The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-05-11


duty 10 shed sweetness and light Uyel
our happy homer'
But" Mrs. Ellington argued. 81
should like 70 know what was the US,
of my college training If not to-
Exactly" Bob brok,. IN. That's
what I'd like to know too. IL an
academic education doesn't help you
about the house. why study law ON toI
of itr
Mrs. Ellington tossed her head.
You know as well as | do what
mean" she insisted I'm the first
place. want 10 be able TO talk intelli.
gently with you about your business
matters. You won't interest yourself
In my music. so suppose | must In.
terest myself In your lawT
Thus Mrs. Ellington, as usual. had
her way. In three years time. against
the repeated protests Of her husband.
she added an LII. Il. to her arts degree
and successfully passed the bar exam
ination.
IL was In the tenth year OF their mar
ried life that this event took place, and
Bob was forced TO admit that Mrs. BIZ
lington failed not at all In the per-
formance OF her household duties. Nor
did she lose any OF her femininity, and
she continued to demand aud receive
all the little attentions that her hus-
band had SO unfaiIingly accorded her
ever since their marriage
Only In one respect was the even
tenor OF their married life disturbed
namely and TO wit, as the lawyers say.
In the matter of intelligent conversa-
ton" Bob still talked the usual do
nestle c0mmonplaces; but, while in the
past Mrs. Ellington merely echoed her
husbands opinions, she now managed
TO twist Bob's every sentence into
mooted question of law. For Instance,
II he said that the Porteouses had
new coachman she professed TO recog-
nize IN this an allusion to the law OF
master and servant. and she FASTENED
TO introduce the doctrine OF respond
ent superior"
She pursued these tactics until Bob
grew weary, and II he found the con
versation tending toward legal dis
cussion he buried himself in the even
ing paper or pleaded headache and
retired TO pipe In the library. New.
ertheless at least four nights week he
found himself unwilingly going over
his entire days work In the courts or
at the office. while Mrs. Ellington lis
tened with parted lips, fairly drinking
In the legal phraseology.
''Now. this" she said at last. "is Just
what I've been wanting TO do for you.
l feel that I'm actually sharing the re-
sponsibility OF your work, so that the
burden OF IL won't rest so heavily on
you"
Wont II. thought" Bob rejoined.
ut means that do days work twice
over-once In the actual performance
OF II and then again worrying il over
with you I'm the evening A sort of
legal cud chewing, | call ii. And
Bowles. our managing clerk. is sick,
and I've got TO hustle down to a dis
trict court tomorrow and try a miser-
able little case myself"
Mrs Billingtons eye cleaned.
why don't you let me try It for
your she suggested.
You try IT. Bob shouted. why.
by the sacred mackerel II | ever let
you put foot in one OF those dirty little
east side courts may ! be forever con-
demnedw
The CLEAN died out OF Mrs. Billing
tons eye. but you may be sure that the
which kindled it remained
Ever since she had mastered-or
thought she had mastcred-the law OF
evidence she had been secretly anxious
TO try case, and the opportunity was
not long in coming
Just glance over this complaint. will |
your" she asked one morning az break |
fast. passing over the table formid
able looking legal document
THAT wharf" said Bob
Complaint" Mrs. Ellington went
on steadily. Il presume you know that
Is the name OF the first writ
ten and verified pleading In an action
at law. Well, this document is the
IN the case of Konyallnka
against Schultz-action for wages as
female servant"
"In the municipal court OF the city
OF New York. borough of Manhattan,
Eighteenth district" 1t was headed.
Susan Koavalinka. plaintiff. against
Mary Schultz, defendant. The plaintiff,
complaining of the defendant, by Mar
lon Ellington, her attorney, respect
fully alleges and shows
But Bob read nc farther and handed
back the paper without word.
'Wellr' said Marion. what do you
think of it?'
Think OF it," said Bob. "Why,
think this. I've been married to Mar
ion Ellington for ten years and never
knew her to do an unwomanly thing
up to now"
He UNDERSIGNED the last three words |
as plainly as sudden vocal crescendo
permits.
"Unwomanly Marion cried indig.
nantly.
THAT'S what | said" Bob declared. |
when you spent your afternoons for