"I don't want you to please me. I only want you to admit that it is our house and our baby and our money, and I feel just as much pride in doing my part toward joint expenses as you do. It's my right to share it, when I can, as well as my greatest pleasure. Put yourself in my place and you'll see it."
He heaved a deep sigh of outraged manhood without any other reply. Jane promptly deposited her check, and his only comment was a silent one. He used what money he had sparingly and drew no personal checks while her money was being used. When Mrs. Beaufort's check finally arrived he said sardonically:
"Here's my little contribution to the family resources. Not so big as yours, but still perfectly acceptable."
"Jerry, Jerry, it isn't that you are jealous of my work and my pay that makes you so bitter against them?"
"Jealous?" he laughed, "not at all. It is no doubt a safeguard to have a rich wife."
But that controversy was ended, because when his check was deposited there was no more chance for mine and thine, so the subject was never opened up again.
These days of Jerry's irritation were difficult to bear, but Jane controlled her temper, knowing that only her cool head and judgment would carry them through this crisis.
Bobs came in to dinner with them one night in the thick of the difficulty. Jerry was sarcastic and bitter at the expense of women, so that finally Bobs turned on him.
"What's the matter with you, Jerry? I thought matrimony had tamed you!"
"On the contrary."