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SHORT STORY.
DANGER ROCKS IN MARRIED LIFE,
THE WIFE OF A GREAT MAN.
What Part I Played in My Husband's Career.
plenty and to spare, you know." Years before we had divided the income, half to me and the house, half to him.
"Yes, but I want to give from my part. I'd like to help you in your work if you don't mind. I'd no ides that you were doing 80 wonderfal a thing."
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THE STORY OPENS. This is the story told by the wife of a man much talked of the latest sample of the American: from-traiaboy-to railroad-presid ent brand of successful men. He was a section hand when they mur- ried; she was the step daughter of hielandlady. Even then he was a gentleman,
Of course I let him. And that a commanding and] ambitions man; and she re-night I began to give thanks. cognised, as he advanced, that For the great change had begun. she was not smart enough and must catch up. Conversion work ed a big change in her life and one thing it was he who orawled.TOLET BREEZY VILLA," following that, ber husband was My days had become very full, No. 2, Park Road. 4 Room- made division freight agent. She There was a certain amount of ed Bungalow with Tennis Court. now met society people, and by social life which came from my
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4. Ripon Terrace, lise that Donald (her husband) the Sunday-school class which Hongkong, 28th Mar., 1913. [264 and herself hud drifted far apart required much time and thought. in their activities and their lives. It had arnused intereat all over Then suddenly it came home to the country among Sunday-solco her that they were as far apart as workers. Church papers wrote the poles, that she had never to me for ideas and articles, and really known him. Later, he church-workers for help and fall in love with another woman, suggestions. but she would not divorce "him. He needed her, she said.
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minutes' rational exercise daily, either sax. It undoubtedly pro- knew when he oust his first sur-I felt him looking down on me, without appliances, which also vides en exceedingly simple and repititions glances at me, wonder-but I dared not leak up. Perhaps has the effect of promoting that easy method of regaining and ing at my calm, my poise. II'shouldn't have questioned the. I knew when he ceased to be road by which God sent him to me, beauty of form and physique which maintaining bodily vigour and provoked by my narrowners. but I don't believe I could, have are not merely a sign but an ex-scouring immunity from common
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"My System" appeals parti- Don had been made General what I had done that moved him, sess." The new edition has been
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So I was surprised the years. at home.
ing the various positions in each and they can be so graded 'as to when he told me that he wished Ee put his hand on my head. of the exercises. These illustra suit everyone's physical ability. to have the president of the road" I'm beginning to sea-dear" tions are admirably clear, and Lient. Muller has placed and a friend to dine. However, the word came baltingly, as if held make it quite easy for anyone to thousands of people in his debt I did not tell him ao. I gave them back by fear.
quickly understand the correot by the publication of "My Sy- the beat dinner our old negro cook could get up. I had always yes was something I had never ercies.
Then I looked up and in his method of performing each ex-stem," of which, we understand, over a million copies have been been popular socially, though Don had never noticed.it. And after seen before. That was all. But dinner I made the men have oh, it was so much!
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