The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-10

OF q martyr 70 domestic clues-loT u ,Hni'ru
time. But with the opening OF spring. she had
her misVivings about her husbands remain
Ing too many evenings IN New, YORK. Some
where she had read or heard OF the roof-GarGen
habit. and with the tact and ingenuity peculiar
10 only n few women, She convinced her nus
band that In warm weather New YORK after
dark WIS not q healthy place for men who spent
the day In stufy offices,
The vegetable garden was once more under
way, and required much of Mr.. kyles, time.
Bronson Kyle, Jr, preferred wading IN the
musical brook TO hoeing and wedding IN the
garden, About this time also. Mrs, Kyle began
to feel the elects OF the early warm days. She
became languid and llstiess, and after Mr..
Kyle had wiped the dishes three successive
evenings and had run for the train two sue
cessive mornings, after a late. and Inadvertently
prepared breakfast, he decided that some
thing must be done, it was a question n o. YAK,
or securing a servant. MIR. Kyle heroically
agreed to engage the servant. i,
For days he advertised IN the papers and
worth emplo, ing objected In forcible terms
TO leaving New York. Mr.. Kyle was about
ready TO give up in despair, when one morning
self at his office. Her references we're pro-
nounced by Mr.. Kyle AL She was neat In
appearance. delft in movement, but by reason
OF many and varied experiences, he WAS sus-
pieious. There must be some reason for this
girls extreme anxiety to leave the city. and TO
bury herself in a suburban kitchen.
You Understand. do ~you-er--
Magenta. sab. Nah name Is Magenta
We'll, Magenta, do you understand thst our
home Is half an hours ride from New York
and it will cost you nearly q dollar every time
| You come 10 New York;.
yes, san, responded Magenta, without so
much as a sigh. She smoo,thed the folds Of
with yellow roses. That's les what | want
sab. ter get outsn this yere town as fer as l
kin. I've had the trouble Nv NAH life in this
With considerable difficulty Mr.. Kyle sup
pressed a triumphant chuokle. He told his
serving aid-in-prospect TO De back at his ONCE
at $50 shap. just as Magenta reached the door
a horrible thought flashed through his brain.
! and he called after her: .
SEE here. Magenta. you're sure You haven't
a sweetheart who'll be after you. before after
Magenta turned upon her Questioner with
the terocity Of a tiaress. ,
NO, sab. I amt got no sweetheart. l
J nevah want ter see anothah man to the day l
die, sab. There's a man in this yere town az
tried to break nah heart, an l nevah want ter
see him, ner no otheh man. ner the ole town
And again did Mr.. Kyle suppress a wild in
~olination to chuckle with delight, He called
a so nss' og isr, e %|r. a !. n lsa Wifs IN the eAuASa'
Caught a bird Home on the 4o5.'
PROMPTLY At % Megenta reapp,rarsd on the
scene, and MI Kyle on 3h,e arCs ~, IIth h, Inie' t M
shirt waist, and she was armed with a huge
telescope. which LITERAL bulged with her world
" possession. BIT Bronson Kyle was not the
mal 10 quail before a shabby telescope, not
when a hand maiden was attached TO It. lie
grasped the baggage and led the way tothe car
At the ferry house he bought two montnLies'
He "joyfully pictured the Bronson Kyles once
more dipping into literature that very evening
on the front porch. while Magenta washed
the dinner dishes to the tune OF the ripping
Mr.. KYLE. had just stoored to tuck his pur-
chases under the straps OF, the telescope when
he was startled bv an exclamation uttered by
Magenta Str tightening uD, he saw bearing
down upon them a colored man arraved in
t5nc sp.T'tins col3 r. s The y Pge M1santa w Spd
i~auntily tvirled his slender cane as he stepped
10 her side.
I've been lookin' everyvheres fer you
an Mf7 bnr that xix waist with me-.
~ done got nah waist. " responded Magenta
ip frosty tones, as she plncked n=sryouIiy q, a.
work for this we're gnntlamaN's lady"
The colored man smiled with an cir of ass'lr;
Mr. Kyle stood Tor a brief spaca Of time. star
Ing at the flag pattern woven In the vest on tht
uneynected rival FOR the services and society
Of Magenta Then he woke TO a realization
Come on, Magenta he remarked, .pickine
IN the iinwieldy telescope. " want to catci
Tho oolored man laid a OBTAINING hand OF
""Oh. ] doan know about that. MaRent'
here's nah wife, an she Noan nave 70 WorF
in no mans kitchen. We jes' had a trim
diSnu'ation this mornin' bout a little natal
nv new clothes. but | reckon II nint comm e
the pass Nv her leavin' me- an brrafin up mai
fiat. A new waist or two amt soin to max
me-, ner break me-, slong a. the gamers runnln
good. Come long. Magenta, back home,
Bronson Kyle saw that argument was futile
The bell was ringing. and he made A dash fo'
the pier. When half wav across the river h
remembered that the magazines and. paner
wore still s%trapred on Nagenta's telascore
But after all, what did IL matter, when -Magent'
was with the telescope IN New York;