The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-25
BREAKING THE BOND

nmR CocnRANE enters the
IMl drawlng-room. where his wife
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is seated at the piano.
+ He-For goodness sake Mabel, stop
banging that instrument and talk 10
me-
She turning her head roundl-Talk to
your What on earth about? | saw you
Nj breakfast.
He--Is fellow only TO speak to his
wife once day? | thought marriage
was meant for companionship and sym
pathy.
She (crosslyl-You think wives were
created just to fulfill the passing ca
price Of the moment. but | don't choose
to pander 10 your whlms. I've some
thing better to do. Faces the music
and goes on practicingJ
He-Most women give up all that
stunning when they get married and
take TO more useful occupation.
She playing softlyl-More fools
they. banging hard and putting down
loud pedalJ-
He Ualsing his yoieel-lf you go on
any longer with that noise I'll smash
every note on that old kettledrum.
She Qifting her hands from the keys
Then I'll burn all your golf sticks
Gets off music stool and confronts
hlm1 BY tile by. did you ever intend
giving up golf when YOU proposed 10
me}
He-Oh, that's quite a different mat
teri An open-air pastime is absolutely
necessary for health. It's a mans duty
to his family TO join golf club.
she-And leave his wife to her own
devices, then grumble at her because
she solaces her loneliness with music.
He-But you carry it to such an ex-
cess. You're forever gadding about 10
concerts. operas. musical matinees, and
what not You are never In.
She-Why should l be, when you are
always out? | suppose you'd have me
waiting in the hall all day to help you
on and Off with your coat and to run
for your slippers. like some deluded do
nestle drudge. For years, Walter I've
been trying to uproot your medieval
Ideas OF matrimony. but they stick as
tight as ever,
He-You should have mentioned your
dlsapprova when impaired them TO.
you before our marriage. then-then--
She-Then there would have been no
marriage have cried of;
He (delberatelyl--I certainly should
She-Ours is a good illustration of the
old adage. Marry Ia haste, repent at
leisure" | can only assure you | re-
gret our precipitaney as much as you do.
He-But don't regret anything. 1t
Is only weak minds that indulge In idle
regrets.
she-Own up, our marriage is mis-
take, and be honest.
He-I deny 1t. Nothing Of the sort.
She Qrritatedi-call II what you will,
ali error Of Judgment. regrettable incl
dent-there have been so many disas-
tiers the past year 50 named. But In
h0mely parlance, we ought not to have
got married; we are not suited TO each
other. and our marriage is a. failure.
He (calmly)-You are quite wrong.
The real error only lies in your light
treatment Of the VOWS you made mt tue
altar, and ia your neglect OF wifely
duties,
She-The fact is, you've got tired OF
me. In the early days OF our life to-
gether everything was fresh and new;
you were kept amused, but now the
novelty has worn off, have no longer
the power to attract and entertain you.
He Cangrily)-Upon my word. Mabel.
you take the cake for peryerslon Of
truth 1t was you who got tired OF me;
you were always begging to move 10
London, and complained 30 OF being
duh and bored in the country. AS | was
your sole and constant companion. It
was a bit rough on me, and | felt 1t.
You were always grumblng at me.
She-The fact Is that a man without
any profession or business becomes
hpped, dissatisfied and morose. You
don't do half enough with your life.
He-And you do too much. The con
slant excitement you indulge In makes
you irritable, restless and Eighty.
She-I desplse man who makes golf
his whole life work. and has no definite
aim,
He--l scorn woman who has a score
of silly fancies and misnames them
"isms,"
! She (hotly)-You would bind me
down to the narrow tedlum of domes.
ticlty, aud stlfe all higher aspirations,
He-Rot! bosh! fiddlestlcks! How
you 20 or In a tangent. Mabel! But
this sort Of thing between us can't 20
Oh much longer.
She (qulcklyl-No indeed. There's
only one thing 10 be done If two part.
ners In concern can't pull together.
He-And that Is?
she-Dlssolve partnership. Take I'D
the contract Sever the bond.
He horrifed)-Mabel You surely
don't mean what you say. that-that
We
She-Yes, | do. I've often thought of
1t. guess you have, too, but you
dared not say It, Men have no moral
courage
He (distressfully)-To think II
should ever come to this, when we were
once so happy.
She (trlumphantly)-I cut the Cor.
dian knot for you, and ask for sep.
aration You ought 10 be immensely
obliged to me. It's all so easy to ar.
range, al we have each our own little
fortune, and there will be no none.
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