The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-11-06

o0Eety.
Those on the outside can ser hest
what's going on. in,ltteresi Amanda
grinly. when ! get husband. II 10
be It I'm ever afflicted that way. and
It won't be till lose my reason.
guess he'll understapd I'll have my
rights IN my own house"
There ain'f amy reason for you to
get all bet up over It. Amanda. aooth-
ed Mrs. Drake. -Mebbe you'll never
have to be married. and then You
won't have any trouble"
Mrs Cheney had nearly reached
home when she found that she. had
forgotten her thimble. She chose
short cut back to Amanda's house
where the weekly meeting Ind been
held. and arrived at the hack door just
In time to overhear the spirited dis
cussion regarding her husband.
With burning cheeks she turned and
left the house. closing the door softly
behind her. Across the frosty fields
she sped toward home. hurt pride
tending wings to her usual precise.
gait Once there within the comforta-
BILE sitting room she sank breathlessly
,rto ! r,,e,r
vivid .no. ~ -, n,ckered IN her
delicate cheeks n she removed her
gloves and unfastened her coat. All
Tho time nor timid ewes we're starring
hact - the large crnyon portrait Of
nor hu.hor nd that i,unr an tl,e o,unxff,.
wall, Starn severe unco,npronixiny.
hrnw evae and iina declared his IN.
domitnble Win while certain pinchs.sl
lines indicated the miserly strain that
| was IN his blood. From a thrift,
vounp MN Henry Cheney had become
In his middle life n niggard and d
churl who denied his patient wife ev
ervthinr saye the barest comforts oil
existence and who gloated over the
accommodating balance on his bank
hooks. Now he was \ banker himself.
and hi. fine stone bank building was
on the corner Of the main street OF
Little River.
Dorm Cheney was thinking Of the
light words that had been banded
4 about the little sewing circle IN .Annn-
da,s house. II hurt her sensitivene..
to learn that her domestic trial was
not the secret she had thought II To I've
and that all her nelghbors knew and
understood why she wore the plainest
clothes until their shabbiness was eIo
uuent az poverty. and only her own px.
nuisite neatness enabled her to ap,,enr
10 advantage among her more showily
clothed friends. she knew that they
commented mon the many CLOSED
rooms In the hic house on the hin. and
they must rue.s It was because Henr,
heprrdpef, tho coal n vvoutd take To rur
the heater q. the COLLAR Tha. wns VII,
thew lived IN four rooms ON the ground
noor and heated them with stoves
i Amanda Water, WINS rirht-no sell
Respecting woman would stand snci
treatment.n said Dora Cheney to her
self. Then she hid her fnce In hel
honds and nre,...d her fingers arains,
her aching eves. Il know inst whaf h,
4 will saw when 1 tell him. and he vii
20 down to the parsonare and tell Mr.
+ Lees that the monthly entertainment
must he held elsewhere. and he NIL
give q ia helm Il along He tloesn.
know that / want ~. comnn n,onxl,i,
az NV neiehhprs nnd the Measure d
entertaining them IN nv own home. i
isn,t ripht,
4 A. last rho enfe - the foot az IN.
lawn creaked noisily. and she he,,rt
nor husfand,s nonderor,s sten ON tb,
nath tl,a, lad 70 tho side 1oor.
BEFORE Henry Cfenev had reached
the door his wife had tossed inside hel
wron. and removed Nor hnf viii, ON.
sween Of her hands Then she naf
irhted ! lomn win trembling finger,
and WAS lighting another n the kitch
a when "a onened the door md
came n
Ha,v.. J. lor.a man ta,, md hr.,r1
.ho,,,a.r.,a ,rd hon vitv h,,,,t With
f.ca tt.t m,oht h.,a hoor 4, nd..,n,,
h,d = NOT ,..e, for tho storm nn.... !, :.
tl,s. ,e.,ir - ,,ro.a - -. avee m. mai
NO., ~, - frc.ted NH, ,rnv and ~. claanl,
ehavod f,ca hetrc VA ! certa,n hard
nos. NJ .rifred the r,r hurrr;lv =
ha renewed n. overcoaf
.rm hnncrv lporn isn.t snpp,.
rendv p, re- asked. WITH nttle frowu
~ nm. resting awhile and diln.
renlize how lnte II was Henry. /
will be ready in fifteen minutes"
], Mr.. Cheney grunted and retired I
the sitting room with u newspaper
while his wife flew nervously aiNnl
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