Troubled Waters

Troubled Waters

The first time I met Joe Galloway after he married, I envied him. A friendly, good-natured envy, you understand. He had attained what looked to me like genuine success; he had got somewhere, both in a material and spiritual way. He had a connection that gave him income sufficient for his needs, sufficient to maintain a decent standard of living, and a substantial interest in the business besides, which was slowly but surely building up a competence for him. He had his little circle of friends, and his home. And he was mated to a woman any man might be proud of. I could not see anything a man really craves that was beyond his reach. Ive not had what youd call a multifarious experience in the way of married folk, but I havent gone through the world blind. I have seen a lot that lived the proverbial cat-and-dog existence. Ive seen a lot more that lived in a state of more or less tolerant indifference. And I have seen a few that appeared to have a corner on confidence and affection and genuine understanding, to be really mated, in the widest meaning of the term. Galloway and his wife seemed to me to be one of the finest examples of the latter that Id ever come across. Joe was a real man, sterling. If one may know a woman by her ordinary manner, then Norma rang as true as he did. And she was a beautiful woman, too; one of those tall, perfectly formed, radiant creatures that a man is proud to be seen walking down the street with. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 67550
Author: Sinclair, Bertrand W.
Release Date: Mar 3, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Street & Smith Corporation
Publication Date: 1915
Publisher Country: United States