Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-01-02
BLYKI.NS THE HERO.
stlE TAKES THE ne ApiN q PART IN "A
DOMESTIC DRAMA. |. 3.s


Al Cues llixsa, ut IL Well satisfied
With Hinaself. '5 .a;5t u; .:5s v
Mrs. Blykins has certain streak of
Il eoman,a In her disposition, although her
domest nv atmosphere is not favorable to
Il Sts cultivation. It was Saturday evening,
a md she had Just come home from the
y matinee where all is 10 different from
3skhis workaday world, where all il 50
N coarSe and commonplace. Her husband
.sat down at the table and, as usual,
pushed every thing away except cup, Of
u tea and q morsel Of steak. As he turned
4 10 his newspaper he heard faint sigh.
He glanced at his wife and noted that
I her expression was one Of patient resig-
\ nation. He rcread the same paragraph a
Aumber Of times without in the least
slcomprehending the. sense of 1t, and then
\ ne erumpied the paper and threw it with
4 Ill his might into the coal scutte. He
Folded his arms across his chest and,
4 Dragging his toes, walked slowly across
4 khe room. He tripped at the hearth rug
and was obliged to do it all over again.
y HE passed his hand over his forehead
\ and stopped abruptly before his wife.
u Valerie, my darling" he said.
81 ITO whom are you talking?" she asked
rather sharply. You're getting me mix
led with some one else. My name isn't
Valerie, and you know it,
81 Yes, it is" he answered. '.1f you
think TIM going to call you Sally any
more. you're wrong. Don't you call me
Jerry after this either. From this on
I'm Etienne to you. and don't you lose
sight OF the fact. II it's necessary, I'm
going to get the legislature to ratify this
new deal in names. Valerie, my dar-
& Hing ~ = So.
She looked at him in silent astohish-
ment. ~. -, - IT, ~
Rosalie, my darling" he went on, tax
ing her hand. something has come be-
tween us. A cloud has drifted into our
lives. You have some secret" ~
~ haven't anything Of the kind" =
-.'.Yes, you have" he. insisted as he
made: an attempt to sit on the arm Of her
ehnir and slid of, He finally succeeded
~ getting more or less secure perch and
tried to draw her head over so that it
would rest on his bosom. L.
Go 'way!" she squealed. 'You are
d spelling my frizzes." y -.
4 Frizzes be blamed" he shouted. II
want to know what it is that has crept
Into our lives and is blasting our young
happiness" r.
Il was going to tell you all about it,"
! she exclaimed. '"There wasn't any ,uced
FOR You to carry on this way
tireat Scott" he shouted. do you
mean to say there is anything serious the
mnfter p ,s'- .s ~
q 1 didn't suppose you would 60 guess.
Ing around this way and have suspi-
cions.'' she ans wered chokingly. II know
conM have made it all up. 1t was only
lef4.73 anyhow. 1t was such beautiful
stpiece Of china! u know i oughtn't to
/ have gone in debt, for it. but could very
easily have saved it out OF the, house,
! lkeeIing money without Bcrimping. the
table a bit. !" & s$ vi Vi %< "a
10 said anything about $4.73?" he
1demanded aavagely.
sss5 ~ You did, Jerry. You, know you did.
You began talking about a shadow CON-.
hing over our lives and terrible secrets I'M
I'll YOU got my conscience all stirred up.
Nm sure l never thought you'd make
such a fuss about four dollars and''-
4 Keep the change. Never mind the %
SALLY mean Valerie--that is. Rosalie-
the days when we were young! Look in
to your heart and ask if it has changed.
10 much. Ii It is better that we should
part. tell me, and ! will so. But think
think carefully for the sake Of our sweet,
5tinEoS emit child
(, (, Yes; and ii you keep on yelling and
wake him up he won't go to sleep again
tonight."1a& &%#,T >3
II will 20 out into the world alone and
4 try to forget" = .,r,a 10y.
4 I:wish you'd stop tugging at my hand
that Way. l told you this morning had
IL zhang nail" y.
ff5fs. You will let me come sometimes and
nee the child. You will teach him to call
me papa and let me kiss him-for his
mothers sake?" ~> '--
4 She began to cry in good earnest as she
hait1: n Is . w. s-,. a. =, - r.
That you were going to go stark star
& ing crazy over four dollars and ;,
81 Gut the four seventy-three!" he inter-
rupted vehemently. ''Don't you try to
inalJsite false motives to me. Don't you
know what I'm doing" =
q 8t''',sSsot exactly. E@ s%.;..
nj trying to make you forget the hu-
initiation woman must feel when she
k.onaes home from the matinee and real
lies that She has been tied up for life to
plain everyday proposition who wears
pepper and salt clothes and eats Is cent
lunches, and comes home dead tired at
night after q hard days seance with that
yrtgar thing known as work. heard
won SIGH, and know that was what you
were. thinking about" .isl'
Il She couldn't deny it.
"There's one, thing want to tell you
figlit; here and now" he went on fercely.
5.sDon't you let the idea get into your
\ head that because have the dyspepsia
. ina talk short don't think heap of
{ to,1. Don't you imagine for an instant
VI ihat I don't appreciate what you've stood
\ LID these years and that amt proud to
y hustle and pay house rent and buy coal
Tor the snke OF such a woman as you are.
/ I'm willing to do anything can, Sally,
4 toe. .that'll please you. I've been study
! ing these matinee dramas, and IL you like
sAhat sort Of thing the fact that it makes
Il ne tired doesn't make the slightest differ
enac. Didn't do. purity good for start
Nj Nj N III $3 ss5. y
She gazed at him in gentle astonish'
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