Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-01-19

Personal Albany y. y.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .................*
Harold Jones was at his desk in his
dingy little private office. busy with the
morning mail. when he found this little
hlue-faced. rcd-stamped intruder among
the nile of business letters which awaited
his attention. lie picked up the inno-
crnt-lookinS little missive and turned it
over several times before he opened it
and read:
Dear Sir: If you will take Il friends ad-
wee you will not stay in Boston Thursday
night. rs usual Better so home and sur
prise your WIFE A word to the wise is
sufficient. o. w. *.
Jones sat glaring at it for few min
utos, then with q grunt of disgust he
consigned the missive and its blue con
taner to the depths of the waste basket
and resumed his attack on the pile of
mail matter before him.
But Jones was an excitable, imaginat-
i've man with a jealous disposition. The
ferment of jealousy once set working
would not be quoted by his better iudg-
ment. That letter, the distrust that was
creeping i'll, gave poor Jones no peace
that morning.
When his stenographer came to the pri.
vate office an hour later to attend to the
correspondence, she was surprised to find
her chief down on his knees making a
frantic search through the contents of the
waste basket, which were scattered on
the floor about him. Then she saw him
make a dive for crumpled bit of blue
tinted paper which lay beneath his chair.
Being wise in her day and generation
the stenographer slipped quietly and I'M
observed outside the door, closed it AMI
then knocked boldly on the glass marked
private before she again entered the
room.
Harold Jones went home to lunch. 2
thing he had not done for months. as h.
found it more convenient to get sand
witch and a cup of coffee downtown
Jones had been married little more
than five years. Just Il year and Il day
fter the wedding a little son had come
to brighten their home life. They lived
happily just outside the city. QuarrelS
in the Jones family wore. Few and far
between, but there was no doubt about
the fact that Jones was unreasonable
jealous of his wife.
When Jones ON this particular day
turned up so unexpectedly at the cottage
for luncheon he found the house empty.
Mrs. Jones and sen were out. 1t was
the worst thing that could have happened
10 Jones in his perturbed frame of mind.
To begin with. he could not find the
key 70 the pantry, and must needs go
hungry or return to town for lunch
Then rummaging about the house he
found lying on the dressing table in his
Wlfes room an open letter, the writing
undoubtedly masculine.
He did not intend to read it. but every
time he passed through the room the
thng stared at him and seemed to beck
on to him. Then he yielded and took the
thing to the window. What he said is
not tit for publication. The letter read:
Dearest Nellie: Let me know if that
husband of yours IS going to leave You
alone Thursday night as usual. If he is
Will he over, so You will not be alone.
WILL.
Mrs. Jones called at her husbands
Office downtown and was surprised to
learn that he had not returned from
lunch. She and Harold, .Tr.. were soon
mngling with the other shoppers in one
q the large department stores When
Mrs. Jones set her face homeward she
ieIt duly elated over successful bargain
AHntln%, and had never a suspicion of
The tempest brewing in the library.
40 need to dwell on the scene which
followed her homecoming. Jones was UNI
fortunate in his choice of words and he
could not keep his temper. He had been
nursing his wrath and imagined wrongs
Tor nearly three hours. and on an empty
stomach at that. Mrs. Jones surprised
reply to his volcanic outburst fell on deaf
ears, his eyes blinded by jealousy failed
10 see that which he should have seen.
Mrs. Jones was hurt to the quick. the
UNJUST suspicion stunS ner deeply. and
men PRIDE stepped in and forbade any at
Tempt at further explanation. She new
cr saw the evil little blue tinted mssivr.
1t was hiding IA Jones pocket. He did
not mention i.
When the door of the Jones cottage
opened an hour later, Mrs. Jones and
son appeared on the threshold and few
minute later car was bearing them
swiftly home TO mothers" Jones spent
the night at the club.
week passed and Jones heard moth
ing from his wife. and he had had plenty
81 time to cool down. The first few
uayS OF that week life had been Il burden
Iof the stenographer aid the office boy.
Vow zones was beginning to ask him
SELF If he had been fair and if perhaps.
NE whole thing had not been n deliberate
pan to cause trouble between himself
ana Wife, Nellie had never before given
illi4 any real cause for jealousy. She
Aae been patient, fOrhcaring ana loving
d,NayS That note ON the dresser-WOul1
sac nave left it there if there had becu
anything TO conceal?
II 1t wasn't for that odious little blue
united diSturber he would never have
luarreled with Nellie. Perhaps that note
was written by some malicious person
VINO wanted to destroy his happiness.
W 81. they had succeeded. anyway. for
Ne4e was deeply wounded and would
surely seek a separation.
ne cottage had been empty for Il
Wt%5, for Jones spent his nights at tho
iao. When Jones thought of the littl"
nome now abandoned. and of the dear lit
.' EoungSter who was always ON the
,tf' "a greet him Oh his return from
own. and that all that and the sweet
.S.N wife who met him Mt the door were
% him great lump would come To
Lis throat.
men came messenger from vii
y'T i'owneS, attorney-at-law he was
"y brother requesting that Har-
r. Jones would cali at his office hi
AWAY within an hour to attend 10 a
sIi matter the nature of which was
l-.Fate. Jones felt sure that it was "a
aiatlon.' but he went.
h hel brothers office pretty Mrs
g~ sat 10y the window holding her boy.
d' her brother talked earnestly To
have sent for Harold Nellie. and If
AoJ fool and il YOU two will only
sensible, | can fix it all right about
note te YOU" he was saying, when
A'or opened to Harold Jones
He hoy ran 10 meet his father who
.f--i4t him in his arms and covered his
f''} little face with kisses. Mrs.
's tried 20 look out of the window,