Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-09-17


sele. and sAs nassasa wsxa . ssss
hing little laugh. Il guess waana
made Tor those thanss. Dan &eass "a
too mitch OF homo hoasy. !,
Her very sels.satisfied compiacansy
nettled her questionsr, The vsFy,
sight Of the darning needle In her hn-
gers naddened him.
Good God, Mary be exclaima6.l
cant you ever stop this andlssa,
nending? Haven't begged you, day.
and night. not to mend my socks.
won't wear socks all over darns-
they're uncomfortable"
Just suggestion OF a smile played
around Mary SHADES sweet mouth a.
she answered:
They're yours. nan. IT'S the ansy
thing left that can do for yoa--now.
can't bear to see strangers touch
your things" and her voice trailed
on In wistfui sigh. q sigh which
might on any other occasion havs
made it's appeal to the earnest-faceG
man now gazing nj her so grinly.
The iightnesa OF her tone showed
how little she realized the seriousness.
OF the situation---how little she UNDER
stood how inadequateiy she was fiiis
| ing her position az his wife. Hha
loved her husband With the devotion
of slave and the reverence OF wor1
shipper at O shrine. but, like many ana
other good woman she wanted ta
show her affection IN her own way
and not In his. Because she wanted
to do for him with her hands. she
turned a deaf ear to hin pleas that
she use her head. She wanted her
husband to be happy and comfortable.
but ahe wanted to make him happy
and comfortable according ITO her own
ideas of what ought 10 make q man
satisfied. she had seen him rise grad
ually at FIRST and then by leaps and
bounds. Now that he had become
wealthy and successful she wanted q
decide for him that he ought TO lei
well enough alone, TO her It seemed
foolish to bother about being Cover
nor, absurd for him to fret about ths
way she dressed and did things.
So, for awhile they sat In silancs
and the fire dying down LEFT the rocrg
chilly, so chilly that Mary started al
to get shawl. Hallway TO the door
she was peremptorily called back bl
her husband, who, ringing for maid
dispatched her for the wrap, whii'
Mary. Inundated and with sonethina
of the air OF q martyr, went sighinl
, back to the big. uncomfortable chaa
to resume the raending that was sucl
an irritation to her husband.
|, "Why can't you learn to be waite'
on, Mary?" her husband asked. not ur
: kindly. "Other women do"
I'm siow--sl9w and old-fashioned.
the woman answered. quietly, but wit
;, an air which plainly showed that sh
- was perfectly satisfied with hersel
, and that she thought he ought TO b
!. 1--WE never been with women wh
= knew how to do these things. 70
= didn't know any such people unit
: lately. don't want to know them
. she concluded with an engasingly col
|. hding smile.
But can't so everywhere Away
alone" Slade expestulated. - man
wife ought to 60 with him and me'
the right kind OF people-otherwiG
he's an outsider. What do you thin
built this house fort I don't wof
: in the mines any longer with N
= hands. i've got to uas my head.
~ don't drink. I dou't smoke. dor
dissipate--keep yachts and horses
: women. A mans got to do semsthin
= I'm going into public life. and wa
to entertain here. You'd have aas !
- :, back and take 1t easy and-~rustl"
4 You deserve everything you'vs ~
y DAN" answered Mrs. Slade, fneona
- auentialIy, entirely losing the pod
~ of his TRADE. You struggled like
- dog. Nobody knows, only you al
:. me. We've been through 1t togethsa
- We'll" demanded Slade eager
:, and hopefully, why don't you mar
along with me then, Mary?"
- His wife turned to him earsest
. For a moment Dan Slade thought d
A. woman he loved was about to rise
49, the occasion.
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