Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-06-29

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thing for him.' Sibyl's mirth had van
1sned, and she spoke with virulent ra-
pldlty. well, she couldn't get you,
because you were married, and she
couldn't get Jim, because Jim died.
And there they were, dead broke! Do
you know what she did? Do you know
what she's doing?'
No, l don't" said Roscoe, gruf1y.
Slbyrs voice rose and eliminated in
a scream of renewed hilarity. gibbs!
She waited in the graveyard, and drove
home with him from Jim's funeral!
Never spoke to him before! Jim wasn't
coldv'
She rocked herself back and forth
upon the divan. "Bibbsv' she shrieked.
"B1bbs! Roscoe, think of it! Bibbsr'
He stared unsympathetically, but
her mirth was undated for all that.
And yesterday" she continued, be-
tween paroxysms-"yesterday she
came out Of the house-just as he was
passing. She must have been looking
out-waiting the chance; 1 saw the
old lady watching at the window! And
she got him there last night-to play
to him; the old lady gave that away!
And today she made him take her out
in machine! And the cream Of it is
that they didn't even know whether he
was insane or nOt-they thought may
be he was, but she went after him
just the same! The old lady set her
self to pump me about it today. Bibbs!
Oh, my Lord! Bibbs!''
But Roscoe looked grim $50 it's
funny to you, is it? It sounds kind of
pitiful to me. I should think it would
to a woman, too"
"Oh, it might" she returned, sober
ing. 1T might, if those people weren't
such frozen-faced smart Alexis. If
they'd had the decency to come down
off the perch a little I probably
wouldn't think it was funny, but to
see 'em sit up on their pedestal all the
time they're eating dirt-well, I think
it's funny! That girl sits up as if she
was Queen Elizabeth, and expects
people to wallow on the ground before
her until they get near enough for her
to give 'em a good kick with her old
patched shOes-Oh, she'd do that all
right!-and then she powders up and
goes out to mash-Bibbs Sheridanw
Look here" said Roscoe, heavily
Il don't care about that one way or
another. If you're through, I got
something l want to talk to you about.
| was going to, that day just before we
heard about jim"
At this Sibyl stiffened quickly her
eyes became intensely bright. "What
is it,"
"Well," he began, frowning, "what I
was going to say then" He broke
off, and, becoming conscious that he
was still holding the wet napkin in his
hand, threw it pettishly into a corner.
Il never expected I'd have to say any
thing like this to anybody I married
but I was going to ask you what was
the matter between you and Lam
horn"
Sibyl uttered a sharp monosyllable.
"Well?"
81 felt the time had come for me to
know about it," he went on. "You
never told me anything"
'You never asked" she interposed
CURLY.
'Well we'd got in a way of not
talking much" said Roscoe. "It looks
to me now as if we'd pretty much lost
the run Of each other the way a good
many people do. 1 don't say it Wasn't
my fault. I was up early and down tc
work all day, and I'd come home tireG
at night, and went to go to bed soon as
I'd got the paper read-unless there
was some good musical show in town
Well, you seemed all right until here
lately, the last month or so, began tc
see something was wrong. I couldn't
help seeing it,"
"Wrong?" she said. "What like?"
"You changed; you didn't look the
same. You were all strung up and ex
cited and fidgety; you got to looking
peakid and run down. Now then, Lam
horn had been going with us a good
while, but I noticed that not long age