Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-21
MRS. ABBOTT WEEPS
AS SHE ACCUSES HER
HUSBAND OF NEGLECT
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his whisky. He would tell me it was

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his whisky. He would tell me it was
none of my business.
For three weeks before my hus-.
bands death my phone would ring
nearly every day and when 1 would
answer it some woman on the other
end would say: Hello, what num-
ber? And L would tell her and tnen
she would ask: What place is that?
l would say it was Mrs. Abbott's
residence and ask her who she Want~
ed to speak to, and she would say
None Of your busiress,' ana then up
would go the receiver. l was an
weeks. This telephone is in my
lame and not in my husbands name
This woman must have known it
was II my name if she looked in the
telephone book.
Husband looked Worried
"On Monday, January 81, 1919, 1
had worked hard all tie morning
cleaning up. After I had finished ali
my work 1 sat down and waited for
my husband to come home. He was
off duty that day and had the priv
iiege of coming home. All day pass
ed and he did not cl..I> home. In
the afternoon he phoned me that he
had been working on an automobile
at the engine house most all day. L
asked him if he could not LEI it
alone and come on home. He said no.,
he had to finish it UP, so L never
saw him all day long.
THAT might about $50 he came
home. I\opened the door for HIM.
tie never, even Offered to kiss me.
l followed him into the dining room,
coat and his collar. He asked me
where the evening paper was, and l
told him on the table. l then ask
ed him: Aren't you going to eat
any supper" and he said; Oh |
his face. I warmed up his supper
for him and put it before him. He
took only one bite of it and. said:
L can't eat anything at all. 1 drank
q CCoca--Cola before left town. and
INN: Johnny, you have a worried
look on your face. What is the mat
ter" He got furiously mad with me
and said l made hi mtired. He
''He turned and went on into the
front room to read the paper. L
then sat down to hear my children go
over their school lessons. All this
time my husband was sitting there
twisting and turning in his chairfn a
very nervous manner. He looked as if
he could After I heard the chill
dren's lessons I told them to take
off their clothec and go to bed, which
anG [ gave him some calomel. He
had Vomited a little and had vomited
some blood. 1t frightened me, be-
cause / worship my little boys. They
have been great comfort and treas
ure to me.
Telephone Rings
They knelt at my knee. and said
their little prayers and then they
kissed me good night and went to
bed. l called Mr.. and Mrs. Mcintyre
into our room to play a game Of
cards called 'muggins.' L could see
that my husband did not have his
mind on the game. About a quarter
to ten the telephone rang and | said
to my husband to go and answer it,
which he did, and came back and said
there was no one there. We then
went on playing cards. In a few
minutes the telephone rang again.
L told my husband the second time
TO go and answer it, and by this time
L noticed that he was very nervous,
but he went to the phone the second
time and came back and said there
was no one there.
I'm a few, minutes it rang the
third time. This time Mr.. Mcintyre
said: L will answer it. And he got
up and went to the phone, and when
ne came back he told my husband
So my husband went to the phone
and said: Hello, this is him, what
do you want?' 1 then said to Mr..
and Mrs Mcintyre: oh, had better
go and see about this SO [ went out
in the hall and said to my husband:
Give me the phone and let me talk
to her. 1 took the phone and said:
Hello in as deep a voice as 1 could.
like a man. The woman who was
at the other end of the phone said:
Have you got your clothes on yet?'
I asked her: What do you mean?
Then she knew I was a woman talk
Ing and she said: Il don't want to
talk to you. Who are you, anyway"
AnC 1 said: Who are your And she