The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-08-04
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Bringing It Home


81 see," said Henry Jenkins, "that
Iowa has RI Gently had an Enoch Ar.
den case"
HAS it!' his wife replied. What's
needy carbon. l never heard of one
before. Is it anything like a cy-
clone?'
"Well, yes, once in while it devel'
ops cyclonic tendencies. have heard
of cases in which it killed people and
ripped things up. pretty badly, but
fortunately it doesn't always act that
way. Sometimes, however, the Enoch
Arden is very mild, and after making
it's appearance suddenly and myster-
iously goes away, leaving everything
lovely, where it might easily have
caused havoc"
"It's funny l never heard of such a
thing before. Is it something new?'
ooh, no. 1t probably began to fig
ure in the aff.rs of men shortly after
Adams time although nothing is said
about one having been in the ark. The
fact is, my dear, that an Enoch Arden
is Al man. You never read Tennyson g
poem about him, did your
mo. But l once knew Come Into
the Garden, Maud by heart.
IL suppose so. That, no doubt, was
when that bow-legged boy from Gin
cinnati was keeping company with
you. But there, my dear, l beg your
pardon. Let's let by-gones be by
cones. I'll read it to you and then
you'll know just what an Enoch Arden
is, in case anybody ever happens in
the future to bring up the subject in
your presence.
After he had finished the poem
Henri tia Jenkins sat with clasped
hands and pensive look.
"Well,' be asked, "what do you
think of it?'
What noble man lie was!' she
said with little sigh.
Eyes, it was rather decent of him
to 60 away and die instead of hanging
around, making trouble for his wife
and the other man,
Decent? Why, it was the only
thing he could do"
81 suppose if were to get ship
wrecked on desert isle and came back
after four or five years to find you
married again you'd want me to skip
out without letting you know l was
still alive
Henry! wish you wouldn't sug-
gest such horrible possibility. But
if any such thing did ever happen it
would, Of course, be your duty to go
right away without letting yourself
be known
eyes, dear, that's the way | look
at it. There could be only one course
for gentleman to pursue in case OF
that kind Now, let's look at it from
the other side. Let us suppose that
you started away to visit your aunt
or cousin or something in Australia
and that the ship went down and you
and few of the other passengers sue
ceeded in reaching an Island away
out OF the regular line of traffic.
Wreckage from the sh p on which GU
sailed would picked up from time to
time and at last it would be decided
that every body on board had persisted
Well, Well suppose that mourned
very bard tor you a year or so, and
then met sweet, innocent girl and
won her love and married her, and in,
say, about five or six years steam
ship that had been driven out of her
course picked up you and your CON-
panions and brought you back to olv-
ilizatlon.
Nov picture to yourself me sitting
in that chair over there, and her, with
a happy smile on her face, sitting
where ypL are now Hstl You qui-
city come up the front steps and stand
ing on the porch peer through yonder