Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-04-19

so careSsingly tender, so angelically
loving that she can't possibly pro-
nounce a one-syllable word without
making two syllables of it! Did YOU
notice that she said 'yay-yus' for YES
and no-oh,' for mo-? l do hate the
turtle-dove style of talking, and I never
met a worse case Of it. Mrs. Sullen-
der's the sweetest sweet-woman I ever
saw in my life, and I'm positive she
leads her husband dogs life!"
What nonsense!"
st serves him right for his realtor-
ing, though" Mrs. Sperry added
thoughtfully. 'He ought to have that
kind of a wife!'
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. 81 don't know what you're
talking about" he admitted. II 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
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-
ton 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.. Sullender, in spite of all his
pomposity, leads 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 saysr" she Knocked
him, interrupting. "How often have
you known what everybody says turn
out to be the truth about anything !
And besides, we don't know a 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 general impression
I got" he admitted. II think I heard
some one downtown alluding to Sui
lenders domestic relations being very
fortunate and pleasant"
"Oh, you think so! Is that all?
You don't really know anything about
it. then?"
mo matter. You're wrong this time,
Bella. The Sullenders-"
But Bella shook her pretty, young
head, interrupting him again. you'll
see I do hope there won't have to be
too much intimacy, but you can't live
across the street from people very long
in. neighborhood like this, without
getting to know the real truth about
'em. You wait and see what we get to
| know about the Sullenders !"
eyes, I'll wait" he laughed. "But
how lOng?"
"Oh, I don't know; maybe a year
maybe month"
Lets make 1t a month, Bella" he
said, and put his arm about her. 'It
we don't find out in a month that the
Sullenders are miserable together, will
you admit you're wrong?"
"No, won't! But you'll probably
have to admit that I'm right before
that long. I have sense for those
things, viii, and I never go wrong
when / trust it. 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 ACCESSIBILITY 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
| attentively observed the matrimonial
condition of her parents and aunts and
uncles. Many and many time had
| she heard a middle-aged husband
speak to his wife of like years some
what in this manner: "No. Fannie.
you're wrong again. You're mistaken
about this now. just as you were about
James ThOmpsOn's adding machine in
| 1897; and you were wrong about paint
| ing the house the year after that, too.
Don't you remember how you insisted
dark green was the right color, and
| finally had TO admit. yourself, that
dark green was awful. and light yellow
would have been just right, as I all
along said it wOud?"
Thus, young Mrs Sperry. looking to
times far ahead, had determined TO he
wrong about nothing whatever dur
Ing these early years of her matri.
mony. Moreover. since argument had
arisen concerning the Sullenders, she
had made Up her mind to be right
about them, and to prove" herself
i':S!t, whether size really was or not"
1T little before nine o'clock, MIR.
William Spcrry had departed lin a