The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-07-30

A country newspaper acquaintance
of ours is in n bad way! He Is In
disfavor with his wife. Time was
when he longed for her coming. and:
"He knew whose gentle hand was at tho
Before the door had given her to his
Dut now. How different! 1t all came
about In this wise:
Happy rs two young kids chewing
the leg of n pair Of red.hnnnel under
breeches. they went to the theater to-
Rether. II was good play. The devn
was devilish. the hero was brave. the
heroine sweet unto madness! The
music, too. was enhancing. and they
buried beneath a sweet concord OF
sounds their passing sorrows!
And then Mephisto butted In!
II was after the theater. The editor
remembered something at the once
undone. She sweetly offered to &C.
company him, although the hour was
late.
Passing a place OF business. an un-
expected friend called the newspaper
scribe.
Go In a moment grnciously sug-
gested the wife. II will walk on to tho
Hotel H and wait a moment for
you!"
The friend was pleased to see n
friend. They chatted until the pub
Usher feared his wife might grow i'm
patient! Stepping to the telephone he
called the hotel and asked the clerk
to apprise the madame he would be
with her Immediately.
"Ting-a-ling." rang the telephone
bell In moment. she isn't here
came back over the wire!
We'll. she Is trump to walk home
alcne at midnight. but might as well
stay while. She won't be any
anSrier half hour from now" and
thus joking. the married man talked
on,
After n time he sauntered homo
ieisurely. qulckening his steps as an
unexpected cloud shed rain. Once at
home he turned on the light and read
the evening paper half hour, then
mounted the stairway to his couch.
Heavens. no wife!
madly about the house. he found her
not! Outside the rain fell faster,
faster. Grasping an umbrella, he hur-
ried through the food to find the
sweet companion Of bis bosom!
He found her three blocks away
coming. coming through the rain. wet,
angry. hurt. frightened!
When he spoke she listened not. but
scorned him with outrageous mien.
Words failed to reach her ears. her
eyes were fiiled with tears-and sadly
the man followed In her wake. won
derlng. sorrowing. mute and helpless!
She did not speak to him that night
except. for one brief word. ahd that
was: WRETCH"
She Is good wife and he loves
her dearly. but how under this blue
canopy will he ever induce her to be-
iieve that the clerk made mistake
and he did not really and truly forget
her?
Those who have been married long
time, please write.
No sooner has President Elit
succeeded In increasing the sale Of
Mother Hubbard dresses In our dOmes-
tic circles. than DIR. Hills arises In his
white cravat and tells US I'VE all 60
to the devil on $4,000 n year"
Chauncey Depew. brave man that
he Is, comes to the rescue with re-
sounding denial. He says man who
has the disposition will go to the devil
anyhow. whether he has an income OF
$4,000 or $4,000.
This is more like It. but what about
us common people who only have an
income OF 5000? Is there no possible
chance for us to distinguish ourselves?
Time was when man could go to
the devil at any price. but one by one
the perquisites of life. liberty and tho
pursuit OF happiness seem to be oblit-
Grated by the truly rich. We once
knew a young fellow who combed his
hair low over his forehead. wore red
necktc, and went. to the devil without
a cent In his pocket. II he had waited
until possessed of DR.. Hills $4,000.
or Senator Depew's $40 coo, ho would
never have stolen six pair of left'hand-
ed cowhides and been sent to dun
colored Jail to recuperate! We have
known for some time that the young
man of to-day must have at least $780,
900 to marry a society bud, but this
is the first intimation that II takes
$4,000 to go to DIR. Hillis' devils
horse or $1,000 to the abode OF the
devil over whom Mr.. Depew has juris-
diction. The possibilities for young
unmarried men seem to be narrowing.
&c
Some mon go through life with a
big stick, but they do rot follow,
President Roosevelt's advice to speak
softly. They are remembered after
death. not for their virtues. hut by
the scars and iconoclasm Of their un-
gentle natures. Herbert speaking OF
the bee. says:
Bees work for man. and yet they never
Their Masters flower. hut leave Il hav-
As fair as ever and as mt to usei.
30 both the flower doth stay and honey
what a lesson OF gentlensss and
purity is here for men. The world is
his flower garden and he may paSs
through II like the bee. slipping It's
sweets, leaving II chaste behind him
as he travels, or he may carry a big
stick and deyastate the blossom AZ
he passes to, eternity. VIII you work
for man" and yet never bIuisc the
Masters n0wer." or will you i've .
life OK selnshness and injury 10 your
fcllowman?
Al persons enntsmplatiRe murder
are requested "a have their ph0tO-