Douglas Island news., 1918-06-14
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| Sometimes on rainy Sundays he would cut out thc morning service and decide not to shave and then 1 when she got a good long look at ! him. she would begin to doubt her own Judgment
 ! And SO far as that is concerned. ! thcrc were mornings, after they had Ibccn out late to a Welsh rabbit Iparty, when she was fairly hard to look at.
 Loves Young Dream was handed several goshowfdl whacks about tho time chat they started to get line on each other
 For instance, Che first morning at breakfast it came out that her idea of dainty snack with which to usher In Che day was a lettuce sandwich, a couple Of olives and a ichild's cup ruu of cocoa. while he wanted S3 worth of ham and eggs, a stack Of griddlc cakes and a turccn Of coffee
 She was a ease of ombrosia and nectar, and hc was plain old ham and spinach.
 It used to give her mysteries to sec him bark at am car of green corn. at tho samo time making a sound like Q dredgc
 For dinner she liked a little con somme cn tassc and then a nice salad while he insisted on a steak Che size of a lap robe and German fried Co como along.
 They did not mocha and java at an on their reading matter. She liked Henry James and Walter Patcr and he preferred horse papers and thc comic supplement- Sometimes whom she would wander oG into the realms of pocsy and he would follow her as far as he could and then sic down and wait for her Co get through rambling and come back.
 lf they took In a show she was always plugging for Mrs. Fiske or Duse while he claimed that Rogers Brothers were better than Booth and Barrett had been in their prime.
 She would weep over a Tost ser cuadc and he would walk a mile ot any time Co see a good buck dance.
 When they got around Co fixing up invitation lists there was moro or less gccinr and having.
 An Of his friends belonged Co the .Higbbndcr division Their only conception of a happy evening was Co put Che bucl, in Che center of Che tabzlc. break a fresh pack and go out for blood. Wifcy found her most dcl'rious joy u putting passionate shades on an Che lamps and sitting there In tho crimson glow Co discuss NIactcrliuck and Maartcn Martens and a few others that were new ones ou Che ho-cnd of tho sketch.
 When they had an evening ot home up I'm thc nat it was usually a two-riug affair She would have the Ccrcbcllums u Che front room look ur at Che now books and eating pcp- permInt walters. while he and his other Comauchcs would bo out in tho dining room trying to make their house rent and tossing on that which made Scotland famous. Sometimes it would take half thc night to get Che smoke out of the house.
 Although she feared that shc had turned mp thc wrong street while searching for her affinity, tho part ncrship arrangement had to stand. They came Go tho conclusion that married Iifc is a series of compro- misses. IT he did we'll while sitting iu with some of his friends Inc would divide up with her and she would take Che money and buy art postcls.
 Hc would spot thc afternoons on which the ethical researchers were due ot his promises and he would SO to a Dutch restaurant She per mittod him Co have a room and call it his dcu. SO that he and his friends could do the escape in case some body in tho porlor started a reading.
 IIc nut mp the coin to enable her Co attend state conventions and when she was elected recording secretary of thc society for trying to find out what Browning was up to, Inc tool, her picture around to an Che news papers and told everyone that he had a little woman up at thc house who was as keen as a hawk. as swift as am eagle and sharper than chain ed lightning. He fumbled a great many of her in-shoots. but that did not prevent him from admiring her delivery.
 Finally they arranged their scp- aratc schedules SO that they did not sec much of each other and they be- gan to get along an right Occasion IaUy they had a slight difference. but they could always patch it up For instance. she selected Aubrey De Courcey as a name for the first born while he held out for Bill. SO they had to compromise on Aubrey Dc Courcey. Aubrey Is now ten years of age. Mother is teaching him to crochet and father is showing him ! ,. +. .t..... ...ttt.....t tt....t- -r. tt