Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-03-17
JOBSON WAS CAUGHT.
HE SOUGHT TO TEACH MRS. JOBSON
A LESSON.
But Somehow or other the Usual
Cog and. IL He Only Had
Realized 1t. He Was Taught the
z LessOn Himself.

But Somehow or other the Usual
Cog Slipped. md, IL He Only Had
Realized II. He Was laugh the
Lesson Himself.
Some months ago Mr.. Jobson received.
In the morning mail delivered at his
house, a letter addressed to him in a
dainty feminine hand. Mrs Jobson had
gone to the basement door to get the let
tiers from the postman, and she was
somewhat puzzled as to who Mr.. Job
sons feminine correspondent could be.
She did not know the handwriting. 1t
was that of none of her female relatives
nor of his. However. she handed the
letter TO him at the breakfast table, sim
ply asking, not in any particularly Gu
rious way:
who is II from?'
I'm know better as to that after I've
opened it and seen the signature. re-
piled Mr.. Jobson choppily.
Mrs. Jobson ran over her own letters
while Mr.. Jobson was reading the mis-
sive addressed To him in the feminine
handwriting. and when she looked up
and across the table at her spouse he was
apparently suffused in bushes. and there
was quite an amount of self satisfied
conplacency in his manner.
Anything Important inquired Mrs.
Jobson.
.Oh. l don't know replied Mr.. Job
son. leering at himself in the s~ideboard
mirror and twiddling with his fork
lis it from anybody knew inquired
Mrs. Jobson.
Il think not" replied Mr.. Jobson. ad-
justing his cravat and pulling down his
cuffs in a truly Lotharioiike amer
Business matterE" asked Mrs. Jebson.
well. hardly that, answered Mr.. job
son. with another quite killing look al
himself in the ssdeboard glass.
Anything Id be interested inT in
auired Mrs. JobSon. not with any parueu-
lar indication OF excitement nor any
evidence % pique-
IT wouldn't undertake to say as TO
that" replied Mr.. Johson. rubbing the
hair over on to the bald spot on the top
of his head. and smiling mysteFiously to
himself.
When Mr.. Jobson was At the dessert
stage of his dinner that evening. he look
ed up at Mrs. Jobsou aud said:
"Came near going out Of your mind
from jealousy this morning, didn't you:
Jealousy a. replied Mrs. Jobson. trying
60 look as completely mystihed as possi-
Bile. Jealous of who? On account OF
what? What do you
.Oh, | saw your eyes fash. and /
thought you were going TO have an at
tack Of apoplexy." said Mr.. Jobson-
Jealousy Is q sorry business. Mrs. dob
son-it's a feeling that Iaen are incapable
Of experiencins-their natures are so
much larger and broader you know.
Now. l don't want you 10 ~ on suffering
acute misery over the communication |
received. addressed in a feminine hand.
this morning. and SO III show il TO you
on condition
II have not the least desire in life 10
see it," said Mrs. Jebson- She a in
fact. already read it-when Mr. Joeson
bad changed his coat for his smoking
Jacket on coming home from the office.
before he had thought to shift the letter
to his smoking jacket pocket
Mr.. Jobson insisted upon her reading
Il. however. and for the second time she
read over a begging letter. written by
che Tensile secretary Of the Society For
the Raising OF 4 Sponge Cake Fund For
Indignant Infants. or something OF that
sort
When the postman delivered the first
mail on Tuesday morning last. there was
q Letter for her addressed "a d strong mas
cuiine hand. Mr.. Jebsoa was right be
bipd her. and she made A. laeleciual