The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-11
AN INJURED HUSBAND.
Badly Deceived by Letter Found In His
Wife's Room.

| hfe's Room.
Celia Logan tells the following amusing
story in Philadelphia paper:
A handsome young actress attached regu-
larly to one of the New York Theaters has a
husband and a baby, sickly little thing,
and the husband is outrageously jealous, all
the more that this season he has done lob
work, which has kept him ION the road
pretty constantly. Lately he ''came in, +" the
combination" with which he was connected
having gone up" He arrived unexpected
ly late one afternoon and found his wife was
out. On the table lay note addressed to
her in a masculine hand. 1t was open and
ran thus:
DEAR FRIEND do not think you have any
cause to be anxious about the baby. Ii is only
cutting its teeth little hard-that's all. How
ever, as you desire it, and say 1t would relieve
your mind while you are away a; the Theater.
you. Don't speak of the trouble. / shall only be
too glad 70 let you get little sleep after being up
so much with baby Your true friend. :,
The husband was furious at this note.
seemingly so harmless. He thrust it into
his pocket, and without waiting to see his
wife strobe from the house He had now.
he thought what he had long suspected.
proof of his wife's infdelity. Why, it was
shameless. DIR. Stanton would pass the
night would he, and blame it on the baby.
but he should find that there was husband
around ready to deal terrible vengance upon
the betrayer. His feelings were not pleas
ant ones, as he lay perdue the rest OF the
day, nursing his wrath, to keep il warm
When the pretty young actress came home
she was told that gentleman had called
and gone away in great hurry, leaving no
name. AT about 1890 that evening, while
she was at the Theater, the door of her bed
room was dragged open furiously, and the
enraged husband rushed in. He looked
around under the bed and into the closets.
but found no man. There were, how
ever, two persons in the room.
One an infant slumbering peace
fully in the crib, the other lady sitting at
small table on which lay several little bits
OF white paper into which she was pouring
some globules from a tiny bottle. Her eyes
were blue, her complexion pure pink and
white, and her hair, curling in loose ringlets
over her well-formed head, was Just lighted
with gray. She looked up astonished and
said: Don't make such a noise; you'll
wake the child. Are you burglar? What
do you want?' The husband paused in his
fruitless search, and replied: II want that
man." "What man. 1.-THE man that's
made an appointment with my wife for
lO-HlBnl. VINO is your wife, and what
business have you In Miss BEDROOM
asked the lady 'Miss-'s my wife"
Indeed Well, you can't make me believe
that she ever made any appointment with
any man she oughtn't to make" II can't,
can't L? Read that then" he said, throwing
the letter on the table, and scattering
the medicine. The lady read the letter
and began to laugh, which enraged the hus-
band still more. Where have you hidden
this DIR. Stanton? 1 will blow his brains
out" he cried. mo you won't" you see
if l don't" "Well, blow then" replied the
lady, II am DIR. Stanton, the writer of that
letter.
She had to sign her name, Kate s. Stanton
and show him that the writing was the same
as in the note, before he would be con-
WINGED, and then he was the most sheepish-
looking man in New York The story got
out. and now he is the butt of every actor
in the city. They refused to believe that he
walked home" They condole with him
on account of his ill-health, which forced
him to stop acting. They recommended HIM
to consult doctor, especially lady doctor
Kate Stanton, for example Altogether he
is getting so roasted" that he will have to
have more than a mere letter in future to
make him thirst for vengeance. Hang
these women doctors is all You can get him
To say; if they must be Doctors, why can't
they sign their full name and not make
trouble between man and Wife?i'