The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-05-03
OVER THE
MORNING CUP
A MARITAL TIFF.


at is the money that has done it,
Mary-the miserable money"
ut is your pride that has done it,
tell you, Basil. | couldn't help having
the money, could l? You liked the lux
aries it brought as well as | did. | new
er thought whether it was yours or
mine"
But ] thought | knew it was yours,
and other people knew it. They took
pains to make me feel it too"
"But l had the money when you mar
ried me, and you knew it. If 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 itT'
II now realize that it would be a log
zeal outcome for people to say and for
you 10 think that took you because
of it,"
"If people have said that, they have
not said it in my hearing
Naturally they have not, but they
have said it,"
Aub L We ntNcl lllOuEul lIlllS
about it one way or the other"
"Maybe you don't appreciate the fact
that you have thought of it, but the
possession of that money has given you
an independence which is not condu-
Give to the happiness of this home. |
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. | told you all this
or limited it, but you decided that as the
journey cost me nothing and as you
could provide n good housekeeper in
your absence it 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 to provide luxuries
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 l commanded
you to return you probably would not
obey me-"
"Pm glad you didn't put my obedi-
ence to the test, Basil"
"You would not have returned"
mot if you commanded me- Neither
would you do anything | commanded
you to do. Commands are out of date
between married folk have always
tried to regard your Wishes"
"You went to your cousin, and | eX-
pressed a wish that you would not"
Because you are such provincial.
You've never known anything but this
humdrum, supervlrtuous, formal, in
sufferable town"
"This insufferable town has sent out
number of distinguished men. Your
cousin and her kind would knock a
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 dellber
ately give up the pleasures of life and
enter into these social crypts which yor
call by the name of drawing rooms
Why, the nearest pleasure the people
in this village have ever come is il
reading AN Elegy In Country
Churchyard' They are ignorant of ey
erything that has happened since the
battle of Bennington"
you think so? | thought some Of
them had led in more recent battles.
thought some of them had framed the
laws we now enjoy, | believed tha
some Of them had enjoyed great hon
ors abroad as well as at home. They
don't know much about the record o.
the favorite trotter Of the year, | ad
NIT. They are unacquainted with the
latest scandal about the reigning primf
donna. They are not up on the lates
slang. BY your standard they fall
short undoubtedly"
u am glad you understand my stand