The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-01
Cool Conduct OF a Husband.

Cool Conduct ofa Husband.
The train from the west, on q re-
cent afternoon, brought to the city Of
Chicago a gentleman and his wife
They stopped at one Of the hotels, and
the next morning after their arrival
the gentleman, announcing some bus
iness in the country, ,intimated his In
tention Of proceeding to transact 1T,
and asked his wife to accompany him.
But this Madam declined to do, plead
ing as an excuse q severe headache
Procuring a horse and buggy, the gen
tleman started for the country, desir-
ing to see a man who resides about
eight miles from the city, and intend
ing to be absent most Of the day.
Soon after the departure of her lord,
Madam 50 far recovered herself as to
be able to write a note and dispatch it
to a certain gentleman in the city, who
is somewhat notorious for his gallan-
tries. We suppress names for obvi-
Gus reasons. The recipient soon found
time to call on the fair writer at her
room. But now comes the startling
denouement. ....... ...
The husband Of the invalid at the
hotel, soon after leaving the city met
the gentleman he was in search of,
thus precluding the necessity Of going
the whole distance to his house, and
came back some hours sooner than he
was expected. He went Immediately
to his room, being naturally anxious
after his wife's health. The door was
locked, and the only effect of his
knock was a somewhat irregular and
suspicious cOmmotion in the interior
of the apartment. In a low tone, but
one that admitted Of no misunder-
standing, he demanded that the door
be opened. Madam, attired in q
snowy robe de nit, as he he'd left her,
opened the door and the husband en-
tered. At the first glance there was
no sign Of any other inmate Of the
apartment. But the husband was not
to be deceived by appearances, and
soon from under the bed he fished a
pair of boots, certainly not his. With
no signs Ofanger he inquired Of Madam
from whence they came. OF course,
she did not know; they must have
been left there by some former occu-
pant Of the apartment. Now, gentle
men are not accustomed to leave good
boots in their vacated apartments, and
this our Chicago husband knew. A
wardrobe caught his eye, and opening
the door he discOvered-theo owner of the
boots, our fellow-citizen, who, besides
being minus his boots, was en- dishn5ille
in several other important particulars.
Under such trying circumstances
many men would have lost their tenn
per, and a little scene in which pistols
played a prominent part might have
ensued. But a long residence amid
the christianizing influences of Chica-
go had rendered this injured husband
superior to such -ebuIlitions of anger.
"Dress yourself, sir" said he to the
gentleman in the wardrobe, "and
we'll go and take a drink. Probably
under the same circumstances I should
have acted as you have, Mary, rto
his wife, pack your trunk, and be
ready to leave on the next train West.
Go home to your parents. I never
wish to see you again."
So said, 80 done. He carried out
the programme to the letter. Many
men are incapable of such superlative
self-contrOl.-[Michig Times, July g.