The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-12-27
The Discovery Made by a Young Husband.

''The most expensive piece of painted
china that | ever purchased, taking
size into consideration, was bit that /
presented to my wife yesterday" re-
marked gentleman TO a young lady
while standing in the door of the drug
store at the corner of Fourth and Wal
nut the other afternoon, waiting. for an
uptown car.
What delightful husband you
must ben' she murmured. 81 mean to
can on your wife at once and persuade
her to let me see it. Is it a placqpeP'
+ S'Well, not exactly It is very small
5-scarcely more than half an inch in
diameter"
''Haf an inch? Dear mer'
eyes; and paid $40 for it" gtg
"Was it painted here in the city?"
20, no; it is an imported piece,
brought over from Paris.
The young lady's face which, by the
way, was an exceedingly handsome one,
with black eyes and red lips looked
puzzled. She took a lace handkerchief
from the alligator skin satchel at her
side and pretended to brush speck of
dust from her shoulder.
81 can't possibly imagine what it
may be-" she said
Il would like to tell you; but really
I am not at liberty to do So"
L ''Will your wife let me seeP"
''She cannot help doing SO, If you see
her. ..s~ -,
80, then, it Is something to wear-a
setting for q brooch, perhaps. but, of
course, If she doesn't chance to be
dressed for seeing company she won't
have it on.
/ s.Ah, but she will, though No mat
ter in what stage of her toilet you find
her, l think she will have my present
whore twill be the. first thing to strike
your eye.
DO you know o, | am going up to your
know what this mystery is. y iit
''But | would advise you not to say
a word about it, evenif you don't recog-
nize the article at once. My wife is a
terror when she is angry
The young lady's car came by just
then, and she had barely time to gather
up her drapery and step aboard, with
out at all satisfying her curiosity in re-
gard to the last statement.
| There willbea lively time up at my
house in the course of an hour re-
i marked the gentleman to the Enquirer,
asthe car wentby.
"Why so ?''
"Why, that young lady is bound to 90
/ there, as straight as die, in order to
satisfy her curiosity about that bit OF
china painting. She is interested in
some wayin the lockwood pottery, and
is a confirmed china maniac. just lei
! her ask my wife about that half-inch
specimen of ceramics that / bought fol-
her yesterday, and there will be music
in the air.
stDoes not your wife like to show hel
treasures P'' ,s
''Why, my dear boy, it is glass eye
You see; when / married my wife
about six years ago, knew her eye
sight was defective on one side; but
thought that the useless eye was Just al
} handsome as the good one. That i
} | where l made my mistake. She wore /;
glass eye then, over horribly disfgureC
eyebaH That eye has lost its colol
and l was compelled yesterday to buy
, her new one Her friends are in thu
same box that I was in before marriag,
showed me my mistake. They imagin,
that she has two handsome eyes, with
out the slightest idea that one is false.
''When our young lady begins her in
vestigations my wife will see at once
that her secret is in danger, and sh
/ will be fairly wild. Ieame away thi
morning withoatany breakfast, becaus
there was no breakfast ready for me
and that is why let the cat out of tn
bag - Cincira1aati Enquirer. IN