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Show Love Wanes at the Pump. You can aJ-vays tell a young husband hus-band from an old one by the way he acts when he goes after a bucket of water. Three months married, he swings the pump handle, whistles and casts covert glances at the house as though someone were looking at htm from the window. One year married he swings the pump handle more slowly, slow-ly, smiles occasionally and seems to be annoyed because the meal is late. Two years married, he looks sour and glum, kicks the cat over the coal-, house and looks at the house as though he would like to choke somebody. some-body. Three years married, he sits wife works the pump handle. Kansas on the doorstep and smokes while his City Journal. |