The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-24
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jack you ought to set married"
mot by joyful. Do you think III
give up my Independence
plague take your independence.
Don't enjoy as much of it rs you do:
tell YOU
what you have told me thousand
times before
''Jack, what do you have against the
women anyhow"
"Oh, guess l know Il thing or two
about them, and they're all alike"
You're cranky. Look here, take my
own case
"Ies, even your own case
"Jack. what do you mean?"
THAT your Wife
'Iou 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
Jack, you're joking. Why. I've been
married five years and have two
Don't care il you have n dozen.
She's jealous, and l can prove it to you
in less than week. I'll bet dozen
bottles Of champagne on it. Take me
up If you dare!'
'Take you up! or course l will, and
we might as well have the first bottle
now at your expense, BECAUSE
"We'll see"
"Why, Jack, the excursion we are CO.
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 little summer resort In
the mountains.
John, my sister is going to Join us
here, and as I'll be Juggling my camera
about shall have to leave her to your
tender mercies mostly"
"Your sister, Jack? Why, 1 haven't
seen her since you and were at col
lege together, and she was just little
girl then. How delightfully."-
Then followed two days Of tramplng
about in the mountains fine weather,
grand scenery, 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 Is. OF course the little trip Jack
and John have made together becomes
at once the subject of conversation.
Eyes, indeed, we had most delight
full time The weather, the mountain
air and the scenery-oh, l enjoyed 1t
ever so 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 1t too"
Indeed! Well, that was very nice
for him to remember me. But really l
preferred to stay mere at the seaside
with the children, especially as I am
not very fond of the mountains any
how. Yet John has been telling me so
much about it l almost wish l had
gone"
Eyes, I'm sure you would have en-
joyed it. OF course had my camera
with me, and I took some pictures,
snapshots. Oh, nothing special! Mere
ly amateur work, but l thought you
might enjoy looking at them, and so
l have brought up some Of them for
you. l will just leave them here, so
you can look them over at leisure"
swell, how kind you are! OF course
l shall enjoy them ever SO much"
Two hours later John comes home
and finds his wife wearing look on
her face as threatening as IL cyclone
stormcloud.
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 more?'
"Oh, yes, indeed! I'm on to you"
"Why, Lottie, dear
Don't you Lottie, dear me! |
know just what kind of time you
have had. and I've got it black on
white too Oh, yes, you needn't look
SO innocent"
"Why, Lotte l told you about all
the places we went to ami all the peo-
pie we met
"Yes, and who Is this woman with
you who
THAT? Why. that is Jacks sister.
merely forgot
ooh, yes, you can't work that on me!
There, how tenderly you help her
across the stilA, 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 II !
hadn't caught her, but where did you
get thesef'
THAT nice friend Of yours was KIND
enough to give you away"
"A dozen bottles Of champagne!
And then he broke down. and he laugh
ed till he cried. while his wife looked
on. half wratbful, half inclined to join
in his merrimcnt. but utterly at sea as
TO the cause Of It. Then he confessed
it all. and she laughed. too; laughed
till the tears streaiurd down Der face,
hut Jack laughed Ii,.t. and he had the
best laugh of them aN.
And Jnck! u ell. hr doesn't seem 10
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