| Show MY FOOLISH it lod we me to doubt a 0 true and loving husband hubband welve been married just a twelvemonth come next friday wo we Jen jennie uiel just a twelvemonth johnl lie lic w was standing in the doorway my handsome young husband his hia dinner basket on liis his arm his honest bonest eyes all aglow with lovo love and delight jutt a twelvemonth and now ive got baby Ls la well as wife oh jennie girlie im the happiest man alive come hrc asro and kiss kisa me before I 1 go an and tell we nie what you would like me to give you anniversary ot of our wedding day the I 1 taid reind as I 1 received hn his kiss kis you roti know you an extra dollar to spare so I 1 do but well play at make bel believe tere oa ma the ch ildron do what would you like to have provided you could have it speak out girlie gir liel I 1 I 1 lau laughed glied and fell to thinking Oin king let me see sec theres domany I 1 want john tib hard bard to decide but I 1 thil c t ill take that dress arcs pattern patten of 11 brown on r bilk ilk that we looked ut at down don ut Wil wilsons Wilso sons nR tho other day and ana abat for baby ah a christening robe of cu course my lius husband band i brown eyes cyas daneel poor jennie ho he said im acrid riot not got get lern cm we keep up our game of make believe by by take good care of choom and with another kiah for us both he was gone I 1 pot got baby to sleep and fell to work wont cleaning my kitchen und and baking tarts tart 4 we could not afford to keep a servant johns wages bein being small r ad I 1 had all the housework on my hands bauda but I 1 did not mind it at all I 1 loved my husband and hi he loved me and a happier couple did not live in the midst of my busy work in in comas miss dorcea dent an old friend of my iny mothers an old maid too wa miss dorcas a great at matrimony and at mankind matil cind in general getie ral yo so youre hard bard at it jennie bhe abe said sitting fr down and throwing ba back her bonnet strings and drudging yourself to death and that child on your hands tool such a trim handsome lass as you used to be and look 1001 dt at you bowl A poor fagged bagged slattern I 1 what a fool ye yc were to marry jennie eritt ye now no indeed miss alias dorcas id do the same thing over again tomorrow to morrow ll 11 pah such simpletons simple tons as isyou you lasses are am well open apen your eyes to the truth soon eoon enough working your bands to the bone and spoiling your good looks as if any man that ever hid had breath was worth it I 1 say why dont john supply a hired girl he cant afford it miss dorena dorcas cant he claybo may bo not has to squander too much on hla his own pleas ure does ho he no indeed I 1 answered indignantly john never squanders a penny 11 miss dorcas shook her ample sides bides with sarcastic laughter never squanders a penny she repeated and never stays out at night either cither or goes gallivanting round the town with other women and you la ba at home darning his stockings dont tell me about them jennie these good husbands I 1 know them I 1 two eyes for nothing I 1 see john only night fore last walking down town and another woman beside him john I 1 gasped almy my john oh you must be mistaken 1 I never mistake your john i and who was the woman S cant tell see sec her face when john camo came home to supper I 1 determined to ask him but a feeling of shame ishamel kept me silent while we were at table and tho the minute he be was done he arose and took down his bis hat hal why john I 1 asked are you going out again and it is raining too so ISO it ira but bit I 1 must go tonight to night jennie a few what hat for JohnP hh eyes fell and he be from me in evident confusion well you see bee don doat ir MN me jernie jennie ive promised to go all but I 1 shant huya to U go bybe mv llan roe in ib va say y throat and I 1 stood hurt and silent ahti aimed me and atad 1 assed Itis sed baby in her crib then ho he took off hla his coat and it on a ciali ill if you dont feel fed too tired little wife you might fasten in that sleeve lining kitling lit ling IU 1111 wear my thick coat tonight he was waa gone and after clearing away our small table I 1 sat dowil to think and I 1 soon made myself miser i able enough I 1 at last I 1 thought of johns coat and picked it up to dmd mend it it was waa his best beat wat coat which he had only taken for common wear a few days before brushing off the dusts dust I 1 heard the rustle of paper in the breast pocket alls ia there a wile voile loyal enough un f