The Taney County republican., 1900-06-14
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> By Helen Follett. I
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1v Gertrude Moore no one would ever
have suspected that he was a scholar,
= thinker and settled man of 40.
His general actions were those of
youth of IS undergoing his first case
of love. The upshot of it was that
when these two became engaged Miss
Moore pulled Mr.. Trumbull around
bv his philosophical nose and made
him dance to her fiddling as suited
her capricious and changing moods.
Matrimony found the same condition
of affairs Every domestic question
was decided by Mrs. Trumbull, no
matter whether it was the choice of
an apartment or the selection of
new coffee grinder. Mr.. Trumbull be-
ing still in Il state of binding affec-
tion and admiration for the girl of
20 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
wears have n way of doing. Mr. Trum-
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 at all fond of him. Some
old lady had told her once that when
a man knows a woman loves him his
affection 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 bullyragging and wor-
rying him. She would do this, she
would do tllat-what John thought
didn't matter.
But. as said before, a change final
" came over Johns heart. He still
considered that dainty wife of his
quite the smartest. cleverest woman
in the world, but, strange to say, he
was becoming aware of her powers of
debating and laying down the law.
John was quiet and inoffensive, and
just the kind of Il man that offers
splendid opportunities for a woman
with a will of her own. For a long
time 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 IcdTIul. DecH
her 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 ever
lasting criticisms John would ever re-
main the same-faithful, adoring, en-
during.
One morning John didn't kiss his
wife when he went downtown to bust
ness. She moped and wept and scold-
ed 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 great
while when Johns old time vision of
love for his wife came up he would
take her in his arms and tell her that
She was the prettiest thing in the
world. Following her old-time tao
tics, Mrs. John would in return
comment on his bad choice of a neck
Tie or let loose the pleasant informa-
ton that his collar was soiled on the
edge. Johns heart would sink and
ne tramp off to work feeling like an
orphan asylum in a derby hat and
creased trousers.
AS it was not Johns nature to war
against anyone, he simply kept out of
Mrs. Johns way. Sunday afternoons |
ne went out for walk. Sometimes |
ne went over to the North side to |
see an old college chum of his. Those |
trips were his only dissipations.
one Sunday afternoon, when he and |
MS Old friend were discussing some |
particularly exciting college scrim- |
mage that had taken place Is years
oack' the telephone bell rang and a
woman's voice begged to speak to Mr.
trumbull. He went to the phone.
Is that you, Gertrude?'
les, John. And won't you come
acme. please. I let Sadie take baby
over to your mothers, and everybody
Al the building is out and I'm having
'ne ndgets. 1 don't know what I'm
Seared about, but I'm just nervous"
All right, DEAR" said John, and
nome ne went, not stopping long
enough to finish up the recollections
'oI the college fight. s
AZ nome he found his wife sitting
Nuried up on a little settee looking
sry much as she had looked when
I've years before he had begged and
.reated .n1 and kissed her into saving
She was twisting her hand
e,ehlef into little wads and ropes,
A.; lie knew by that that she was
'racted about something. g,erf
g. Know you think I'm silly to
a;', .. THIS way when it's not even twi-