The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-08-02

When John TrumbuIl fell in love
with vivacious and sprightly Gertrude
Moore, no one would ever have sus-
pected that he was scholar. a thinker
and settled man of 40. His general
actions were those of youth of Is I'M
dergoing his first case of love. The
upshot of il was that when these two
became engaged Miss Moore pulled
Mr.. Trumbull around by his philo-
sophical nose and made him dance to
her fiddHng as suited her eapricfous
and changing moods. Matrimony found
the same condition of affairs. Every
domestic question was decided by Mrs.
TrumbuII. no matter whether it was
the choice of an apartment or the Sc
lection of a new coffee grinder. Mr..
Trumbull. being still in a state Of
binding affection and admiration for
the little 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
years have 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 af
lection 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 worrying him. She
would do this, she would do that
what John thought didn't matter.
But. as said before, change finally
came over Johns heart. He still con-
sidered that dainty wife of his quite
the smartest. cleverest woman in the
world; but, strange to say, he was be-
coming aware of her peculiar powers
Of debating and laying down the law.
John was quiet and inoffensive and
just the kind of a man that offers
splendid opportunities for the woman
with a will of her own. For 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 something fearful 1t had been
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 everlasting criticisms
John would ever remain the same
faithful, adoring, enduring.
One morning John didn't kiss his
wife when he went down town to bust
ness. She moped and wept and scolded
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 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 tactics, Mrs. John would in return
comment on his bad choice Of necktie
or let loose the pleasant information
that bis collar was soiled on the edge.
Johns heart would sink, and he'd
tramp of to work feeling like an or
phan asylum in derby hat and creas-
ed trousers.
As 1t was not Johns nature to war
against any one he simply kept himself
out Of Mrs. Johns way. Sunday after
Moons he went over to the North Side
TO zee an old college chum Of his. These
trips were his only dissipafions.
One Sunday afternoon when N and