Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-08-15

ara Ndte llIi- I'VE ~ t'A tt-t- ---'
dren. and when J get to be thlrr5
want ms husband 20 want zee 10 be- ~
IN; as aunt Bette bat not lei me
AID inspiration couldn't be fat snd i'm
always in danger from hot mullins and
chicken gravy However, il ! shonld
undertake to be ali the things Judge
Wade said IN that letter he wanted ME
to BE- to him. I should soon BE- skin and
bones from mental and physical exer
else still he does I've in Hi'lshoro
and I won't let myself know how my
heart aches at the thought " leaving
nv home and other things It's ~ In
nv thronf and I seem always TO ne
swallowing it. the last few days
All the men who write me letters
seem 10 get themselves wound mp INTO
a skyrocket and then let themselves
explode In the last paragraph. and II
always upsets my nerves was Just
about to begin 10 cry again over the
last words OF the Judge Shen the only
bright spot in the day so far suddenly
happened Pet Buford blew 10 With
the pfnkest cheeks and the brightest
eyes | had seen since looked IN the
mirror the night Of the dance She was
in an awful hurry
MOLLY dear" she said. with her
words literally falling over themselves
.sTom says you'll give us some OF your
dinner leftOvers to take for lunch IN
the auto. for we are going way out TO
Wayne county to see some swfully
fine tobacco he has heard is there
don't want 70 ask mother. for she
won't let me 20. and his mother II ne
asked her. will begin TO talk about Us
Tom said come to you AMI you would
understand and fx 1t quick. He said
kiss son for him and tell you he SAID
Come IN In. the waters fine Isn't
he a inl.,.e" And we kissed and laugh
ed and hacked a basket. and kissed
and laughed again for goodby. felt
amused and happy for a few minutes
and also deserted It's very GOOD
thing for a woman's conceit TO ind out
how many Of her lovers are just make
believes. may have needed Toms
detection.
ANYWAY. I don't know when ! ever
was so glad to see anybody as ! was
when Mrs. Johnson came in the front
door. A woman who has proved 10
her own satisfaction that marriage Is
a failure r. AT times a great tonic to
other women. 7 needed q tonic badly
this morning. and | got it.
We'll. from an my long experience,
Molly" she said as she seated herself
and began to hem a dish towel with
long steady slabs. husbands are just
stick candy in different jars They
NAV look little different. but they all
taste alike ana you soon get tired or
them. In two months you won't know
the difference in being married to Al
Bennett and Mr.. Carter and you D ha
&C. 90 on living with him maybe fifty
wears Luck doesn't strike twice IN
the same place and you can't count on
losing two husbands AIS father was
Mr.. Johnson's first cousin and mad
more crochets and worse. He had 81
lent spells that lasted a week and
family prayers three times day.
though he got drums twice year for a
month At a time Al looks very much
like him"
Mrs. johnson" | said after a min
uts's silence. while had decided
whether or not { had better tell her
ali about it IF q woman's IN love
with her husband you can't trust her
70 keep secret. but I decided 10 try
Mrs Johnson. i really am not en-
gagged exactly to Alfred Bennett
though / suppose he thinks SO by now
If he has got the answer to that tele-
gram. But-but something has made
mg-made me think about Judge Wade
that is. he-what do you thiak OF
him Mrs. JOhnsonE ! concluded I'D
the most pitifuHy perpiexed tone OF
voice
All alike. Molly. all as much alike
rs peas in a pod: all except John
Moore. who's the only exception 10 81.
the male tribe ever met. ai- marry
ins once was just accidental and must
be forgiven bin She fell 10 love with
him while he was treating her for y
rhoid when his back was turned as it
were and IL was Gods own kindness
in him that made him marry her when
he found oat how il was with the poor
thing. There's not a woman ia EMS
town who could marry saat wou.dn
marry him ut the drop of his hat: but.
thank goodness that hat VIII never
dron end lT have one sensible man 20
comfort and doctor me down Into my
old age Now. Just look at that. Mr
Johnsan's come home here tn The mid
de Of the morning and I'm have 70 get
that old paper hunted out Of his desk
for him last night wonder how De
came to forget it, It's funny how
Mrs. johnson always knows what Mr-
Johnson wants bfae le suoHs aim-
SELF and gets :, leiafs De asks Cos 90.
As she went 9ui be gate tae nest-
man came in. snd ~ tae sight Of aQ-
other letter my seert aeiu sgnk oa
into ms slippers ard my brain seemed
about 10 back up in corner and re-
fuse to work In flash il came TO me
that men oughtn't'to write letters 10
women very much-they really don't
pillow deep enough; they just irritate
the top soil took this missive from