Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-01
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The Photographer
W1LLMAR
A REASON FOR
INCOMPATIBILITY
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The lighthouse keeper had shown a
visitor over the premises, and the latter,
instead Of departing after seeing all
there was to be seen, sat down on a
bench and began to ask questions.
do you lighthouse keepers get lone
W."
II don't"
"How about your wife?'
II never hear her complain"
'Then you're contenteq and happy"
The keeper turned and looked out to
sea, without reply for some time, then,
turning again, said:
"We're both miserab le."
The stranger changed position, the
movement and his manner Indicating
that he had a purpose in view and had
struck it's TRAIL
"Wife pine for companyW he asked
II don't think so; she says not
"Then what's the matter?'
'Tll tell you. Dolly Markham was as
pretty and as nice girl as ever you'd
see In the village where I married
her,
"She's pretty as peach now," inter-
rupted the visitor.
1--WE loved each other just naturally
fell right into it as soon as we met l
didn't have any trouble to get her and
she didn't have any trouble to get me-
We were married and came to live in
the little house just up on the hill. I
had told her that there was a dearth
Of neighbors here and she'd have to be
satisfied with me. She said l was all
she wanted, and when she came was
delighted with the house, which is very
coy and comfortable. I was looking
forward to a happy life here by the
sea, which I have always loved.
II don't know how it was, but we
hadn't been here a month before she
began to say sharp things to me, she
who had been model of anna bility,
and I, who had always prided myself
on being able to keep my temper sur
prised myself by giving it back to her.
Within half an hour after saying dis
agreeable words to each other we'd
both be sorry and would kiss and
make up. But we kept getting into
new quarrels, and at last we didn't
take the trouble to make up. We just
let 1t all 60 without either of us ex-
pressing regret and began over again.
We loved each other just the same
and would have been happy if we
hadn't fallen into a habit of quarrel
ing about every little thing that came
up. We tried to stop it, but we
couldn't.
AT the end Of six months Dolly went
! back to her native town. We had tG
separate. We didn't say anything
about divorce, but just separated.
pinned so without her that after awhile
I got my brother to take my place
here, and I went to see what Dolly
was doing. I found that she pinned fol
me as did for her. I stayed month
in the town. We both had plenty Of
friends and went about a good dea
with them and spent some time by
ourselves. In that whole thirty day:
we didn't speak one sharp word tt
each other. 1 asked her to go bacl
with me, and she agreed that If W.
could pass another month without :
quarrel she'd do as asked. We pass
ed another month in perfect peace
then we went back resolved that there
should be no more unhappiness from
incompatability of temper.
1--WE hadn't been back two days be
fore we had spat. And, having hat
one, we had another. Doll stood it a.
long as she could, then went bacl
home again. This time it seemed nee
essary, for the child was coming, ant
it didn't do for her to be rasped. Ate
the child was born Joined them boil
I and spent happy time with them
during which we hadn't, as before, 1
single quarrel. -...
1T seemed that the child ought t.
keep us from scraps in future, and w
came back But, you know, a child TO-
the first three months has lot Of collie
and it's mighty trying to the temper
80 that now there was some excus
for - : ::,...s -: : .e
THAT wasn't it." interrupted tn
stranger: '"Go on" ! ..:+.
4 AT any rate, we quarreled more thai
! ever. The little one is now three year
old, we love her and each other, blu
i We cant keep our. tempers. There bein
three off. Us, We: cam: separate as be
l fore; the child keeps US together: W
don't want to separate; we just wan y, =
4 55to, keep stead but we cant: Some on i
d times think there's some thing nth
q sea air e stir people np. I. Sometime