Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-06-01

OUT pelng neld personally responsible. /
am quite ready to leave the place, / as
sure you"
He began to do SO.
'sThat is very well to say" replied the
jealous husband. Il should advise you
for the future, however, to be little
careful before you go into other persons
houses and see if your own number ex-
tends the whole length of the streetr
Colonel Sawyer Withdrew, resolved to
have no further words with such crea-
ture. He saw that he was beside him
self with jealousy, and he knew that
speech would be wasted on him.
Perhaps it was couple of months
after this that o party of gentlemen lin
gered rather late at luncheon at tav-
ern and forgot that it was fairly a
o'clock in the afternoon until they found
it had long ago struck 6.
They were all jolly fellows. Their eyes
were flashing, and their cheeks were get
ting rosy. The luncheon must have put
them in the best of spirits-or, rather,
the best of spirits in them. Among them
was Mr.. Andrew Frosty.
If there was any one of them particu-
larly mellow" it was but fair to say it
was Frosty. He had evidently improved
his opportunities during the luncheon.
Going out into the bracing air after
such banquet, Mr.. Frosty began to feel
the effects very sensibly. By hook and
by crook he finally sailed round to the
street in which his domicile stood, push
ing along till he thought he had gone
about where he ought to live and went
up the steps.
After hanging up his greatcoat and hal
in the hall he stepped along to the door
Of the dining room and opened it. Who
should suddenly appear to him as he
looked around the room but Colonel
Sawyer's wife. Frosty rubbed his eyes,
stammered, made half bow, felt wholly
lost and finally gave it up.
s'I declared" he exclaimed, looking
blanler than the wall, ''Pve mistaken
the housew
"Oh, no, my dear sir" said Colonel
Sawyer, Immediately rising and going
up to him, ''you have done no such
thing; you know you have notl You
have only stolen in here to bring dis.
grace upon my family. I've been sus-
pecting this, sir, for long time, and
now, sir, I'll just walk out myself with
you and be at the trouble Of finding your
own house for you"
Upon this the colonel put on his coat
and hat and insisted on accompanying
Mr.. Frosty home. Not syllable Of ex-
| PLANTATION would he listen to.
.'Oh, no, nor he would say, whenever
Frosty began to apologize. "I under.
stand it all well enough. see how it is
It's all very well to say you've lost the
way into my house, but should for the
future advise you before going into Other
persons houses to just look and see il
your own number runs the length Of the
street."
Just the language Frosty had before
used to him, and just what sealed hii
lips. Frosty was hoored completely
But that was not the best Of it. The
colonel insisted on going home with hin
and going in, and he offered his services
in such a pleasant yet persistent way
that Frosty could not have shaken hin
ii-of, even if he was not himself rendered
submissive by reason of his own mortifi
cation.
The colonel, therefore, went in 'ani
told Mrs. Frosty about it, which SO thor
oughly pleased that amiable lady that, il
view of previous circumstances, she Sc
up resistless laugh in-the face of he
humble lord, in the midst of which hi
very polite escort took occasion to quiet
ly withdraw.
But Frosty was thoroughly cured O
his jealousy, for he admitted that it wa.
quite possible for a respectable man K
mistake even the number of his owl
! door.-Boston Globe.