Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-25


case he was; but he did not make my
mistress cry, so did not dare to inter-
fere; hut wished he had. ! was SO near
him.
A few days later my master came out
10 see me for the first time In q long
while. He, too, had strange gentle-
man with him, but 1t was not the little
man with the whiskers. He brought
his friend over to the willow seat, and
they rolled up little bits of paper and
put them in their mouths and burnt
them, and they were so busy with their
game that they took no notice Of me or
each other for quite long time.
Then my master spoke.
'tMy wife's so unreasonable" said he.
''That's as you look at it."
"What right had she to read a letter
that she found in my pocket?'
you sent her to fetch paper from
your pocket"
Eyes; but not to read the letters she
found there"
"Have you ever had letters before
that she didn't read?"
"No-but-."
"But why In thunder didn't you tear
the thing up before you came homer"
ST wish I had. It will teach me to
be more cautious in future. She won't
believe word say in explanatory
"Well, it's a pretty lurid letter to
explain. shouldn't like to think out a
lie on the spur of the moment that
would cover it. Let me sect was
something like this wasn't it? Dear
Jack, bring me fifty instead of twenty
five in the morning. I shall look for
you at your usual time. Yours as of
old, Lou guess good many wives
would find such a document rather a
startler.''
eyes, but won't she listen to reason.
Why does she fly off at a tangent, and
when tell her it is business, laugh at
me and say she supposes it is business
that has golden hair, girlish figure and
pretty feet! 1t is my belief that some
one has been poisoning her mind
against me-and she won't hear any
explanation from me because she al
ready has been told, and believes the
worst. wonder who could have been
talking to herl''
"Why, it was that nasty little man
with the whisl1ers." interposed.
Ny master was too preoccupied to
notice any remarks of mine.
go away and don't make such q
noise"-he said, pushing me off.
crept off q little distance, and then
stood listening.
eff knew who it was would break
his head for him." my master said
viciously.
Don't waste your wrath on an mag
mary person." said the other gentle
man. "f you want a head to break try
your own. You've behaved like child
throughout this whole affair. Why
didn't you tell your wife all about it in
the beginning?"
'tShe's so insane1y jealous!''
"And is this going to cure her? You
get yourself into the clutches of de-
signing woman"
''Come now-not a word against Mrs.
Manningl''
"Now Jack, don't be foolish. You've
got to hear me to the end-for the sake
of your wife, old man, let me give you
an outsiders views-for take it your
wife's little finger is more to you than
Mrs. Manning's whole body. Yes! Well
then, let me give you the lecture have
been saving up for you for weeks. Mrs.
Lou Manning is about as designing a
woman as 1 want to meet. She was en-
gagged to you when you were a boy,
wasn't she? She threw you over for
Manning, didn't she? Didn't you know
as well as every one else that it was be-
cause Manning had money andyou only
had brains? Well after she had finished
Manning and his money didn't she hang
onto the skirts of society," young and
dashing widow angling for a second
husband-and didn't she snub you when
she found that you We're still nobody
and married? ALI that is history-and
you can't deny 1t. Well, why then at
tempt to deny the truth about her?
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