How She Helped Him
STORY OF A WIFE
"Well, tell me about Henry Woodruff. How did that match turn out?"
"Bad enough thus far. He is the same delightful, good-hearted fellow as of old; always ready to do a kind, or courteous act. But this woman will be the ruin of him."
"How? What is the trouble?"
"The trouble is she is spoiled to death! She fancies herself an invalid, lies around, does nothing but read Charlotte Braeme and Bertha M. Clay—has every foolish whim gratified, and, in fact, I don't see how he stands it."
"Did she have any property?"
"Not a cent. It was an out-and-out love match. She has expensive tastes; she is indolent and extravagant. Why, his carriage hire is a big item of itself. She couldn't walk a block, you know."
"Perhaps she really is a sufferer."