The evening world., 1904-02-25

apartment-house ever since they were married, five or six
years ago. When they first came they were the most de-
voted couple I ever saw. The poor little woman was so fond
of him that she parted from him every morning as IL he
were going on a three months journey, and all day wan
dered about the apartments straiShtenings things UP and
getting herself ready to greet him when he came back she
would begin to dress at . O'Clock and would walk up and
down and stare out of the window for him. and sometimes
nut on her hat and walk over to the elevated station to
meet him., because she couldn't wait any longer.
1 may as we'll say right here that Mr.. Nagg is a drinking
man, And often when 1 had passed him on the stairs, and
knew from his breath when hesai d good evening that he
had been drinking heavily. he would go upstairs and kiss
that fresh young woman who had never touched anything
stronger than ice-cream soda in her life. and never think
how unpleasant the stale whiskey and tobacco must be to
her We'll, men will say, she liked it. didn't she?' Maybe
she did, poor thing! But she wouid hNeu II d IL"
deal better without.
tell me about 1t. I heard it. Everybody knows how sound
come I'D those dumb-waiter shafts, and we live just over
them. He had promised to come down early and take nr
TO the theatre. At G o'clock, when 1 came in from mailing
a letter, L noticed her looking out the window Tor MIN Az
7 she came upstairs to ask me the time. She thought mel
watch must be fast. Later on. when the janitor whistleo
up for the garbage and l set mine o n me ~ :
called down to her and she said Mr.. Nagg had not como In
She was dreadfully worried, and 1 went In to console her.
He came In at H. 45-I heard him-and told her a long story
about having n friend that he hadn't seen for ten years
come on from the West and their having dinner win a it
of other men, and the friend getting drunk and having $500
in his pocket, and his being afraid to leave him TIL he had
taken him to his hotel and put him to bed and deposited his
money with the cashier. Fishy7 I should say 80. But his
wife swallowed It. and she dried her eyes and actually
laughed a little at his description of the friends drunkcz
actions. He repeated that performance a hundred tmei
before she reproached him.
Mr. Nagg CANDLES. Sometimes he loses a weeks earn.
,npg at poker and comes home late Sunday afternoon with
10 cents and a crouch. 1t isn't a bit funny for Mrs. Nagg
IN have TO stand off the butcher and the baker for a week
because Mr.. Nagg was unlucky at cards. But what doe,
that matter to him? He is downtown during the butchers
calling hours.
what he says about the Sunshine and Kind Deeds Society
10 lust like him. Why shouldn't his wife spend her time in
that q r. any other good work II 1t distracts her mind? There
is no use ner waiting at home on the chance of bis showing
IN for ulnner once or twice a week.
He complains n lot about money, and he is ss stingy rs
he can be. He will take his wife ont occasionally, and then
he spends money-as nearly every man will for his own
amusement. But he gives up every dollar for her personal
expenses as IL he were having a tooth pulled.
Did you notice how he tried to make trouble between his
wife and me by saying that shn called me an "old frimp?'
7 will send you my photograph II you like and you can print
IT % prove that Mrs. Nagg never could have said Il, and
TINT her husband Isl won't say what he is. for the by-
laws OF the Sunshine and Kind Deeds Society forbid tn
circulation of owl reports. however true they may be. Ana
they are all true about Mr.. Nass. I can provo them.
Mrs. GossAWAY.