Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-04

stairs to the babies, who were dear little
| things and in the freshest and sweetest
| little gowns
1t was good to be in my own home
again, to feel the loving embrace of the
| children's arms, to greet again all my
familiar belongings. To be sure, l had
been gone only two weeks, but so much
| had been crowded into that time that it
| seemed ten; and | had never been away,
without Joe, since my marriage. would
not own, even to myself, how much
missed him. | listened for his key in the
latch, his step on the stairs all day and
all night. but he did not come. The next
morning / decided to telephone him.
"Hello, joe" l said after some delay
| in getting an answer. How are your"
| WHO is it," he asked in most bust
nesslike way.
why, Joe, don't you know your own
wife's voice! It's Johnnie"
ooh! you, is it? Where are your" he
asked with shade of GOODNESS.
AT home, of course. Where should
be?" | replied Now, be a good old Joe
and come along back"
No reply.
| "Joe-you hear"
| Y
say. This is my busiest hour"
oh Joel" and there were tears in my
voice, | am sure. Wont you come
home? The house is SO empty without
you"
when did YOU get back? ?"
Yesterday morning, and"
Get my telegram"
yes, Joey, dear; but come home and
let me explain"
NO; guess not"
ooh, Joel now be sensible; and say
Joe-do you hear me? Yes? Well, then
don't mind saying I'm awfully sorry
Won't you forgive me, Joe?"
"Fll come up tonight" he answered
more kindly, "and we'll talk it out. But
things have got to be very different from
now OH"
yes, dear" l replied sweetly. ''Now
be sure you come"
He promised again and hung up the
receiver All day / wondered what con
cessions | should be called upon to make
and calculated just how far l could yield
my newly gained independence and still
keep Joe at home and avoid scandal
And when night came l donned my most
becoming house gown and met him with
| impulsive affection
The ordeal was not so bad as | had
feared. The man really loved me, and
| soon won him over; not, however, with.
out promising him to give up all active
connection with clubs in the future
honestly thought | could keep the prom
Use when / made it, for another reaction
| had set in and the home now seemed tt
me the only legitimate object in a WON
ans life | felt obliged to attend the last
meeting of the Nota Benes for the sea
son, and give my report as delegate tC
! the Biennial; but it was one of the first
willing hot days of the season, so that
there was small attendance and con.
sequent lack of interest. Then the clut
season closed and we all settled back
into home life, scattering for the most
part to the country. Mrs. Parsons went
east, where she had an ornate cottage or
the Maine coast. and | found it easy tc
keep my virtuous resolves.
Joe, too, took more interest in his
home, giving himself shorter business
hours and coming back at in the after
noon. He even went so far as to propose
taking a cottage at Oeoromowoc for the
bsummer; but not having worn myself
L
clined to enjoy the comforts of my new
house during the summer.
NO" | said in answer to his propo.
sition; let us stay where we are. The
house is big and roomy and catches all
the lake breczes. The children are bet
ter off here, with our large grounds ia
play in, and I'd rather stay near you"
He said little, but could see how
| pleased he was and we settled down ia
enjoy long summer at home in a way
that would have surprised the Omaha
newspaper writer OF "A Brilliant Paper
by a Brainy Woman" or, indeed, that
great gathering of women who listened
to my plan for the emancipation of WON
en- from household drudgery.
But the club-spirit lies dormant in
summer and | saw little of my club
| friends. As | sat on my wide veranda
overlooking the lake those summer after
moons, and watched the simmer of the
waves and the coming of the rosy sun.
set, or, later dreamed there through the
purphng twilight while Joe smoked his
beloved pipe on the garden seat near by
thought little of my new ambitions and
| felt none of that glow of enthusiasm
which had so absorbed me during the
preceding month. l was seeing my hap
piest days. but, as usual, did not know
| it. This ideal state of affairs was at its
best when Joe brought ont letter to me,
one hot afternoon, as he joined me on
the veranda.
whats this, little woman?" he asked,
pinching my ear. You've got 8 CORE
spondent with crest? Coming up in the
world, aren't we? Guess we'd better set
| up crest. ourselves, Ell: / think the
House OF Henning has as good a right
20 one as anybody. Suppose you look it
up"
Il have already. joe / answered, tax
| ing the letter "All we've to do is to
have a die made and get some stationery
stamped with it. I'll thought of asking
you to have large coat-of arms painted
| for the hall"