The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-01-08
The First Requisite
Of Love
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Dal jim gtal hSRH BeSoCO Silltc ti'N
were married, one year spent in brief
periods of happiness interspersed with
periods OF misery. He had found mar
riage a failure and must make the best
Of it. He resumed his place at his
clubs. This is man advantage. If he
does not find co-mpanionship at home.
he "a get it abroad.
1t was not % with the wife. She
could not thus coolIy make up her mind
that there had been a mistake and
partly resume her former life of indie
p~endence. 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 measur supplied what she
had lost. 1t was like being widowed
and exchanging hearts anew.
1t was the anniversary of their wed
ding, but the husband had forgotten it.
When the wife discovered that this
first anniversary. which a year before
she supposed would be passed in q
more intense cooling than before. was
abs .utely aforementioned by her hus-
band. she gave way to irritation.
NotL hg that he said pleased her, ev-
erytF'ng displeased her. This is one
Of her moods" he said to himself. Il
don't understand them. and don't
want to understand them. | know a
place where | can get quiet and com-
fort, a place where no woman may en-
ter-my club. There | will 60" When
he returned at II 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 philoSophic nature led him to think
out a plan and follow tia plan that
would 30 the least harm, give him and
his wife the least trouble. Il shall he
no dog in the Manager" he said. IF
she prefers this man, she shall have all
Sic wants of him. | will go abroad
and live. But that my affairs shall not
become common talk | must have an
ostensible object in going. | will alp
ply for some petty conSulship in a
place where no American would care
to live: then | will live elsewhere ana
pay a deputy" After he had given
himself plenty of time to form an ir
revocable resolution he went to m
uounce it to his wife.
We are creatures of happenings. We
mark out Il course, take a week, a
month, perhaps a year to digest it, then
when we are ready to put it into eXecu-
ton a circumstantial zephyr blows il
away. When the husband was about
to communicate his plan to his wife,
she forestalled the announcement by
one of her own The germ of a new
life had come into thu universe.
In Il twinkling the mans mind, in
tentiOns. affections were diverted into
a new channel. He was enough of a
Psychologist to know that the mother
must have the best Of care. both foI
her own sake and for the sake of her
and his child. He was chained to o
necessity. lie would bear with her
every fault. her irritability. her pee
yishness, her unreaSOnableneSs-every
thing. 1t would be time when this sea
son was Z err to carry out his plan OF
living abroad or form another. He be
gan by putting his arms around his
wife a~ffectionately. She yielded to his
caress. While they were standing 81
lent in each others arms a servant
raped at the door and announced the
man who had been called in for sym
pathy. The wife expressed annoyance
Tell 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 occa
sional expressions of aft ction 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 han
ever, u the defect was atoned for by
IMPRESSIONS of affection for him which.
mike his own, We're sincere. The pain
he had suffered from an uncongeniaI
mate was changed for one of anxiety.
softencd 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 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 twinkiing the SUB
shone through raindrops, smiles broke
through tears. There were not only
two lovers. but three. King Baby set
up 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!
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