The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-10-22
From the Hartford CCt.) Post.
NIB. fl1DLES' MISTAKE.
A Hartford Cribbage-Party ana = SeW
Haven TfsIn-An Elm street. GentIe-
man in o Queer Hcrspe.

Mr.. Taddles, of Elm street, eommu-
nicated only under pledge of the most
profound secrecy q little affair Of which
he was the victim the other night, and
therefore it wouldn't be fair to di-
vulge. A sense of journalistic honor,
however, does not seem to prohibit
/ the mention of the fact that Mr.. T. Is
very fond Of eribOage, and that card
playing is strictly taboOed on the Tad
: dies premises, as his worthy spouse is
a very strict church-member. There
fore Mr.. T. Is compelled to seek more
cOngenial scenes in which to indulge
/ IN his favorite game. The otEer day,
his old friend, Tom B -, invited hiln
/ to join him that evening 10 please It
little eard-party, and Mr.. Taddies eon-
sented, though with some misgivIn S3
as to how ne could account 10 his esti-
] mable lady for his absence, or oontrive
| tO break through her rule that he shall
always be safe home not later than 8.
rne result of bis cogitations was the
concOctiOa of 3 story TO be palmed of
Oo his wife that he was going to New
/ Haven that afternoon on professional
business which might detsin him un-
til the midnight train. he Joined Tom
at tea and afterwards had q glorious
evening at cribbage, starting for home
so, as to arrive there about ten min
utes after tire train from New Haven
was due at the Asylum street depot.
The partner Of his bosom synpathized
with him as he dilated on the tedious
ness Of q night Journey by rail, while
| the artful Taddles chuckled quietly as
/ he reflected on the success Of his little
trick.
A day or two afterwards Mr.. Tad
dies came home to tea, aud found
Mrs. t. sitting IN the rocking-chair
with the evening paper in her hand,
and with rather 3 peculiar expression
of cOuntenance, which rxddies c)uld
not quite understand, bet which
seeLced to be Indicative of something
in the md. SO he sauntered over 10
the window, plunged his hands away
down Into hIs pockets, and whistled
softly 10 himself as he wondered what
:he deuce was up, anyway. Mrs T.
watched him for y few minutes, and
finally broke the silence with the in
quiry:
"Did your New Haven business
prove satisfactory, my dear?p
Mr.. T.-"Yes, my dear, bstter than
I expected"
Ms. TIN tone OF freezing po-
liteness) livery intricate, I presume,
Mr.. T.?"
Mr.. T-"Well, yes rather love.
/ And, by the way, how fortunate it Is
I that you women are not required tO
bother yourselves with business AZ
fairs. II would be such trouble 10 un-
derstand them" (Mr. T. plunges his
hands still deeper iu his pockets and
resumes his whistling and thinking
Mrs. T. VERY freezing now, l-"Yes,
Isuppose so. Ah, me with 8 sigh,
there are 50 very, very many things
we can not quite see through. For
instance, tie evening paper says that
the night you went to New Haven the
midnight train 10 was an hour late
| Sudden stop Of Mr.. rs ~histlsj, and
yet my love, you got home only ten
minutes aftes the time II was right
fully due at the depot. Must have
walked pretty fast, Mr. IT, Hurry
ing yourself that way will get you in
to trouble one of these days Mr. T. ~
We chsritsbiy draw the curtain on
the heartrending scene as the gen.
tleman tried to clear himself. and on
] ly plunged deeper and deeper every
minute. Taddles thinks now that
the news in the papers Is ofrather too
miscellaneous character to Be fully
appreciated In the family circle. and
VOWS that the next time be makes
that kind Of q New Haven trip, he
will 90 around by way Of the depot
and wait for that Internal old train If
/ he has to stay out all night.