Milford chronicle., 1932-03-25
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THE COMPOUNDED
CUFF LINK
"A Story

| Are you all ready, JOnn :! asked
Mrs. Selyy, as she came down the
stairs.
They were going to a party just
across the street, and Mrs. Selvy
had promised to help her hostess
| finish preparing the refreshments.
She had been hurrying so that size
might leave early. She was now irri-
tated by her husbands slowness.
"Yes, dear, I'll be there just as
soon as l can get this confOunded
cuff button fastened" answered her
husband, to her inquiry. Come here
and see if you can fasten this thing
for me-"
Mrs. Selby hurried up the stairs
again to help her husband, in what
he seemed to think, a very trying
task. Don't exert yourself so, my
dear john" she said, as she entered
the room. LET me see what 1 can
do for you. Why no wonder you
couldn't get this cuff button fasten-
ed, you were trying to fasten it
backward. Oh, dear, now where in
the world did that thing disappear"
NOW, what have you done?" in
quired Mr.. Selby rather peeved.
"Why, you haven't lost the thing
have you? Well of all things.
Couldn't you even hold onto it? I
never! Here you were hurrying
the life out of me so that we could
leave early, and now you have gone
and lost my cuff button. Well, 1
guess we will have to stay at home"
John Selvy! Do you know to
whom you are yelling? That's the
pay l get for trying to help you, and
just because | happened to drop
your cuff link by accident, you start
preaching. l am going to the party
just the same, and if you can't find
the cuff button you can stay at
home for all l care" With this, Mrs.
Selby left the room, Slamming the
door with loud bang. and stamp
ing noisily down the stairs. She put
on her hat and coat and left the
house without even saying goodbye
to her husband.
We'll, I've done it now, haven't |.
| didn't mean to say so much, but
after she had been hurrying me all
evening, and then she had to drop
my cuff link right on the last min
ute, l couldn't help it. I wonder
where that thing could have fallen?"
Mr.. Selvy kept looking for the con-
founded thing, as he called it, for
nearly an hour, and then giving up
all hope of ever finding it, settled
down to a quiet evening at home. He
felt rather lonesome and aggravated
at himself, for having caused his
wife to become angry with him. Ev-
cry once in while he would look
over to his neighbOr's house rather
wistful, wishing he were there.
Mrs. SelVy came home about elev-
ell o'clock from the party When she
came in the house she did not even
speak to her husband, but began taxi
ing off her hat and coat, and turn
ing on the radio, all at the same
time. This hurt dear Johns" vanity
very much, because he did not think
that his wife should remain peeved
over such a small incident.
Things kept getting from better to
worse in the Selvy household. Hus-
band OF wife neither spoke to each
other nowadays. Everything seemed
to go wrong with Mrs. Selvy. She
knew she had no business staying
angry with her husband for so long
time over such a small incident,
but she was very stubborn, and
would not give in. John very seldom
spent his evenings at home any
more because his wife would not be
sociable with him. OF course none of
the neighbors knew of this, and
neither did any of them know the
true reason why John had not been
present at the party at Mrs. Greeg's
for Mrs. Selvy had told everyone
who asked her. that her husband
was called away on business at the
last minute, and could not come.
Over a week had passed, it was
Monday again, and Mrs. Selvy's
wash day. She usually had her
washing finished by nine o'clock, but
today everything seemed to bother
her. First, her next door neighbor |
came over to gossip for nearly an
hour, and then came the grocery
boy, who had to be paid. She was
hurriedly wringing her white
clothes from the rinse water. All of
sudden her hand began to pain
her. She did not know what had
caused it to ache. She began to ex-
anime her hand very closely, but !
could not detect anything except a
little red spot. in the middle of her |
hand. She thought maybe a pin had
been left in some of the clothes, and
she had stuck that in her hand. She |
began to- hunt in all the clothes |
which she had washed, for any signs |
of stray pins. She came to her hus-
bands best white shirt. What was |
in his pocket? He was always leav-
ing something in his pockets. Upon
opening the pocket. out rolled a
small, glittering object. and fell /
jingling on the concrete floor of the
basement. When Mrs. Selby had res
cued it. she found it to be the long !
lost cuff link, which had caused her |
and her husband so much trouble.
That evening she spoke to her hus-
band with different feeling in her
heart. "Well, John, dear, l guess we
won't be angry with each other any
longer, for 1 found your old cuff link
today. Now where do you suppose !