The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-19
Cupid With a Jimmy.

TED man OF 10. HIS general actions were
those OF youth of Is undergoing his
first case OF love. The upshot of II was
! that when these two became engaged
| Miss Moore pulled Mr. TrumbuH around
by his philosophical nose and made him
dance to her nddling as suited her ca
| PRECIOUS and changing moods Matri
mony found the same condition of az
fairs. Every domestic question was de-
cided by Mrs TrumbuIl.
But as theyears went by, as the years
have way of doing, Mr.. Trumbull
| gradually awakened 10 the one-sioed
state OF affairs Mrs. Trunabull, being
selfish and possessing a thistledown in
| tellecL fancied that it would not do 70
| Ter Mr.. TrumbuH know that she was az
| all fond of him.
But as said before, a change finally
came over Johns heart. He still con-
| sidered that dainty wife OF his quite the
| snartest, clevereSt woman in the world,
| but, strange to says ne was becoming
aware Of her peculiar powers OF dictat-
| ing and laying down the law. John
was quiet and inoffensive, and just the
kind OF a man that offers splendid OPP
portunities for the woman with viii
| of her own. For a long time Mrs.
| John did not observe that her husband 5
| substantial admiration was growing thin
! almost to a shadow. But when she did
realize it, the blow was something fear
| full.
One morning John didn't kiss his wife
when he went downtown TO business.
She moDed and wept and scolded the
baby and the kitchen maid, and then de-
| cided she didn't care. From that time
on things went from bad to worse and
| from worse to even worse than that.
Once in a great while when Johns old
time vision OF love for his wife came
UP he would take her in mis- arms and
| tell her that she was the prettiest thing
in the world. Following her oid-time tao
! tics, Mrs. John would in return comment
| on his bad choice of a necktie or let
loose the pleasant information that his
collar was soiled on the edge. john I
heart would sink and he'd tramp on to
work feeling like an orphan asylum in a
derby hat and creased trousers.
AS it was not Johns nature 10 war
against anyone, he simply kept himself
out of Mrs. Johns way. Sunday after
moons he went out for walk Some
times 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 par
ticular exciting college scrimmage that
had taken place fifteen years back, the
telephone bell rang, and woman's voice
| begged to speak to Mr.. Trumbull. He
went TO the phone.
us that you, Gertrude?'
Eyes, John. And won't you come home,
| please. 1 let Sadie take baby over to
your mothers, and everybody in the
building is out and I'm having the fid-
gets. 1 don't know what I'm scared
about but I'm lust nervous"
''All right, dear said John, and home
| he went, not stopping long enough to
| finish up the recollections Of the coll
| lege fight.
At home he found his wife sitting curl
ed up on little settee looking very
| much as she had looked WIEN five years
before he had begged and entreated and
| kissed her into saying Yes" She was
! twisting her handkerchief into little wads
and ropes. and he knew by that that she
was distracted about something.
II know you think I'm a silly to feel
! this way when it's not even twilight
yet. But 1 know positively that some
body tried the kitchen windows while
was lying down, and 1 just couldn't get
over it. always was afraid of burglars
| and ghosts" And then she had a nerv-
| Gus chill.
John said nothing. He took out copy
| of Spencer and lighted a cigar. After a
! time the baby was brought home and
/ put to bed. Mrs Trumbull had recover
, ed from her nervousness and was peek
| ing out from behind a window shade Is
| tening to a conversation that was going
| on in the court.
The servant employed by the family in
| the apartment just below the Trum-
! bulls abode was in the fat opposite
| telling the occupants Of that place that
she was unable to get into the house.
'I can't turn the key and IL you don't
! mind, ma'am, I'll go through your win
! dow"
The people didn't mind at all. They
| even held the girls parasol and pocket
| book while she clambered from one win
dow sill to the other
Then came a crash. II was a terrific
| crash. Had the girl fallen into the court
| No. The sounds that came from the floor
| below were unlike those heard when
| Hendrick Hudson played ninepins in the
Adiyondacks AT that point came a
| shrek, such as the stage heroine gives
vent 10 when the villain gets after her
| with a butcher knife. It was sickening.
Mrs. Trumbull waited half second.
| then stuck her head out OF the window.
and with the help of half dozen other
| feminine vaices called: Mary Mary
! What's the matter?
| The reply was a volley Of sobs and
| squeals winding up with: THE flats
| been robbed"
| Mr.. Trumbull was surprised to see his
! with with hair streaming down her back
| and hands clutching the folds of a bath
| robe, go scooting through the library out
| into the hall and down the stairs.
In ten minutes she returned. Her eyes
were big and black and scared Her
| teeth were chattering. and her hands
| were busy with each other. She eurIed
| up on the divan and looked at her hus-
| band
John. what you you think? The
| Smiths fat has been robbed and there 5
| hardly a scrap OF anything left They
] came through the kitchen window They
| even took some Persian rugs and Mrs.
! Smiths sealskin. And the silver's all
/ gone. and the house-oh, you just ought
TO see IT. It's knee deep with the things
| that they've pulled out OF the dressers
| and wardrobes."
John continued to read his Spencer
| That's too bad he said.
| Silence % Eve minutes.
! John she spoke very softly.
"Yes2" he asked. not looking Up from
| Spencer.
John, do you know I'd just be scared
/ stiff II you weren't here"
John smiled sadly.
You won't go of on that hunting trip.
/ will your
/ ''Weli--ll-u.' he drawlsd uncertainty.
4 just won't let you now They
/ might come 81 and take my old caad =
/ stick. or the baby. or NJ grandmother 5
/ set Of china Aud-Tm not a bit afraid
/ when you're here Honest. In not
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something rev. He threw Spencer on
1 the flcov and went and locked at his re-
/ volver Then Re tried the tining-ooa,
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