The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-16
currLE.s SURPRISE.
why hts wife cried II Ost Alone
There Was = Hitch.

There Was = hitch.
Thursday was the anniversary Of Mr.
and Mrs. Cuttles marriage. and MIRA
Cutie said TO neighbor that she
thought II would be awfully cute TO get
up a surprise party for her husband and
celebrate the event. says the New York
Recorder
1T would be Just too lovely for any
thing" the neighbor declared. with an
emphatic shake Of the head.
so Mrs. Cutie went about the neigh
borhoOd with great secrecy. and she
also invited several Of her husbands
business friends. and the program she
laid out for refreshments was one well
calculated TO please. Everybody was
to meet al the house at 3 o'clock sharp
and give Mr., Cutie such surprise
when he arrived homo from the store
at this. his inyarlable hour. az would
stay In his recollection forever.
"Hushr said Mrs. Cutie TO herself.
noticing that It was o'clock. and she
went softly out into the shed TO con-
coct the cooling ice-cream.
Il appears that the only headache
Mr. Cutie remembers INDUCING In In
eighteen years visited him on this par
ticular day. and this was the reason.
he now says. that he left the store al
o'clock In defiance TO ali precedent
and went heavily homeward. Entering
the house and not finding his wife. Mr..
Cutie went directly upstairs. and. get
ting into bed, laid his splitting head on
the pillow and presently was locked In
sleep. Two hours later. when the
guests arrived. he was scheduled for an
all-night run, with no stops at way
statlons
All innocently the merry. merry
guests filed In.
Hush" cried everybody In hoarse
Whispers. stopping on each other and
letting on little subdued screams. while
Mrs. Cutie ushered them into the
darkenod parlors. where they we're to
lie In ambush TIL Mr. Cutie should
appear.
And there they stayed and stayed and
stayed for two neyer-ending hours.
while Mra Cutie kept wondering
where her husband could be. and run
ming frequently TO the door and crying
finally till little gentleman IN a red
necktie. who was tired OF having two
TAT ladies stand on his feet. wanted to
know In a sarcastic voice II II wouldn't
be a good idea. just by way Of variety.
TO play something else.
"Oh. dear" walled Mrs. Cutie. wiring
Ing her hands, you don't suppose
there's an accident. do your"
Whereat the little man In the red
necktle said that Il seemed to him az
though there was a hitch somewhere.
but be supposed he could stand Il II tho
others could and at this Mrs. Cutie
broke out crying afresh and went up to
the bedroom for new handkerchief
to weep into and when she turned on
the gas and saw her husband sleeping
there 30 swectly. with anything but an
expression Of surprise depicted on his
c0untenance. che went softly back 10
where the guests were waiting and
pointed out to them In a calm and dis
passionate way how much better Il
would be for them 10 10 quietly home
At once and say nothing about Il.
And this they did. walking over each
others dresses In a dull and splrltless
way, while the little man In the red
neckiie took occasion 10 add that for
his part he waa as fond Of surprise
parties o. anybody In the world. he
thought. but 30 far as his observation
went-and he believed Il extended 4
considerable distance Il seemed "a
him that In such eases II was apt "a
make something OF a difference VIII
was the party surprised.
But Mrs. Cutie cried Il out alone.