The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-02-11
myself with two or three Of your ex-
cellent dinners"

myself with two or three Of your ex-
cellent dinners"
Every meal that James Randolph ate
in the. Perkins house after that. al
most choked him. : He was glad when
Mr.. Smith telegraphed him to go on to
Pittsburg for q few days and stop at
Scranton on his way back to close the
deal with Horace Perkins. s..,
II suppose" he said to Perkins on
their way to the station, that there
is no doubt about my getting the busi-
ness?"
None whatever" said Perkins. 81
don't mind telling you. however, that
It is your own personality that has
won the day. There is another man
in the field who has offered just as
good inducements as your house Of
fered, but in consideration Of yourself
family relations and all that-we
have decided to give the contract to
you. The affair is practically settled.
When you come. back from Pittsburg
everything will be all right and you
can go on to New York with the pa
pers in your pocket"
At that James Randolph's conscience
smote him violently. He felt that
something was going to happen to pun.
ish him for his sins, and it did. James
-.andolph reached Pittsburg on a
Wednesday morning. On Thursday he
received letter from Horace Perkins.
1--WE have given the contract to your
competitor" he wrote. '"The inclosed
letter will explain why"
James Randolph palpitated nervous
ly as he opened the Enclosure. It was
a letter from his wife to Mrs. Perkins,
and ran in this wise:
"My Dear Kate: / really am SO in
dignant that the ties of kinship and
the amenities of social life cannot keep
me silent. How could you have thu
heart to treat my husband as you have?
If you didn't want him to visit you and
didn't intend to furnish him with the
necessities of life, why did you invite
him? He could have stayed at the ho-
tel. The firm pays his expenses, and
even If they didn't, guess he could
have managed it. Really, Kate, don't
know what to think of you. But I
know what you have done to James.
I have his letter here to quote from
4 can't stand the cooking That is
what he says. You can't get de-
cent meal here to save your life.'
James says he is sure he will be sick
after his experimental your house, and
he wants me to know what causes 1t.
II anything does happen to him shall
never forgive you. You know he is all
I have, and you might at least have
given him decent food. James didn't
want to complain, and don't doubt
but that he would be quite angry If he
knew 1 said anything to you about it.
but 1 really am. SO disguised that I
can't control myself"
What James said may not be re-
peated.
The enterprising agent of the firm
Of Smith & Eldridge did not stop ut
Scranton on his way back to New
York. Previous to his Homecoming his
superiors had heard a meager account
Of the Scranton flasco; what they de-
manded Of James Randolph was full
explanation, That he did not feel
privileged to give, but Mr.. Smith, be-
ing quickened in wits by his suspicion
of Mrs. Curtis, made stab at the So
luton of the mystery.
I'LL bet" he said, chat that wife Of
yours had something to do with it,
I'll am afraid she did," stammered
James Randolph. And whatever else
he had to say he said in the privacy Of
his own home.-N. Y. Times.