The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-04-12
His Pockets.

pooa. , -..r had been married five years,
in 's y il ,ste had begun to think he didn't
mo- be y sor her as in days gone by. Ills
9irI ~ sudearing pet names had OWN
q "a, A. m sl' 70 "my DEAR" an occasional
NM .snrn and very occasional
b;na fa oS love ~ He read the morning
Won ~s at breakfast and the evening
ko Of dinner. He had gone, sew
at;oIa ny g.mes of late. to business without
WI VI a. Ner. FHe had ceased bringing
in NJ ~. " walnut candy, and he had eyan
tba .. Nod the baby!' 'And when good,
bo M aa '1rsd. even tempered man like John
ness vas Ssssrrr,.n thought Mrs. Margerum,
mob - Dsss his own innocent offspring for
port Sta Shng more tnan 'nlo"fhs 1ho aaer .au @
ne ~ -Isr the salt.cellar into the teapot,
he ioo, M must be some decidedly wrong"
ide hsa gmld he be enthralled by the arts and
kind T;ss of some other woman? He had
how bou 1taa other day that the highest type
m. knod1 dbeauty was the blonde, and she had
|nnon III ,nvn skin brown hair, brown eyes no
nm thr1 No could have been more brunetty.
II at FroH ~ had ioined a club lately-so he
y bs IN .aTaa-anfd stayed cut until II O'Clock
Ill nm N aay Tuesday and Friday evening. He
N or nd hdtaken to whistlng love songs and
be salod nsGng poetry, ana When sne asheo
rill 90 i'm for a simple ostrich feather Zone
T-sia.stl those that 90 all around the hat and
this III noaph left to fall gracefully over the
fcogniza2 spWn) he had gfoe0te@ that ne hao no
slinkim Money. $50
lrned III Circumstances looked awfully sus-
meekH veiaas, and as circumstances generally
her ruH b the more they were looked at the
of mani more suspicious they grew. But how
iy GLoda find him out in his iniquity-how
nther conclusive evidence with which
i confront him and cover him with
confusion as with garment? -ss
the NsH His pockets! In the days when she
A cur bad trusted him implicitly, and when
For aused to remain up long after she re
mt cher tired, reading and writing Che had
Acaden4 nhen to going to bed early for several
mentng n months past, giving as an excuse that
helr Al be wanted to get little sleep before
case he baby awoke him by sitting upon his
fnnls, bead at midnight, whereas the dear
some child nteer sat upon his head before
he wv two in the morning) she had never
hurdetI thought Of them. But now she was de-
20 Ioo1I srmined each night to investigate
us wen hem. &}ttf -'t
eclaretl These inconstant husbands IN s,ito
ulphaM Of all their nrecantions wera algavs
Fient W ure IN leavo o,oetb;,,o, n +hoir ,,ooIr
use TIL Il, IN botrev thor, q Loot cbe ~
rked q msd ot q bnndrad oasos oud haard ~
In to td sbnndrod r,oro 49, 1aaIr - L:..
eau wa snhotoororh . ,,,o,,,a,,,, 49, -
be gull worst 81 ali noto " Id Ia osG, S; @no'
re ds mst lsast h,'u a:u w. uasoiS CO. c.
-"" TI5 night after night, when John Marge-
,;s.a III nuns musical snore proclaimed that
slumbered, his wife stole quietly
oo,.ra1 nom ms side, and in fear and trembling,
onanI WIN many furtive glances at the Sleep
o;rS q, must be confessed (for John, like
;ent most good-natured men, was the mad
div al ust OF tne mad when he was mad)
no;. carefully and conscientiously ex-
an h, amned the pockets of trousers, vest,
ON undercoat and overcoat.
'lramsl Amonth went by and she had found
vomJ aoshmg but flask with something
to thai more or less in it, handkerchief smell.
Hsl llng strongly of beer, a pair of gloves
a hiu 0lto some coffee beans, few cloves
be wa pece OF flag-root, a meerschaum
ate d asli aozen cigars, a paper of cigar
onclaI s''es, TWO or three cards pertaining tC
made uo'eis and restaurants, night KEY and
IT, Is Maary silver and nickel coins. T.s.a
thiSto As last, just five weeks after she haC
sommenced her search, she felt thai
yer patience was about to be rewarded
IN corner of the vest.- between the
cloth and the lining-it had slipped
d - through a hole in the 4nocket-smsd,
pro. sro %oisen purpose, nc. doubt, these mer
Lbter. n ~ ~ aftlul-she discovered the receip
Sir ~. ~ registered letter, which letter haC
have ssea addressed to Miss Mary-Mis
M ID ss,S.y y t~ny do these post-office peopl,
sub 'ha Ine 80 iileglbly y?)-for the life of he
with NJ sIo ooaiuh make cut the surname, bu
live msfy somebody, at the very tim,
thev s.la !. nsa denied her, his lawful wife, tn,
,ver u simple ostrich-feather.
mot "Deceltful wretch" she said. be
dark seen her teeth, glancing indignantl,
eads ssa saas ped where the " wretch" slum
ore- AN" eu ohconsclously, "hut now I hav,
the ~ PROOF OF his perfdy," and she his
sayI b.s, ,p's.nlaster's receipt in her work
ark aSAel, ''and III have more, if it take
r;lv1 them.n VIC ih'ei 70 hl'
kin. nat she didn't have to wait All tn
sn' peh, 1 1 'he winter, for the very mex
u esLLs9onh Margerum was snoring loud
Al -ah ever, after the cloves, and tn
isn, bsnaho aho the meerschaum, and thu
eL.l g,lAe5chlef g,oloSaA f smelling of beer, and th
s.hI Ries Raa ui1.o, and n few other article
'ns M bos, ,umeled t out, away down at tn
h,ai hna,i o1 The breast-pocket of the hus
asaa,s, overcoat Mrs. Marserum foun,
I'm. S,rs;a Ss:sa envelop directed to nobody
6lly dllhs 70 the garret she carried it