The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-13
A Mountain
Cure
By ALBERT KENYON

business, ana Sne was worn out WIFI
the care of house and the continual
Fostering Of the children.
| made up my mind to turn the bust
ness over to my partner, persuade my
wife 10 turn the children over to her
sister and 20 together on trip 1t
was winter. so we sought warm eli
mate had heard great deal of the
southwest and settled on New Mexico
as Il 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.
ut beats ALL" | said. how much
there is to do to go anywhere when a
man is married. When | was single
man would throw few things into
my trunk. call a cab, 90 to a station
and across the continent. my prepare
ton occupying but half an hour"
PITY you hadn't remained young
man" snared my wife. Are you sure
the trunks are on the trainT
NO. | didn't see them put on
well. | suppose wen have to live in
our travelling clothes. 1t seems To me
If were a man
"Oh. give us Arrest
This is a sample of the dialogue we
were going away TO get rid of. They
continued at intervals during our jour
ney and after we reached our desti
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-
ceptible. We moved about from point
to point
The last place we struck was
pocket in a mountain spur We were
high enough to get pure dry air, but
before wood fires in the evening but
during the day the weather was de
llghtful. The walks were pleasant, and
we kept out in the open most of the
time
On one of three walks we found a
bench on the edge of a precipice, a
perpendicular wall facing us on the
other side Of the gap. My wife had
arisen in the morning with head
ache ana | had suffered during the
night with "A toothache Consequently
II there hal been any improvement in
our condition the circumstances were
not conclusive to bringing it out.
II think I'll 90 home" said my wife,
There I'll get some sympathy. The
children viii give it to me"
Il thought you'd come away to get
rid of themf'
u should have let YOU come alone:
fhats 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
lated our voices for awhile: SO did the
couple below and we forgot all about
them But we soon got at il anew, and
I'm the midst If our scrap We heard
them quarrclug again.
Singular remarked my wife, "that
those horrid persons must get to quar-
reling Just when We
Its the mans fault" said !
NO more than the womanS"
Hes a brute"
Did you hear that2 He called hera
brute"
And She has told him he's another"
| said as we heard the word brute re-
neated
He says she's another"
what disgusting persons, n they
are going 10 quarrel that way they
should have stayed mt home and de
stroyed each other like the Kilkenny
eats"
"ilp has just called her a cat"
"Aud she's thrown it back at him"
Sickeucd at this exhibition Of tenn. /
per- we arose and walked back to the f.
hotel When we were alone I drew my
wife down on my lap. and her head
'ested on my shoulder
your headache was responsible for .
-our part of our quarrel today. and my
oothache last night was responsible
or mine
"Oh. dear, I wish | could be sure of
lever saying an ugly thing again
low horrid il sounded in those persons
,elow u.s.
1t made me ashamed Of myself"
Lets try and stop It."
ats partly habit At any rate, the
more we give way to it the more il
.olds us"
SAY we never do il again"
Wen make a big effort anyway"
The next day we both felt in fine
Gather and walked ont 10 the seat
where we had heard the couple quar-.
eling. suddenly my wife put her lin
er TO her lips Then she whispered.
They're there again. but they've made
up. Die ron hear the word 'deary"
There il is again. sweetheart"
Good gracious. he's called her
.weetheartr"
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