Show The Humiliation of One Wife by y Her Husband BY MABEL MABELI HERBERT URNER r mER 1 weil iV eil not waft any longer 1 1 for Mr Barton he may have been b en detained de We will go In to i dinner now And Mrs Barton flaton B led the way Into her pretty little dining room That she walt wad wa uneasy and anxious I could not help but Zee see ce was w making a IL brave effort to laugh and ana talk tin Ude a entertain her ber but Jer lr r glance gla c constantly constan ly sought bought the What was waa it I w She had said that the Ule trains at this hour were frequently and Then ch n purely the tle t to of his being a few moments late wui I not cause cau 6 her hor this anxiety unless there here was somo oth r reason I had been way nay and had hod not seen her since hf hr h i v r marriage over a year ago That she he had married marri the man she loved lovell I knew w And AnI A HI T I her hr herto herto to be ho vt ery i 1 In hut ht there t ere was waa a i look in her eyes ces this evening that I did not like Ilke The Tb dinner wont on and he did not come she he looked very young and pretty as ahe sat at the foot Coot of the tile table tables but hut her eyes grew more and more anxious 19 And we were al a uncomfortably conscious of the empt chair chaiT Wo We were having our coffee when we weneard Heard heavy steps in the hall halland and Mr Sir Barton came canie in III ti His handsome face faca was flushed and his movements a l little unsteady And nd then I understood His H is Condition Told the Story He greeted us cordially too cordially and made the most profuse and some somewhat somewhat somewhat what Incoherent apologies for being late It was Ws evident that drink had bad the effect of o making him talkative effusive and almost almot maudlin He lie tool his hi seat at the head of the tho table She had grown very pale and I saw aw her hand tremble as she he touched the bell beU for the maid Bring Mr Barton dinner aa ns a quick quickly ly as you OU can And then to him You wont won t care eare for soup now will you Ed But he did not hear hoar He lIe was telling me ne for tho fifth lUth time how sorry he lie was to 10 be so late lat and how beastly slow Blow those suburban trains were He raised rals d his glass unsteadily and set sot It down perilously near neaT the edge of the table tabIe Every second I feared he would knock It oft off Yet I hesitated to t move It over to safety as it would seem Beem like a recognition of his condition and I to spare parc her ler that hat But a Q moment later at r the glass went crashing to the floor I regretted my hesitation He mumbled more apol apologies apologIes ogies ogles and the deep lep color rushed into her maid mald brought the dinner she laughingly lf asked If It I want to finish my IhY coffee in her place and let lether lether lether her come over and wait walt on Ed She had dressed his salad she said sald and anti waited VaIt d on him so much that he was badly b spoilt Her poor little lit tic excuse was wag so pitifully pitiful evident to us alt all She wanted to sit be beside beside beside side him to see that he did not over overturn overturn overturn turn or spill anything else to shield him as ns much as she could We W did what we could to help her talked and ui laughed and tried triad not to see his 1111 l q f fumbling awkwardness and her watchful care She h up p his Me nap kin kept kett his knife and anI fork on the table and his lila glass out of f reach of his elbow A Young Humiliation After dinner cUnner we went eqI into the library where here he gr more and more m re effusive She silt sat near him trying to direct the conversation cleverly interrupting him when ho lie grow grov a little maudlin protect protecting ing lug him hini in every way she could For her hor sake we left as ns early as we could without making It too apparent And for mr 01 days I i was haunted with the memory of that evening of the humilia humiliation tion ot of that young wire wife and her brave efforts to shield the man she loved And he did he love loe her Could any man love his wife and yet come home to her in that condition and so 80 mortify her before her guests Did the momentary exhilaration he received from the winO wine compensate for forthe forth the th heartache It brought to her herf Dees Doo It ever compensate the passing pleas pleasure pleasure ure of winel wIne DOns Do b if It fiver er y for the Borrow and regret that it almost always brings |