The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-12-14
The First Requisite
ef Love
loriginal.l

peElOuS Oh udpplneSS WIFI
periods of misery. He had found mar.
rage a failure and must make the best
of it. He resumed his place at his
clubs. This is mans advantage. II he
does not find companionship at home.
he can get it abroad.
1t 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 indie
pendence. Instead of gathering about
her her former friends. practically
avoiding any serious pitfall. she listen
ed to the first man who chose to whis
per a soft word in her ear. and he. be
ing encouraged, poured forth a torrent
This in a measure supplied what she
had lost. 1t was like being widowed
and exchanging hearts
1t was the anniversary of their wed
ding. but the husband had forgotten It
When the wife discovered that thi.
Hrst anniversary. which a year befor,
she supposed would be passed in .
more intense cooling than before. wa
absolutely aforementioned by her hus
band. b gave way to Irritation
Nothing hat he said pleased her. ev
'rything displeased her. This is on
f her moods" he said to himself. ~
don't understand them, and | don't
want 10 understand them. | know 8
place where | can get quiet and cor
fort. a place where no woman MAJ en-
ter-my club. There | will 60" When
lie returned at II o'clock at night. thu
new source from which his wife had
begun to draw the sympathy she coult
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 biz
place was supplied.
A philosophic nature led him TO thinl
out "a plan and follow it-a plan that
would do the least harm. give him and
his wife the least trouble. Il shall b.
10 dog in the manger,'" he said. III
she prefers this man. she shall have nj
sic wants of him. | will go abroad
md live. But hat my affairs shall no
become common talk ! have al
,stensible object in going. | will APP
ply for some petty consulship in !
HiuNV W hFlN nv III a "phlu n
O live; then | will live elsewhere anC
Day a deputy" After lie had giveI
himself plenty of time to form an ir
"evocable resolution he went to an
lounce it to his wife.
We are creatures of happenings. w,
mark out a course. take Al week. Il
month. perhaps a year TO digest it. then
when we are ready to put it into eXecu
ion ii circumstautia zephyr blows Il
way. When the husband was abou'
o communicate his plan to his wife
he f~orestalled the announcement by
me of her own. The germ of a new
ife had come into the universe.
In Il twinkling the mans mind, in
;entiOnS. affections were diverted into
4 new channel. He was enough of n
~Dhysiologist to know that the mother
must have the best of care, both foI
ner own sake and for the sake Of her
md his child. He was chained to .
necessity. He would bear with her
every fault. her irritability. her pee
vislIneSs, her unreasonableneSs-every
thing. 1t would be time when this sea
son was over to carry out his plan OF
living abroad or form another. He be
gan by putting his arms around his
wife aff~ectionately. She yielded to his
caress. While they were standing 81
lent in each others arms Il servant
raped at the door and announced thu
man who had been called in for sym
pathy. The wife expressed annoyance
"Tell him that | am not at home"
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Controlling himself. bearing with those
faults which had shattered his ideal
of married life. giving his wife occa
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 atoned for by
expressions of affection for him which.
unlike his own. were sincere. The pain
he had suffered from an uncongenial
mate was changed for one of anxiety.
sottened by mutual affection. mutual
interest in an expected pleasure. And
now that this delightful sympathy was
restored he began to dread lest he
should lose her. This redoubled his
attentions. his sympathy. his demon
strations of Lore 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 raindrops. smiles broke
through tears. There were not only
two lovers. but three. King Baby set
I'D his throne in the household and
ruled. an autocrat. 1t was what will
your majesty please to wear? And
what will your majesty please to eat?
And when will your majesty please to
sleep? And. most of all. WREN will
your majesty permit others to sleep?
Then the husband made a second dis
covery. The first vas that marital af-
lection could only be gained by his
sacrifice 10 the wife; the second was
that the sacrifice of both to the child
was imperative. This submission of
the stronger to the weaker. a universal