The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-21
HE WILL ENLIST NEXT TIME.
A Stay ut Homo Observes the Luck Of I
Man Who Was . Volunteer, ..

A Stay ut Homo Observes the Luck Of q
| Man Who Was . Volunteer. 81
"If there is ever another war, am 60.
ing to enlist, regardless Of the cause"
This was the continuation of dinner
talk at club In this city. The speaker
| proceeded:
"The other day saw Mrs. Blank try.
| ing to hail the driver of an ice wagon ty
yelling at him. was dumfounded, be-.
cause she Is generally helpless creature,
and I never heard of her interesting her.
self In any of the domestic duties Of her
house. mentioned the unusual occur.
renee to my wife at dinner; and she said
she thought it was very commendahle In
Mrs. Blank. ventured to reply that ii
was not graceful and that I should not
care to 500 my wife yelling at an ioeman
or any man.
I" But. you see, rejoined my wife as
she passed my cup, Mrs. Blank HUSBAND,
was volunteer
True, said I, but his command new.
or got to the front. No fault Of his, I'D :.
nit. And now he is home and ia rs
healthy and robust as am. He told me
himself his army experience was an outing
for him, and that he never felt better in
his life.
quite true, said my wife, but Mrs.
Blank probably thinks of what might
have been. saw her calling to the ice
man-she was not yelling, as you put it,
and she explained to me, dear, that her
husband expressed desire for dish tho
preparation of which required an extra al.
lowance of ice and that as he had said he
had not tasted the dish in question since
he enlisted she thought she would have 1t
prepared, and In order that there might be
no mistake she just put on her hat and at.
tended to tho order herself. And think
it was very sweet of her
~ Immediately changed tho topic. Aft
or cigar said would call pny livery.
man and have him sond around the vic.
toria and team. thought an evening on
Riverside in tho face Of tho moon about
the proper thing. AS was starting to
tho telephone my wife put her arms around
my neck and said she had sent the team
around to Mrs. Blanks because Mrs.
Blank had said that Mr.. Blank had not
been out for a drive since he enlisted
Last Saturday concluded l would
give my wife bit of a surprise, and at 10
o'clock in the morning I called her over
the wire and told her to have the man
bring her traps for bit of cruise. She
thanked mo and said was thoughtful
and put In some very pretty talk. She said
III the same treacle tone:
Say Jim, dear, do you care If Mr..
and Mrs. Blank join us?
Why shouted back They had
tho rig the other day when ! wanted it.
Confound it, can't we have our yacht one
night aloncf' l asked.
"WCll I waited n minute for the effect.
and then heard her voice, low and sweet:
Jim, dear, know 1t was not just right,
but had asked them to go aboard this
evening after you came up. was going
to surprise you. And Mrs. Blank said Mr.,
Blank had not been on yacht since he
enlisted. l thought it would be nice.
"And 80 1t goes. Mr.. and Mrs Blank
were at card party at my house. and my
wife said she hoped l would not skin Mr..
Blank as | used to do, because he had not
been to card party since he enlisted. Mr..
Blank sent over for my fishing Outtit-you
know that outfit, which cost he 5000 three
years ago; never had 1t out but twice.
We'll, was out of town, and my wife sent
it over, and when l howlcd about 1t she
said poor Mr.. Blank had not been fishing
since hr enlisted.
"And now Mr.. and Mrs. Blank and my
vito arc away up In tho Adirondacks
cause Mr.. Blank has not been anywhere
since hc enlisted. And when he looks at
mo and sees me getting rcd In the faco he
shuts one r:e and says, Jim, you missed
1t when you didn't enlist. Why, oh his
head. he hasn't been out of IT, , stated
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