Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-02
A BIT OF DIPLOMACY.
Ho,r Mrs. Breezy Induced HrT Husband to
90 Calling 0n NetC Years. Day.
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H0tC Mrs. Breezy Induced H~f hdSOes"U 50
90 Calling om Neac Years. Day.
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81 suppose you will sit around the house
bothering me as usual on New Years day."
said Mrs. Breezy.
''Of course you know never makes calls,
DEAR" said Mr.. Breezy.
''Yes, l do know it only too WELL" said
Mrs. Breezy, 81 am really ashamed of You
on that day."
"But Pm not a society man, love, as you
must have found out"
s'Of course I've found it out" said Mrs.
Breezy "and I've about given up ever max
ing anything out of you but money
making machine"
"Most wives are satisfied with that kind
of husband" said Mr.. Breezy, drawing
on his slippers and unfolding the evening
paper. .4;.eoa
with doll baby wives who care for nothing
above the latest styles of dress and plenty
of shopping money!" SAID Mrs. Breezy.
cts a great pity you didn't get that kind
of wife, Mr.. Breezy. You would have
been much happier with brainless woman,
| have no doubt. woman without the
SLIGHTEST ambition in life would have suited
YOU to the ground, I'll be bound. But
Prudence, as usual threw away its best
treasures and you got me. The same old
story of Pegasus and the OK. One nature
craving to fly away into the realms of the
ideal, and the other Flooding and heavy,
holding it down to the humdrum common
DIaceism of existence"
"What have you been reading now?"
asked MIR. Breezy.
There you go, always doubling my orig
inality,'' said Mrs. Breezy. "But that is
because you haven't any originality your
self. Who ever heard of lawyer with an
imagination, anyway? If you were only
original and ambitious, you would go into
society with me and become something.
But you might. as we'll make the attempt
as it is. You can't have any better time to
begin than New Years"
"But, my dear, you know I hate call
ing"
F'Oh, of course, you hate anything pro-
pose to you," said Mrs. Breezy. ''But it is
high time you let people in society know
that I've real live husband. Why, it
was only the other evening that was
taken for widow"
"a what?' cried Mr.. Breezy.
eyes, real, genuine, gay widow said
Mrs. Breezy, smiling to see the puzzled
expression on her good husbands face.
s'Young J. Arthur Eitz James, of the
Twenty third regiment, made bet that
was widow, and came to me to decide It,"
"And what did you say!' asked Mr..
Breezy.
'Why, I got him on a string-I mean 1
deceived him at the start. Oh, it was lots
of fun"
eYou don't say So" muttered Mr.. Breezy,
getting red in the face.
eyes, really believe the poor little fell
low would have proposed to me by this
time,if hadn't told him the truth at last"
said Mrs. Breezy, laughing.
'.Then you did take the trouble to de-
ceive him?" said Mr.. Breezy, growing very
excfted.
"Oh, yes, I told him 1 had husband,
but he wasn't society man,
"And what did he say? the little upstart"
''Oh, he said such husbands didn't count
and then he insisted on calling me the lit
tie widow for the balance CT the"
''Such husbands don't countP cried Mr..
Breezy, jumping to his feet "Wen, we'll
see about that. Where does this-thls
Fritz-this miserable little popiniay ANA
teur warrior hang out? I'll teach him to
call my wife widow, the miserable little
military jumping jack. husbands don't
count! Well, perhaps, some husbands
don't but Pm one of the kind that"
Now, my dear, for heavens sake, don't
make a fool of yourself" said Mrs. Breezy,
also jumping to her feet. 'How can you
expect people to avoid taking me for
a widow! You always let me go into So
ciety alone. You never take the trouble
to let them know have husband"
"That's fact" said Mr.. Breezy, falling
back into his chair. "But I'm with you
every time hereafter, and don't you forget
it. No more of your widow masquerading,
my DEAR"
"Then you will start in-commencs on
New Years day."
81 suppose So" said Mr.. Breezy. "But-"
Remember the widow"
"Floored as usual said Mr.. Breezy, set
Ting back in his easy chair, and diving
into an editorial on "The Happiness OF
Married Life"