The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-12-31
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mot by jugful. Do you think III
give up my Independence
"Plague take your independence
Don't enjoy as much Of it as you do
l tell you
"What you have told me thousand
times before
"Jack, what do you have against the
women anyhow
ooh. guess l know thing or two
about them, and they're all alike"
You're cranky. Look here, take my
own case
Eyes, even your own case"
slack, what do you mean?"
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 dozen.
She's jealous and can prove 1t to you
In less than a week. I'll bet a dozen
bottles Of champagne on it Take me
up II you dare"
"Take YOU up! OF course I will, and
we might as well have the first bottle
now at your expense, BECAUSE
"Well sSe"
"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
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, I 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 Is. OF course the little trip Jack
and John have made together becomes
at once the subject Of conversation.
Yes, indeed, we had . most delight
full time. The weather, the mountain
air and the scenery-oh, l enjoyed 1t
ever so much, and 70 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
preferred to stay here ut 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 had
gone"
Eyes, I'm sure you would have en-.
joyed it. or course l had my camera
with me. aud I took some pictures,
snapshots. Oh. nothing special! Mere
" amateur work, but l thought you
might enjoy looking at them, and SO
I have brought up some of them for
you. l will just leave them here, so
you can look them over at leisure"
SWELL how l1nd you are! or course
l 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 a cyclone
stormcloud.
THAT must have been a fine time
you had on your trip!'
Certainly. Haven't l been telling
you about it till my tongue almost
won't wag any morey'
'Oh, yes, indeed! I'm on to you"
"Why. Lottie. dear
Don't you Iottie, 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, Lott!e. told you about all
the places we went to AMI al the peo-
pie we met"
"Yes. and who ia 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 tcnderly 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
get these?"
"That nice friend Of yours was kind
enough TO give you away"
"a dozen bottles Of champngnc.'
And then he broke down. and he laugh
ed tn he cried while his Wife looked
on. hall wrathful, half inclined to join
In his uerriuent, but utterly nj sea MS
80 the cause uf It, Then he confessed
ii M, aud She laughed. 'oo: laughed
till the tears strcaincl down her face.
but Jack laughed last, aud he had the
best laugh of them NIL
And Jack, We'll. lac dorSp't seem 10
have had amy very serious objection
against womru, after all for he got
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