The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-27
SHE BROUGHT HUBBY ROUND.
Allowed Him to Find Her Weeping eAd
Then All Was Easy.

| Then All Was Easy.
| 1t was at a swell dinner party, and
two little women smiled knowingly
across the Ia ole at each other. As soon
as dinner was over they rushed into q
quiet corner and demanded stimuli
taneousiy:
Tell me how reu ever induced your
husband 10 bring you?''
How on earth did you manage to
make him Gomez
oh. | hadn't much trouble this
time" modestly replied the woman in
green and black. You know my hus-
band always reads his paper at tbs
breakfast Ia Bile"
''Of course. but what on earth"
Had that to do it? A great deal.
You see, he always answers MINI TO
anything | say. so l just determined 10
turn that ha DIT to account The morn
ing that this invitation came l tested
him with several random remarks and,
finding him absorbed, said: BY the
way: dear. here Is an invitation to dine
with Marie on the 18th. | suppose we
accept| MINI, was the reply, and
said no more
20. well. but
Yes. | know: but I made all nv
preparations, and when this evening
came | laid all his things ready. When
he came home he was thunderstruck,
and, though | reminded him that ne
had told me TO accept. he declared that
he knew nothing about it and fatty re-
fI-SaH RI I linrr
gun in position. I'm so sorry, dear I
said. but as l thought we were going
out / allowed the cook to spend the
evening with her mother. and there
isn't thing to eat in the house He
muttered something a bout restaurant.
but ended by making his toilet; and
here we are" she added triumphantly.
How awfully bright of you, and
how nice you are looking. If that
scheme isn't copyrighted l might try it
myself some time
Goodness. no. use il II vou like It
will be perfectly safe-our husbands
don't belong to the same club. But
you haven't told me yet how you man
aged to come"
Very true. I had rather a hard
time of lt-a second wife always does,
you see. her husband is versed in all
the ordinary feminine wiles and she
must always be original. l tried coax
ing, tears, threats. everything, for
mamma had brought me this gown
from Paris and [ was determined to
show it if it landed me in the divorces
court"
''Of course you were. Sleeves like
that are worth it,
Yes. I took twenty-four hours to
think it over-then an idea occurred to
me. You know Tom is awfully sensi-
tive in regard to the difference in our
ages-so the next dav | allowed him to
find me in a food of tears. Naturally
he demanded to know the cause. At
first / refused to tell but finally sobbed
out that it was because people were
saying such cruel things of me. What
things? He was furious. 'They-they
say that I'm ashamed to be seen any
where with you because yoU-you are
so old! And it isn't true at all" He
was quiet for a minute or two, then, in
a queer voice he said: BY the way,
you were speaking of an invitation to
dine with the Swrllstyles yesterday,
you? Well. find that l can
to break the business engage
ment l had for that evening, so you had
better accept"
80 you merely did as you were bid,
after all.
Exactly. Mercy. do look at Clara
over there. she is actually wearing her
dress againr-Chicago Trib.
inc.