The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-05
A Mountain
Cure
BY ALBERT KENYON

business. and she was worn out witt
the care of house and the continue
Fostering Of the children,
l made up my mind to turn the bus
ness over 10 my partner. persuade M
wife to turn the children over to he
sister and so together on a trip /
was winter. so we sought warm eli
mate. | had heard great deal of tn
southwest and settled on New Mexico
as a region where we would en1ol
warm weather Unfortunately. there i
so much to be attended to before move
ments take place in families that b,
the time we started we were addition
ally affected by the wear and tear o.
getting ready.
ut beats ALL" | said. "how much
there is TO do TO go anywhere when
man is married When / was single
man | would throw few things into
my trunk. call cab. go to a station
and across the continent. my prepare
ton occupying but half an hour
PITY you hadn't remained a young
man." snarled my wife. Are you sure
the trunks are on the train
mo didn't see them put on"
well, | suppose we'll have to live in
our travelling clothes. 1t seems to me
| If were man
"Oh. give us a rest"
This il sample of the dialogue we
were going away TO get rid of. They
! continued ut 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'
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 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 out In the open most of the
time.
On one Of three walks we found
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. and | had suffered during the
night with n toothache Consequently
If there had been any improvement In
our condition the circumstances were
not conclusive to bringing 1t out.
II think III go home" said my wife, |
There I'll get some sympathy. The /
children will give it to me-
II thought you'd come away to get |
rid of them?"
~ 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"
!
lated our voices for awhile: so did the
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 quarreling again.
Singular" remarked my wife. that
those horrld persons must get to quar-
reling just when we
Its the mans fault" said I.
mo more than the womans."
Hes a brute"
did you hear that? He called her a ,
brute"
And she has told him he's another" {
said as we heard the word brute re
leated
He says she's another /,
what disgusting persons, II they
ire going TO quarrel that way they ,
should have stayed Mt home and de-
itroyed each other like the Kilkenny
ats"
HE has Just called her cat
And she's thrown it back at him"
Sickened at this exhibition OF tenn
er. we arose and walked back TO the
otel. When we were alone 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. wish | could be sure of
ever saying an ugly thing again.
low horrid it sounded in those persons
Glow u.s.
1T made me ashamed of myself"
Lets try and stop IT,"
''It's partly habit. At any rate. the al
lore we give way to it the more il m
Dlds MS" E
"Say we never do IL again. IA
well make big effort anyway" II
The next day we both felt in fine II
ather and walked out TO the seat II
here we had heard the couple quar- II
ling Suddenly my wife put her I'm E
IT 10 her lips. Then she whispered: Ii
They're there again. but they've made IL
up Did you hear the word 'dearT" rs
There IL is again. sweetheart" Il
Good gracious. he's called her -
geetheart.'" 70
| burst out laughing nc
"wnat are you laughing at7' sa
We've been listening to ourselves. vi