The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-10
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Copyright, 1914. by the Newspa-
per Enterprise Assocfatton.)
Bill Tenney was over here last
night and during the evening
Dick said: II tell you. Bill, 1 am
mighty proud of myself. I've
been perfectly good husband
so long that | am almost due for
some break"
l. 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, Margie."
IF you mean will l nag and
scold II 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 IL.
l 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 | 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,"
No, 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 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 trying to bust the
bounds.
Now honestly, Margie, dhdn't
you ever feel like kicking over
the apple cart? Do you always
want to be a good little girl with
the little curl on your forehead
or do you have once in a while ar
inclination to be bad and
horrid?'"
| IF you mean. Bill, to get
drunk or make love to some
other man than my husband,
guess | will have to own up Il
always wanting to be good.
Will confess. however, that / d.
get awfully tired of the hum
drum and monotony of life ant
perhaps IL l 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 l should intimate that under
any circumstances I could dream
OF hankering after stolen
sweets" To a man a woman II
a woman, nothing more, wher
she confesses to having a few
human inclinations she is eitheI
vicious or crazy,
Today, l received a beautiful
box of flowers with Dicks card in
them, so when he called me vi
just 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 yor
sent me those beautiful flowers. >
Flowers? Flowers? l didn'
send you any flowers"
well, my dear, l got a boz
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 unless
your card was in them he tool
this way OF gratifying his desir,
and my conventionalism at tn,
same time"
"Oh, yes dear, l remember nov
l did send you some flowers thi
morning. l had forgotten 1t,
said Dick quickly as l finished
II Now, little book, have you an,
idea that man could send hi.
wife at least ten dollars worti
of American beauty roses in tn,
morning and forget all about il
In the afternoon?
There Is something mysteriou,
about these flowers. l don't be
lieve Dick would be so extrava
CANT as to send me two dozer
beautiful roses./ He never sem
me many flowers before we were
married and never since, except
when l was at the hospital ant
when we opened our rooms al
1.-THE hotel, has Dick sent me
posies.
II / am afraid, Master Dick, that
you have been making a break
and it has turned out different
kind of a break from what you
intended.
Continued Tomorrow