The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-04
THE ADAMS
SEPARATION
By wINIFRED cowLEs
Copyright by American Press Assoc
citation, 1911.

ed the mousse, out MIS-. AuanS oWneu
the homestead in which she had beer
born, and she decided to go there tC
live. Perhaps l am not right in in
GLIDING Mr.. Adams with his wife in
considering matrimony failure. he
was a steady going business man
whom nothing appeared to trouble
and whenever he took any action II
was not on impulse, but after deliber'
alton.
Mrs. Adams departed on Monday
and. on Tuesday afternoon returned To
her husbands house to procure some
articles that she had forgotten.
"Who are your she asked Of the
person who received her.
1.-THE housekeeper."
"Well, I'm Mrs. Adams. have left
some things upstairs in my room that
want"
She brushed past the housekeeper,
went upstairs, tried her bedroom door
and found It locked. She called to
the housekeeper for the key. The
housekeeper informed her that Mr..
Adams had locked the doors Of the
rooms he wished kept closed and COM
mitted the keys to her charge. She
did not feel at liberty to permit any
one to enter any of those closed
rooms.
"But / AMI mean / have been-the
mistress of this house. l wish you to
give me the key to my room"
mot without Mr.. Adams order"
Mrs. Adams was nonplused. She
had not considered what 1t would be
to find herself locked out Of her own
bedroom. Flouncing into the library.
she threw of her wraps, unpinned her
hat and laid 1t on table with an air
Of one who proposed to settle herself
and remain till the crack of doom.
"Will you wait for Mr.. Adams to re-
turn?" asked the housekeeper defer
entially.
what is that to your
Nothing, but / thought it might be
something to you since Mr.. Adams told
me he wouldn't dine at home today,
but ut his club, and he will spend the
evening there"
81 will dine at home,' said Mrs. Ad-
ans decisively.
81 have no orders as to a guest at
dinner; therefore l have not prepared
anything"
'I'll not trouble you to prepare any
thing. Send Susan to me-"
"AIr. Adams has discharged Susan"
discharged Susan! l told him to
keep Susan"
II thought you and Mr.. Adams had
separated"
Never mind about that / don't
propose to give up my house TO your
management,
She whisked Off to the telephone
room and shut the door.
"Give me the Athenaeum club
mean 1865"
When the club answered Mrs. Ad-
ans asked If her husband was there,
and on being told that he was she de-
sired that he be called to the phone;
his wife desired to speak to him.
This was reported to Mr.. Adams in
the reading room. He noticed that the
words wife and husband had been
used instead of Mr.. and Mrs. Adams
When he took up the receiver and was
asked "Who is this2'' he replied:
.Mr. Adams"
'Tm your wife," was the reply.
"Ohp
sem at home"
"Your home or miner
'Both our homes. ! see that I have
scarcely left 1t when you have got in
housekeeper,"
"Just So"
"And she has refused me admission
to my own room"
Whose roomw
my room-mine, mine! Do you
hear?'
"Ohw
"Pm going to stay here till you come
home to dinner and let me into my
room"
There isn't any dinner there"
81 shall order one sent in from
Blakesley's"
"For oneT' r
"No; for two" Re-
"Who's the other one1"
"You."
"Ohw
Frank, I've come to the conclusion
that this separation is all nonsense"
"Nonsensep
'I'm going to stay just where am.
wish you to come home at once and
discharge this housekeeper. don't
want her in the house."
"Ohw
"Well, will you conner
"0f course, II I'm sure Of dinner"
tT'll attend to that
"WeIl, I'll be there by g."
"All right Goodby"
"Goodby."
When Mr.. Adams appeared his wife
was somewhat Modified Indeed, she
was quite ready to be very good to
him. Her bitterness against the house
keeper, however, remained the same.
Mr.. Adams greeted his wife as though
nothing unusual had happened He
called the housekeeper in and intro
duced her.