The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-12-06
A Mountain
Cure
By ALERT KENYON i

together. / WAS OvprWnrked ut my
business. and she was wery ont with
the care of IL house and tlk' continual
Fostering of the children
made up my mind 10 fIrn the bust
ness over to my partneY persuade my
wife to turn the Children over to her
sister and go together on ii trip. 1t
was winter. so we sought "a warm eli
mate. had heard a great deal of the
southwest and settled on New Mexico
as a region where we would enjoy
warm weather. Unfortunately. there is
so much to be attended to before move
ments take place In families that by
the time we started we were addition
ally affected by the wear and tear OF
getting ready.
1T beats allY | said how much
there is to 90 to go anywhere when
man is married. When ! was Il single
man | would throw few things into
my trunk. call cab. go to station
and across the continent. my prepare
ton occupying but half an hour"
PITY you hadn't remained young
man." snarled my wife. Are you sure
the trunks are on the train!
NO didn't see them put on.
We'll. | suppose well have to live in
our travelling clothes. 1t seems to me
if were a man
"Oh. give us rest"
This is sample of the dialogue we
were going away TO get rid OF. Ihey
continued at intervals during our jour
new and after we reached our dest1
nation There are mountains in plenty
in New Mexico, and consider noun
tain air good for the nerves. But
cures are seldom effected in day, and.
though my wife and | were doubtless
gaining the Improvement was lmper-
ceptibIe. We moved about from point
to point.
The last place we struck was a
pocket in a mountain spur. We were
high enough to get a pure dry air. but
not high enough for cold True. one sat
before wood fires in the evening, but
during the day the weather was de
Iightful The walks were pleasant. and
we kept oHt in the open most of the
time
On one of three walks we found
bench on the edge of preclplce,
perpendicular wall facing us on the
other side of the gap. My wife had
arisen in the morning with a head
ache. and | had suffered during the
night with a toothache. Consequently
if there had been any improvement in
our condition the circumstances were
not conclusive to bringing it out.
II think I'll go home" said my wife.
There I'll get some sympathy. The
children will give it to me-"
IT thought you'd come away to get
rid of them?"
81 should have let you come alone:
that's what needed"
Perhaps needed the same"
We kept ON in this vein for some
time. gradually raising our voices.
Then suddenly my wife listened.
There are persons on the ledge be-
low. talking" she said
Fighting you mean. I've heard
them
Not caring to be overheard. we modu
IdUeu our NOlCcS LOI ~ OAu IAC
couple below and we forgot all about
them. But we soon got at it anew. and
in the midst of our scrap we heard
them quarrelng again
Singular" remarked my wife, that
those horrid persons must get to quar-
reling just when We
Its the mans fault" said [.
mo more than the woman's"
Hes brute"
Did you hear that? He called her
brute
And she has told him he's another
said as we heard the word brute re-
peated
He says she's another
What disgusting persons! If they
are going TO quarrel that way they
should have stayed at home and de-
stroyed each other like the Kilkenny
cats"
HE has just called her cat
And she's thrown it back at him.
Sickened at this exhibition of tenn
per, we arose and walked back to the
hotel When we were alone drew my
wife down on my lap. and her head
rested on my shoulder.
''Your headache was responsible for
your part of our quarrel today. and my
toothache last night was responsible
for mine"
''Oh. dear. | wish could be sure of
never saying an ugly thing again.
How horrid it sounded in those persons
below u.s.
"It made me ashamed of myself"
Lets try and stop it."
ITS partly habit At any rate. the
more we give way to it the more it
holds u.s.
Say we never do it again"
We'll make big effort anyway"
The next day we both felt in fine
feather and walked out to the seat
where we had heard the couple quar-
reling. Suddenly my wife put her fin
vor RI har line 1Nhon she whiSnorod.