The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-11-19
5 N A p S Fl O T s.

Don't | enjoy as much of 1t as you do ?
tell YOU
what you have told me thousand
tines before
"Jack, what do you have against the
women anyhow
"Oh guess I know a thing or two
about them, and they're all alike"
You're cranky. Look here, take my
own case
Yes, even your own CASE
"Jack, what do you mean"
"That your Wife
"Yod don't know anything about her.
You've only seen her once or twice."
Don't matter She is handsome, in
telligent, clever, yet for all that as
Jealous as
"JGcl, you're Joking. Why. I've been
married five years and have two
Don't care If you have dozen.
She's jealous, and l can prove 1t to you
In less than q week. I'll bet dozen
bottles Of champagne on it. Take me
UP if you darep'
"Take you up! OF course l will, and
we might as well have the first bottle
now at your expense BECAUSE
"Nye'll see"
"Why, Jack, the excursion we are 60
ing on tomorrow will take Us three
Days, and you will have only four left"
Never mind. I've thought of that"
The next day they arrived at their
destination, the llttle summer resort in
the mountains.
John, my sister is going to join us
here, and as III be Juggling my camera
about shall have to leave her to your
tender mercies mostly"
"Your sister, Jack? Why, | haven't
seen her since you and l were at col
lege together, and she was just little
girl then. How delightful"
Then followed two days of tramplng
about in the mountains, fine weather,
grand scenery, a glorious time, and
then away again.
Two days later Jack called at the
home OF his friend. John Is not there,
and that he knew beforehand, but his
wife IL. OF course the little trip Jack
and John have made together becomes
at once the subject of conversation.
Eyes, indeed, we had a most delight
full time. The weather, the mountain
air and the scenery-oh, | enjoyed it
ever 80 much, and SO did John! He
was very much taken with the trip,
and his only regret was that you
weren't with us to enjoy it too"
aIndced! Well, that was very nice
for him to remember me. But really
preferred to stay here at the seaside
with the children, especially as ! am
not very fond of the mountains any
how. Yet John has been telling me so
much about it | almost wish | had
gone"
Eyes, I'm sure you would have en-
joyed 1t. OF course | had my camera
with me, and | took some pictures,
snapshots. Oh, nothing special! Mere
~ amateur work, but l thought you
might enjoy looking at them, and so
have brought up some Of them for
you. / will just leave them here, 50
you can look them over Mt leisure"
swell, how kind you are! OF course
I shall enjoy them ever so much
Two hours later John comes home
and finds his wife wearing n look on
her face as threatening as cyclone
stormcl0ud.
"That must have been fine time
you had on your trip"
Certainly. Haven't l been telling
you about it till my tongue almost
won't wag any moreT'
ooh, yes, indeed! I'm on to you"
"Why, Lottie, dear
Don't you Lottie, dear me! l
know just what Kind Of n time you
have had, and I've got it black on
white too OH, yes, you needn't look
so innocent
why Lottle, told you about all
the places we went to Gnl MI the peo-
pie we met"
Eyes, and who is this woman with
you who
"That? Why, that is Jacks sister. |
merely forgot
"Ch, yes, you can't work that on me.
There, how tenderly you help her
across the stile. there eating from the
same lunch basket, and there even
actually holding her in your arms!
You miserable
"Why, Lottie, she stepped on stone
and would have tripped and fallen If
hadn't caught her, but where did you
gel tbeseT
"rhat nice FREUD of yours was kind
enough to give you away.
~ dozen bottles of ch0mpagnel
And then he broke down, and he laugh
ed TIL he cried. while his wife looked
on. half wrathful, half inclined TO Join
I'm his merTiment. but utterly Mt sea as
10 the cause Of il. Then he confessed
It all, and she laughed, too; laughed
till the tears streamed down her face
but Jack laughed last, and he had the
best laugh OF them all
Aud Jack, Wei, he doesn't seem 20
have had any Very serious objection
against women. after all, for he got
married lately-married Lottie's sister
who is 50 much like Lottle that pco.
pie say II it wasn't for the slight differ
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