Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-05-06
He beGan to do so.

"That is very well to say" replied tho
Jealous husband. ~ should advise you
for the future, however, to be a little
careful before you 60 into other persons
houses and see if your own number ex-
tends the whole length of the street"
Colonel Sawyer withdrew, resolved to
have no further words with such crca-
ture. He saw that he was beside HIM
self with jealousy, and he knew that
speech would be wasted on him.
Perhaps it was a couple of months
after this that party Of gentlemen lin
gered rather late at luncheon at tav-
ern and forgot that it was fairly
o'clock in the afternoon until they found
it had long ago struck G.
They were all jolly fellows. Their eyes
were flashing, and their checks 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 rartlcu-
larlv "mcllow," it was but fair to say 1T
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 hat
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
Sawver's wife. Frosty rubbed his eyes,
stammered, made half bow. felt wholly
lost and finally gave il up.
Il declare" he exclaimed, looking
banker than the wall, "Fvo mistaken
the house,
"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 not! You
have only stolen in here to bring dis
grace upon my family. I've been sus-
pect;ag this. sir, for a 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 u syllable of ex-
PLANTATION would he listen to-
"Oh, no, no. he would say, whenever
Frosty began to apologize. 81 under
! stand it ali well enough. seehow 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 if
your own number runs the length of the
street.
Just the language Frosty had before
used to him, ard just what sealed his
lips. Frosty was foored completely.
But that was not tie best of it. The
colonel insisted CT going home with him
and going in, and he offered his services
in such a pleasant yet persistent way
that Frosty could not have shaken him
of. even if he was not himself rendered
submissive by reason Of his own mortif-
cation.
The colonel, therefore, went In and
told Mrs. Frosty abous IT, which so thor
oughly pleased that alaiable lady that, III
view of prcvicus circumstances, she set
I'D rcsistless laugh III the face of her
humble lord, in the midst Of which his
very polite escort tool, occasion to quiet
ly withdraw.
But Frosty was thoroughly cured of
his jealousy, for he admitted that it was
quite possible for respectable man to
mistake even the number of his own
door.-Boston Globe.