The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-29
THE EVENING STORY
LITTLE r sECoND.

mopyright. 1913. by w. Wcrner.)
Mrs. Grimm had Just begun on her
NTH pair ~ stockings when the door
"pcncd n her next door neighbor
and crony Mrs. Ensign, fairly plung.
cd Into the DOM.
~ didn't stop to fix my hair or any
thing" painted MrA. Ensign. Il came
jurt nm I was. for I couldn't wait an.
other moment TO tell You. unless you
knew n~Ircndy?" she paused interrog-
ntiv"ly.
Tryphcna. ait down and catch your
hrcnth.' Mrs Grimm calmly answered,
Mrs. Ensign snnk down upon a
chair. why. Jack Bolivar's brought
homo n new WIFE" ahc said. Mrs
Grimm dropped the stocking and her
mouth opened. II was over In Mrs
Aliens front yard when Raw the
hack coming. ~ stopped before Jack
R"ltvnr's houac n Jack got out
dressed for MS Turning. nc helped
out n lady. Welcome home. my dear
wife, hc said. And they went In. So
thcrc. you rec He's been getting a
vito while hoe been AWAY ana his
nrHt not gone Owe and above n year.
We'll said" Mrs. Grinln exclaimed.
"Iiow did she look. Tryphcna?
"W"ll"-Mrs. Ensign was not clever
AT description. but his occasion war.
rnnt"h her host nttcmpt--"lct mo see.
Sh" WINS dark To begin with--real
dark. YOU could expect that. seeing
Mnm" Bolivar WINS light. She was
smart looking and rnnl stylish. She
hnd on n blue suit and n white waist
with a jnhhit and n hluo hat. She
looked very smiling. And she wasn't
bigger than n pint Of ridcr. When
I saw her I s"id To myself: How do
Nou expect TO hold your own with
Jack Bolivar. when n big. stout WON
nm X Mann" Just Rav" MP and died -
why. he could pick her up with one
hand. And he'll do 1t, too. II won't
be thr"" weeks before hcNl have her
scared into the corner. the brute"
"My land. my land" murmurcd Mrs.
Grimm. "Shc couldn't have known
what we know around here or she'd
never have married him. A little
woman to marry jack Bolivar, Shed
hay" to he n six footrr to hold her
W with him, Mnmc WINS pretty
near that and inst see how she had
To knuckle down to him. This one
won't have any show At all. tell
YOU. %Tryphena. I'm awfully sorry for
her. She's got \ hard row to hoe. We
n"tEhhors must all he good to the
poor little crreter."
That's what Mrs. Allen said and
what I think. pcar. dear. I'd just as
l"av" give Sid Railey's bulldog our
kitten To play with. Well. we'll have
something t" watch from now IN.
Goodness. the clocks striking eleven
and | must 20 home. My man is no
kind of Jack Bolivar, but he gets
drcfful tetchy II his meals amt on
time. ny. Maria. Come over"
Mrs. Griffin did not rise to see her
fricnd to the door. but set about FIN
tshina her stocking.
Mrs. Griffin had always known Jack
E"livar. She had known his first
wifc. Name Bolivar had been a beau
ufml "tna hig. blonde. md gentle.
She had married Jack because she low
cd him. and her love had endured to
her dying day. No II ever kncw
how much she had suffered. She had
acknowledged him as her master and
rs such "heycd him. Al first in the
confidence OF her hridehood she had
made n few Intellectual attempts at re-
hellion. Iatterly 1t had needed but a
glance from his eyes to paralyze her
into submission. Other women had
r!ticd her. And she died. Pneumonia
tn" doctors called It. hut the women
who knew her best said to each other
that II was heart break.
quo NNt KEY Si'hS Muu ulTu as
we'll as poor Name did" Mrs. Griffin
said with a sigh. Name was big
enough to show him her fist II she
had sven dared. I suppose she thought
II she did he'd kill her. violent tent
pcrrd as he is. don't know. hut
I've always thought Ia have risked
the killing Il | had been in her place.
Ono good hlow ain't nothing like so
bad AS dying ny inches. Name lust
stood by and watched hin, trample on
her heart till IL was torn to shreds.
This Door little body will do even
worse. The first time he hlats out
nj her she'u crumple up like burnt
paper. Thatll please him. I've heard
him say he wouldn't have a wife he
couldn't rule. He wants her 10 jump
every i'm he sets his foot down. and
she will. l guess"
Two days later Mrs. Grimm and
Mrs Ensign went TO call on the new
Mrs. Bolivar.
Il think" Mrs. Griffin said. cha,
We neichhors better not wait too Ions
before csllins. We better let the poor
thing know she's got friends ever II
she is among strangers"