The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-02
The Wife Who
Was All Heart

ma'am and could talk as glibly as ~
auctioDeer or write as readily az a
press agent, but he forE- We her all
that because she was ns well built as
house in u new suburb and her eyes
were as brown and as liquid as dish
gravy.
She always took her seat on the
sofa when he came; consequently he
concluded that she could be had on
easy terms-sl00 down for a soil
taire." $40 monthly for shows and sup
pers, the balance TO be paid within
year 10 the Parson.
Gradually he got into the habit OF
seeing the Old Year out and the New
Year In every evening In hcr parlor
The days slipped by like moving pic
tures and they were both very happy
Finally his pal said TO him
Hear you're going to invest in an
Encyclopedia ;"
What do you meau7 I've got an
Almanac and Telephone Book; what
more do / want?"
We'll, you're trailing Miss High
brow, ain't youl She's written a
poem about the new Bridge for this
weeks Lookout, and they say she's
a member OF the Woman's League for
the Study of Social Science. so | was
wondering
That set him to wondering-won.
dering whether 1t mightn't be hard for
a clever woman to realize how much
cleverer her husband was,
Like all other men. he felt that he
knew enough for two.
He began to be detained at the
office"
Just at this time he fell in with a
girl with ardent halr-masses OF pure
gold that could have paid of the ma
tional debt, with interest. Her skin
wes of that exquisite creamy tint that
comes only from repeated appllca.
tlons: her snowy bosom rose and fell
like Wall street stocks, and her iB
foot in its dainty "a slipper peeped
bewitcAlngly from beneath the folds
of ravlshing Partisan gown.
Every little while she would look up
| ask some dear little fool question In
such an artless way that he could see
she was all heart.
When matters had developed into
the letter writing stage he noticed.
with sigh OF relief. that her spelling
and punctuation were as unreliable
as the Weather Bureau.
"Ah.' he cried joyfully. this is the
maid for me, Shed never be out of
an evening attending clubs and lee
lures. fellow could be sure of a
devoted wife waiting for him and run
| ming downstairs for a kiss when she
heard his key in the latch"
So he wed the lovely thing in the
lovely. lovely spring, when the lovely
birds do sing.
Before long he missed money from
his pocketbook He examined It care
fully and couldn't ind the leak" yet
he knew 1t must be there, so he trans
ferred the roll of bills to his coat
pocket.
But the leak" proved contagious
and the coat pocket caught It.
Then the house bills began to come
in
They were much too large at for
q family OF ten.
He tried TO talk them over with
his bride, but she begged to be ex.
cused; she said that she never could
understand figures"
He told her to desist from going
to market" via the telephone and gave
her much vague advice as a minister
on Sundays
She promised to be good with such
q winning smile that It won "nver"
from him on the spot
Dear little wife," he murmurcd,
clssping her to his heart Now ev-
erything VIII be nll right"
Nevertheless the bills ran on like
a Marathon racer and money took
flight like pigeon on the home,
stretch
He decided TO have serious con.
versation with her.
This was 6oout as easy as tracking
Black Hand criminal. for she was
out six or seven evenings-and
nights-per week, not at clubs and
lectures. but at balls and theoters.
She always kindly invited him TO ac-
company her. but as he did not care
to undertake night work In addition
10 his daily duties he declined with
thanks"
At last he hit on an evening when
she was at home giving a card party
TO flfty OF her most intimate friends
He sat around, half asleep. waiting
for the crowd to so. He had re-
solved to put her through the third
degree" however late-or early-the
hour
AS she was speeding the departing
guests" at two A. NJ. he heard her
say:-"Yes, l lost SOS last week and
$40 the week before. but I've won
$3.50 tonight. and | hope
He sneaked away unnoticed TO bis
"den," where for an hour he smoked
as furiously as an unregulated chin
ney. feeling blue" enought to color
large family wash"
When It comes TO choosing be-
tween a woman Interested In bridges
and a woman Interested in bridge"
he said to himself. shaking his head
sodly.
Then he went upstairs TO bed and
found her fast asleep, with that peace
ful expression on her face that comes
only from q clear conscience.