The state herald., 1908-05-01
MARRIED
TWO MONTHS
A Domestic Comedy Drama Do
scrlbed In q Railway Coach

with dinner platoon the head"
The man In the next section had
been trying for an hour to keep awake
over a prosy volume describing THE
Earth as Modified by Human Action"
Failing in this high purpose he had
Just settled back against pillow
with disquieting reflections as to Its
germ conductivity when the girl be-
hind him. in No. 7, brought him to
quick wakefulness with her observa-
tion about the dinner plate.
Hit him-with a platoon the
head" she repeated. and the tall, pana-
tella.shaped young man to whom she
had, beyond doubt, been only re-
Gently married. came back in deep
bass: "On the head? I've always
thought that woman"
Fred"
II they live together so years. 1t is
doubtful that the husband will ever
hear more concentrated reproach in
his wife's tones than he heard in that
sleeper. in that one word.
Fred" she almost sobbed It the
second time. Laura is the dearest
girl"
"Shc certainly must be-" the pana
tella said. gruhiy. She must be a
dear, to whack her husband. her new
husband. on the head with crockery
at the breakfast table"
1T was supper" the young wife in
terrupted What right had he to
say that about her father?"
Her father? thought II was the
mother. 1t must have been terrible.
What'd he say. anyway"
Il started to tell you before the
train got to Lawrence. Laura's father
didn't want them to marry. He
didn't want Dick to come TO the
house. but | believe that was because
he called SO often. Dick boarded on
Penn street. you know, and they lived
only two blocks south on Broadway,
and II was so handy that II got to be
a habit. He"
Dick must have been saving on
gas-and gas is cheap and plentiful.
too, But how about the plate?"
We'll. they were married In Leayen-
worth and came back and told the
folks and there was a scene Laura's
father said he wouldn't give her II
dollar. and she stood by Dick and said
she'd not give him up"
Laura must have been to the GIL
liss."
Fred. be sensible. After they went
to housekeeping they got along fine
for month until one day Laura met
her mother on the street and quar-
relied with her. and-imagine 1.-THE
very zane day Dick met her father
and they quarreied Ike cat and
dog"
Scratched and"
mo. silly. but they said things.
Dick went TO his office and Laara's
father went straight out TO Dicks
house and told her what Dick had
said. that he. Laura's father. was a
'two'spot,' | shlnk that was the term.
a twospot In cheap deck of an.
tlquated fossils calling themselves
doctors That was II. So"
Pretty good for Dick" said Fred.
Well that night. when Dick went
home TO supper. he found Laura In
tears. She tried TO tell him he
shouldn't have said that to her "a.
ther. and he replled-laura told me
this herself-that II the old man
spoke to him again he'd thrash him
good and plenty and then she sprnng
up. and-the table was set--and she
snatched a plate and struck Dick on
the head. Laura said he took his hat
and lef, the house Immediately Went
back To his old room and stald all
night. and the very next day"
she had no right to hit that man. q"
Fred declaied. thinking, possibly. Of
future contingencies. "of course
laura's hair Is"
u knew you'd say that, Fred" the
young wife exclaimed. bor voice hard
and cold. \ knew you'd refer TO
that Don't forget. please. that some
people call my hair red instead Of
auburn, and"
Il shan't forget IT," Fred said 'and
III watch our plates. too"
you wouldn't speak no Of my IA.
ihor. Fred Atchison," she rotortcd
you know you wouldn't 4 woman
has right To defend her"
Not with plates and cups and
knives" Fred insisted II woman
tried that On mo-but. what dld they
do9"
What do you think Tha n-,t
day. the very next day. iAura'r fath-,
was down with his old stomach
trouble and he sent for Dlck-for
Dick, mind YOU. probably because Dick
had been successful with other eases.
and whom Laura went hom. In an.
nwor To her mothers message there
he was In the bedroom talking 10 her
father m II they'd been friends all
their lives And guess maybe they
VIII because Dick pulled him through.
Laura and Dick went back 10 their