The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-11
Heroic
| reatrnent
By F. TOWNSEND SMITH

soch conditlon that she feared b
was going to commit suicide. The
hunted my name In the telephone reg
lister and called me up to say tina
she wished would come round an,
take charge Of him. went to BIZ
room and found him walking the ooo
with a desperate look in his eve.
took him out with me for dinner. afte,
wnich we went to the theater, and b,
spent the night in my rooms. Befor,
going to bed said to him:
Rogers. the thing for you to do in n
get married"
who would marry meY'
i know several young women who
would be glad to get you. I'll intro
duce you to the one that I think Womb
be the most likely to suit you II you
like"
Anything to relieve me OF mvselr-
Inc young person to whom | intro.
duced Rogers was twenty-s seven years
oid. Not having thus far fulfilled the
condition for which she was made-a
"iIe ana mother-she was beginning to
get dissatisfied with herself and those
ABOUT her. told her Of Rogers case
and she confessed that II was much
IKE her own. She. too. said "any.
thing but the life Of an old maid" II
was understood when brought them
'ogetner that 1t was for the purpose OF
hatrlmony. and they didn't pretend To
What they did not feel-that they were
IN that delirium commonly called love
They made short work of tho nraIiri
naries and. being very much pleased
with each other, became engaged and
were married
thlnk their honeymoon was as han
Ply as it is with married couples usn.
ally. Both seemed to have taken
laughing gas There was no attention
100 great or too trivial for Rogers to
pay his wife. and she seemed disposed
10 suffer any Inconvenience rather than |
put him TO the slightest discomfort.
! called on them soon after their
marriage Then did not see them
again for six months. / met Rogers
nnd' graspins him by the hand. said:
How are you. old man? How goes
married lifep"
"Oh. married life is well enough.
SUPPOSE"
well enough? Why, thought at
1rst you considered 1t delightful"
THAT was in the beginning. when
We hadn't really settled down to the
business Of married life. | find double
harness pretty hard to work In some.
ines"
Have any company"
"All we want"
well. I'm coming round TO see Won
'retty soon"
When l called Rogers had been de.
aimed at business. and l was enter.
aimed by his wife. Being an old
riend Of mine. did not hesitate to
SIX her how married life suited her.
"Oh. don't suppose" she said, that
"a Is any harder to live with than
most men,
He isn't somber, is hep"
"Oh. no; he Is cheerful enough. but
surprise him every now and then by
OF being what he has always sup
osed woman to be, and IL all men
re what he is sometimes they must
e. ;
While we were talking in came Ed. s
lie saw by his wife's expression that I
he had been pouring her troubles into l
" ear. and he didn't like it. He sat t
own with very ugly look on his 1
Ice. g
WELL he said to me. II suppose t
les been making me out a pretty t
lrd nut"
See here" said. flaring up. ~ did a
le best l could for you two In bring n
g you together. II you want to quar- 4
i ! would prefer that you leave me y
IT." =
who's drawing you INF" asked the :,
isband. with snarl. =
Hes drawn himself in," snapped a
% wife, HE tried to pump you
hen he met you the other day, then
me around here to pump me-" +,
Pump you! What interest have l =;
whether you get on or don't get on
gether? bid you both good even T.
g." !. y.
seized my hat and got out of the -,
use as quickly as could, followed y
more caustic remarks from both :.
them and making to myself more y,
ustic remarks still. ~
What fool was to try to do any :"
Ing with bachelor and an incipient '"
maid! One might as we'll try to 81 ..
Ike crooked tree grow straight. -
Itch me trying to help any one that =.
~ again" 81
When We do a kindness we don't A"
ow whether 1t will turn out such or w
injury. thought ] knew that in
s case had done the latter. But We
IS mistaken. The two needed heroic m
assures to bring them together and IN
role measures to get them fused. de
ter the heyday Of wedlock had pass IN
they needed blowpipe. I was that
wpipe. When they both turned and tn
lght me they found a common vent as
their irritation. and Its flow upon ni'
n other was directed in another INF
lnnel Sc,
'ogers came to see me, apologixed
himself and his wife and begged tin
to dine with them the next Sun. In
;. ] went. and we have been excel. my
friends ever since. thu
baby took up the case where ] we
II jus
KIN
There's nothing so hard to ride a.
Dung broncho." said the westerner.
On. | don't know" replied the man -
back East. did you ever trv