Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-06-22

4 IL was Sunday. lie would take the
: TO church. He had never taken the
, TO church before. He went and brushe
, his high hat. He looked very Ia
! walking down the little lane to tn
paved avenue on which the churc
stood. The children. small and fnfr
held each hand. His little motherles
girls.
Marietta chattcd as they went "Yo,
never went to church with us before
did you father? You're always s,
| tired on Sunday when mothers home
The first time Doris went to church
she thought the minister was God--all
children do. | did myself. Why do
clergymen dress like that, fatherl
Why do they?"
II Mary had been there he would
have answered, "Why do you wear
rufiies on your skirt-because It's the
CUSTOM" and Marietta would have re-
Piled: "Why is lt?' and then the con-
versation would have been taken up
by him and Mary as to whether Mari
eta was seeking information Or SIM
ply trying to thrust herself into the
foreground. But now Mary was not
there he felt obliged to try and an
swer his motherless little girl, and she
actually appeared to try to understand
him, so that they were talking
rather earnestly by the time they
reached the church door.
In rho a ha
golf, partly because he did not want
20 answer questions as to Mary's
but partly because he be-
'ame involved in hymn Marietta had
'een most incompetently committing
o memory for six months.
He went eagerly to the office the
text day, and waited neryously
through the early hours Of the MORN
ng. About twelve Mary came. One
lance at her told him that she was
either crazy nor playing a Joke on
Inn. Her face was the face of wom-
II who had been through two days of
They went into his private
nice without greetings OF any kind
nd shut the door.
Mary was direct. IT sat Just In
ont OF you the other night at the pic
res she said. II could not help
caring"
There was a pause. Eliots mind
lshed back to the conversation with
am, and his heart felt like a falling
evator. He recalled things he had
Id with relish and bitterness hid
N from Sam but obvious to Mary.
he looked at his wife. Her eyes {
ere blazing. "And yet" he said, II |
We you. Mary" /
Il thank you for such a love-" she c
swered, "the dull little woman at S
you didn't say that-quite. e
oppose you had overheard me telling
rginia or Caroline that you bored a
10 death-that I'd stopped reading h
cause you never talked of ANYTHING "
housekeeping details" W
That's most unjust" put In Eliot. Sc
said matrimony-not YOU" is
'Oh, let's be honest" answered W
Try, shaking her head, as IL she az
re shaking out salt water from a lii
We that had passed over her. Your tn
rriage is me, and mines you. And
uuller Tor me than 1t Is for you'll
III even get to town every day and tn
lot of people, and yet I'm not be
ed know what you're thinking al,
think I'm not bored because Pm
as clever as you, but" VIZ
wasn't thinking anything of the
o. said Eliot, and he imagined
he was telling the truth. m,
or course you were, but that isn't
reason. The reason is that no one TO
get more out of life than he puts wa
lt-or out of marriage either an,
re not bored with your business we
heaven knows It's q dull one ho
y one agrees to that-duller If DOS aIv
e than your own home-but II chs
snt bore you. Why not? Because tbe
put lot Of yourself into it." one
eretofore a sense Of guilt had con. to
d Eliot, but now he saw light An,
snt my work here just what I mt wa,
the homer" he asked. tbo
fter office hours, what do Won nut am
ltf' said Mary. "You come homo my
King expecting everything to be cha
hseo Tor you-or guest, who ron,
mt De interrupted by the children Jear
ur own children, mind you" SIM,
he men In the outer office will %,
you, II you speak so loud" r,,o
hope they WILL" said Mary. "Tbev 60 a'
kings and house guests . ~
They probably think they have
nalienable right to be bored nv exc
women and children, too"
ELL after ALL" said Eliot, ITS NOT
me to be bored" Ii
Mt III" she returned. "Now IL. with
me, Eliot. | can imagine stav. bling
ith man who was unfaithful or clare
or beat me. but | cannot imagine his h
any circumstances staying with "N
whom | bored. Why should ~ 'T Il
BY" ~ Girl
I'D on. Mary. Where are Won 90 like
He would like 10 have spol'en "s'
The tongue OF men and sneels why
4 Wu8 distracted A.. . I,