The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-13
CONFESSIONS
Of A Wife
CRUCIFTED FOR RIGHTEOUS
NESS SAKE

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well continued Jim. '-that gfri'a
description 81 IN. husband showed
that sho und~r-food nrn. thai Hh.
had a pretty zane Judgment % life
and things generally. She said Of
him.
-Tfe drank move than was good
for him. was ~ aff~ruonato as n
dog and AWAY. roo~i-humor~d. He
would forgot his wins HooldingH in
fsvw minutes. and invariably tried 20
be nicc 10 her after them. but nhe
refuse. TO lot him show his kinder
side. and almost continually naFK.d
him on his shortnomings-end !
confess. they wcr- many.
He sometimes stayed swRy from
home for the sake Of peace. was
SURE. and. OF course. when no stayed
out II meant drinking more than
was good for him"
II don't blama him n damn BIT. -
aid Dick. who had become enough
Interested In tho story 10 forget that
he was cross at mo. II can just see
that wonderfully good dame. and. BY
Jove. pity that poor man. You
know tho kind Of woman she In. Mar.
gie--the sort who thinks n man has
no red blood In his vcsns because
shs has ice water In hrrz
That sort Of a woman thinks her
husband should be nailed to the
cross OF her prosaic ideas Of life. and
80 she crueifics her husband daily
for righteousness sake"
Well remarked Jim after We
had smiled over Dicks description.
II would not say the man was alto
gethcr lovely. even from the girls
story. and she. you know. was prcjn.
diooi In his favor
"'Of course. she said. continuing
her story, 4 did not fipd out about
the inner affairs OF tho household at
once. but soon began 10 feel rather
sorry for the man. who was always
courteous TO me even when he came
homo at night slightly under the in
fiucncs Of liquor.
"T soon began 20 rave little
things from dinner 0he never came
homo TO dinner which l knew he
liked. and I would put them on a
plato in the back OF the Ice box.
After had done this few
times he came into tho kitchen one
night and thanked mo. Then II
came to be a regular thing that !
should be puttcring about the
kitchen every night and have n few
words with him while he ate his
lunch. which / saved for him and
always fixed up dalntily.
"'He told me little Jokes. at which
I laughed softly. And do you know
that all the while | was in that
house / did not hear that woman
laugh once7 And her smile was so
fleoting that you hardly caught n
glimpse OF IL before II was gone, But
she was such good woman, oh
God, / wish / could make you I'M
derstand what n good woman she
wasi
Her whole life was engroascd In
duty ~ she saw II. but. oh dear. she
was about as easy to live with as Il
would be To sleep In the same bed
with n porcupine. Her husband was
n bad man. / suppose. but he had
the most charming and agreeable
I hG re ever known
never heard him say cross word
to any one.
"'weIl. with All his weakncsses
and faults. l adored him.
"'Of course you can guess the
end of my story Given a young
woman who loves and In trusting. "A
man who In handsome ane charming,
unhappy in his home life and just
enough befuddled with alcohol all
the time to be reckless OF consc'
auences-the end OF the story la cor
tain.
"T met the man often, outside
the house, and at last one evening
the wife caught her husband kissing
me.
~ wonder II you onn understand
how terrible can he the wrath OF
perfectly good woman against
weaker and SHINING one.
1--WE were both turned out In the
cold. / was stunned and shaken.
but even then did not know that !
had ruined my life, ! only thought
I had lost my love-"
Go be continued l