Amador ledger., 1908-03-06
An Amiable Man.
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When | married Beatrice I nattered
myself ! was getting an amiable VIC
'man. All her friends said that she was
very lovely, especially those Of her own
seN. which counted Il great deal with
! nc. Tor women have the name Of be-
M able to detect each others faults.
At the wedding was met by one uni
| Vc#al remark, you've married an an
gel"
After several years Of married life
nave come to the conclusion that men
| are as good if not better judges of
women than women are Of each other
have discovered my wife's good
traits, but cannot say that amiability
Is one Of them.
We had scarcely got to housekeeping
when | noticed that Beatrice was dis
posed TO clrcumscrbe me by number
OF petty rules For instance, she both
cred ne as to the place Of deposit for
burnt matches. had been used to
throw them where happened to be at
the time | had thrown my cigar ashes
on the floor. Beatrice insisted on their
| being put into receivers. Waste paper
! was also Il source of trouble. If |
tore up letter and did not throw the
fragments into basket Beatrice.
! though she said not n word of re-
proach, would pick them up. This IT.
rtated me, because | considered it
| rcproof. 1t seemed to me that an
| amiable woman with tact would have
left them to be removed by the maid.
If she asked me to bring home n pound
of coffee and l. having weightier things
to think of, forgot to do so she would
say, Never mind. dear" but would
slip out and buy it herself. Naturally
would feel offended, for I considered
her doing so n reflection on my neglect.
| asked her once why she didn't send
the maid, and she replied that the maid
was otherwise engaged.
| | will admit that Beatrice seldom
asked me to do things for her. but
this only rendered me more liable to
forget them when she did. did not
| become habituated to the work. Final
ly l noticed that she never called on
me to execute commissions for her, and
when pressed her to tell me why she
| said that my mind was, as it ought to
] be, on my business and that this rem
dered me unfit for trifes. Her expla-
nation nettled me, for l am not in
business. We are living on our in
come of $1,000 a year. | have been
long looking for position, but there
is just enough for me to do in home
matters to prevent my taking on any
considerab BILE other work.
My wife finally showed plainly that
she was not the angel her friends pro-
nounced her after a little matter Of
forgetfulneSs on my part which
brought serious results, though any
one is liable to forget a trihe and
should not be blamed simply because
the consequences happen to be unfor-
tunate. She had an aunt an old lady
without children. to whom she was
sincerely attached and who was much
attached to her. The aunt did not live
in the same town with us. and my wife
wrote her regularly. If | forgot TO
post Il letter my wife had committed
to me and | discovered the fact later,
my wife would insist on going out even
at midnight to post it. OF course ]
wouldn't let her do So consequently.
no matter how tired | was, l must
walk half u dozen blocks to the post
office. This naturally rufiled me.
Well, one day Beatrice received word
hot nP
course charged with letter to post at
once. 1t contained an offer from Bea-
trice to go to nurse her aunt. Several
days passed, and no reply came. Bea-
trice wrote again. Several more days
passed, and still not Il word came from
her aunt Beatrice made up her mind
to go at once herself to learn what
was the trouble when she received a
telegram announcing her aunts death.
We went to the funeral and learned
that Beatrice's letters had both mis-
carried. Her aunt, who looked for
her by every train, was at first much
hurt and finally turned against her
very bitterly for her seeming neglect.
Beatrice was more troubled than l had
ever seen her. She asked me If l was
sure l had posted her letters, and when
told her that to the best of my re-
membrance / surely had she said moth
ing and hid her discontinue as best
she could.
After the funeral the old lady's viii
was opened. 1t had been made on the
day of her death to replace one that
had been standing for years. Her
money. some $4,000, she left to char
ity By the previous will she had left
1t all to Beatrice.
Beatrice said nothing to me, but 1t
was plain that she was greatly disap-
pointed. After we reached home
heard her rumaging upstairs and pres