The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-12-10
WAYS OF THEIR HUSBANDS.
Three Wives Discuss the Kinkiness
of Mankind.

News and courier.
After the servant problem had
been disposed Of the women at the
.uneheoa party began to discuss hus-
bands.
"My husband," purred the little
woman with the slbdued voice, sis,
I believe, the stormiest buffer now
living On the globe. My, what lot
Of noise he makes. what lot Of
perfectly good breath he wastes, with
his bluiis!
i'Let me illustrate. You know my
black maid. Viola? I've had Viola
for two years. She's a splendid
worker. l never had i single fault
% find with Viola until election day.
Viola failed tc appear on election
day.
"WeN: you should have heard my
husband below when Viola didn'i
appear! While l was getting break
fast he burst into the kitchen.
"'N -ere's that woman?' he de-
22anded hoarsely, and his hair was
all tousied up and he looked really
dangerous
* 'Viola?' I said. why, Viola
;lasn' t come tais morning.
" she HASN'T he roared. 'She
hasn't come? What the dickens is
he matter that she hasn't Gomez
" Really, haven't the slightest
ldea.' I said, trying to be soothing.
Probably she is sick
! '' Sick nothing!' he bawled.
Don't you dare tell me she is sick!
refuse to believe anything of the
Kind. She was probably kiting
around San Juan Hill all night, dane
ing her head off and hitting up the
GIN and all like that-that's what
she was doing
'Viola,' I said dignifedly, is a
settled woman. She doesn't dance
and she doesn't drink. Be reason
able
There you 60, making excuses
Tor >emHEhe shouted. Letting 'em
walk all over you! Well, they won :
walk over me, I tell you that! Not
much! When she shows up you pay
ner and fire her; understands !!
''Viola came on time the next !
aofnlng. Her face was battered. She
vas crying when she came in. r
smuggled her quietly into the kitch-
en and asked her about things. !!
''Really, it was too bad. Her;
husband had beat her for the first
time IN their married life Of fourteen
years Her husband is a truckman.
and hard working man, but he'd
got oVerflled with election Joy on
Ene night before election and had
some home and beaten her, and then
Re's pawned her best pair Of shoes
TO- two bits as she told me. and
after that he'd been arrested. and
ned probably be sent to the islands.
because he had no money to pay his
hne, and, of course, he'd lose his
trucking job, and
swell then Viola broke down
quite badly and felt very sorry :
Eor her. But my husband heard her
srying. He called me. II
" WHAT'S all that noise going on
out there in the kitchen?' he de-
nanded Of me when went to his
room.
u told him all about it.
" Huh! fine cock and bull yarnr
he grunted. of course you believe
all OF that junk they tell you. Her
man hooked up her shoes for a quar-
ter, hey9 HIN. Who's got the tick
ety. ]
'' Viola has it, I replied. ESbe
showed it to me-
'Darned pretty note,' he growl-
ed savagely. He ought to be strung
up by The thumbs! Huh! Hard work.
ing man, is he? Well, I haven't
particle of use or sympathy for peo- {
pie like that, but I'm not going to
have any woman around my place
without any decent shoes to wear.
soon's breakfasts over you give her
the money and send her out to get I
her shoes out O. hook. Where's this
loafer of husband of hers now?' t
g He'll be taken to Jefferson Mar |
Set Court this morning, Viola says Y
she was just around at the police 9
station and saw him. I told him. '
" well, he ought to get about r
1inety years in prison, darn him!'
le mumbled as he nn}Ied m bie Y