Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-25
GETTING OVER IT.

There is a couple in this town living
IN a mighty pretty fiat, who scrap every
once in a Willie This is not to say that
he hits her with chair, and that she
attempts to remove his eyes from their
sockets by the use of her finger nails.
They just scrap like other folks, get into
wordy alterations about things, hurl
Irather bitter badinage at each other, and
all that sort Of thing.
And every time there's a scrap she
| Just packs up her clothes and goes right
| back to the home of her mamma, who
lives somewhere in the Hill.
/ While she's gone he holds down the
| flat. The servant is an old black woman
who knows how 10 run the plant. and SC
he doesn't have any trouble about the
eats or anything of that sort, He just
sits tight and waits for developments.
The developments are always just about
the same.
That IS t9Say, sooner or later-it may
after more Than a week has passed-she
drops into the flat to visit him. just so.
To visit him and see how he's making
out.
These visits of hers to her husband
make the nub of it.
lie is sitting back in his easy chair
some evening after dinner. mighty blue
and lonesome. trying to read Il book up
side down. and longing to see her, and
wondering what's the use. anyhow,
when the fiat bell rings-the old black
woman has by this time gone home, and
he is there in the flat alone.
lie goes to the speaking tube and says,
"Well?"
IT'S me-" the familiar voice says, and
he calls back well come ON up, then
you know the way"
"She came around all right knew
dad blamed we'll she would, although ,ne
sworc that she never would see me again
as long as she lived!" he says to himself,
sort of gloating But if she hadn't come
don't think I'd have held out much
longer than tonightId have telephoned
her as sure as shooting, and asked her to
drop around. Glad she beat me to it,
| though-the mink | sure am glad she's
come" and he opens the door for her.
lie doesn't take her in his arms and
| kiss her, as would be the usual course
| ii they weren't engaged in one of their
! scraps. She doesn't offer her face to be
| kissed. either In fact, they're both ire
mendously dignifcd, not to say solemn,
about it all.
"Tay-o," he says to her, carelessly, re-
moving his cigar from his teeth But
wouldn't | love to just grab the snib and
stake her to hug for coming around,
! thought" says he to himself.
/ Good evening" she says to him, very
! distantly THE poor, pig-headed old
thing looks like he isn't getting enough
to cat-sort of thin and sad looking
says she to herself at the same time,
Il Just dropped up to see ii the bird
was being taken care of" says she, pass
/ ing through the hall and into the bijou
| little dining room, where the bird cage
hangs.
on, is that all?" says he, coldly.
Binds all right Slick as whistle.
: Feed the little beggar and change his
drinking water every night myself"
DO you?" she asked him vaguely, and
she sits down on the edge of a chair,
with all her wraps on. She's got her
swell scenery on, too, and looks as il all
/ fixed up to make Il hit-with her own
+. husband!
Kind o warm in here" he says. still
carele,sly. Bette lay off your hat and
coat while you're here. Presume you're
going to sit around for while?"
oh, for very little while" she re
/ plies. somewhat stitlly, but removing her
wrap and hat-and he notices that her
. hair is done up--waved, or something
mighty finely. I've got to get back to
mammals real soon-some folks are com
. ing to play cards-5o0 or something
evening"
"Th9f so?" says he. and there is a 81
lence lie goes auG fills pipe,
Better come in here to the den" he
says TO her, and She follows him in there,
looking intensely bored.
Look Mt ali the ashes scattered
around everywhere it's wonder Mandy
Iwoullu't clean up in here once in a while
why don't YOU tell hec about it, she
asks him.
"Oh. it's we'll enough" he replies. light
m- has pipe, ASHES don't bother me.
Don't like Mandy fussing around in here"
She trips cat of the room and goes to
bis clitfuujcr and begins to wade
through his collection of socks. She picks
up an ormful 81 them gets out the
goUri and the dmuing filings. returns to
The den where he's smoking his pipe with
apparently the most serene Indifference
IN the world and begins to darn his
socks
Somebody's got to do it." she saws.
SW.'l'y, as If apo}ogizing for the stunt.
lou can't 90 walking around the streets
with holes as big rs all outdoors in EN-"
lie doesn't say anything. but smokes.