At the age of thirty-two Henry Jones awoke one brilliant summer morning with the sudden realization that the soul in him was starving.
He lay quiet, staring idly at the white ceiling above the bed, his mind groping dully with this abrupt enlightenment. After a moment of mental confusion—for the enormity of the conception stirred him profoundly—he raised himself upon one elbow in bed and looked at his wife who lay sleeping beside him.
For Henry was neither in looks nor by nature inspiring to the female mind. But he made her a good husband; Martha knew that, and she loved him and was content.
This was Henry Jones’s wife—not the woman he knew—but the real woman, as she was on this summer morning when his soul suddenly expanded.
Raymond King Cummings born August 30, 1887 and died January 23, 1957. He was an American author of science fiction literature and comic books.
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First Published 1920
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