fe eni nine enough to refrain f from roin prying in into the secrets of her lius husbands bands ri pockets when sho she has a cliance chanced eV I 1 I 1 drew the rustling paper forth it was wag a note a dainty three cornered affair with a rosebud on the broken wal eol I 1 looked at the direction john I 1 dinton danton my own husbands name written in fine feminine characters A sharp pang pierced my heart LL a mist dimmed my eyes what woman was this who dared to write to my husband I 1 must know now I 1 had a right Is to know I 1 tore open the tiny sheet my mr DEAREST dimaren T jonn JOHN do not fall to como tonight I 1 am alone and I 1 shall look fur ou ll 11 I 1 could not read another word avord A blindness like that of death filmed my eyes a faint horrible sickness crept over me miss dorcas had told me tho the truth john was untrue to me and I 1 had loved him sol I 1 crushed the fatal note into my pocket and caught aught up my iny coat and hat bat come baby 1 I sobbed driven out of my senses for the minute by my ter terrible tible pain wo we will go when ho he comes hejhall ho he shall discover that we aro is gone I 1 took up the little one and wrapped her in a heavy shawl then we left our cheerful fireside and set forth through the pelting rain why what io in the name of wonder has baa brou brought glit you out tonight to night jennie jenniee 1 cried my father when we entered the sitting room and you youve ve brought the chud tw wharfs up 11 I 1 shrank dawn beside my mother and began to sob out my misery my head upon lier her breast I 1 john untrue repeated father Is that what youre driving at ai oh bosh jennie youre jealous thaes all I 1 dont believe a word of it 1 A truer tru er better man than john dont clori t breathe to I 1 drew forth the crumpled note an and bield it toward him iles hes out every night I 1 sobbed and and I 1 found that in his hia pocket po elret father pulled lils his spectacles over his noso and opened the poto pote 9 minute perhaps he peered at it curiously and then he exploded with laughter oh jennie jennie what a belli hu ha cried what a precious little fool you arel are I 1 take this note and look at it again did you never see it before I 1 took the note and looked at it it wondering what he could mean tho the name at the bottom of the tinted sheet caught my eyo eye for the first time I 1 grew hot with sham a from head to foot the letter m my own written to john by my own hand in the days of 0 our courts courtship dp I 1 fell upon mo mother thera bosom and burst into into tears come jennie jennico tako take up the child I 1 iud ind ill go home with you said my father now dont you feel chaap I 1 I 1 did not I 1 only felt supremely happy homo wo we trudged through the dark andrain and rain john milt met us at the door why here you are jennie ho j cried youve given me a terrible fright I 1 was just locking up to como in barcli of you f t r shea not worth the trouble joan put in my father and then and thero thera ho blurted out the whole anole story forgive me john I 1 whispered ile he bent down and kissed me nothing to forgive jennie tho fact is im rather pleased to seo see you care so much about me ae sorry to have made you yon suffer though I 1 was wrong I 1 should have explained before butr but you see BOO jennie I 1 wanted to surprise you but well have wall it all out oa to io night ive been doing a little extra work you I 1 wanted the money to buy the anniversary gif gilts and lierd nero thy they are tomorrows to morrows the day but tonight will do OA well he put tto in my lap the glogar bronin silk elhat at I 1 hod coveted tho the embroidered broi dered muslin for babas rob roba I 1 looked booko d ul up with brim brimming ming eyes 1014 oh john good you fire ra hul let ray happiness happi noss be perfect wiss miss dor doi caa saya she saw raw you walking walkin with yes she did he be interrupted with I 1 old mrs mr s grimes grimea I 1 built her greenhouse that was the extra work jennie father laughed and buttoned up his ceat youre K good natured husband john lie ho said she deser tresta sound scolding f for or being such a little goose but ni ill not scold her 1 said my husband with his dear hand on my lit hod ad and ill never keep heep another secret C et from hor her between married hearts time there should never bo be conceal ments goodnight good night jennie said father pin im sorry for you yom im sure you feel cheap 11 I 1 only felt unutterably happy 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