The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1906-10-17

ppsstie- if was a common remark
Of hers almost boast-fhat
fhoUgh they had been married ter
wears. Robert had never spent a
night AWAY from home unless thev
had been away together and he was
never out Of che house IN an even
mg. except around holiday time.
when the rash Of business made II
necessary Tor a week or Two. He did
GOT oelOog 10 anv eillhs or seeses
societIess The eoanpanionship Of bis
pretty rivaeious little wife had been
an sueicieaf Tor him.
Robert I.angtoft had been work
ing ieweler WHEN thsy we're married /,
bm about foor wears after that
event, having iaf,erited a handsome
little legacy from an uaele in the
east, he had boQgir share ia the
business His modest weekly in
come Of 30 had imm@Iiateiy teen
doubled, and head gone on iocreas-
ng UmrG. now, like bis partner. Rob
ert was drawing $50 a week out Of
the business for bis personal use
The Langtofts had m0red into .
new and larger house thev had fur
olsbed it with qa5ef elegance, and
we're living IN nueh better style
than formerly. There was no more
pnehing Or schomiDg. Their wants
we're motlest and they had the
means Of gratifying them More
comforts and luyaries they enjoyed
than Of Old but both Robert and biz
wife knew that they were not BIT
happier. They had been supreme
" happy oil along, with happiness
that money does not buy
u was therefore with little con
oero that Nss. I.angtoft listened one
evening 10 the account her husband
gave her Of loss 81 trade, bad dflds
and 0tlIeF revcrses At the store,
which be- said would compel both
him and bis partner, Wilson, 70 re-
dace the amount ~ their weekly
dra3iDgs from the business bg $50.
Never mind. Bob Mrs.. Lang
loft bad said, with a smile. THAT
vii leave us so for living ex-
penses, insurance, taxes and inter
est On tbe na0rtgage. TIE principal
may have ~ wait little longer
raan we bad intended But we shall
eot along On $40 We used to do
very well On S2O'
RolNrt bad kissed biz wife, then
sgddcnly TUNED away with q sigh.
This reduction in their income
sss y small matter ~ Mrs. Lang
toft. bot when Robert began staying
dowo town al noon. instead Of COM
lng home ~ biz lunch. a. be had
been 10 the habit Of doing she did
not ike H. Robert said there was
lots NJ work. and he and his part
ncr eere trying ~ DO ail they could
themselves, in order 10 save wages
and 10 get things back into their old
shape. Mrs l.angtoft said very
little, but she did not like H. III
vas ~ unlike Robert, 70 different
from bis usual habits; for though
he was ~ hard working man a.
most, be knew the value Of Test and
rel0x9iiOn; and even when working
for weekly wages had always refused
10 work too many hours overtime.
Iiut the worst had not come.
After q week or two or absence from
home during the entire day, Robert
began going down town again after
supper First IL WIS night week
Then IL got 10 be three nights, and
in the end he began going back 10
the store every night.
Mrs. Langtoft sat waiting for her
absent lord one evening, and every
time she looked at the clock she got
more aud more impatient II was
nine O'Clock, and she had not seen
Robert since he bad left the house
nj eight o'clock in the morning. She
was almost on the point Of crying,
but resisting the impulse, she got
mp and dressed herself for the street.
There's got to be an end to this"
she said TO herself, M she locked the
door behind her. r,.f@s1ss...
Al the store she found Mr. Wilson
alone, and learned that her husband
had not been there that evening.
nor any evening since the holidays.
She also gathered that he was in
the habit Of taking his customary
hour-ond-a-half for dinner, BY ju-
4 II.