Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-12
is EVERY WIFE D1sTRUsrFu1,
IS EVERY WIFE. D1sTRusrFuE
.. The Story Of "A .G~OSS1ninu yxYfo

Is EVERY: WIFE DISTRUSTFUL !
=: The Story Of .Gossiping Wife.
1t was my last evening at the board
ing house. The mater and the house,
old furniture had arrived from an
other city, and the. next day we were
going to move into a home. For the
last time. I felt I was one Of the after
Dime group on the boarding house
porch.
The pretty private secretary was
there. the last letter from her be-
loved westerner tucked in her blouse.
me snlckering lovers again had pre-
empted the shadiest corne The sad
eyed woman with the .too-sharp nose
was discussing a new fashion with the
fussy owner Of a frowsy poodle. It
was too hot to 90 anywhere, 80 most
OF us were there. even to the husband
OF the boarding house mistress-he
sat humbly on the last step between
~manipulations of. the lawn sprinkler,
while madame nov and then appeared
certain that he was attending. strictly
to business and. nothing else-especi,
ally Anything feminine. H''
The mater. with her placid smile.
was added to the group. The doctor,
with the deep. lines on each side Of
his mouth, was missing. AS he usual
~ sat by himself and "gloomed," no.
w. SOO9A2CO " lilies HlIH. But mis-
white race, his silence, and those tell
tale lines had made me curious. Such
things come Of tragedies. I wondered
what had set the doctor apart from
the rest Of us.
HI had come to the boarding house
only a few days before my, arrival
from a small town down state, the
landiady said. and he apparently had
no city practice. I imagined that. If
he chose, he: might exert q strong per-
sonal magnetism.
Inc mater was. yawning behind the
palmleaf fan which she had been usinr
to swat mosquitoes. and4I had re-
marked that it was about time to o
to bed, when a woman in a. black
gown and with a haEgard face SHINING
Whitley in the light Of the hall lamp.
walked up the steps and asked.
HAS DR.. Bracken come home vet p"
Being told that he had not yet come
she said h guessed she. would wait
and sat herself in a proffered chair
Soon after she started forward and
sat :tensely, looking down the street.
A mans form came toward us. He
had almost reached the house, when
and confronted him.
e h shouted. II guess
thatll teach VOL not to ruin a WON.
ans reputation" and she hurled some
thing at him. =:
He had thrown up his arm to pro
tect his face. but too late. The acid
q reached his e and he staggered
his hands. The woman in white Ned
down the street.
The woman In black. on the porch.
shrteked wildly, and ran toward the
swaying, pitifully cropping figure of
"oh. win VIM" she cried. what
has n done to: you?"
stumbled against the step and fell
h rest OF US would have helped, but
h znotioned US away and took his
poor manned, blinded face in. her
arms and held it tight against: her
bosom. ~ 80
:"Get a doctor" she said. "a good.
doctor. I'm his wife. And I'm the
cause Of this. You,1 better get a po-
l1ceman, too. and have me arrested.
l drove him away from home. I
ruined his practice. i was Jealous.
I came here because 1 followed thai
woman. I wanted to see them meet.
knew h was waiting for him. But
didn't know-oh, God. I didn't know.
l talked about her at home. I talked.
aoo9t the, other women: too. I don't
know all said. I couldn't keep still.
/ hated them all. I said things. !
said worse things about this one. she
always sent for him so much. / said
her last baby was-was-my hIs-
bands. And everybody in town be-
iieved 1t. And then he left me. He
LETT me-and I have only Just found
MIN: oh. Will. viii. what. have /
But the man only moaned, his face
hidden AGAINST her bosom.
The doctors at the hospital said h
would nver see again. His face Is a
terrible thing to look at.
what a peculiar thing Is woman!
When this man was strong, handsome.
successful she made his life a burden
to him. She could not be content
With that happiness which lay literal.
~ within her hands.
But now that he IL stricken. helm
less. q recluse because Of his punish-
ment-,whether deserved or not = do
not know---1he has become his haith.
ful slave. They decided tosremain in
the city and she ID earning the uvina
DOING d~ressInaking.
I'll love him all the more" !
SAID to the doctor when he told he
the mar would he blind and disdeured
for life. "I'd rather have him "a.
pend on me. And now.-yith a nerca
ItrtuSnDh-".ppo other 1iU .inntr.