The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-12-20
A REASON FOR
INCOMPATIBILITY
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bench and began to ask questions.
do you lighthouse keepers get lone.
y?
II don't
"How about your wife,"
II never hear her complain"
"Then you're contented and happy"
The keeper turned and looked out to
sea, without reply for some time. then,
turning again, said
"We're both miserable
The stranger changed position. tho
movement and his manner indicating
that he had a purpose in view and had
struck its trail.
''Wife pine for company" he asked.
II don't think so: she says not
'''rhen what's the matter:'
'I'n tell YOU Dolly Markham was as
pretty and as nice Il girl as ever you'd
see in the village where l married
her
'She's pretty as Il peach now inter.
rupted the visitor.
I'VE loved each other Just naturally
fell right into it as soon as we met.
didn't have amy 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.
had told her that there was Il dcarth
of neighborS here and she'd have to be
satisfied with me- She said | was all
she wanted. and when she came was
delighted with the house. which is very
coy and comfortable. | was looking
forward TO a happy life here by tho
sea. which l have always loved
II don't know how it was, but we
hadn't been here Il month before she
began to say sharp things to me, she
who had been Il model of amiability,
and |. who had always prided myself
On being able to keep my temper, sur
prised myself by giving il 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 ut last we didn't
take the trouble to make up. We just
let it all go without either of us eX-
pressing reGrct and began over again.
We loved each other Just the same
and would have been happy if we
hadn't fallen into habit of quarrel
ing about every little thin" 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 10
separate. We didn't say anything
about divorce, but just separated. |
pned so without her that after awhile
got my brother to take my place
here. and went TO see what Dolly
was doing. found that she pinned fol
me as | did for her, stayed month
in the town. We both had plenty OF
friends and Went about i good deal
with them aad spent some time by
ourselves In that whole thirty days
we didn't speak on" sharp word I,
each other. asked her 10 90 bach
with me. and she agreed that ii w,
could pass another month without
quarrel she'd do as | asked. We pass
eel ano,hcr month IN perfect peace
then We Went back resolved tllat there
should be 10 more unhappimcsS from
in(-,npatab ility of temper
I'VE hadn't hcrn back two DAYS he
fore we had II >p:It And having ha,
one. we had another. Doll stood it a
long rs She could. then Went bacl
home again. This time ii seemed nee
eSSalv. for the child WAS coming an,
al didn't do f0r her to be raSped Nitc
the child MAS born ! joined them bot
and spent Il happy time with then
during which we hadn't as before.
single quarrel.
III seemed that the child ought /
keep us from scraps in future, and w
came back. But, YOU know, IL child 70
the first three months has Il lot of coli,
and its mighty ttvin" TO the temper
so that now there was some cxcus
for
THAT wasn't it," interrupted til
stranger. go on
AT any rate. we uuarrcled more thu
ever The little one is now three veal
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