Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-07-31

all cut low-some to the point of in
decency. Jewels sparkled from necks.
breasts, and coiffures, and when the
guests removed their gloves at table
they revealed fingers loaded with
rings. felt like meek and short
tailed white Leghorn hen in poultry
yard full of peacocks.
With this thought in mind I looked
across the table to where John sat
next his hostess, chatting as if he
had been brought up in this set The
sight irritated me. / shook myself
mentally, reminded myself that was
better born than these people, and,
meeting Johns warning glance, turned
to the man by whom l sat and talked
to him as fast and as thoughtlessly as
my tongue would permit.
What dreary evening it was! And
yet, as men came in from the dining
room, and suggested to John that
it was time to leave, he looked genu-
inely disappointed and expressed sur
prise at the lateness Of the hour. In
the cab on our way home he asked:
We'll, did you have good timer"
II can't remember" I said slowly,
"that in all my life before ever had
such a dreadful evening. Those
women were the greatest bores ever
knew. They think that life consists
in buying clothes and jewelry. Both
the men and women are common,
through and through"
Il noticed" returned my husband,
with vexed laugh, that you man
aged to enjoy their champagne pretty
thoroughly, and you did not seem
much bored as long as you had a
man next to you to whom to talk"
And this was his appreciation of my
sacrifice! thought it over that night
and wondered If any man was ever
grateful. A few days later when
John told me of an order he received
from Mr.. Welch to submit to him
plans for new country place, only
remarked that was glad some good
came out Of so much discomfort"
John looked at me for moment,
then said, sarcastically: "Wifely SYM
patty in ones work is delightful. In
your case it is CONSPICUOUS by it's alb
sence."
/ have dwelt at such length upon
the above incident because in looking
back at our married life it seems that,
until this time, my husband and my
self had never really had any hard
feeling, or any serious difference OF
opinion. / always felt that the WEIGH
episode was the entering wedge that
split the unseasoned wood of our
married life.
Johns plans for the WEIGH country
place were approved, and, that he
might keep an eye on the work as 1t
progressed, it was decided that we
take furnished cottage in the vicin-
ity the following summer. was will
ing to do this, for / liked the outdoor
life and preferred having our
own home to going to summer hotel.
/ decided to have Sarah, my sister,
spend her vacation with US. A distant
cousin was to visit my parents for a
few months, and suggested that Sarah
take needed rest during this period.
So my young and attractive sister
came to us.
I did not appreciate how young and
attractive she really was until / saw
Johns eyes light with pleasure when
she came down the cottage stairs to
dinner the night of her arrival.
NY husband sprang to his feet and
met her at the foot Of the stairs with
outstretched hands. To my astonish-
ment, and, I think, to hers also. he
bent and kissed her.
The presence of a pretty girl in
ones home precludes the possibility
of a cuiet time. learned this soon
after Sarah's arrival, as the young
people in the neighborhood. after
meeting her once, wanted to know
her better. What were called In the
country community "the summer
folks" formed jolly colony. Sarah
was almost as popular with the girls
as with the men. She was what Is
known as "a mans woman" yet her
own sex liked her, too. She seemed
so naive that the only persons who
suspected her of not being an ingenue
were the matrons whose husbands adj
mired her.
confess that I was one of these.
That my husband found in my pretty
sister a charming companion was
somewhat Of surprise to me, for ]
had never seen him really attentive to
any woman but myself. / said nothing
about it until one afternoon when the
express-wagon, delivering parcels that
had come out from the city, left at our
door a superb hamper OF fruit adj
dressed to Sarah. 5.
"From one Of your admirers!" said
jokingly.
did not for a moment associate the
arrival OF the fruit with the fact that
John had gone into town that morn
ing on an early train.
sT really believe it is from Brother
John" she said eagerly. Last night
I told him that I thought the farmers
about here supply US with the meanest
Qfa and