Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-12-20
Her Husbands ReIauos.
BY Amy Randolph.

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1T Is your own fault. Clara" said
Walter May.
'Of course II is." cried out Clara.
passionately stamping her foot on the
carpet. DO you suppose don't know
IL perfectly we'll? And that is what
makes II SO hard-oh. SO cruelty hard
to bear!"
The fact was that Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter May had begun life at the wrong
end.
Clara cai,horpc was a pretty young
Girl. Just out Of the hotbed atmosphere
Of fashionable boarding school.
Walter May was n bank clerk who
had not the leas; doubt bu, that he
should ultimately make his fortune
out OF stocks and bonds.
Clara" he said TO his young wife
while the golden circle Of the honey
moon was yet ovcrshadowing their
lives. would you like country iif-r''
"oh. dear no." said Clara invoiun-
tafiiy r-co!iinx.
Because said Walter somewhat
wls,fuiiy. my father and mother are
alone on the farm and think they
would like to have Us come aud live
with them
II shouldn't like II at ALL said
Clara. "and mamma says no young
/ bride should ever sst,ic down among
her husbands rciaiions'
Mf. May fro~nci a little. but Mrs.
Clara had a pretty positive way Of her
own. and he demonstrated no further.
but a, the years end Walter May
had lost his situation. the clouds o.
deb; had gathered dark'y around them
and fil ;hc pretty. no~ furniture. East
lake eabinsts. ehiaa dragons. proof ca
cravings and ho; house plants we're
sold under the rcd aaE. They had
made a complete failure OF the house
keeping business. and nov. Ia the
fourth story OF q ;hira-ra,e hotel. Mr.
and Mrs. May .erv looking their fs-
inrc in the face.
Clara had been es;rasaEant. There
vas no soF; OF aouh; abop, that. She
had sisea ''rees.rch.'' little parties.
which she euuida't afford. TO people
who disn't care for her. She had
patterned her tiny establishment after
models which we're far bsyana be.
reach. and aov they esrs ruined.
She had ssn; a trar-bespsiakied let.
ter 10 her mother uho uas In Wash.
inE;oa trying 10 easasrc a sieh hns.
haaa for her younger daughter. but
Mrs. csi,horps had hastily written
back ths, it uss quite impossible for
her TO b Ia Se~ York at that tine
Of year and still snore impossible TO
receive Mrs. Walter May a; the mon.
s;sr hotel where she -ss boarding
And Clara. who hal always had a
vague Idea that her mother was self.
ish. vas quite certain Of 4, nos.
There is but one thniE LET, for yoa.
Clara said Waiter sadly.
And that
is to SO back to the old farm. I
have no longer a home to offer you.
but you vii be sure Of a warm vel
come from my father and mother,
I shall remain here and do fuy bss,
TO obtain some new situation which
will enable men to earn our daily
bread
Clara burs. into tears.
Go 20 nay husbands reiasions,'
she sobbe,i. "oh. Walter, I eaaaa,i-
You ~Ili have to- he said dossei.
~. "or else starve.-
SO Mrs. May packed up her trunk
and obeyed. AZ the way TO Hazel.
copse Farm she cried behind b.. veil
and pictured to herself a siony.fars,,
old man with a viraso Of a wife who
would set her TO do,ns menlai tasks
and ovefvheim her with repruaehes
for having ruined poor. dear Walter. .
AZ for the farmhouse itself. she was
quite sure u was a tesolsts place, with
corn and potatOss owing under the
very windows. and the road in from,
filled with p,ous AMI pigs and har-
rows and broken cart Wheels nut in
the midst Of her tears and desois,ion
the driver called out.
'Hssslcopse Farmi Mr.. Noah Mays,
Here's tn 'ouse. ma'am.
A long low gray stone mansion. all
sarianded with ivy. its windows
bright with seranium blossoms and
the scarlet autumn leaves raining
down on the velvet-smoo,h lawn In
front Clara could Just see how err
roneous had been all her preconceivei
Ideas, when she found herself clasped
in the arms Of the sweetest and most
motherly Of old ladies.
My poor dear,- said old Mrs May.
caresslngly.
You are welcome as the sunshine.
daughter" said a smiling old gentle
man In spectac'es.
And Clara vas established in the
easy chair In front of a great fire o,
pine logs. and tea was brought In and
the two old people cossetted and pet
ted her as " she had been a three
year-old child just recovering from
the measles.