The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-14

husband was simply suffering from an
alIincnt that Is aS apt to break ont on
men ot his age as the mcd>lc, lN III
childhood and that II she would Just
tend him chccrlully through the attack
he would he immune from It IN the
future
"lou sec, about the time that man
get, to be 81. ct Whereabouts. Inc IVA,
sudden second summer ot youth It.,
N imitation summer but II looks tn
him like the real thmE while II lasts
II !, a false fire but 1t burn, mp fierce
" for little time, and hy II, light he
take, an appral,iug view ol IN, wife
himself and the future
"IIc hasn't realized it before bu, he
perceive, with prlrlc,, olcAncSs that
hl, wllc is middle aged Tie observe,
her double chin, her thirty inch belt
measure, her grllllcd hair. her ,argnr
checks, the hcavIuc>s with which she
walks, the fact that She prefer, com
fort to gdlcty
"lIc look, at himself and sees a man
who I, Null young N spite ol hl, being
five or ten years Older than III, wife
Ol course, his hair /, craving, too. and
he isn't as slender a, ne used to be
hut by inks me feels like boy lIc
wants to dance. To- run about from place
H. place, to he amused tie ycarnS tor
thrills and excitement Tie wants, ~
love and make love, aud be ttcd IN a
romantic fashion 81
And he Sccethc future. hy the side
oi'hl, wife. stretching along duh and
dcNolalc two old people ,dwnlug and
noddmg over the evening paper with
their feet on the radiator.
"Ihc outlook for the future appal,
him. and he begins 10 book around for
an antldolc, and he find, It in some
pretty little slim girl who i, about halt
the age Of hi, wllc and who weigh,
third as much He begin, paying her
attention and being a cheerful worker
who see, IN him a good meal ticket and
10Y rides she open, mp the batteries ol
her filtration upon him and knocks him
dead
"Hc thrills and tnclc, a, the thought
that he can sull make woman love
him, and that even young girl can't
resist IN, fascination, lie knows that
he is doing wrong. but the knowledge
give, him the same exquisite Joy that
hc had when he robbed his uclghhprs
apple orchard when he vas boy
StoSn lrull /, still sweet on his lips
1T seems ~ nm thar he Is Young
again. that he j, N ,n,tcad OF 50 and
that he would alway, he Young II he
could have thu, child hy hi, side She
keeps him stirred up full oi vim and
yigor whereas his wife pull, him down
and dcprcsSc, him with her age
80 he wants to marry the girl And
he does If his wife i, foolish enough
to give him divorce, and he lives
miScrahly ever after for hi, little sec
ond summer is soon over. He sinks
back into middle age. and his young
girls chatter tires him and his old
bones cry out for an easy chair instead
! " the fox irot. and he wishes he were
back again with the old wife, who
knows the things that agree with his
stomach and with whom he has life
| time oi memories in common.
practically every man has this little
flare mp OF youth wh'u he reaches the
years Of indiscrction, when he think,
he's in love with somebody the age Of
his grand daughter. and is up Ia HI,
wiic 10 nurse him through - aN She
would 4 tcc,hlng baby" ,aid' The old
ladE "and II she doe, she lives happily
| ever after