Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-07-08


said the cousin. coolly.
Thank youl" said Mrs. Redenshall,
with an annihilating glance, but sitting
up again. Il haven't spoken to him for
week. and | shan't do so while he's SO
friendly with that woman. / have little
pride"
Pride is an overrated weapon" said
the cousin. ITO begin with, it's foolish
to use a weapon that hurts yourself;
and, if you want to draw your husband
back unchanged, it's no use breaking
his spirit, or destroying his self-respect,
or spelling his temper as you run the
risk of doing if you employ such an anti
quated weapon with which to bring him
back into the fold.'
''Oh, how can you joke about my
wretchedness ?" said Mrs. Redenshall, and
the cousin thanked his stars he did not
live with woman.
"Humor is the disinfectant of emotion"
said the cousin. III women could keep
their sense of humor when they fall in
love, marriage would be turned from a.
weary pilgrimage through waste of
tears into a shining FL Dorado"
Il have a sense of humor!" said Mrs.
Redenshall, indignantly.
love-" said the cousin. And may | re-
call to you how devoted your husband
was then?"
He wasn't sure of me as he is now"
said Mrs. Redenshall ooh, what am
to do to win his love again? I've tried
everything that | can think of! New
frocks and he doesn't even notice them! p
AS long as you pull, man never viii
come" said the cousin. Loose the
string, and he may rebound into yo-r
arms. Give him up altogether"
You don't mean that Pm to leave
him?7 said Mrs. Redenshall, very white
and tragic.
Good heavens, not" said the cousin.
That would be throwing yourself at his
feet! You mustn't let him see you care at
all. Hang it ALL Don't care! Stay and
be happy! Buck up! Snap your fingers
in his face, and tell him to 60 to-Mrs.
Gaythorne, with all the good viii in the
world! Face the matter bravely, humor-
ously! Open the windows and let in the
sunlight on to the secret you've been
hugging and fostering and watering with
your tears! Don't you know that dark
ness encourages fungous growths? You
say all your friends know about REDEEM
shalls infatuation. Well if they do,
don't hide the fact that you know. too.
Accept it with laugh. Show every one
you're sure of your husbands love-as
You are, as you are!" said the cousin,
coming suddenly upon Mrs. Redenshall
as he Numbered up and down the room.
'Oh, | know he really cares for me-
sobbed Mrs. Redenshall, breaking down
altogether under the cousins Jove-like
gaze.
Then it's your fault if you are hui
inflated, said the cousin.
-Oh, but if she is in love!" said Mrs.
Redenshall.
Women with eyes like Mrs. Gay
thorne's don't fall in love-" said the
cousin. Has it never occurred to you
that the Gaythornes are rather impe-
crmious and exceedingly ambitious peo-
| pie and that Mr.. Gaythorne is i'll the pc.
sition best described as looking about q
'Well?" said Mrs. Redenshall.
"Redenshall is secretary to the chief at
the foreign office, where appointments
come FROM" said the cousin "TIas it.
also, never occurred to you that there's
very nice little post in Vienna which
will soon be vacant ?"
Gaythorne?" said Mrs Redenshall, look
ing at the cousin with singularly wide
open eyes.
The idea flashed through my mind
when | was seeking for a reason to ac-
count for the obvious fact that GAY
thorne is no more jealous of your hus-
band than your husband is of me-" said
the cousin, who was only human.
Strangely enough, this little bit seemed
to infuriate Mrs. Redenshall more than
anything.
so my husband is being used as a
t's-paw, is he?" said Mrs. Redenshali,
and she collected her furs. I'VE shall
see!"
Going to tell Redenshall your discov-
ery?' said the cousin, carelessly.
Mrs. Redenshall paused in the midst
of her evomtions with her boa, and as
sumed a look of slight uneasiness.
"Of counsel" said she.
"Oh, certainly, of course said the
cousin, IF you wish Gaythorne to be APP
pointed!"
You think it viii make my husband
give it him." said Mrs. Redenshall, sus-
pending operations on the boa.
The cousin shrugged his shoulders po-
litely.
If l had been so foolish as to marry,
and my wife came to me and told me
was being made fool of, and warned
me where my folly was leading me, moth
ing on this earth would move me from
my downward path" said the cousin
Il should have to pursue it, if only to
show my independence"
! OH" said Mrs Redenshall. who was
not macquainted with her husbands
nature. Then I'm to say nothing about
Vienna?"
Never criticise your husband correct
ly," said the cousin. Hell never forgive
it. That's why men don't marry clever
women
I'm to let her have her own way ~
said Mrs. RedenshalI. with an adequate
arount Of expression in her voice.
The cousin advanced to the table and