The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-01-01
A New Year $.
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By SARAH BAXTER

Good morning. Jim"
"How are you. Tomr'
Tom Goodins looked uncomfortable.
He had come into. bis friend Tom Of.
colts law Office for a purpose, but he
seemed to have diflculty in announc.
ing it.
Jim. ! want your to get me a di.
vorce." he said at last
"whatr'
Ma divorce. Edith and l can't get
on together any longer"
"Whose fault is it7' asked Jim.
Whose fault is it, Why. it certain.
Wy isn't mine. The truth is Edith is
continually making mountains out of
molehills."
The lawyer looked grave and said:
1.-The smaller affairs Of life are more
In keeping with a woman's nature
than a mans. How do you know that
you're not making molehills out OF
mountainsT
What do you mean?"
why, it's quite likely that you have
very important faults that you do not
consider at all. Perhaps you are IN.
conscious Of them. and yet they may
be breaking up your home. Now. this
10 a good time to remedy them. The
new year IL at hand. when we all ex
pect to take a fresh start New Years
resolutions are in order. will give
you a rule Of action for the next twelve
months, and IL you adhere to it you
won't want me to secure a divorce for
you"
what Is it,"
instead Of replying the lawyer wrote
something on a bit of paper, put It in
an envelope. sealed It and wrote on
It ITO be opened New Years morning"
Then he handed it to Gooding.
The mex morning Mrs. Gooding ap-
peared at the law Office. She did not
know Of her husbands appearance
there the day before. and Olcott did
not mention 1t.
"Jim." she said. its all up between
Tom and me. | want you to get me
a divorce"
"ls there any special accusation you
have to make against TOMB"
"Only that. he rubs me the wrong
way all the time"
Olcott looked up at the ceiling.
"How Tong will it take to separate
usY" she asked.
mo time at all. All you have to do
is not to go back to the house."
II mean legally"
"Oh: You wish to marry agatn7" =,
mo such thing. Why do you say
that"
Because 1 see no other advantage
in your case in a legal separation. Do
you still love your husbandY
"Of course 1 do! It's On his
'Never mind. his faults. Would you
prefer to keep your home al 1t is II
you could get on together7"
Certainly"
Edith" said the lawyer after a
pause, tomorrow will begin the new
year. l will. give you a rule for your
guidance. and II you will follow It
guarantee that you won't need q di.
vorce."
what IL ft7'.
Olcott wrote q few words on . bit
Of paper and. after sealing and i'd
dressing 1t 40 he had In the case Of her
husband, handed Il to hsr. saying:
take that. and. al the doctors say
when they give You q prescription, II
a. AA~~~SA os,WA 0NsN hOe RNA knnv and
III begin divorce proceedinss."
New Years morning was pleasant.
and after breakfast Tom GoodinR said
to his wife:
sweetheart. don't you think. this
being a holiday. we'd better make some
sort Of a trip?"
THE very thing. Holidays are best
utilized. To sit around at home doing
nothing 10 depressing"
30 they arranged for AN outing.
The next day when the husband was
about to 60 o business his wife asked
him IL he would 60 to a dry goods
store, six blocks out of his" way. and
buy her q spool of thread of a certain
hue. He bristled up. but suddenly sur
prised her by very aifabIy agreeing to
oblige her. But he was too late. With
a kiss she said that she had no bust.
ness to trouble him with such small
matters when he had so many big ones
on bis mind. She a going to the
shopping district anyway and would
attend to the matter herself.
These are samples Of many such In.
stances by, which petty quarreIs were
avoided. and every day showed an i'm.
proyement in the couples domestic re-
lations. Often when they bristled at
some fancied cause for dispute one or
the other would suddenly stop AZ II
b sng remembered something and
ewing around likeaweather cock from
the bitter north to the balmy south.
Scarcely b month passed before n
day Mrs. Gooding put her arm about
~ husbands neck and said:
TON. I've q confession to make"
"What IL 1t, sw~eetheartT'
last December ! gave up trying to
i've with you and went to Jim Olcott
for 4 divorce. He wrote me a4preecrip-
ton. I. began to practice 1t on New