Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-05-11
OVER THE
MORNING I'M CUP
A MARITAL TIFF.

ut is the money that has done It
Mary-the miserable money"
ut Is your pride that has done 1t,
| tell you, BASIL couldn't help having
the money. could I? You liked the lux
uries It brought as well as did. 1 new.
er thought whether it was yours OF
| mine"
"But thought. knew It was yours,
and other people knew 1t. They took
pains to make me feel it too"
But had the money when you mar
ried me, and you knew it. II you took
| me in spite Of it. why should you be
| angry now because Of its existence and
the existence Of the things which are
the logical outcome Of itY'
! II now realize that 1t would be q log
zeal outcome for people to say and for
you TO think that took you because
Of IT.
eff people have said that, they have
not said 1t In my hearing:
Naturally they have not, but they
have said it."
"And I've never thought anything
about it one way or the other"
Maybe you don't appreciate the fact
that you have thought Of it. Abut the
possession Of that money has given you
an independence which is not condu-
Give to the happiness Of this home. i
asked you not to go on that Journey
last week to your cousin. | don't like
your cousin don't approve of the
people she has about her or Of her man
ner of living. don't like that betting.
sporting husband Of hers | heartily
disapprove of the men you meet there
and Of the unnecessary attentions you
receive from them. Itold you all this
or limited 1t, but you decided that as the
journey cost me nothing, and as you
could provide good housekeeper in
your absence 1t was practically nothing
to me. So you ordered six new gowns.
paid for them out of your own purse.
bought your railroad ticket and went
staid at home, tuning to know was
not personally able toproyide luxurtes
or pleasures for you and. thought Of
you among those reckless people, tax
Ing your strength beyond what was
right. listening to compliments from
men who could spend more money in
one month than / ever. earned in my
life. and knowing that If commanded
you to return you probably would not
obey me-" ........f.a-. g.,s 1
= I'm glad you didn't put my obedi
ence to the test, BASIL
''You would not have returned2'
'Not If you commanded me- Neither
would you do anything commanded
you to do. Commands are out of date
between married folk. Il have always
tried to regard your Wishes"
."Yon went to your cousin, and l ex-
pressed wish, that you would not"
Because you are such provincial
You've never known anything but this
humdrum, supervirtuous, formal, in
siderable. town." .'sz
''This insufferable town has sent out |
a number Of distinguished men. Your
cousin and her kind would knock
long time at certain doors in this vii
lage before they would gain an en-
trance"
you are mistaken, for they would |
not knock. Why would they deliber-
ately give up the pleasures of life and
enter into these social crypts which you
call by the name Of drawing rooms3 I
Why. the nearest pleasure the people
IN this village have ever come Is in
reading An Elegy In Country
They are ignorant OF. ev-
,rything that has. happened since the
battle Of Bennington"
''You think so? | thought some of
hem had led in more recent battles 1
bought some Of them had framed the
avs we now enjoy. believed that
Iome Of them had enjoyed great hon.
'rs abroad as well as at home. They
lon't know much about the record of
he favortte trotter Of the year, adj.
nit They are unacquainted with tive
atest Scandal about the reignlng prina
lonna. They are not up on the latest
lang By your standard they fan
hort Undoubtedly"
Il am glad you understand my stand
lrd so well. I'm glad. No. no: please