The Glenwood post., 1923-12-27

castle mood, for some reason. Those
people only want to be nice to us and
they're all right"
Mrs. Sperry looked at him coldly.
"Did you hear Mr. Sullender saying
that his company had sold seven
homes this month";" she inquired.
"Oh, you can't expect everybody to
know all the purist niceties of the
English language" he said. "Sullen-
der's all right and his wife struck me
as one of the incest, kindest women l
ever"
"Kind!" Mrs. Sperry echoed loudly.
"She dosen't stop at being kind! She's
so caresslngly tender, so angelically
loving that she can't possibly pro-
nounce a one-syllable word without
making two syllables of 1t Did you
notice that she said 'yay-yus' for yes
and 'no-oh.' for mo-? I do hate the
turtle-dove style of talking. and never
met worse case of 1t. Mrs. Sullen-
der's the sweetest sweet-woman l ever
saw in my life, and I'm positive she
leads her husband dogs life!'
"What nonsensev
'It serves him right for his realtor-
ing, though" Mrs. Sperry added
thoughtfully. "He ought to have that
kind of wifev'
"But you just said she was the
sweetest"
"Yes, the sweetest sweet-woman I
ever saw do hate the whole clan of
sweet-women."
The young husband looked per-
picked. II don't know what you're
talking about" he admitted. 81 always
thought"
'I'm talking about the sweet-wom-
an type that Mrs. Sullender belongs
to. They use intended sweetness. They
speak to total strangers with sweet
ness. They wear expressions of saint
ly sweetness. Everybody speaks of a
| sweet woman with loving reverence,
and it's generally felt that it would be
practically immoral to contradict one
of 'em. To be actually sassy to a
sweet-woman would be cardinal sin I
They let their voices linger beauti-
fully on the air and they listen. them
selves, to the lovely sounds they make.
They always have the most exquisite
ly self-sacrificing reasons for every ac-
tion of their lives: but they do Just
exactly what they want to do, and
everybody else has to do what a sweet
woman wants him to. That's why I'm
sure Mr. Sulender. in spite of all his
pomposity leads a dogs life at home"
"Of all the foolish talk !" young
Sperry exclaimed. "Why. everybody
says they're the most ideally married
couple and that they lead the happiest
life together that"
Everybody says p" she mocked
him. interruptng. ''How often have
you known what everybody says turn
out to be the truth about anything !!
And besides. we don't know thing
about any of these people and we
don't know anybody else that does
Who is this everybody that's told you
how happy the Sullenders are?"
"Well, it's just n general impression
1 got" he admitted. 81 think heard
some one downtown alluding to Sui
LENDERS domestic relations being very
fortunate and pleasant"
"Oh, you think sol Is that all?
You don't really know anything about
| 1t, then?'
mo matter. You're wrong this time,
Bella. The Sullenders-"
But Bella shook her pretty, young
head, interrupting him again. you'll
see! 1 do hope there won't have to be
too much intimacy, but you can't live
across the street from people very long
in a neighborhood like this, without
getting to know the real truth about
'em. You wait and see what we get to
know about the Sullendersl"
Eyes, I'll wait" he laughed. But
how long?"
"Oh. I don't know; maybe a year,
maybe month"
| Lets make 1t month, Bella" he
said, and put his arm about her. 'If
we don't find out in a month that the
Sullenders are miserable together, will
you admit you're wrong?"
mo, I won'ti But you'll probably
have to admit that I'm right before
that long. have a sense for those
things, VIII, and never 60 wrong
when trust 1t. Women know intui-
lively things that men never suspect.
I know I'm right about Mrs. Sullen-
der"
Her husband permitted the discus
sion to end with this. wisely fearing
that If he sought further to defend his
position Bella might plausibly accuse
him Of always insisting upon the last
word" And so, for that night. at least,
the matter was dropped from their
conversation, though not from the
thoughts Of Mrs. Sperry. Truth to
tell, she was what is sometimes called
an obstinate little body" and. also,
she appreciated the advisability Of a
young wife's building for future and
lifelong use the foundations Of In
fallibility. That is to say, she was
young and therefore inexperienced, but
she had foresight. Moreover, she had
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