The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-11-06
The First Requisite
 t Love
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But one year had passed since they were married, one year spent in brief periods or happiness inteupersed with periods of misery. He bad found mar riage failure and must make the besi of it He resumed his place at hh clubs. This is mans advantage. # be does not find companionship at home be can get 1t abroad.
 It was not SO with the wife. She could not thus coolly make up her mind that there had been a mistake and partly resume her former life Of inde pendence. Instead of gathering about her her former friends, practically avoiding any serious pitfan, she listen. ed to the first man who chose to Whis. per a soft word in her ear, and be, be. ing encouraged, poured forth a torrent This in a measure supplied what she had lost It was like being widowed and exchanging hearts anew.
 It was the anniversary of their wed ding. but the husband had forgotten it When the wife discovered that thh frst anniversary, which a year befor she supposed would be passed In o more Intense cooling than before, wal absolutely aforementioned by her bus band. she gave way to irritation Nothing that be said pleased her, ev. erything dlspleased her. This is ont of her moods" be said to himself l don't understand them, and ] don't want to understand them. I know O place where l can get quiet and com fort. a place where no woman may en- ter-my club There I win go." When he returned at n o'clock at night the new source from which his wife had begun to draw the sympathy she could not live without was sitting in his par Tor. The husband, entering suddenly caught a look that was passing be tween the two and believed that his place was supplied
 A phllosophic nature led him to think out a plan and follow it-a plan that would do the least harm, give him and his wife the least trouble. "I shall be no dog in the manager" be said "lt she prefers this man, she shall have all she wants of him. l wlli go abroad and live. But that my affairs shall not become common talk l must have an ostenslble object in going. will ap ply for some petty consulship in a place where no American would care to. live; then l win live elsewhere and pay a deputy" After he had given himself plenty of time to form an ir revocable resolution he went to an nounce it to his wife.
 We are creatures Of happenings We mark out a course. take week, a month. perhaps a year to digest it then when we are ready to put it into execu uon a clrcumsmntial zephyr blows u away. When the husband was about to communicate his plan to his wife she forestalled the announcement by one Of her owh. The germ of a new life had come Into the universe.
 In a twinkling the mans mind, n tentIons. affections were diverted into a new channel He was enough of a physiologist to know that the mother must have the best of care. both for her own sake and for the sake of hei and his child. He was chained to @ necessity. He would bear with her every fault her irritability, her pee vishness. her unreasonableness- every thing. It would be time when this sea son was over to carry out bis plan oi living abroad or form another He be gan by putting his arms around his wife anecdonately. She yielded to bis carass. While they were standing si lent i'm each others arms a servant rapped at the door and announced the man who had been called in fer sym pathy. The wife expressed annoyance
 "Ten him that am not at home"
 Then the husband made a discovery Controlling himself. bearing with those faults which had shattered his ideal of married life. giving his wife ocea- sional expressions Of affection which meant nothing, but which were a part of his plan. he soon found that there were no objectionable traits to bear with. or. rather that they had lost their virulence. His wife often ap- peared to him more unreasonable than ever. but the defect was atoued for by expressions of affection for him which unlike his own. were sincere. The pain be had suffered from an uncongenial mate was changed for one of anxiety softened by mutual affection, mutual interest in an expected pleasure. And now that thls delightful sympathy was restored be began to dread lest be should lose her This redoubled hls attentions. bis sympathy, his demon stradons of love. and these Quadrupled the return.
 One day after hours of physical ag ony to the wife and mental agony to the husband In a twinkling the sun shone through ralndrops, smiles broke through tears. There were not only two lovers, but three. King Baby set no his throne in the household and ruled. an autocrat It was what will your majesty please to wear2 And what will your majesty please to eatl And when will your majesty please to sleepy And. most Of all, when will --s.r4. rF.strr r,a-rr,Ft ,fhnu- fn nfannf