Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-12-13


Sunday morning Bob dreamed that
hs was IN hell. About him was a lurid
light covering all the Ornament. Sa-
tan came to him and asked him why
he didn't go to work at the furnaces,
and when be said he was tired and
hidn't wish to work the arch hend
pOked him with his pitchfork and
woke him up. The iurid glare Of hades
dissolved into a lurid glare In his bed
room. A window shade had been left
up. and the sunlight was pouring In,
Illuminating the red decorations. Then
Carrie awoke and. sitting up in bed,
shaded her eyes with her hands.
"what an awful glareT' she exclaim-
ed Il thought you lowered that shade
last night I told you to do So"
Il don't remember your telling me
any such thing"
II certainly did" ~
"You didn't" 80
81 did"
whats the matter with you this
m~orningT'
Nothing"
you're cross rs a bear"
First cast the beam out of your own
eye and you will see clear TO cast the
mote out of mine"
II always heard the devil Is good at
quoting Scripture"
He turned over, with a grunt, and
tried to go to sleep again. but the glare
IN the room prevented. The wife lay
thinking. Where was the loneliness of
the past happy week7 Their expecta-
lions Of a renewal were disappointed
on awaking the FIRST morning. Bob
tossed about for awhile, then got up
and took his bath.
where the devil is the warm water
this morning7" he yelled from the bath
room.
Didn't l tell you yesterday that the
range Ere had gone outT'
what did you let It go out fort Do
you suppose a man wants to battle in
ice water. especially IN Sunday morn
mgr
"Oh, shut upi You'll drive me crazy"
Bob slammed the bathroom door.
Presently he came out with a razor in
his hand and blood on his chin.
"Cut yourself. dear7" asked bis wife.
"Oh. don't dear me. Get me some
court plaster quick"
She went to the medicine closet for
the court plaster, but since she couldn't
ind X at once he hurled maledictions
upon her. Finally she threw the court
plaster 1t him, went to her own suit
and shut the door. Bob didn't expect
to see her again for hours. BE was
agreeably disappointed. In half an
hour she came out, with an angelic
smile on her face, and said
Don't you think I'd better have the
breakfast served in my room instead Of
yours, dear7"
"No, 1 don't You can have yours
served there II you like. I'm going to
eat mine In my own rooms"
IAN right. dear. Did you cut your
self badlyT"
Little you care whether 1 did or
not"
Carrie after fixing Bob's coffee hand
ed 1t TO him and let go Of It before he
had got a hold on 1t. The consequence
was that cup and saucer fell to the
table, the cup was broken and the cot
fee soused over the white linen table
cloth.
Bob burst forth Into a torrent Of pro.
family, and Carrie, with flashing eyes,
left the table.
One hour later Bob, realizing that
the blessed day Of rest that came but
once a week was likely to pass in mis-
cry. went to his wife's room to try for
reconciliation. She was sitting at a
table writing some letters. II seemed
to him that she had left him in hell
and he had followed her to the garden
Of Eden. There was something delight
FULLY Verdant about the apartment
Carrie looked up at him lovingly. h
bent down and kissed her.
what the deuce were we s~quabblinl
about anyway he asked
81 don't know. dear"
"Nor i. / only know l wanted Il
Kill some one"
"And l felt as If l would hy u Of
my skin"
The next day the family physician
was called In 10 see Mrs. Delahelt
and was received in the red apit. AT
or giving her some minute instruction
pertaining to her case he said:
Have you other rooms In the hous'
than these7T
Eyes. Why do you ask. doctorr'
because IN your condition II viii
never do for you to occupy these. IN
red viii have a very bad effect upoI
you. RED will drive some persons 3
insanity"
How would green dov
The very thing. Red Is terribly iui
tadng; green Is very restfuL II 20
have a roo decorated In green, NOV
into II at once"
Indeed / will, doctor"
When Bob zane home his wife me
MIN at the door and dung herself int
his arms. radiant.
"Oh, Bob" she exclaimed, there
no more need for us to quarrell ~
found out the cause. It's the red sui
The doctor has ordered me out OF I
he says the green DOT are just III
thing for me. Don't you know we'v
always been pleasant with each othe