The leader., 1895-08-06
ONCE WAS ENOUGH.
He Was . Man Who Never Made the Same
Mistake Twice.


The glove was small glace kid of q
delicate tan color. 1t lay just outside
the entrance to one of the big Stats
street stores and both the men saw it
at the same time.
'.It's a pretty little trif1e, isn't it?"
said one of them, turning it over with
his walking stick and looking at it
critically. Are you a married mani
If you are you had better take it homo
to your wife; she might be able to find
mate to it,
The gentleman addressed reeled diz-
zily back against the door-jam.
Say" he said, with sickly smile,
''you don't happen to be in a state Of
double blessedness yourself do your"
NO" replied the first speaker, hall
regretfully.
~ thought not" went on his COM
panion, compassionately, "or you
wouldn't suggest any such move al
that. You see, am married and know
how it would work. You pick up the
glove and keep it yourself if you want
to and then step aside here and l will
tell you something that You can store
away in your memory anduperhaps use
to good advantage some time. ] once
found glove like that and, thinking
as you do, that my wife might be able
to make use of it, stuck it in my
pocket and took it home. That was
pretty soon after was married. Ycu
will observe that l refrain from doing
so now"
He stopped and his eyes took ON re-
hective. far-away look
WELL" queried his chance acquain-
tance, what happened?'
"Yes," pursued the married man,
''that's it; what happened? BY the
time got home had clean forgotten
all about that glove. Chicago tenn.
perature was giving an exhibition
of some of its most daring
acrobatic ieats at that time.
and the light coat / wons when
/ I round the glove was IS in
effectual as piece of gossamer would
be in keeping out the cold which fol-
lowed close on the heels of that blister
ing day. So hung the garment up in
a closet and when 1 next remembered
its existence it was under very dis
tressing circumstances. 1t was about
week later. / had bought theater
tickets and hurried home filed with
Ipleasurable expectations of an even
Iing's enjoyment When reached our
hotel door I found that my wife had
lgone and neither the proprietor nor
the clerk nor anybody else connected
with the blishment could give me
| the slightest information as to where
Ishe had gone or when she was coming
back. Now, that might be an every
Iday performance for some women, but
during all the time we had been mar
lried my wife had never gone awsy
without leaving an explanation OF her
absence, and it worried me not q little.
81 ate my dinner, then went up to
Jour rooms again and commenced TO
Iransack the place for = message from
|her. In = very short time found
what would not have escaped my mo-
|tice at first had not my vita been
swallowed up in surprise. On ono cor
Iner of the table was my light coat. and
Lying close beside it was that everlastp
ing glove and . note from my wife
telling me that in looking over my
clothes she had found : tell-tale glove
which clearly explained everything TO
her. Her life was blighted, she said,
Isnd she was going homo to her mother.
THE old folks lived down At esreator,
land followed her on the peus train.
If you will believe me, 20 firmly was
| the idea imbedded ia her brain that
THAT little nifnfr was memento 0iven