Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-12-29
JUST HIS LUCK.

He Wrote Fer All Right, but There Was
| One Too Many. =
A pretty woman and fine looking
man were seated together in the Central
station the other afternoon. He was go
ing away and she had come down to see
him off. The doorman called his train
and he rose to 60.
Now, Jim," she said, s'you will be
sure to write to me the minute you get
there, won't your
Certainly, said Jim. ~
"Be sure, now" she said again as he
was about to pass out into the train shed.
~ shall be so anxious until I hear that
you got there, safe" .,
| AT the end of three days Jim returned
home. He went to the store and left his
grip, and then he went home. His wife
met him at the door.
"Hellop' said Jim. 5-
She said nothing. -... - .
whats the matter?' inquired Jim
andously. r-...
His wife glared at him. II thought
you were going to write to me when you
got to Detroit?" F.:
J "Why,' Jim replied, 81 did write to
you. sent you nice long message on
a postal card. Didn't you get it?''
''Nice long message, was it?''
Certainly. wrote you just little
while after I got there. Didn't any
Gomez
"Oh, yes" and there was dangerous
glitter in the wife's eyes, II got the pos
tai card all right" - -
Jim felt relieved. 'sThen what are
you kicking about?" he asked.
| His wife took a card out Of her pocket
and held it toward him, address side out.
"Was this the card?" she asked.
| Jim looked at the writing. It was a
little straggly for him, but he recognized
it. Eyes," he asserted, sthat's the card
"What did you say" inquired his wife,
still clutching the postal card.
Jim settled back in his chair and
thought hard. 81 said I had arrived all
| right he finally began, "and that had
met some of the boys and was having a
good time, and that was coming home
today and that you should take good
care of yourself and the babies.''
''Said all that, did your asked his wife
in a cold, hard voice.
"Certainly I did. You've got the card
Land can read it there, can't you?" ~
/ She looked hard at the back of the
card. 81 don't see anything like that
here," she said, after studying it for a
moment.
"Quit your joking with me-" said Jim,
who was beginning to get bit anxious,
'sand let me see that card" He grabbed
1t out of his wife's hand and turned il
oyer. - 3d. s-eae>
| There wasn't a word of writing on the
back Of It'll .....tzs s.. So, *. -
s.Now, there's sample of hard luck, .
said Jim, when he was telling about it.
81 went up to Detroit and behaved my.
self. was quiet as deacon all the
time I was there. I didn't drink thing,
and yet it will take the greatest game Of
talk you ever heard to make that little
woman think didn't and wrote the ad.
dress on the front of that card and for.
got to write anything on the back of it,
well, did you write anything on the
back Of it?' asked friend.
Certainly ! did. wrote on card
4 but had two of them in my pocket all6
they stuck together. The address wal
IN one and the note on the other. TIL.
one with the address came through al
right, of course; but the note is floating
around somewhere between here and thu
dead letter Office and I get the worst O
it at home and all because two Of thos'
dog gasted postal cards stuck together
IF that amt hoodoo game, don't wan
& a cent. Buffalo Express.