The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-12
JOKE on JEALOUS WIFE.
Sleepy Doctor Causes "a Woman an uns
pleasant Night Trip.

pleasant Night Trip.
An effort is being made by the leaoeIs
Of Il fashionable cOtcrie TO suppress the
details of an amusing AFFAIR thdt Is now
furnishing material for gossip over
score OF tea tables. The man in the case
is a capitalist of considerably more than
local prominence. 1t appears that mid
dle-aged family doctor, awakened from d
sound sleep, drowsily examined the card
handed him by a servant, read the name
upon IT, and promised 10 attend at once.
The messenger disappeared, and, after
hasty toilet, the doctor proceeded 10 cal
on his patient, who lived but quarter OIL
"a mile away lie was admitted, after
some delay, by a surprised maid servant
who insisted that the male head Of the
establishment had not yet returned, ana
that no one IN the house was ILL., WINE
bordering this curious condition the phy-
stefan was confronted by the wife OF the
absent speculatOr, anXiously demanding
to know the worst. Anything, she sald'
was better than suspense.
"But. my dear madam" replied the doc
tor. 81 thOught-er-that ls-dear me,
where is that card? Very careless Of
me-ahl There We have it," The little
slip of cardboard that was pulled out with
tered downward, scarcely touching the
carpet ere the young wife's fingers closed
upon it with a nervous eagerness. Then,
standing under the light she read slowly:
My Dear Doc: Come 20 DOttie RS
rooms Immediately touch OF
heart. Yours.
The anxiety of the wife's face changed
instantly to an expression of furious de-
termination. order the carriage in-
stantly." she cried, turning TO the wide
eyed. whitc-faced maid and then added,
Doctor, j shall accompany you to-er-
Dottie's apartments at-let me see, what
does il say? All! II --- road. This is
aplendid-simply superb-couldn't possibly
have been better and the excited young
woman laughed Historically. while the
family physician tried vainly TO square
matters and inaudibly cursed himself for
an ass because he hadn't read the right
side of the card TO begin with.
Thirty minutes later, i'm q bachelors
apartments. three astOnshed young men
I'm divers stages of deshabille stood listen
ing 10 the fearful denunciations Of an in
iured wife. IL was a rambling, incoherent
arraignment, I'm which a woman named
DOttie and a fellow who sat there on the
edge Of q green baize-cOyered table with
four queens in his fist, suffered severely.
The speculator looked in amazement az
his wife and the family doctor, totally
unable TO comprehend the situation until
confronted with evidence of his own per-
hdy in the shape of card he had dis
patched TO his physician. Then he laugh
cd Immediately. which was cruel.
"Dottie. YOU little beast, stand up he
said. whereupon cut Of the shadow
emerged a round-faced, muscular chap
who used to play quarter on college
football team five years ago, and whose
sobriQuet has chung TO him with all the
tenacitv OF college nickname. The real
facts of the case are. we understand, that
Dcttie and his old class-mate the specu-
lator. had come in the same train, and
had arranged en- route for a hand at
nap in the bachelor apartments Of the
latter While the game was in progress
somebody suggested sending for old Saw
bones" who could always be counted on
10 enjoy a cold bottle or a little game.
The message was made strong in order
10 insure the Doctors coming. The specu-
lator accompanied his patient wife home
I'm the family carriage, while the physi-
clan played smilingly and successfully for
the remainder Of the night-London
Modern Society.