The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-10-18

and mother took the trouble 10 look
after you OF an evening. It's kept you
out OF mischief"
Il suppose you're aware that he's
J marrying you for the sake of your
money"
Don't think he isl she replied. 4
haven't got any"
"-Iut you win have?"
mol"
That night / wrote a rather clever
letter to my brother Edward, the
wording OF which gave me trouble,
but brought satisfaction; my only fear
was that he might not have the inteili-
gonce to read between the lines. ]
sad that / felt sure Lily Charieswor;h
would grow up to be the woman her
mother was; he would no doubt be as
hsppy as he deserved to be; ] trusted
II would be long ere he discovered the
mistake he had made, For myself, /
had long since decided to remain a
bachelor / limited that the courage OF
the family appeared to have centerad
itself III him. Begged him to convey
my best regards to my mother. and 10
express my regret that on his mar
riage l could not see my way to offer
ing her q home.
l transferred my custom to a dairy
in Bromptou road; and. at about that
period, | spoke to a young lady in
Hyde park, mentioning that it was a
fine evening ana that the days were
drawing in.
| may say at once this lady became
ms wife. 1t is unnecessary also that
her account OF her relatives, OF posi-
ton in society, and of herself, given
to roe Turing the days of courtship,
offered TO a considerable extent from
tic details proffered by her during our
honeymoon at Littlehampton, and this
n,ade il easy for me to explain that
oae or two exaggerations had some
how cyept into the particulars which
| had furnished concerning myself.
For enc day, after this, we exchanged
no word with each other; and / have
since been inclined to wish that she,
at any rate, had continued this policy
Of silence, for later on, she made re
marks which Gas l believe pointed out
at the time) proved her to be wanting
in that fine and glorious attribute Of
women-the ability to forgive and for
get.
Suppose we must make the best of
it," she said. "but l can forsee that
the best won't be very good. And If
ever l allow a day to go by without
reminding you of what a bounder you
are, then you am assume that ! am
going off my head"
/ mention this because the incident
is typical of others which happened at
about this time. At the office ! de-
tected a disposition on the part of the
firm to promote younger men over
my head, and, when | insisted on
knowing the reason. they fenced with
me for some time.
Fact is" said one of the partners
at last, you show no interest in your
work"
Il suppose" l retorted, that means
you can do without mel"
II IlGdUS We olC 1C60J " n.y.
1 told the wife when l reached
home, and, after she had expressed
some opinions concerning my conduct,
she said that my best plan would be
to write to my brother Edward, and
ask him to use his influence in obtain
ing for me a new berth. l told her
plainly that / would rather a work
forever than feel myself under any
obligation to him. When, after reply
ing 10 several advertisements, it be-
came clear that some exceptional step
would have to be taken, / submitted
an alternative for her consideration.
To show what a difficult woma she
was 10 deal with (and to throw light
on much that happened afterwards) /
wish to record that she went into n
of her fits of temper, calling me every
thing but my proper lame. Using
diplomacy, l went away for a day or
two, ard. she had decided to act upon
my suggestion.
Every WE'LL" l said; 'but why not
have agreed to it at first? However,
It's satisfactory to see that you have
come tc your n Perhaps another
time that we have a difference of opin-
ion"
at won't happen again."
81 .can't trust you," / said severely.
"These promises
81 assure you it won't happen
again"
1--WE will leave it at that" / said.
what 1t all amounts to is this: That
you are willing to go back to your for
mer occupation as lady's maid in a
family"
That's it."
"In which capacity you win be able
to earn enough TOTO keep the home
going"
What homer"
"'This home"
ION, no." said my wife. ooh, dear
me, no! 1 shall earn enough to keep
myself going, but l shan't bother
about you. Understand that, once for
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