The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-19
WIVES AND THEIR INCOME

mcst comfortable armchair in the smok-
ing room. "you ale judge Of things"
VIVA; things"
| "oh things that happen. TELL me,
which docs a man feel most. the loss OF
his wife or the loss of his money!
4 My dear fellow" began Phillip Monter-
cy reprovingly, 1T depends UPON
4 20, can give you the cire dms'auces.
Heure 10 ycuiself . man, the p1sse sor
I Of wife he adoreS. a d.miA shlug in
came snd inexpensive tastes, Imagine
as womsn--r
! The possessor Of an ideil husband and
expensive iastes--ailu is prob 5b,y the
cause of the Diminishing income atore-
said"
"Risat, oh intelligent anticlpa,or of
eyeutsn'
"Weil7"
she has gone,
How me- Not de1dl"
'oh, dear 10. Not dead. but gone be-
fore-.th., is, before the income dimin-
ishcd to the vanishing point"
Monterey Joined bis finger tips.
"rh}t was very considerate Of her. She
has probably saved an mpasse.'
'Whc CHI IS the French for The work.
house,
Wei. yes. suppose VIC both sympa-
thlze with the woman, because he man
will laugh last. But ] wander from the
subject. Wives nd inconcs, NV lear
fellow. sro both pershabie commodities,
incomes especially So The former are
comparatively easy to replace. WITH the
lat er ct is diifeteat. One eau i've with
an income. yet without WITS. One can
live with both, but-~weli, you Sc, what
me when ! say thlt the womll has. in
all probability, saved he situation In
such a menage as you have pietured the
onts of maln,a.nin mutual bnpp ness
would rest heavy upon lie mln-poor
chap
Poor chap, indeed You don't under
stand"
More circumstances"
Vinyard leaned forward.
The man was desperately in love with
his wife; worshiped the ground she
walked on, and all that sort OF thing.
They never quarreled."
Her demands were made exclusively
upon his purse and his affectlons?"
Yes. ami they were Invariably hon
ored, In other matters she allowed him
a superior knowledge. and bowed rellg-
iously before It.. Told the poor devil he
was man and knew hest while she was
only poor weak little woman who had
thought that such and such thing might
poss.,Sv be correct but was evidently
mistak,n, since he, ner wise hu.hand.
knew Other wise
Which meant that she always got
what she wanted?''
she played upon him as a swell pi-
anist plays upon a second rate us .ru-
ment got every ounce Of music out of
him Now she's playing the 'nanse Ma
cabrc You know--Pom. Pom! Pom!
Oh, those thumps!'s
There was a pause, and Vinyard sank
back in his chair.
Yes, IT'S all over now, he went on.
While 1T lasted IT was good to see. Only
one cloud--the diminishing income, which
he didn't worry about then. of which she
knew nothing.
'sNo-nothlng. echoed Monterey.
There was not family jar among all
their domestic crockery. Had they en-
tered for the Dunnlow Fitch they would
have started the hottest favorltes known
for years and won comfortably That
marriage, my boy was made IN heaven
But Ike most fhiugs celest al, II has
been spoiled by terrestrial contact AND
the enfT
'About a month ago the man had long
and unp easant interview with the keeper
OF his money baas. who resides in dusty
office near Lnc1n's ipn. He was IN
formed that he didn't pull M sharp he
would drive his cart oyer the precpiee--
tn It old, famh ar prec plce. So ne Went
home and shaped a speech cinbodyng his
ment and reform. He delivered at
what he deemed a favorable moment. This
programme ,having turned radical. lie
mentally spelled IL with one M speedily
crested an oppos on. He CARE the
retreuohment pert OF it. for 10 meant
business ana held the purse strings Tle
reform re shelyed for a time. H.. th.
peace motion, despite his readp9ss 10
sccep. any re-sonab amenimeut, was
carried TO a division and lost Here, now
ever tbs parliamentary 8 mile gets
.iltle mixed. He d dn't resign, 50 tho o.
position has al led itself to third party,
sought the Ch.ltern Hundreds (Which
means. suppose, the continenU, sDi Tho
victory rests with the government Now,
Phil which Is it, his money or his wife,
The light had entered Monterey brain
and his hand new to the others shoulder,
.'Gool heavens, Jack! You can not
mean that Agnes has
''Ycs, old man she has"
Jack. wh1 have ! been saying Are
you sure?"
''Ol, yes, it's he regnlat on roman q
tro-s with all its hackneyed aGeompani-
ments. have her few last words on pa
per. | don't know who he is I5ve made
out a is. but / cant decide IN single
starter Even af.er the event, | can't
prophesy. / on.y knew OF 1t an hour ago:
and came around here to see u you were |
miss nB. IN Supn case, uoeS not one
always fly TO ones best friend"
And after this"
Nothing! Am | bound to scour the
earth for them? Have they not put me
TO inconvenience enough already! II !
chance upon them, / suppose must |
shoot him. or. better Sill, horsewhlp |
him man looks a bigger fool utter
thrashtag than he does upon a marble |
slab. At present | suppose look a fool. |
A companion pieture in the matrimonial |
farce to the rampant mother-in-iaw 10
the deceived husband And she--she has |
two lords: one spells his name with o
capltan I'm the other. oh, Agnes Agnes |
wonder what your patron saint. the |
Virgin and Martyr. In ks OF You now, |
Yet, Phil, I'll do something. I'li-Iil |
take drink, here and nov IN mine own |
club. For. behold. l am once moro q
bacbelor---or, the next best thing To II. |
Drink With me Phil. aud confess that. |
for newly deserted husbipd. I'm to !,
deuce OF cool hand"
.oh. STOP THAI, Jack
Don't, Phil. please; don't say Tn sss- |
rier thin I look. It's 8 I'D common
place remark and It will Deprive mo CT |
the consolation ! derive from imagining
that I'm taking II philosophlcally."
and you are ruined?"
'.oh, dear no! From one poiU OF veg
that's the most CALLING plrt OF II. ! only
ask for moderation, The question 10.
Will my Income continue to diminlshf