The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-17

give up my independence
plague take your independence
Don't enjoy as much Of it as you do
I tell you
"What you have told me a thousand
times before
Jack, what do you have against the
women anyhow"
"Oh, guess l know a thing or two
about them. and they're all alike"
You're cranky. Look here, take my
own cnse"-
"Yes, even your own case"
"Jack, what do you meanY'
THAT your wife,
you 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 a dozen.
She's jealous, and can prove 1t to you
In less than q week. Ill bet n dozen
bottles Of champagne on it Take me
up If you dare!
take you upl OF course will. and
we might as well have the first bottle
now ut your expense, because
"We1l see."
sWhy, Jack, the excursion we are 60
ing ON tomorrow will take US three
days, and you will have only four left"
Wit tyn 80
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 LII. be Juggling my camera
about l shall have to leave her to your
tender mercies mostly"
"Your sister. Jack? Why, l haven't
seen her since you and 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, q 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.
Yes, indeed, We had 4 most delight
ful time. The weather, the mountain
air and the soenery-oh. enjoyed it
ever so much, and 50 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 here at the seaside
with the children, especially as l am
not very fond Of the mountains any
how. Yet John has been telling me 80
much about it l almost wish had
gone"
Eyes, I'm sure you would have en-.
1oyed It. or 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, 80
you can look them over at leisure"
"Well. how kind you nre! OF course
I shall enjoy them ever 80 much"
Two hours later John comes home
and finds his wife wearing a look on
her face as threatening as cyclone
stormcloud.
"That must have been a fine time
you had on your trip"
Certainly. Haven't been telling
you about 1t till my tongue almost
won't wag any moreY'
"Oh, yes, indeed! I'm ON to your
"Why, Iettie, dear
Don't you 'Lottie, DEAR me! l
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, Lottie, told you about all
the places we went to and all the peo-
pie we met"
Eyes. and who Is this woman with
you who
THAT? Why, that Is Jacks sister. l
merely forgot
"Oh. 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 misernble"-
"Nhy. Lottie. she stepped on stone
and would have tripped and fallen II
hadn't caught her. but where did you
get these?"
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
Ell TIL he cried. while his wife looked
on. half wrathful. half inclined to join
In his merriment but utterly ut sea as
to the cause OF It, Then he confessed
1t ali. and she laughed. too; laughed
till the tears streamcd down her face.
but Jack laughed last, and he had the
best laugh OF them all.
And Jack. We'll. he doesn't seem tn
have had any very serious objection
against women. after all. for he got
married lately-married Lottie's sister.