The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-05-22

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THOUGHTFUL WIFE WHO TRIED
TO GIVE HENRY \ RESTFUL VA
CATION.
Copyright. 1903, by Howard Russell
RusseII)
Once there was d great big Burly
who had d Wife about the size of a
G~rasshopper. Usually she wore a gray
TaiIor-Made that looke as if it would
have 10 De let out if she gained anoth-
er pound.
Any one 70 look at J~assaline, would
have said that she was rather frail
and Weakly, while the he-end Of Sketch
looked husky enough to pull a Dray.
1t often happenes that the heavy-draft
Bachelor picks out a Nudge and makes
love 10 her and she is so scared at the
size Of him that she hasn't got the
Nerve to throw him down.
AT any rate, the cute and dainty lit
lie Jessaline with a Waist Measurement
Of Il inches was all hooked up with the
human MastOdon who went by the name
Henry ana looked the Part.
Now il happened that Hen and Jess
Owed in a nice little Town where there
were a great many lonely Old Families
and i great deal of Wealth, but it was
pervaded at all Hours by a Cemetery
Calm. The Social Gayeties Of the Place
reyOIved slowly around a Missionary
Society. Any one desiring to mix a
Cocktail had to pull down all the
Blinds and ~discOnnect the Telephone
and also il was advisable to Wear.
Masks at q Poker Party.
JeesaIine would often become restless
and champ at the Bit. She had attend
ed i Select School for Girls, at which
she had learned how to turn Hand
Springs and do other Parlor Didoes.
No wonder that she hat ted to play Dom
noes all Evening ana then turn out the
Lights at $50 p. H., which, in Keen
Society is the mere Edge of the Night.
Now it CHANGED that Jessaline had a
Chum- They had eaten Olives out Of
the same BottI, while attending the
Select School for iris. hum had gone
aginst the Mat nOnial Game, the same
rs ~Jessaline, oily, instead of landing
10 Sleepy Hol ow, she was up in the
City, taking il the Big Show
She wrote % Jessaline, urging her to
come up and put in a busy Week. AZ
ter WOrkirl on the Handwriting for
several DIS. JessaIine succeeded III
reading tn hole Letter and h began
10 tease Henry to knock off for a Week
and take ner up to the hOop-la Metro
polls AMI let her burn a few Holes IN
the Track She told Henry that he had
been sucking to his Desk TOO closely
and That he needed a good Rest.
Large Bodies move slowly and several
Days elapsed before Henry came to her
Way of Thinking. although it was Il
Pipe from the beginning that she would
bring him around.
JeSsaline got busy and put SIX Women
to work building 4 new Evening Gown
for her. 1t was a Pale Blue Cerise with
Battenberg Insertion, yOked with May
Onnaise and Ealenciennes, the F1OunCes
being gathered in with PaSsamenterie
and the l:Odice hand-painted. When
Henry got r Flash at the Bill he allow !
81 thar ins-ead of taking a Vacation, it
would b. better for him to stay at
HON" and work about twice as hard.
But WInsome WHEY had everything
packed, 50 she TOOK him ir Tow and
they boarded the Flyer.
"Ain'J this Grand?" asked ~Jessaline,
as they sat in the palatiaI ParIor Car
and watched the Scenery spin by. We
have 4 whole Week in which to rest up
Il nobody - keep Tab on what We do
and then report Us to the Methodist
Minister I'm sure that you will like
Clara She IS a Holy Terror. She was
engaged nineteen times before she final
" hooked UP and since she got Married.
People come for miles to get her to tbct
rs ChaperuIe."
What Is the PrOgramme?" asked
Henry. who was a mite Leary-
"ThereT y something doing every
Minute. all light. all right" said the
Ch.Id-Wife- Ask no Questions but fol-
little Bright Eyes. I haven't had q
touch OF Real Life since I crawled
down the Lightning Rod At the Select
School TOR Girls"
~ that time Ieuy did not realize that
4 bright young Thing with a Boarding !
school education can give the s~talwart
Business Man y kind OF a Handicap
.sG. -1e- leave HIM ~har back o.
-a- Flag.
Gaze met them At the Train with q
III Wagon. She had framed up 4
List ~ Engagements that made the
Itinerary lcok like Open Time.
Clara had arranged 70 give them a lit
lie OF Everything. except Sleep. Jessa-
line YVES lckIed nearly TO Death. She
VS. Waiting all over the Track. wait
Ing Tor rha word Go"
The Gateway was a Dinner Of Il
Courses - which J~essaline tackled ev-
without losing II part of the
conversations After that they went to
The Opera. which was a little too high
for Henry. but Jessaline threw a Con-
nipuon Fit every time Signor Dagolini
up and hit 4 Top Note. They
went back 10 The Apartment and ate
Stuff L % = Chafng-Dish until 3 G..
When they turred in. Henry was
on the point Of Passing Away but Jes-