Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-12
CAUSE FOR JEALOUSY

There IL a yoans- and rising lawyer In this
town whose well-to-do wife - at least ten
years older than he q, and, Of course. teal.
Gus In ratio to hsissuperior ags. The risinG
young lawyer ~ ssJack'' 70 . few intimate
friends and Jackie" to his wife. whose
personal pulchf4tude Ii several geographical
leagues from being phenomenal
Not long ago. ~ order to keep q better
line on him. his wife had q telephone placed
In their home. She was thus enabled to
ring him up every twenty minutes and as
certain that he waa really at work in his
office instead 81 being OF somewhere en-
gagged in riot And rsvelry in midday. In
side Of a week be had worn a faded track
in the carpet between his desk and the teie-
phone. answering her calls. She always
had what seemed to her some pretty good
excuse for calling MIN up at these close
intervais-with an inquiry as to what he
wanted Tor dinner. or an errand for him to
90 on his way home, or yarn about the
bird being sick and dropping in his cage.
or something Of the like. But her frequent
calls wore on him a heap. all the same, and
caused his Office boy to litter every time
the phone rang, and his homely female
stenographer-he had TO get q homely one
to ga1e out of the window with a vindic-
tive m g1ad-she' s-kee ping-cases-on-him
smile After few days the rising young
lawyer tried to enter into a conspiracy with
the hello girl who usually answered his
home phone to tell his wife. when she rang
him up. that he was busy. but the hello girl
was compelled to duck at that deep dark
suggestion, and told the rising young law
yer over the wfre-1ot without the inter-
lection OF sundry giggles-that she would be
liable to lose her Job If she did that Then
the r. y lawyer tried to get away with the
scheme OF sending his office boy to the
phone every time the bell rang, and telling
his wife, In case 1t were she at the other
end OF the line, that he was out. This
worked all right for fully half day but
the scneme fell through owing to the fact
tnat. at the very moment when the office
boy was telling his employers wife, upon
her twentieth rlng-up. that the lawyer was
not IN, the young man of the law said
something In high, argumentative tone
to fellow lawyer who happened to be In
the office. Then the office boy dropped the
receiver in alarm
say, DoSs, she heard YOU" the office
boy SAID TO the r. y. lawyer, then he had to
SINK guilty over to the phone and tell
ms acrid-voiced wife that he had just hap
peneo 10 come in while the office bow was
at the phone. 1t was a pretty wabbly
story, and when he got home that evening
the atmosphere was decidedly trapped He
TOOK 10 answering the telephone himself
after that, as usual and he's still doing II
athough the telephone got him into a hope
iess-iooking mess few afternoons ago.
handsome young widow in her second
mourning, client of the young lawyers
was at ms once to sign some papers in
connection with the settling up Of her de-
ceased husbands estate and she had her
pet hlng Charles spaniel named Jackie"
along with her. She was exceedingly az
Iectionate toward the spaniel and at every
pause IN her conversation with the young
lawyer she bestowed a rataplan of baby
talk and hugs and caresses upon the So
renely unappreciative dog.
Inc handsome young widow was caress-
when the phone bell rang The LAWYER
went TO the phone. His wife was at the
other end Of the phone. And the CONVEX
sation that ensned In the lawyers Office
wnIie II could never have been understood
by anybody not on the inside of the situa-
ton, was diverting nevertheless The law
yer had just picked up the receiver and
said Hello. my, dear In a weary sort of
way. to his wife, when the dashing young
widow pressed the spaniel to her bosom and
delivered herself Of bunch Of talk some
thing like this: ~
Who Is momsey,s babesey-wabesey?
VINO Is momsey's 'oyey little Jackie-wackie?
Let me hug 'im-sweetest sing Eat ever was
In Els wide world. isn't 'im?'
look OF acute pain crossed the young
lawyers face. There was reason for n
The dashing widow and her dog were seat
ed only a few feet away from the tele
phone. and her caressings of the dog were
distinctly heard at the other end of the
line by the young lawyers acidulous wife.
The expression OF pain On his face was
caused by his wifes startled and angry in
quiry as to who the woman was that was
caressfng and hugging him-the brazen
thing 81
Does ittie-bitsey Jackie-waekfe owe his
momsey-womseyT' the handsome Young
widow was saying to the spaniel. holding
him up on her lap. and gazing at the mutt
ecstatically. And does little Jacksie-
wacksie owe to put his cute little arms
around .sI MS momsey-womsey's neck and"
ho
dropping the receiver. 81 beg of you, il you
have any consideration for my domestic
happiness. to-er-cut that out for q minute
hello. my dear. yes-tust in a mfnute-for
my wife is at the other end of the line, and
she calls me Jackie and she thinks that
there Is some woman here who fs-er-
caressing me. you know-hello. my dear
hello-you are coming down this instant,
are you? Very well, my dear-yery
WE'LL
And then he hung up the receiver and
tramped up and down his office running his
hands nervously through his hair while the
gay young widow. the truth OF the situation
dawning upon her. and knowing something
of his domestic circumstances, Law back in
her chair and held her sides with laughter.
The young lawyer looked at her In an
alarmed. chagrfned sort Of way, but It was
about five minutes before she could keen
her face straight. And then he begged her
to keep Jacksie -wacksie' in his office for
a while. until his wife arrived. SO that he
could show to his wife. and prove to
her
Understand" he wound up significant
ly.
"Oh. OF course I understand" the dash
ing widow gurgIed. and then she went or
into another paroxysm Of laughter.
few minutes before the lawyers wife
was due to arrive at his Office to find out
about things" the spaniel, seeing a cat on
the street. raced through the open office
door. and the lawyer, seeing his evidence
getting away from him, had to hustle ont
and chase the dog all over judiciary square
before he could corral him and carry the
dog back to the office.
His wife was in the Office, glazing at the
serene and dimpling young widow, when he
returned. carrying the painting spaniel in
his arms.
He took his wife aside and explained the
situation to her in low tone. But she
continued to glare at the dashing Young
widow until the latter left the office with
her dog.
And even now there is a wild slsnjcion IN
the mind of the lawyers wife that. when
she notified him that she was coming down
to his Office to see about things he had
hustled out onto the street and grabbed hold
of the first dog he could pick up to make
his story good