his quite
tlIp Suartest. clcvcrcst woman in the
world but, strange to say, he was be-
coming aware of her peculiar powers
OF debating and laying down the law.
John was quiet and inoifcnsive and
lust the Kind Of n man that offers
splendid opportunities for the woman
with Il will of her own. For long
fine Mrs. John did not observe that
her husbands substantial admiration
was growing thin almost to a shadow.
But when she did realize it the blow
was something fearful. 1t had been
ilor opinion that even though she were
TO sell his best clothes to the rag man
or burn the house up or turn his HAIR
white with her everlasting criticisms
Holm would ever remain the same
faithful, adoring, enduring.
enc morning John didn't kiss his
wife when he went down town to bust
ness. She moped and wcpt ana scolded
the baby and the Kitchen maid and
then decided she didn't care. from
that time on things went from bad to
worse and from worse to even worse
than that Once in Il great While when
Johns old vision of love for his Wifc
camc ND he would take her in his arms
and tell her that she was the prettlest
thing in the world. Following her old
time tactics, Mrs. John would in return
comment on his bad choice of 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 creas-
ed trousers.
As it 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. Ihese
trips were his only designations.
One Sunday afternoon when he ana
his cid friend were discussing some
particularly exciting college scrimmage
that had taken place Is years back the
telephone bell rang, and woman
voice begged to speak to Mr.. Irumpull.
He went to the phone.
as that you, Gertrude!'
eyes. John. And won't you come
home. please? l let Sadie take baby
over to your mothers, and everybody
| in the building is out, and I'm having
the fidgets don't know what I'm
scared about. but I'm just nervous"
"All right, dear" said John' ana
home he went, not stopping long
onouoh to finish ND the recollections OF
the college fight
At home he found his wife sitting
| curled I'D on little scttee looking
very much as she had looked wheh
five Years before he had begged ana ell
treated and kissed her into saying
eyes" She was twisting her hand