Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-08-22
THE RED AND :
THE GREEN {:
A Story of Domestic Love .
and Squabbles
n, EDMOND I STANI Fly
By EDMOND L. STANLEY

When Bob and Carrie Delafield were
married they went. on returning from
their wedding trip. to their W house.
which was very large. containing sew
eral separate suits Of rooms. Both
had their ideas OF decoration. and. hav
ing disputed over the colors for the In
terror of their bedrooms. they finally
concluded that the bride should direct
the decoration Of n suit. while the
groom should select the colors for an
other. The first suit was to be the
brides rooms. the second the groom's.
Mrs. elaield-that was to be-chose
for her apartments a very beautiful
shade OF green. Bob Delafeld. who
had no artistic taste whatever. but
thought himself a connoisseur. espe
cially In colors. put his suit In red. IL
wasn't even one of those rich reds
which. when put in the right place.
are often very attractive.
"By Jove! That's elaborate!" said
Bob when he saw his decorations com
plete. And appropriate" added his
wife. smiling. for a member of the
fire department"
Since a bride and groom don't care to
occupy separate apartments the couple
agreed that they would use the two
suits on alternate weeks They tossed
a coin for the first 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-off
a table and smashed it
"Dear!' exclaimed his wife In a
tone of anger. 'What abominable
carelessness! I would rather have
had you break anything in the house
than that pitcher. 1t was Mollie's gift"
do you suppose l intended to break
it?" replied the husband, with a fierce
infection on the word intended.
Get away!'
Both had started to pick up the frag-
ments, but at this order of his bride
Bob desisted and left the room. slam
ming the door behind him.
Bob was so infatuated with what he
called the old rose color Of his suit that
he had induced his wife to order their
dinner there that anne 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 woma Only monosyl-
tables were spoken at dinner by either.
This Is a sample Of what frequently
occurred during that first 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
by condition continue-and they ex-
pected 1t wouid-they must have a rest
by temporarily separating.
1t was Sunday morning when they
first 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 rustling
leaves of a tree and had awakened to
look upon a meadow robed in the YER
dure Of the lovely month of June.
1t at once occurred to her that she
had been very d~isagreeable to her hus-
band, and she was heartily sorry for it
"Oh. Bob she said. what a horrid
creature l have been for the whole Of
this 1rst week Of homecomingi"
'You mean that I have been positive
ly brutal"
well, never mind whose fault 1t has
been. We won't do 30 any more"
by Jove, sweetheart. I believe l like
the decoration Of your suit better than
mine. after all"
Yours IL very beautiful"
.How lovely It y Of you to say so!
You said when You first saw 1t that It
was appropriate for q fireman.
did L? How mean Of mel I think
It's lovely"
sWhat a clumsy brute I was TO break
| that beautiful cut class pitcher you
thought so much OF My ~carelessness
spoiled q whole week Tor us-our first
| week In our beautiful home"
Never mind, dear; well make up
for It In the second We won't speak
a cross word during the whole week,
will wef"
mo, we WON'T
They breakfasted In the green suit,
as they called It and with every
mouthful exchanged endearmentsl
That day was q haven Of rest to
them after seven days Of irritation.
They lounged about their home read
ing the morning newspapers. putting
little things that needed attention t.
rights and giving each other only
words that sounded like the twitterinl
Of mating btrdA In the evening they
went to church, and every hymn, every
note Of the organ seemed to strike Q
Responsive chord within them
"Oh. blessed seven daysr' said thu
wife the merit Saturday afternoon
~I'm sorry they are ended, but I doub|
not that the next seven will be equally
happy"
'.rhey have been % delightful thai
I propose we continue right on In thes(
rooms for another week"
what difference can Il make what
rooms we oocupy1 I win not admit
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