The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1895-12-28
HIS WIFES PURSE.

wiling object lying Oh Inc ESsfeihens a. JUL
feel
ID was . purse, not fat purse, but still
. purse OF undoubted respectability, shin
ing and natty and brilliant rs to clasp and
sorners-a purse that had assuredly been
taken to the city to receive substantial diyi-
dends-
It's odd, but 1 immediately began to
feel unaccountably antagonistic to Damp
ar. and Damper on his side seemed to eye
me- with feelings of profound mistrust.
well, suppose we open II" 1 said
grossly.
Suppose we do, them" said Damper
butte sayagely.
A We did. There were few coins In one
eompartment two postage stamps, and
then, folded up In a corner, q piece Of pa
pen, peculiarly crisp and crackly.
"Oh, only some old bill, OF course"
Twenty dollars, by Joyer' cried Damp
q, who had managed to unfold the paper.
"a bank motel"
Nov, Damper Is we'll OF, and am CON-
ddered rather warm" man among my
|rieads, yet we suddenly felt as though we
lad come into fortune. We gloated over
he bank note, only we didn't seem to care
bout gloatiDg together.
"Havss, you know" cried Damper
vurningly; "s2s. 40 and two stamps"
-That makes t11. 80 and postage stamp
nnh..
II my, there was no name or address o.
anything Of that kind In the pursep sug-
gastsd Damper, with awful hesitation
Nothing. We felt as though our lives
I'D bssn saved.
We'll We dined together. We seemed b
Aaks sAnh other cordially. ] don't know
why, but still we did not separate until al
- money had been spent.
From that day we were changed men
First Damper called on me and began Q
GRnined conversation Of this kind:
"I say, SIoeboy, heard that Grimshy
lst his purse last weekr'
I felt horribly uncomfortable, and why
the deuce was my wife looking at me in
hat wayi When she left the room, whis-
pered to Damper:
IL think that I have seen that purse
before, Damper. Seem to remember 1t
you know. Have you got it ON your
always have, " he muttered sepulchral-
y. and the purse was produced. But, my
wife coming back just then, Damper made
dash at it and concealed it in his pocket.
The next time Damper called noticed
with CONSERVATION that my old friend had
been evidently very thirsty and had salts
fed that thirst in a spirit of thOughtless
Aberality.
"SlOeboy," he whispered tearfully, I've
we ought to have advertised. / can't
bear it. can't pay attention to business.
/ am going into vicious courses. Every
body's been losing purse. 1 must give
myself up-I must"
"Damper," l cried, don't. Pause. Let
as make amends in some other way. am
certain 1 know that purse. It must be
Grimsby's."
The next day Grimsby received from
anonymous donors two postoff1ce orders,
each for 81. 90, and one postage stamp. In
the evening, Damper called again, quite
desperate.
"Grimsby had only $685. in his purse"
Two announcements Of s11.20 and q
stamp on the same subscription list struck
some people as startling.
! began to stink down side streets when
saw policeman on the horizon.
And, worst Of all, / saw-too clearly,
alasl-my wife suspected me. She watched
my face She started when o purse or
bank note was mentioned. Ny hair was
getting gray.
At last the blow came. Damper called
late He was on the way to Waterloo
bridge. BE said he had come 20 perform o
last duty.
ats burning me. It's-it's like eternal
dyspepsia," he exclaimed In the best man.
ner Of Mr.. Irving. "There, take it. I can
bear 1t no longer"
And he threw the purse, the proof Of
our crime, on the table. My wife entered.
made frantic efforts to reach the purse
Il was too far. She ran and cried:
my purser'
She looked guilty.
81 thought you would think me 30 fool
ish to lose 80 much money In the street
Ike that, and-and I didn't like to tell
you. / thought would make it out Of
the housekeeping expenses. And you sus-
pected me all the whilel''
She cried. But what o supper we had
that night filed the purse with gold
coins ana gave IL to my wife. Damper
sAng three comic songs, but we didn't say
snything about going halves.-London
sews.
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this year than ever before.
Corn and potatoes promise good crops
IN Wisconsin.
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