| Show The First Quarrel It IM nald they all go through It Home time or other generally In the early part of the married state Here ID I the iiy It was They had been married two weeks and were settled In a Harlem I lint Ho sat III the Morris chair smoking with apparent contentment but there were I signs that he was a bit restless She Idly I picked up the evening paper and glanced over It but no divorce milts were chronicled at any length and there were no new mull tilty cases practically I nothing but whole pages of politics I BO she tossed I the I paper away There were n few desultory observations observa-tions from each other but strange to say It seined u trllledllllcult to keep a conversation going Of course there was the eternally fruitful topic of themselves and what each meant to the other but this subject had been so thoroughly discussed during their honeymoon hat neither felt exactly like taking It up again now They were trying now to Igtioro their newness new-ness to each other and wanted to seem settled and marrledllke So there was a hint of uncertainty a vague uneasiness In the air Hubby 1 glanced at his bride as If be felt that In his capacity us head of the household and her lord and master It was up to him i to do or say something or other but he didnt know what Ho glanced at her again Their eyes mot and Instantly each looked off somewhere In an attempt not to seem selfconscious Finally ho spoke Would you like to go to a show this evening Why I dont know do you want to go inquired tho bride sweetly Why no not specially but I thought maybe youdllko to gow Why yes Id like to go If you think I youd care to Well I dont particularly wish to but I thought If I you felt as If you wanted to see u show why wed go Hut I dont want to drag you out with you looking so comfy and fixed I I protested the bride affectionately How absurd I said hubby fondly That doesnt matter If you think you would like to go out Lint I dont want to go if youre coming along just because you think youre pleasing me Nonsense Why I want to go If you want to go Yes thats just Ith Hut I clout want to go unless you do llut then It will give mo no parties ulna pleasure to go to n show unless I know you are enjoying It Why of course I will enjoy It If youre along ° All right then said he promptly Come on and well go Hut just now said she anxiously you said you didnt particularly I care to I am sure 1 shouldnt want to go unless I felt that you were setting as much fun out of It us I Fiddlesticks He I said It a trifle impatiently Now listen to mo anil answer yes or uodo you or do you not want to go to a show Why yon know Harry Id just love to but All right then well go I exclaimed ex-claimed he a bit shortly springing to his feet Hut Id be perfectly miserable all the I time said the t bride thinking that youd come just to please me and that we might have had a cozy little I I evening at home If All right then wo wont go manfully man-fully repressing an Impulse I to linger and replying resignedly as ho sat down again Ho picked up the paper and pretended pre-tended to become immediately absorbed ab-sorbed In It settling back In his chair with an air of patient but irrevocable finality Mrs Bride glanced appealIngly appeal-Ingly at him but his face was stony and gave her no comfort She sat perturbed and anxious feeling as if something dreadful I I had happened A deathlike silence ensued for perhaps two minutes Mrs Bride then broke It fearfully I I Harry sh < j said I feel perfectly dreadful as If you were terribly angry an-gry at mo Hut you are not are you 1 Pause I did think I when you first mentioned a show thai It would be nice to see John Drew Ive been just crazy to see him In that new play of I his but I was rot sure that Then you do want to go after all 1 I said her husband laying down his paper pa-per and stating across at her mystl lledly lledlyWhy Why I always love to go to the theater but Then for heavens sake come on and lets go So they went but neither enjoyed the play because Harry I was grnmp Ish and his wife was hurt On their return Harry I stumbled over something In Ito dark hallway and said hI 1 and the brides feelings gave way Immediately Im-mediately I Then ensued their I Iiri t quarrel It I is said they t all I go IhlOlI t hIt m h-It some time or other generally III tho early part of the married stale |
