Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-19
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SOME EMBARRASSED PEOPLE.
They Met Under Peculiar Circumstances,
and Their Behavior is What is Described
VI. Quad In Detroit Free Press

They Met Under Peculiar Circumstances,
and Their Behavior is What is Described
Below.
W. Quad in Detroit Free Press
He came to me in the car as we were
jogging along over the Erie, and without
any preliminary palaver about the weather
or the crops or the Bulgarian situation, he
asked:
do you see that couple on the right?"
YES"
Purity gOod-lookiDg woman"
''She it that"
SCOT on some nice togs?"
"Yes.n
'What do you think OF the MANI"
"Oh, he seems to be a sensible sort of a
man-prObably n villager or farmer"
Yes; he lives back here in a small
town. and he's purity good fellow"
Then you know him."
''Well, kinder. Say, Pm in sOyt of box
and want a little advice"
''Well?"
well, that woman used to be my wife.
We were divorced about a year ago, and
she's now married to him and they are on
their bridal tower, or tOO-er, whatever yOu
| call it. I'm kinder embarrassed to know
Just what pOlicy.tOpursue, but you can see
the case from neutral standpoint. Now,
then, shall knock his head of, treat 'em
with cold contempt, or go over and wish
'em much joy?"
what were the grounds for DIVORCE"
1--WE tit too much. wanted to be boss
and 50 did she. She'll either boss that
chap or break his neck"
"Do they know you are here?"
''Oh, yes, and suppose they are kinder
embarrassed, too. 1t seems case where
some proceedings ought to he taken"
"a row won't help You any"
mo, s'pOse not, but if l could git
Mary mad you'd hear some of the biggest
splitting and iawing which ever fell on
mortal ears. Say, she's opened on me at ;
O'Clock in the afternoon and kept it up
until midnight without stopping over
three times for breath. Such command of
language you never saw"
Silent contempt would be wise pol
icy"
mot in this case. See how peart and
proud she sits up there! She does that to
brag over me- She wants to give me TO
understand that wasn't the only husband
she could git. If treat 'cm with silent
contempt how is she to find out that Pm
now on my way to marry the Wilder Bel
den, who brings me a humping big farm
and s., 900 in cash? want Mary to know
that. The day she left me she said | was
too pizen mean to marry the fat woman in
n side-show, and want her tie know that
,al 10 on n-lnnly1nn
in less than six weeks. | think I'll 90
over and have a talk with EN-
''Well, don't raise any row."
''Oh, shan't unless the fellar begins to
buster around"
He went up the aisle to the water-cOol-
er, and changed my seat to the one be-
bind the couple When the man came
back he stopped in front ofthem and held
ont his hand to the man and said:
"Hello, jim! Going down to New
York;"
'Yes, " replied the other, as they shook.
kind of bridal too-er, eh?'
''Ges."
Got my old woman along, | see?'
''Y-yesv' was the Jerky reply.
well, Mary" he said, as he turned to
her, 80 yoa'Ve got another man, eh?"
''None O. your business, Tom Lapham"'
sOh. it amt? Same old Mary, l see!
That's Just the chin music you used to
give me when l asked why dinner wasn't
ready
"You shut upr'
That's more of it! Seems almost as if
we were living together again, and | was
lodging the broOm-stick. ] shall be
married Saturday"
''Humphm
"Humph! Well, you bet it's hump!
She's four times As good looking as you
are, and has big farm and $1,000 in
CASH.
Don't believe it,"
s'Same old Mary! Sounds perfectly nat
ural to hear you call me dog-goned liar.
Well be down to New York Sunday
night, and mebbe win stop at the same
hotel you do"
mo you won'tH'
''Yes, we WHIP
''You sban'tp
''We sballr'
''See here, Tom," said the bridegroom,
who was red clear back to his collar-but-
ton, please let up. This is an embarrass-
ing situation for me-"
Eyes, l s'pOse it is, Jim, and I'll do any