The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-11-29
CUPID WITH A JIMMY


eni case Of love. TIE npsho, Of II ss
thai sbeu these tso becsme enssse'
M.s Moore pulled Mr.. Trnnbnli sfoae'
By biz philosophical rese snd made hiu
DO htf ai5hng a suited hsr esprieion
.ud eb.essss moods. M4irimony foun'
tie sane condition Of tf,ifs Every d
me,tie qaesiion Was decided BY hrs
Tfombull. no matter whether II vas tb'
choice Of 80 spaflneut or the seleciion o
nsx coffee grinder Mr.. r.uDbull b
ias stlll 10 . state Of blluding affection
sud admiration for the sifl Of 20 whom
be had xo3ed aud won. let her have bel
have her way, With the result tbsi b,
was being henpecked to the queens taste,
But ss tie years went by, ~ the years
hsvsa way OF doing, Mr. Tfumbull srsdu
ally awakened to the one.si3ed state oi
al .its. Mrs. Trambnll being feldsh 40
possessing 9 tbisile-dewn intellect, fsncIed
that IL would not do 10 let Mr. Tfum
bull knox that she vst st oil fond OF
hin. Some old lady had told her once
that when a mao knows = woman loves
him bis shection becomes chilled like
whipped cream in 80 lee chest. So she
stack up her nos il stuck up Of 1t own
accord. by the way and went her usual
pace OF bollyrsesins and worshiping hlm.
Sue would DO this, she would do that
what John thon sht didn't matter.
Bot, as said before. change finally
came over johns heart. He still consid
cred that dainty wife Of bis quite The
smsrtest, oltytIest woman in the world,
but, strange TO say. be was becoming
sware Of her powers Of debating and lay
ns down the Law. John was quiet and In
and jnsl the kind OF man that
,iiers splendid opportunities for . woman
With q will Of her own. For . long time
Mrs. John did not observe that her hus
,sud's substsntial admiration was grow
pg thin almost to = shadow Bot WREN
he did resliz, it, the blow was sone
hing fearful. II had been her opinion
hat even though she we're to cell bis
,est clothes TO the rag msn or burn the
Iouse up or turn his hair white with her
criticisms John would ever re
main the same faithful, sdoring. endur
ng.
One morning John didn't kiss his wife
hen he went downtown TO business. She
noped and wept and scolded the baby
nd the kitchen maid, aud then decided
be didn't care. From that time on things
rent from bad to worse and from worse to
ven worse than that Once 10 g great
,hile when Johns old time vision OF love
Or bis wife came up be would take her in
is arms and tell her that she was the pret
LETT thing in the world. Following her
Ia time tactics. Mrs. John would in re
urn com ment on his bad choice OF neck
10 OF let loose the pleasant information
bat his collar was soiled on the edge,
ohn's heart would sink and he'd tramp
q TO work feeling like an orphan asylum
Derby hat and creased trousers.
As IL WAS not Johns nature to war
ssinst anyone, he simply kept out OF Mrs.
ohn's way. Sunday afternoons be went
ut for walk. Sometimes be went over TO
10 North side 10 see an old college chum
bic. Those trips were mis- only dissips
ons.
One Sunday Afternoon. when be and bis
ID friend we're discussing some particular
exciting college scrimmsge that had
ken place Is years back, the telephone
oil rang and . womspsn's voice begged TO
,esk TO Mr. Trumbull. he went to the
hone.
Ia that you. dertrude2
Yss, John. And won't You come home,
lease. let Sadie take the baby over to
our mothers. and every body in the build
q lie out and rm having the fdge,s.
ont know what I'm scared about, but
IN Just nervous
All right, dear. said John, and home be
eni, no. stopping long enough to 6uisb
p the recollections Of the college fight.
At home be found his wife sitting curl
up on little settee looking very much
she hal looked when five years before
, had begged and entrested aud kissed
II into saying Yea" She was twisting
,r handkerchief into little wsds and
per, and be knew by that that she was
s,rscted sbou, something.
kuow you think I'm . siIly to feel this
~ when lie not even twilight yet Bot
know positively that somebody tried the
ichen windows while / wss lying down,
ID 10 couldn't get over 1t. l slwsys
As afraid OF burg lars and ghosts. And
zen she bad . nervous chill.
John said nothing. he TOOK out copy
Spencer and lighted . cigar. After .
me the baby was bfosht home and pnt
bed. Mrs Trumbnll had recovered
ON her nevousues and Va, peeling
i, from behind . window shsdes listen
4 TO . conversation bat Vas going on 10
q court.
The servant emploied by the family 10
q apartment jus, below the Tfumbull's
,oae vas 10 The fat opposite telling the
capsu,s OF that place that abe vac m
lie TO get into the touse.
csut ,arn the hey. and II you dcn'i ,
iot, Ds'sm, III 90 through your uin
~.
The people didn'oi mind 81 oil. Thsy
en- heli the girls psrssol sna pocket