Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-08-01

The best of people lose their friends.
81 always feel suspicious of widowers.
anyhow" said Aunt Crump. Sand
this door, which you mustn't open
(Which will open, said Mrs. Jones.
"You sha'ntr cried Lenora-
How dare You say sha'n't to mer
said Mrs. Jones. '1s that respectful p
Respectful or not, mamma" cried
Lenora, 81 can't let you do such thing.
You'll feel sorry tomorrow if you do. "
"Open the door, if you want proof
that there's mystery at the bottom OF
all this, " cried Aunt Lucretia.
Mrs. Jones brushed past her
daughter and put the brass
key into the key-hoIe of the forbidden
door. Lenora burst into tears. Miss
Lucretia Crump peeped over her sisters
shoulder, and the door opened. As it
did so Mrs. Jones uttered loud shrek,
and Aunt Crump echoed it. Before
them swung two skeletons, white and
shining objects, calculated at any time
to alarm q nervous female, but, at this
juncture, actually horrifying to both
old ladies.
Just as I said. Blue Boards counter
part. Those are his two wives!" cried
Miss Crump.
Let us go home," said Mrs. Jones.
"Lenora, come away. From what a
fate have saved you"
Il wonder which is his first one 2"
said Miss Crump. The longest, sup
pose. I wonder how he killed 'em."
Then she gave a shrek, and slammed
the door to; for another door had
opened to admit DIR. Turk. For mo-
ment he stood, quietly gazing at the
excited two; then offered Mrs. Jones
his arm. 1T is time to secure our
seats, he said. Come ladies'" But
Mrs. Jones drew back.
@We beg to be excused" she said.
"Excused?" cried DR.. Turk, Il don't
understand. What has happened?"
We've opened the forbidden closet.
said Aunt Crump.
Il tried to keep them from doing
it" sobbed Lenora. and we've seen
your two wives, Blue Beard!' cried
Miss Crump. "Yes, We know why you
forbid us to open it, and We shall take
care that our poor girl is not your third
victim. I, for one, was never deceived
in you. 1 detected your resemblance
to Blue Beard at once"
Madam" said DR.. Turk, very quietly,
Il never met Mr.. Blue Beard. so can
not tell whether resemble him or not !;
but l can prove to you that these are not
my deceased wives"
He rang the bell. A colored servant
entered.
adam" he said, @open the closet
where the skeletons are, will you?
These ladies feel interested in them"
"Yes, sir. But, excuse me, they
mostly brighten ladies'" said Adam, I'M
locking the door.
These ladies will not be frightened"
said the doctor. How long have those
two skeletons been in the college,
Adam?'
Fifteen or twenty years, this one;
t'other about ten," said Adam,
And what skeletons are they?"
asked the doctor.
This here one, sir, said Adam, @was
the skeleton of the largest baboon ever
discovered. This one gorilla, sir.
Thank you, you can CO." said the
doctor. Then turning to Miss Crump,
who sat bolt upright on her chair, with
a face the color of an oleander, he asked
calmly:
do you still believe that these are
my wives, madame"
None of that party attended the lee
ture that day, Mrs. Jones had cried her
ewes too red, and Aunt Lucretia was
in too great sage. As for Lenora she
refused to be comforted for long while;
but the doctor must have succeeded at
last, for they are married; but, though
they quite forgave Aunt Lucretia
Crump. and invited her to the wedding
she did not forgive them sufficiently to
attend It