Evening star., 1898-11-12

other day His description of her taliteS
| exactly. 1 thought so when We saw her
yesterday, and wondered if she wasn't the
| one. And today / had, proof presented to
J nay own eyes Do not be SO foolish as to
1 think you can deceive me any longer
1 was in despair. What could / say to
make my wife believe me? happy
thought came TO me. AT what hour did
you see me?" asked.
1T was about O'Clock. Would you like
to know the day of the month and the
year?" she asked, sarcastically.
No; the hour is sufficient 1 replied.
Mary do you think your father would en-
| ter into collusion with Inc to deceive you ?
Would he connive with me in piece of
viliainy such you believe 1 have prac-
ticed upon you?'
MY fatherr' she exclaimed Certainly
not He is the only man left, since you
have deceived me. in whom can place con-
ndence. He is a gentleman, and would not
Very WE'LL / said; ''let us go to him. A
moment ago you said you were going home
| to your mother. You may go, but l am
| going with you. / have question to ask
| your father, and l want to ask it in your
presence.
l could see by the look in my wife's face
| that she was much mystified at my pro-
posal She did not demur, however, ami
| we We're soon on our way to my father-in-
laws. The distance was short, and in fiji
| teen minutes were there
L did not wish to expose to Mr.. Noble his
| daughters lack of faith in me. and init
| mated as much to my wife before we en-
tered. and asked her to let me do the
| talking before she attempted to explain
matters She was silent, neither consenting
| to nor declining my request.
| rather ] began, when he met us,
Mary and have little wager which we
want YOU to settle. Mary declares with
| perfect confidence that she saw NE on
Washington street at about 3 o'clock this
afternoon. tell her she was mistaken, but
l find it hard to convince her. Will you
tell her where | was?''
NV dear said Noble n his 1auph-
ter, you could not possibly have seen
Richard there at the time he mentions He
and l were at the office together continue
ous.y from l o'clock till i:30. He did not
once leave the room in which we were
working
But, father" said my wife, blushing
crimson. 4 saw Richard as p,ainly as
| See him at this moment. Do you think
don't know my husband when 1 see hin?"
Her words indicated doubt, but her voice
was trembling with the happiness of great
relief
The old gentleman smiled fondly toward
his daughter I've no doubt you know
him when you see him. he said, but you
may have seen some one else who strongly
resembles him and been led to think it was
he"
Il have it!' I exclaimed suddenly She's
seen the man from Omaha
My wife kneW all that l did about the
man from Omaha, and when 1 mentioned
his name she felt, she afterward told me-
a sudden illumination of the mind.
- oi, LICK! She said. DO you suppose
She did not finish but buried her face On
my shoulder and when she raised it she
was wlping tears from her eyes.
Mr., Noble looked at us questioningly.
es, ] said, reading his look Mary
and came perilously near quarreling ever
this Omaha double of mine But yoar ex-
planation has set things right
When We We're out in the front vestibule
starting for home, my wife reached up and
kissed me, and whispered, 'Oh, Dick, you're
so good
The next morning my wife informed me
that she was going down town with me-
m gong to stand on one of the busy
corners and watch for the man from Oma-
ha. If see him I'm going to speak to him.
and ask him if he won't go to your office
W.th me- L want you to see each other:
ana want to see you two together and
see II you really look so much alike as you
seem to- =,
| smiled "All right. my dear" said.
"A needle in haystack you know. Rut If
you should chance to see hin-whicb is ex-
tremely fmprobable-I recommend Won. to
exercise great discretion The man from
omaha might naturally feel rather suspi-
cious to have a strange woman in a stranpa
city accost him famiiarly and renuest him
10 go with her to her husbands Office. He
miEht thlhk 1t was some new kind of con-
fdcnce game"
| went to the office after leaving nv
Wtte IN corner doorway where the stream
or travel from two streets flowed bv. Not
long before noon / had occasion to leave
the ONCE on matter of business Having
psrlormeo my mission, / was returning,
when L heard familiar voice speak n e
tlmidly and hesitatingly in my ear Turn
ing, saw my wife looking at me wist-
fully and wonderingly. Il beg your par
aoh aI she SAID Are you-is your name
Mr. carr? Is your home-do YOU live in
Omaha?'' -
laughed outright. I couldn't help IT.
DICK you wretch" she exclaimed
Nhat did you put on another coat and
ctr
me?" ~ 49,
NO | said. Il was In a hurry and did
not stop to change my office coat II didn't
occur 10 me that my own wife would mis-
take me for the man from Omaha" and
once more / laughed aloud at what 7 was
Pleased to regard capital joke on nv
wlfe. l suppose the joke did not seem unite
as funny to her as it did to me for a sus-
p@icion @ OF pout appeared on her pretty
ips' ana she said: I'm glad to be so anus
ing, Richard. But you don't look a hit
more ike yourself than the man that | saw
yesterday VINO wasn't you; so how could
know you were yourself?"
of course you couldn't NV daaru T
sald. And now, Mary 1t Is II O'Clock
anu II you don't mind iunching with a hus-
band in bis office coat l want you to come
and lunch with me-"
The poutS disappeared from Nrsrv,s line
TOT she Is foolishly fond of taking luncheon
win me down town. Luncheon over I
walked with her to the corner where she
""s ~ ,dhe d car Tor home. She had con-
cluded that her one brilliant success in
hhding the man from Omaha was suffi
Gent and she would not try again
car not being Immediately at hand
we stood on the corner talking Mary had
@ Deen nan penitent and very affectionate
since the little misunderstanding of the
evening before, and now as we stood wait
ing Tor the car she looked up into INV face
ana said, Dick, do you know what I want
to do?" "oa''
L acknowledged my inability to euess
what 1t was she desired Il want to kiss
you, she said. DO you suppose people
on the street would think 1t was funny If
they saw us do it? They WouIdn't know
but what L was going away somewhere to
spend week. or even month I don't
be1eVe they would think it was singular"
A car was now approaching the crossing
ana Tor answer / bent down and gave. Mary
TWO hearty kisses on her bewitchine Inns
Biushing in confusion at the caress as
she used to do before We We're married Sba
ran out and sprang lightly upon the car
smiling back and waving one little slovad
hand at me as 1t bore her away
turning to go back to the office T mo-
tlced little commotion at the entrance to
a drug store on the corner and in answer
to my inquiry a bystander told me that a
woman had just tainted, and was heinp
carried inside to be revived. As nassau
on happened to catch sight of the wo
man face through the wide pIate elaSs