The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-10
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Copyright, 1914. by the Newspa-
per Enterprise Associatson.)
Bill Tenney was over here last
night and during the evening
Dick said: II tell you, Bill, | am
mighty proud of myself. I've
been perfectly good husband
80 long that | am almost due for
some break
j. thought of what Annie had
said to me the day before about
giving a man his head and saying
nothing, although Bill inquired:
What have you got to say about
that? DO you let him make
breaks occasionally. Margief"
IF you mean will / nag and
scold III Dick does something he
Is ashamed of l will answer by
saying ] will not. No matter how
hurt / might be by something my
husband did | would not always
be Quarreling with him about It.
should perhaps let him know |
was dispieased the same as he
would me'if / did something that
angered or hurt him, but there is
one thing l will not do as long
as l live with Dick and that is to
continually quarrel with him."
Bill looked at me admiringly
and at Dick rather questioningly:
1t narrows down, Margie," said
he after moments silence, ito
how much you will forgive,
doesn't it?'
mo, my dear" was my retort,
ut narrows down to how much
you will provoke
Every man will provoke
everything he dares, you may be
sure. Margie," laughed Bill.
'Why?"
well. you see. every man likes
to think he is a free agent. More
than anything else In life he
prizes that freedom. The moment
one OF us feels bound In any way
look out for a trying to bust the
bounds.
Now honestly, Margie, dhdn',
you ever feel like kicking over
the apple cart? Do you always
want to be a good little girl will
the little curl on your forehead
or do you have once in a while al
inclination to be bad ane
horrid?'"
| IF you mean, Bill. to ge,
drunk or make love to som,
other man than my husband,
guess l will have to own up tt
always wanting to be good,
will confess. however, that 1 d,
get awfully tired of the hum
drum and monotony of life ant
perhaps IL I were in Dicks OF
your place l, too, might be han
kering after stolen sweets"
| To my great surprise neither
man was at all satisfied with m,
answer. Bill was peeved because
was SO outspoken about gettine
drunk and making love to Other
women and Dick was shocked
that should intimate that under
any circumstances l could dream
OF hankering after "stoleu
sweets. To a man a woman II
a woman, nothing more, wher
she confesses to having a few
human inclinations she is eithel
vicious or crazy,
Today, l received beautiful
box of flowers with Dicks card In
them, SO when he called me III
last before dinner and said
"Margie, I'm going to stay down
town to dinner with some of the
boys and afterward we are coins
to play cards." answered: 90
suppose. Dick, that is why you
sent me those beautiful flowers
Flowers? Flowers? l didn',
send you any flowers"
well, my dear, l got a bo,
today with your card in them
Perhaps some man has faller
desperately In love with me ant
had an irresistible desire to sent
me flowers. Because he knew
would not accept them unles.
your card was in them he tool
this way OF gratifying his desir,
and my conventionalism at the
same time"
| "Oh, yes dear, l remember nov
did send you some flowers THU
morning. l had forgotten it.
said Dick quickly as l finished
| Now, little book, have you AM
idea that a man could send his
wife at least ten dollars worth
of American beauty roses in the
morning and forget all about il
In the afternoon?
There Is something mysterious
about these flowers. l don't be
lieve Dick would be so extrava.
CANT as to send me two dozen
beautiful roses./ He never sent
me many flowers before we were
married and never since, except
when l was at the hospital and
when we opened our rooms al
1.-THE hotel, has Dick sent me
posies.
l am afraid. Master Dick, that
you have been making break
and 1t has turned out a different
kind of break from what you
intended.
Continued Tomorrow