Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-07-04

Womhu III tn6 mousse VINO COu1u pedt
her for looks and style. Besides that,
she was fine conversationalist, could
talk as easily as book on any sub
ject. II brought her a novel, she'd
read 1t and have the whole plot at
her finger-ends, and be able to talk
1t all over, have her own opinions
about every character. Oh, she was
an accomplished. fascinating woman,
If say 1t myself! Any man might
have taken to her. She was for ever
telling me about California, and how
she wanted to get back there"
Californian" interrupted Dominick.
did she come from California;"
From here-from San Francisco.
She was a native daughter of the state
and the town. was interested in Cal
ifornia myself at that time, though I'd
never seen 1t, and we'd talk Of that
and other things till, bit by bit, we
drifted nearer and nearer together
and the day came when we were en-
gagged. / thought that was the happi-
est day OF my life, and 1t would have
been II she'd stayed true to her
promises"
The clock struck the single silvery
note Of the half-hour and Dominick
heard 1t. He was interested in the
story, but he had only another half
hour to give. and said as Buford
paused:
go on. It's very interesting. Don't
STOP"
THE first step in our married life
that seemed to me strange, that cast,
not what you'd call cloud, but a
shadow, over my happiness, was that
she insisted on keeping the marriage
secret. She had several reasons, all
of which seemed good and sufficient
to her. She said her people would
not like her marrying a stranger far
away from home, and that they'd cut
up very ugly when they heard 1t. Her
principal reason, and the only one
that seemed to me to have any force,
was that she feared she'd lose her
job. She had 1t on good authority that
the firm where she worked wouldn't
employ married women, and II they
knew she'd got a husband who was
.
the sack. Whether 1t was for all the
reasons together, or for Just this one
don't know, but she'd only marry me
If I'd solemnly promise to keep the
matter secret. Id have promised hel
anything. Shed out and out be
witched me.
$50 we were married and went tc
| in Aof ",
urb. We had our mail sent to our ole
address at Mrs. Heeney's. She was
In the secret, the only person who
was. We had to let her know because
Of the letters, and inquiries that
might have been made for us from
time to time. We were married in the
winter, and that winter was the hap
piest time Of my life. I'll never for
get 1t. That little fiat, and that littlt
black-eyed woman-they were JUS
Paradise and the angel In 1t for me
Not but what she had her faults; sht
was hot-tempered, quick to flare up
and sharp with her tongue. But
never cared-just let her sputter ant
fizz till she'd worked 1t all off anc
then I'd take things up where the,
were before the eruption began.
was happy time-a man in love anr
q woman that keeps him loving-yol
can't beat it this side of Heaven"
Dominick made no answer. Th,
actor for a moment was silent ant
then with a sigh went on.
~ suppose 1t was too good to last
Anyway, it ended We'd lived tha
way for six months when in the be
ginning of June the Dramatic Schoo
failed and l lost my job. 1t came OF
us with almost no warning, and i
sort of knocked us out for q bit.
wasn't as upset by 1t as Mrs. Cartel
was, but She"
who's Mrs. Carter?" said Domi
nick
my wife. That's my name, Juniui
Carter. OF course the name use OF
the stage is not my own. l took tha
in the Klondike, made it up from m!
mothers and the name of a pard
had who died. Well. as was saying
Mrs. Carter took 1t hard She couldn'
seem to get reconciled to 1t. / tiiet
to brace her up and told her 1t would
only be temporary, and I'd get an
other place soon, but she was terribl!
upset. We'd li1ed we'll, not saved {
cent, furnished the fiat nicely an(
kept servant There was nothint
for 1t but to live on what she made
1t was hard on her, but I've Otter
thought she might have been easier
on me. I didn't want to be idle or ea
the bread she paid for, Lord knows
tried. hard enough to get work.
tramped those streets in sun and rair
till the shoes were falling off my feet
But the times were hard, money wal
tight, and good Jobs were not to b.
had for the asking. One OF the wors
features of the case was that hadn'
any regular line of work or profession
The kind Of thing I'd heen doing dom
fit man for any kind of Job. II
couldn't do my own kind OF stunt II
have to be just general handy-mar
or steyedore, and I'm not what you'(