The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-01-18

financial subjects, decided her, and sns
cashed the note, and utilized II to sto
the mouths of her hungriest creditor
But II seemed as IL she was doomed L
face the unexpected. 1t happened thu
night that, for wonder, She and he
husband dined tete-a-tete. He was gloom,
and silent; she as airy and fippant a.
usual
81 have had lucky speculation
Angelicos," he said quietly when tn,
servants had left the room.
"You don't look as if you had" sh
said, cracking nut.
''And I hoped to give you a pleasant
SURPRISE" he added, $50 i drove aroun
to some of your people this afternoon t
pay your bills"
She went white and nearly pinched d
finger instead of nut.
81 was rather surprised to learn that
you yourself had been around this morn
Ing and paid them money on account"
There was an uncomfortable silence
while his wife restrained desire to use
unladylike language on the subject of
Angelicos and pleasant surprises gen
orally.
THAT was very kind of you," she said
at last.
from?" he asked.
II never knew anybody to talk so
much about money as you do" she said
evasively. Suppose you try another
subject?"
"You have been Nelling me for several
days that you are hard up" he continued
in the same dry voice. II should really
IKE to know how you contrived to pay
away the best part of couple Of hun
dred in cash when you are without
funds"
IL had little flutter in Angelicos,
too" she said easily.
"Who put you on to itr he asked
sharply. '"There were not a dozen men
in town who knew anything about it."
IL met somebody at dance, and
and somehow it leaked out that was
rather hard up, and-and he said he'd
put something on for me-" she replied
''Of course | didn't know he meant IL.
but heard from him this morning.
Her husband whistled softly.
"This is a funny sort of story, Violet,
for woman to tell her husband" he
said gravely, but not unkindly. who
was the manT
There was something In the tone Of his
voice which told her that further evasion
would be worse than useless. so defanfiy
she told the whole story.
MAY | see the letter which accompa-
MED the noteY said her husband.
She produced it. 1t was written on
club note paper.
81 shall have no great difficulty in find
ing out who this is" he said. II shall
send check. l don't want you to take
any body's money except mine."
t kI,.A IL
you anything else to sayT
anything"
81 thought you might like to preach
one of your lay sermons" she said.
mot at ALL" he answered, with pro-
voking smile. I'm not like somebody
/ know. I'm not going to make a noun
tain out of a molehilL But, really, a
masked ball at the Ambidextrous and a
check from stranger is almost as
naughty as my taking an actress to sup
per. We seem to be both going to the
bad"
This was humiliating Mrs. Rhodes
expected a lecture and was only being
chaffed. Moreover, the chaff was kind
ly, and she found it rather a struggle TO
keep the tears back. But when he sat
down to his desk and wrote out check
and said, There, now, will that help you
cut of your pickle?' she broke down
altogether and wept like an ordinary wo-
man.
"Shall we cry quits?" he said. you
forget the supper, and l forget the man
in the moon.
Suppose we say ~ goose~ he
corrected.
After she had left the room be looked
at himself in the glass and nodded at his
own reflection.
'It's all right now," he muttered, "but
she must never find out who the man
In the moon really was"
And the reflection in the glass winked.
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