The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-05-21
OVER THE
MORNING CUP
A MARITAL TIFF.

"It is the money that has done it,
Mary-the miserable money"
at is your pride that has done it, /
tell you. Basil. 1 couldn't help having
the money. could II You liked the lux
uries 1t brought as well as did. l new
er thought whether it was yours or
NINE"
"But thought. knew it was yours.
and other people knew it. They took
pains to make me feel it too"
But 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 itY'
81 now realize that it would be log
ical outcome for people to say and for
you to think that took you because
of it."
"If people have said that, they have
not said it In my bearing
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 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 a 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 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 commanded
you to return you probably would not
obey me-"
I'm glad you didn't put my obedi-
ence to the test, BASIL"
you would not have returned"
'Not 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 Commands are out Of date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 wish that you would not"
Because you are such provincial.
You've never known anything but this
humdrum, supervirtuous, formal, in
sufferable town"
'This insufferable town has sent out
a 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 deliber-
ately give up the pleasures of life and
enter into these social crypts which you
call by the name of drawing rooms?
Why, the nearest pleasure the people
in this village have ever come Is in
reading AN Elegy In Country
Churchyard They are ignorant of ev-
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 that
some of them had enjoyed great hon
ors abroad as well as at home. They
don't know much about the record Of
the favorite trotter of the year, adj
NIT They are unacquainted with the
latest scandal about the reigning prima
donna. They are not up on the latest
slang. By your standard they fap
short undoubtedly"
81 am glad you understand my stand
ard SO well: I'm glad No, no; please
don't answer You spoke spontaneous
ly. and you said what you thought
quite honestly and without any resers
vations At least hope there were no
reservations"
"But there was reservation"
"IndeedT'
"Shall | tell you what 1t isl"
''If you please"
"Well, then, / think you do not love
me-"
"Ohp'
81 think my society appears as dull
to you as the society of the other in
habitants of this village, which you
frankly confess you detest. | think
there are men-and one in particular
~Basil, / wouldn't go on"
"Why not?'
because there is candor cannot
endure and keep my self respect"
"Then I'm not to speak the whole
truth? I'm to keep my reservation
81 think you'd better"
"Where are you going"
ITO my ROOM"
'I shall not be home to dinner"
Neither snail l..
''Why not?"
because I'm going away"
'"To stay overnight"
''To stay over many nights"
'Maryr'
"Many nightsI What do you care?
What do you want with wife whose
standard of living Is what you say
mine Is? We've been unhappy to-
gether for months. You misinterpret
everything say or do. You neither
admire nor trust me-"
81 neither admire nor trust your
Mary, wait a moment"
"Let go of my wristl Why should
you hold mel"
MARY, listen"
II have listened too long. ] have
learned what man means when he
says to woman. i love your he
means: i wish to possess you body
and soul. | wish you to be mine, to
have no power to move Independently
of my WILL Because a woman Is a
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