The sun., 1900-08-26
ONE KEY FOR AN ENTIRE MOCK.
A Man Tells OF the Embarrassing situation
Into which Ills wife Stumbled.

The reconstruction OF brownstone fronts
which Is so noticeable in the streets between
Madison and sixth avenues, said a lawyer.
will prevent such an awkward accident as hap
pened to my wife few years ago. / don't
ever mention II TO her now because she got very
tired Of being guyed about II. Moreover.
the consequences might have been a scandal
which II would have been hard to overcome.
We lived in those days in one OF a row OF brown
stone fronts between Fifth and Sixth avenues
which were built on exactly tho same plans
You could not distinguish one house from the
other except by the number, and even the
window draperies looked very much alike.
Another point Of similarity which was unstrs-
pected until my wife's accident was that our
key would unlock every front door on our side
Of the block. This was fact that caused
n lot NJ comment in the newspapers when II
became known. You may remember II. II
never had occurred 10 any man to try his latch
key on his neghbors door. and hence 1t re-
manned for my wife TO discover il.
1T happened that on the night of a wedding
which my wife was very anxious 10 attend
I was i'll and could not accompany her. Her
brother acted as her escort.
"'You will probably be asleep when | re-
turn, said my wife. and am going to come
in so quietly that will not wake you up
8" III hear You. sure enough ! answered.
ana awaS wa se %ef, TsS neaf m mdnight b
He took nv wife's latchkey and unlocked the
front door. Owing to my illness, he declined 20
come CON IN. Ny g Mite Closed 'he door carelHIy
mined not 10 awake me The light in our bed
room was very low, and my wife slipped over
10 her dressing table to prepare to retire. She
took of her iewelry and placed IL on the table
hair ThI, Was I'll done very Quietly ana with;
turning the 4 frbm the he'd
startled my wife because she has always said
that did not snore. concluding thlt was not
then stopped short, Why She did not scream
OF faint or both, l have never understood
Her eyes first fell on woman with very blonde
hair who was asleep where she soon expected 10
be: She has said since that even with this
evidence Of my perhdy she did not lose conf
WHAT IN f did pa wod Sr1sh ks to h4 E9T MIND ~ S
moment Turning her eyes over TO my side of
the bed she was horfliied 70 see Sleeping therc,a
shaHen m those days ana 'he contrast could
not have been stronger,
Sns sto1d mere I0T iens'h 9I umr that she
was, was never abe 10 cstim4te, a suspicion 81 The
ruul qdNuen on her anu a. sIl" looked closely
around ,he room 'he SUSPICION became "A Ger
hadrSor 'ne wa" aSact,v m ta" "5Te a"rs G1uSe @ Inc
Dd s9eG fdnd m3oR hr me snan sa c seepers aw9ke
thev Wouid rsise n ro,T befnra asi,inHS lon .na
lions Her nsrve i'm The circmmsiso lns MA.
good she grabbed her waist and wrovS MA Snd
koCtad .Io,,S ,,t - tbo roo ''' l M,dlS ahu @
on be Bed 3G so G that in cs fsPE her
s6owed signs oT nwsTening she ,night' rp S1eeper
"Tbe nav ,ritb tbe Hoard touasJ ,,tndmi,u ni,
The wife held her breath. Then be so,,lsd
hack 10 his snoring When She encbod ne
stairs She hurried down. Opened the front dnnr
and closed il after her Then she looked nj tbe
number She had entered the house neyt to
ours. She was in the street with her waist
and her wraps in her hands and hcr hair hang
ing down her back She ran up our stems and
found that in her haste TO leave the strange
bedroom she had left behind her lntCh-
kew and her Jewels I wns awak ened NV