The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-31


business hours there Mefa house
hold brands to be attended To, q: he.
Wa In n rush To get home. Tor lie
little woman',d did rot like him 20 he
late at dinner. There were no moro
golden moments when the tive cFt-Gs
together to talk things orar AMI .
dine at their leisure wlril appetite.
PROMPTED. The delight pt l.eer!ng
trregula- hours was q thing of lilo
past. The purposeless SUNDAY aEtHr-
reoE walks they had been III tie
hnbi:: of taking. going somewhere
they did not knew WHY. TO do so.-,n-
thingfthey did not know whnt. @e-cl
Mt an end. unconsclousl%, Joan
caught Charles mania for hurry,
and mt night, utter. he, had closed ills
office, hastened TO his boa rling place.
rs Ii the next moment MAS Ills Last.
there 10 Eulp down his dinnert%it!. a
srced that left him facing !, ions
empty avenlng. ~
The one who Is left behind suffers
morr froniSLhe change han the one
WAC has gone 10 new scenes and
fresh .in:creats. For few months
after Charities marriage. the nov
city OF housekeeping aud OF havin. o
wife and home excluded every Diner
consideration. His %ifc neither need.
ed. nor wanted. anything or Any orn
else. The walls of her house. Sound.
ed her world. and her sun rose and
set In Charlie. John had been iIT.ted
to spend IN occasional evening with
them. aid hn was hidden 10 always
fee! frceIs TO Join; them at their Sun
day dinner. Buts John was wise In
the affairs OF men. He did not wish
to run the risk OF being regarded rs
an Intruder. and he never went to
the home OF his friend without spe-
cial invitation. s''t
The day dawned when Charlie
missed -tha support, and stimulus, of
JOINS calm strength and ready SYM
,pnthy. He felt the old longing to
tel: Johnny about it," when good. or
iii-iuck attended his fortunes. lie
needed the spur OF unbiased. pnin-
Ion that Stamped him either n fool or
a wise man rs 1t might hn open: The
wires OF friendship that had shEged
and slackened were pulling lant
again. And as they pulled. he DANCED
like maripnette to their str.ihing.
He began to revolt against domestic
restra!=t. and his rebellion suve'
birth TO moments OF irritation. 1t.
grew painful to pose forever on tef
pedestal Of ideality where he had
been plnced by his wife. The mascn-
line compantnnship THAI lent zest to
H.: life was missing, end. by reason
Of It's absence. be found j Almost de-
slrable quantity. ~ !. /, - y, 81
was the evening OF day :nark-
Ing the sneeq2sr,lt close OF n business
dea! of which llethad great esnccta;.
tons. He carried the glad naws
home to his wife and received her
appreciation and congratulations.
Still! he: feared she did nnt quite I'M
derstand the JkHenness off his opera
tfnna. He %tpted to tell Johnny.
OH. TO tell Johhnny! that 90 ger flei
sire would not be .quieted. In his rest!
lessnes5 he wore shiny lilace on his
trousers moving back and fn:.til ON
his chair. At length. he GOT lightstoi
sea the way He was not a prisoner.
twas only fear: OF Tdisapproral that.
held him I'm chains. Even IT 4. man
Was married he need5not reii..c,isl.
/ tlle1 friend of A!Slifetin!e,G Niltn he
stopped TO think, he rep;emhr.ed
tint he had never been asked 10 re-
lInquish that friend. IT wns the
knowledge that. while his wife was
Eraclnuslr polite when John accept;
ed their hospitality, she dis. rot en-
courage frequent visits. ':'i:is I'M;
81 aken dlsapproval had cn..srel
him. -
He sDranE to his fec. Wits sud-
dcnness that startled his companion.
She had bcca swayinE her chair to
and fro. singing unde" hnr breath n
melody OF happiness.
Where are you going. Charl!c?".
she. cried. alarmed by that ferce light
OF determination igllttering IN, his;
eyes. 4,
Pm going to tell Johnny about.
II" heti answered, finishing his
thoughts aloud. ina tones that for
babe discussion. rfjG,, d l=.it
J. was tho first evening he had
left his wife since they had been,
married. For n moMent she felt as
IL lie had dealt her a blow. Then she
wps blessed with understanding.
Like asilash 1t was revealed to her
that the prolonged. solitude of two is
not, best fors continued harmony.
While, she was thinking, Charlie had
gone out of the front door and had
closed it. She ran after hin: and
reached the yeranda Just as he was
turning into the street.
Charlie" she called, ''oh, Charlie,
bring John here. I'm going 10 bed
early tonight. You can have the
house to yourselves Bring John
here, will you, Charlie q.
Charlie would and did. Late In
the night. the little woman who had
wisdom. awakened and smiled. when
she heard ascending from the lower
floor. the rumble:of contcntnd mas
culine voices rnfsed In their old.tIme