Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03

81 never had any desire to TELL" con.
tinued Mrs Wack. with miscellaneous
twinkle in her blue eyes. cit always
seemed to me that it was nobody's
business"
The remark was not meant to be
rude. 1t was merely expressive. Mrs
Wack said so.
THE longer we kept the secret,
| she observed, ''the easier it was. It's
really just matter OF practice. AT
| first had to be little careful how
referred to our trip to Elizabeth
You know we were married over at
Elizabeth interrupted Mr.. Wack, ra-
diant with happiness and quite ready
to tell all he knew. His wife resumed
the theme.
Il told my mother was going to a
little social affair. had to give some
reason for dressing up. you know. =
OF course this was the truth. How
could a wedding be anything else
than "a social AFFAIR."" Besides that
Mabel had on her very prettiest dress
, Ia blue silk-with corsage bouquet
of lilies of the valley and bride roses.
To see her no. one would ever have
dreamed that she was going into
training as a long-distance secret
keeper. Certainly there was no indi-
cation of poverty.
1t was the poverty fairy tale fol-
lowed by one Of great wealth suddenly
acquired that made Mrs. Wack almost
decide never to reveal to the world
whether or not it really hurt to keep
a secret.
Refutes Gosslps' Tales.
"The gossips said we kept our mar
sriage a secret because Will was not
over rich just at that time" she ex-
claimed almost tragically, and William
joined vigorously in denouncing as
untrue all the many statements to
that effect.
II was in just as good a position
to marry four years ago as l am to-
day." he announced. ut wasn't pow
erty but a desire to please Mabers
parents that made us keep the secret
They wanted her to teach school, and
she wanted to teach. I didn't want
her to teach, and so we decided to
wait until she was willing to give
up
That was enough. 1t brought the
! young wife again out from the realms
of silence.
Until Will was willing to let me
keep on teaching" she observed
Nov that he says may, rather
think I'll not teach longer than next
June"
Suffragettes should not lose the
moral of this tale. The woman who
can keep a secret is sure of victory
/ know, for Mrs. Wack said so.
1T is natural for me to be reticent,'
she explained. That's why it wRs
easy for me to keep a secret. / can
not recall an instance when | felt the
least inclined to tell"
Think of 1t, o daughters OF Eve!
What heroism to conquer even the in
clination to embroider a ''W" on an in
conspicuous wash cloth! What self
sacrificing devotion to principle that
for four years could undergo the priv
| ileges of Ruth and resist proclaimine
from the housetops, His people are
my people and my mother is his moth
| er-in-laW!"
All honor to the Newark woman
who so tactfully OWNED the time tc
keep silent and the time to speak.
SO far as it Is known. only one 9th
er pioneer has preceded her into the
realms of secrecy. That one is the
immortal bard who wrote the pathetic
stanza beginning with the soulful line
II know something won't tell"
1t was just that way with Mrs
Wack. With William it was different
He couldn't keep a secret.
Il haven't told Mabel yet" he whis
pered "but the boys at the bank pre-
scented me with purse this after
noon"
i Mabel reappeared and the whisper
ceased.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wack o.
Newark, ". j., are not living In the
llordIy splendor that the alleged for
tune made in Wall street would indi
cate. Neither have they ever beer
much impoverished. They are JUS
two very agreeable and unaffected
young people, housekeeping for thu
j past few weeks In c0mmodioul
apartment In an old-fashioned house