The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-07-21
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HE WON HIS BET.

49, AiNtA o11Aa 1850
they called each other John aud jack
respectively.
Jack, you ought to get married.
"Not By a iueful. Do you think I'll
give mp my independence
"Plafue take your independence!
Don't l enjoy as much of it as you do?
/ tell you
"What you have told ME a thousand
times before'-
Jack, what do you have against the
women anyhow"
"Oh, guess | know q thing or two
about them. and they're all alike"
YOU'RE cranky. Look herei Take my
own case
"Yes, even your own case"
Jack, what do you mean?"
"That your wife is handsome. intelli-
gent, clever, yet for al that
"Well?"
"As jealous as'-
Jack, you're joking. Why. I've been
married five years and have two
"Don't care IL you have a dozen.
She's jealous, and / can prove it to you
in less than a week"
"Ridiculousl'
"Ill bet you a dozen bottles Of oham-
payne on 1t. / CAM
. "Get away. You're"-
take me- zp IL you dare"
"Take you up? OF course I will, and
we might as well have the first bottle
now at your expense because
well see.r -
"Why, jack, the excursion we are
going on tomorrow will take 10 three
days, and you will have only four left.
"Never mind. I've thought Of that"
The next day they arrived at their
destination, the little summer resort in
the mountains.
John, my sister is going to join us
here, and as I'll be tugging my camera
about / shall have to leave her to your
tender mercies mostly"
"Your sister, Jack. Why, l haven't
seen her since you and l were at college
together. and she was just u little girl
then. How delightfull"
Then followed two days Of tramripg
about In the mountains, fine weather,
grand scenery. u glorious time and then
away again. Two days later Jack called
at the home Of his friend. John IL no
there, and that he knew beforehand, but
his wife is. OF course the little trip
Jack and John have made together be-
comes the subject Of conversation.
Eyes, indeed. we had q most delight
ful time. The weather, the mountain
air aud the scenery-Ch, ! enjoyed it
aver 30 much, and so did John. He was
very much taken with the trip, and
his only regret was that you weren't
with us to enjoy it too.
"Indeedi Well. it was very nice
for him to remember me, but really l
preferred to stay here at the seaside
with the children, especially as l am
not very fond Of the mountains anyhow.
Yet John has been telling me so much
about, it / almost wish I had gone"
"Yes, I'm sure you would have EN-
joyed it. OF course | had my camera
with me, and l took some pictures-snap
shots. Oh, nothing special Merely
amateur work, but l thought you might
enjoy looking ut them, aud SO | have
brought up some of them for you. l
will just leave them here, SO you can
look them over ut leisure"
"Well. how kind you arel OF course
I shall enjoy them ever SO much"
1.-TWO hours later John comes home
and finds his wife wearing a look Oh
her face us threatening as u cyclone
storm cloud.
THAT must have been u fine time you
had Oh your trip"
Certainly. Haven't | been telling
you about it till my tongue almost
won't wag any mcrcf""
"Oh. yes, indeed. l know you"
why, Lottie. dear
Don't you Lotto, dear ma. l know
just what kind Of u time you have had,
and I've, got it In black and white too.
Oh, yes,you needn't looksso innocent. y
Why, Eottie. l told you about all
the places we went to aud all the people
we met"
YES. and who II this woman with
you who
"Tliat? Why. that Is Jacks sister. l
merely forgot
"Oh, yes, you cant work that on me.
There. how tcnderly you help her across
the stile, there eating from the sane
lunch basket, ana rhere even actually
holding her in Jour urms. You misera-
BILE
why, Lottie, abe stepped on a stone
aud would have tripped and fallen if |
hadn't caught her. but where did you
get these?"
That nice friend Of yours was kind
enough
1.-The rascal"