You want to know what's the matter with me, do yer?My! ain't men blinder'n moles1?It ain't nothin' new, be sure o' that.Why, ef you'd had eyes you'd ha' seedMe changin' under your very nose,Each day a little diff'rent.But you never see nothin', you don't.Don't touch me, Jake,Don't you dars't to touch me,I ain't in no humour.That's what's come over me;Jest a change clear through.You lay still, an' I'll tell yer,I've had it on my mind to tell yerFer some time.It's a strain livin' a lie from mornin' till night,An' I'm goin' to put an end to it right now.An' don't make any mistake about one thing,When I married yer I loved yer.Why, your voice 'ud makeMe go hot and cold all over,An' your kisses most stopped my heart from beatin'.Lord! I was a silly fool.But that's the way 'twas.Well, I married yerAn' thought Heav'n was comin'To set on the door-step.Heav'n didn't do no settin',Though the first year warn't so bad.The baby's fever threw you off some, I guess,An' then I took her death real hard,An' a mopey wife kind o' disgusts a man.I ain't blamin' yer exactly.But that's how 'twas.Do lay quiet,I know I'm slow, but it's harder to say 'n I thought.There come a time when I got to beMore wife agin
