The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-29
Married Life
the Third Year
Ely MABEL HERBERT URNER.

Try a piece of bread-some of the
crust
Helen broke off a,tiny piece and nib
bled at it painfully.
Take enough to do some good.
Here" and Warren broke off larger
piece and handed tito her. That's tn"
trouble with shad--it's full of these
Internal bones"
Helen obediGntly swallowed re
crust as best she could
Gone"
She shook her head.
Take some water"
She gulpcd down another half glass
of water.
Nov stop thinSing about it. Just go
on and eat your iinner-it'u go down
itself.
But it is difficult to eat with fish
bone. however tiny lying obstlnately
in ones throat.
A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE.
Whenever anything happend TO
Warren, he always took it most seri-
ously. He 1ursed all his little ills with
almost luCcrouS gravity. But when
anything happened to Helen his atti-
tude was. oh, that's nothing. Just
don't think about it'll be all right.
AS a rule she tried to keep from him
all her slight complaints. knowing she
would only be hurt by his lack OF SYM
pathy And now she tired hard to for
get the irritation in her throat.
But instead Of passing away it be-
came more painful and more difficult
to swallow. After dinner she went to
her own room closed the door and with
the air of q hand mirror and a button
hook wrapped with absorbant cotton,
tried to 0islOdge the bone. But it was
too far down to be reached. Just as she
was holding her mouth open at the
widest angel. Warren suddenly appear
ed at the door.
Flushing she hastily put down the
hand mirror and the buttonhook. Hell
en- was always painfully selt-cOnscious
and could never bear for Warren to
see her in an awkward or ridiculous
position. With this self-cOnsciOuSness
not only did he never sympathiZe, but
for some reason It always irritated
him. And now he troWned as he saw
her evident confusion.
THAT bone still there?''
She nodded.
"lIerc, como over to the window and
lets see
oh. no, no." drawing back hastily.
"Comn here. l say!" taking her by
the arm and drawing her to the win
dow. $50" open your mouth! Let's
sec if can get that out!'
Oh n, nC-Warren | can't" turn
ing her he'll and trying to draw away.
"NNhy can't you? Open your mouth
l tell YOU"
~. "rren ! cant, ! cant stand there
with my mouth open. You know
can never do anything like that al
ways feel So ridculous.'
e nt!r 70 the window. Nov open your
M nth That's about enough of this
tcInfoolery.'
But as he released her arm to turn
her face toward the light, she jerkeC
away With an indiGnant
Il won't. I'd rather have ten bones
in nv throat. Surely you won't use
force"
He IS FURIOUS.
t'urlCuS at her resistance, with
mut'erfd cath Warren flew out of tn,
room, &lamm:ng the door so hard tina
tn" whole floor shook And in a few
moments she heard him getting int
his coat in the hall Then the QUITE
door banged.
Helen stood by the window and gaz
cd out with reddened eyes. Oh, VII.
should Warren never respect her self
consciousness? Why did it always il
r.tajo him? No doubt she was foolish
shc wa willing 10 admit that. But if i
W2s 4 *ensjtiVcncs5 that she could no
help why should he resent it so?
There We're many little things tina
81" knew she was absurdlE SENSITIVE
AM scf-ConscjOuS about. She cOult
never bear for him to see her in
dental chair with her mouth stretche
open, nor would she curl her hair be
fore him, nor let him see her in cur
papers, CT with cold cream on her face
II was one of Helen's most deel
rooted instincts that Warren mus
have Nc mental pictures of her whic
were ridiculous or ropellant.
If more wives had something of thi
instinct, the proposition of unhapp
marriages would be less. AS rul
most women are wholly Indifferent d
to what mental pictures their husband