Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-12-13
THE RED AND
THE GREEN
A Story Of Domestic Love
and Squabbles
BY EDMOND L n

their wedding trip. "a their OWL house,
which was very large. containing sew
sral separate suits Of rooms Both
had their ideas OF decoration. and. hav-
ing disputed over the colors for the In
tsrior Of their bedrooms, they hnally
concluded that the bride should direct
the decoration Of one suit, while thu
other. The FIRST suit was to be thu
brides rooms, the second the grOOm's.
Mrs. Dela6eld-that was to be-chOse
for her apartments a very beautiful
shade OF green. Bob DelaAeld. who
had no artistic taste whatever. but
thought himself a connoisseur. espe-
cially in c%olors, put his suit in red. II
wasn't even q Of those rich reds
which, when put In the right place,
are often very attractive.
by Jovel That's elaboratsr' said
Bob when he saw bis decorations com
plete. "And appropriate" added his
wife, smiling, for a member Of the
IRE department"
Since a bride and groom don't care to
occupy separate apartments the couple
hgfeed that they would use the two
suits on alternate weeks They tossed
n coin for the 6rst choice, and Bob
won. SO upon their return from their
wedding journey they occupied the red
suit
Now. It happened the day after their
arrival that Bob accidentally knocked
a cut glass pitcher-a wedding gift
especially cherished by the bride-oR
a table and smashed It
'Dearr' exclaimed his wife in q
tone Of anger. what abominable
-carelessnessl / would rather have
had you break anything In the house
than that pitcher. II was Mollie's gift"
do you suppose l intended to break
ltI" replied the husband, with a fierce
Infection on the word intended
Get awayf"
Both had started to pick up the frag-
ments, but at this order OF bis bride
Bob desisted and left the room. slam
ming the door behind him.
Bob was 80 infatuated with what he
called the old rose color Of his suit that
he had induced his wife to order their
dinner there that same day. The
pitcher was broken at noon. Carrie
sulked all the afternoon. and when
dinner was served her eyes were red,
while on her face was the expression
of an injured woman. Only monosyl-
tables were spoken at dinner by either.
This Is a sample Of what frequently
occurred during that frst supposed to
be happy week at home after the hon.
eymoon.
On the beginning Of the second week
they removed to the BRIDES suit, each
secretly vowing that should the scrap
py condition contlnue-and they eX
pscted II would-they must have a resi-
by temporarily separating.
Il vas Sunday morning when they
nrst awoke In their new quarters. A
bit Of sunlight had stolen in through
the window. family Illuminating the
room II seemed to Carrie that she
had been sleeping under the r~ustlinG
leaves Of q tree and had awakened to
look upon n meadow ROBBED In the YER
dure OF the lovely month Of June.
II at once occurred to her that she
had been very disagreeable to her hus-
band. and she was heartily sorry for II.
"Oh, Bob" she said. what a horrid
creature l have been for the whole of
this nrst week OF our h~omecomingl"
"You mean that / have been positive
" brutal"
We'll, never mind whose fault It has
been. We won't do so any more"
by love, sweetheart, I believe l like
the decoration Of your suit better than
mine, after all"
Yours Is very beautiful"
"HoW lovely It Is Of you TO say sol
lou said when you drst saw Il that II
was appropriate Tor a fireman"
"Dd II How mean of mel 1 think
ies lovely"
"What a clumsy brute ! was 10 break
that beautiful cut class pitcher you
thought 20 much of. Ny carelessnesa
spoiled a whole week for us-Our hrsi
week In our beautiful home"
"Never mind. dear; wo'tl make up
for II In the second. We won't speah
q cross word during the whole week
will weP
mo, we won't"
They b~reakfasted IN the green suit
a. they called II. and with ever
mouthful exchanged endearments.
That day was a haven OF rest d
them after seven days Of irritation
They lounged about their home read
ing the morning newspapers. puttinl
little things that needed attention 4
rights and giving each other oniI
words that sounded like the twitterinl
OF mating birds. In the evening theJ
went TO church, and every hymn, ever
note OF the organ, seemed to strike {
responsive chord within them.
"Oh. blessed seven daysF' said the
wife the next Saturday afternoon
I'm sorry they are ended. but ! doubI
not that the next seven win be equally
happy"
They hAVs been 20 delightful tina
propose we continue right on In ties.
rooms for another week"
eWhat difference can Il make whal
rooms we oceupy7 viii not admit
tat we get on better IN my rooms
than IN yours. The Arst week we wer,