The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-11
S1DAY JAN II, 1901

xsuu A. seer..su as IL she was doomeu
face the unexpected. 1t happened that
night that, for a wonder, she and her
husband dined tete-a-tete. He was gloomy
and siient she as airy and 6ippant as
usual.
~ have had lucky speculation in
Angelicos," he said quietly when the
servants had left the room.
You don't look as if you had" she
said, cracking a nut
And | hoped to give you a pleasant
surprise he added, 80 | drove around
to some of your people this afternoon to
pay your bills"
MShe went white and nearly pinched a
f&ger Instead of nut.
II was rather surprised to learn that
I 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
unlhdylike language on the subject of
Angellcos and pleasant surprises gen.
orally.
''That was very kind of you," she said
at last.
"afay ask where the money came
fromN' he asked
Il never knew anybody to talk su
much about money as you do" she said
evasively, Suppose you try another
subject"
"You have been telling me for several
days that you are hard up" he continued
in the same dry voice II should really
like to know how you contrived to pay
I away the best part couple of hun
dred in cash when you are without
funds.p
81 had little futter in Angelicos,
too," she said easily.
who put you on to it?" he asked
sharply. There we're 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 so nething on for me-" she replied.
"Of urse | didn't know he meant it.,
but card from him this morning.
Her husband whistled softly.
"Tlis is a funny sort of story, Violet.
| for q woman to tell her husband" he
said gravely, but not unkindly. 'Who
was the manY
There was something in the tone of his
voi.e which told her that further evasion
W, uld be worse than useless, so defiantDy
sb. told the whole story.
May see the letter which accompa-
MED the note?" 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 a check. | don't want you to take
anybody's money except NINE"
'Is that alp she said coldly. Have
you anything else to say?'
Its not much good for me to say
anything"
81 thought you might like to preach
one of your lay sermons" she said
mot at ALL he answered, with pro.
voking smile, Pm not like somebody
/ know. I'm not going to make noun.
tain out of molehil. 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 lecture and was only being
chaffed. Moreover, the chaff was kind
! ly, and she found it rather struggle to
keep the tears back. But when he sat
down to his desk and wrote out a check
and said, There, now, will that help you
cut of your pickle% she broke down
altogether and wept like an ordinary wo-
man
'Shal we cry quits?" he said. you
forget the supper, and ! forget the man
| In the moon.
Suppose we say a little gooseY he
/ corrected.
! After she had left the room he looked
/ at himself in the glass and nodded at his
own reflection.
"It's all right now," he muttered, "but
she must never find ''nf who the man
in the moon really was"
And the reflection in the glass winked.
Modern Society.