The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-09
Marriage Not a
Failure
BY REGINALD d. HAVEN
Copyright. 1910 by American Press
Association.

Venient season ana nau therefore peen
left without homes in their old age,
had been organized year without re-
suits. Several OF the male members
had been married, but they had been
captured by young women outside the
society. At last Mr.. Frederick Horn
blower, aged ffty-four. and Miss So
phia Gilbert, aged forty-eight, both
members of the exchange, who had
met there for a matrimonial purpose,
decided to marry.
The proposition had been made and
accepted, and the parties met to con-
slider the essentials Of living together.
Mr.. Hornblower opened the confer
ence.
81 think, my dear Miss Gilbert
"Do call me Sophia"
II think, my dear Sophia, that viii
have my house renovated throughout
for your reception"
Pardon me, MI mean Freder-
lex, but have been thinking that
since your house is quite large-too
large, in fact. for two people and re-
curing a great deal Of care
1--WE needn't use but the first and
second stories"
"The first and second stories! My
dear man, how do you suppose we
would feel living in a house one-half
of which would be closed? My house,
on the contrary, is very coy, just the
suNf 81 80 And a. 10
your office than yours. Besides, there
I have the little boudoir adjoining my
bedroom where / have always kept
Rosie, my parrot. and little Trip. my
dog, and Charles, my monkey
Good gracious, MADAME mean So
phia! Have you got a menagerie
there"
only these three besides my two
cats. You see. I've been used TO hav-
ing them there. | call it the nursery,
where | can keep them under my eye
and where they can come trooping In
early in the morning TO awaken me-"
cat what hourp The expression on
Mr.. Hornblowers face was one of
horror.
Five O'clock usually. You see, go
to bed at 9, and eight hours sleep is
enough for any one. Indeed, some
times when Charles is nervous | let
him in ut 4. Often he whines for me
all night"
"And these pets stand In the relation
to you off,
"My beloved children. 1t would be
impossible for me to move into an
other house, for their bathroom is at
tached to the nursery and very con-
venient. Each one Of the children has
a bath twice and sometimes three
times day"
But. my dear-Sophia. doesn't that
take up lot Of timer
Certainly. but what is time for ex.
cept to care for those one loves?"
"But, Sophia, dear, all this is to be
changed. You are TO have something
higher In the scale OF animal life to
whom to devote yourself to love. What
time will you have to give to me it,
"Oh, never could love any one as
wen as Rosie, I'm sure But tell me
something Of your life. Have you no
petsf"
mot one. / shall be able to lavish
the whole of my affection on my wife.
"How do you spend the day?'
II rise at s. My morning sleep is
my best and must not be disturbed. |
breakfast on a steak and baked pc
tato every morning. There must be
no change as to this. ! VIII be at the
office all day, leaving you the house
to yourself
"And my family"
sowing to the condition OF my stonl-
ach / never eat anything for dinner
except milk toast and cup of tea
"Indeedl Can there be no change
from this eitherr
.None whatever Since my princi-
pal sleep is in the morning don't close
my eyes till midnight, but ! need the
rest and am in bed by 8. lie awake
fill II reading and smoking"
"And do you expect me TO be awake
from o till 10 enveloped In your nasty
tobacco smoker
"You can go to Sleep"
"And not have my family come In
at 5 in the morning, dear children. to
awaken meT'
"The morning hours, | have told
you, are most important to me to get
the sleep need"
"Then / suppose" said the lady aft
er reflection, I'VE must occupy sepa-
rate roomsT'
Mr.. Hornblower sighed. One object
he had had In getting married was to
have some one beside him in those
lonely hours during the night when he
often lay awake. This part of his
dream seemed ended.
"Do you think" he ssked presently.
"that we could come to a compro-
miseT'
"0f course" replied the lady.
swell, suppose agree TO so to bed
when you go and relinquish my smoke.
You in turn give up your pets"
I'VE might compromise on the first
Of those, but not on the second"
Mr.. Hornblower looked at her curl
ously. Her countenance did not indi-
cate anything unusual.
"You mean" he said. that give up
my smoke and you retain your petsy'
wouldn't that be a fair compro-
mise? she asked, looking up at him
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