The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-05-25

A plumber she married was forever
puttering about other peoples homes
In the most personal crannles; and
she gave him up.
An iceman followed him through
her mueh-trodden heart, hut he, too,
had his kitchen doors to visit.
Discouraged by her inability to find
a husband In town who did not have
TO spend large part of his time and
attention upon other women, Peach
blow resolved to marry some homely
old farmer who lived in solitude.
Ezra Hepple was the happy man
for time. And he was SO content
with Peachblow's society that he
would not even keep a hired girl to
cook for the hired men.
He rose at II, m. and Dragged
about 1t. He woke her up to hrag
about 1t. The fact that he had gone
10 sleep at dusk did not abute his
pride. The only poetry he knew was
wealthy and wise" She knew he was
neither wealthy nor wise, but she was
afraid he was healthy.
Her Jealous little soul had It's wish
at last.
But wish ceases to be n wish as
soon us II is achieved, Like the candy
in the bon-hon dish II IS apt not only
TO turn sour but to wreck the appetite
as we'll
Peachblow's latest installment In
her serial husband never cast an In
terested eye on any other woman. But
this curiously made his interest In her
unimportant; robbed him of suspense
and her OF the drama Of anxiety. He
WIS unskillful, uncouth, illlterate In
femininity.
No other woman cast nm eye In his
direction. But that was because he
had nothing attractive about him. And
the man who Is unable 10 Interest any
other woman is unable to interest his
wife.
Poor Peachblow, having no rivals to
fear and having husband who made
no perilous comparisons, began to neg
lect herself. Her beauty wilted from
lack OF attention. Her Incompatible
complexion began to yield to farm
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impossible"
By this time Peachblow had so dis
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,nu esnnc,olI, who, n COOS bacl,ward
freouentlv There was talk az strike
In heaven and celestial society was
profoundlv disturbed The oldest
angels were forever talking Of The
|. last bie revolutlon when Iuc,fer and
his whole marty were thrown over.
board
Rut how was tho drea,,fuI s,tuot,on
TO he cbangedp The Lord dld not
want 10 cancel one of his own gen
erous gifts To one.of HIS most heautl.
ful creatures Rpt heaven was Gems.
ing 70 he heaven for alI It's deserving
tenants.
At the height of this dreadful cos.
mic crisis peachblow in frenzy state
Of desnondepcy while Shaving in her
kitchen. CHANGED TO catch plImpse
Of herself in the casual mirror In the
round bottom Of a big dIshpan. She
had long ceased TO consult her own
looking glass.
The vision TINT stared at her from
that tiny surfnce shocked her into n
sorrow too deep for hysterIca She
medItated ON her own image:
aEverv husband ia vorse thon everv
other husband. A woman might MS
well stick to the afst wretch she hap.
mems ia marry. WAS luclSiest when
| Ind the most loyable of men. and /
wish had him back again. movie
actor though he he.
"Thjs hateful mower of mine hos
.heep nv min It's hest 70 let nature
take her course The one thing I
most Wish had never been Is my
ability to make things ms II they
never had been"
Az she exhaled This Inst sigh. n dis.
unct eortbo,take was Registered on
every eelsmograph in the world The
henvens shook Mt first with surprise,
then with delight.
peacbblow herself was shoken she
found herself staring at . dlsbnon as
~ under n hvnnotlc smell she heard
her husbands voice from the dining.
room door II was tbe voice of clnude
winsor tho etor s,trn,.sa NJ tho ,ine