The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-14
THE EVENING STORY
Yrs. Granthanl's ExDert Advice


didn't ask him why You seemed to
take II for granted that it was all I
| rlgnt. Does he often stay in the city at /
nllgnl without telling you what keeps /
I wish. replied Nettie. you wouldn't /
| try 70 make me suspicious OF John I /
/ know he's all right. I'm not going to /
/ me misera ble"
All right" said Mrs. Grantham, who
I had come to live with the Plunketts for |
/ q rev weeks and whose suit for divorce /
4dQ recently been filed. go your own 4
4 way. l don't want to interfere. But I /
/ can see what's coming as plainly as IL !
II were all pictured out before me-
Nett1e Plunkett rushed into the lie
Drary, TOOK picture of John from the
/ mantel and kissed it, declaring that he
was an old dear and that she trusted
him implicitly.
At breakfast the next morning Mrs.
/ Grantham, addressing her brOther-in-
law, said.
Il think I heard you come in last
night, didn't 1, John?'
''Oh, did you?'' he asked. Il supposed
I was quiet enough to keep from walk
ing anybody
"Quiet? You fell halfway upstairs.
John, I want to give you a solemn
1 warning. Now, don't think I have any
desire to interfere with you and Nettie,
| but do you know how many men fail in
| business and how many homes are
/ ruined in this country every year on ac-
| count Of strong drink?"
NO" replied John Plunkett, Il have
no head for figures. They make me
| dizzy. Nettie, I'm afraid / may have
| to stay in town again this evening. You
won't mind, will you, dear? It's BUSH
ness, you know
Nettie Plunkett looked stealthily at
her sister and saw that her darkest
| suspicious were aroused.
1T seems to me that it is necessary
for you to be away from nome good
DEAL" Mrs. Grantham remarked.
"Oh, no. I'm not likely to be away
again for months
He went upstairs, whistling, and Mrs.
Grantham turned upon her sister, say
SI'm sorry for you, Nettie. You see
where you're drifting. There you sat
and never made a murmur. That man
is deceiving you
You always made your husband tell
you where he went and why, didn't
your Mrs. Plunkett asked.
mot only that, but I made it my bus
mess to find out whether he was telling
me the truth"
you?''
you never can tell when a man will
try to deceive you. It's best to be on
the safe side. I wouldn't trust any man
for a minute out of my sight Sh-h. Do
you know what think? think John
was intoxicated when he came home
last night. I could tell it by his walk
Nettles you VIII rue II II you let tnlS 90
on. Put your foot down ana stop It.
Don't you let him step out of this house
without telling you where he was last
night and where he is going tonight,
and who is going to be with him!
Mrs. Plunkett rushed away from her
sister and went upstairs. Half an hour
later she ana her husband returned to
the library where Mrs. Grantham was
reading a pamphlet on The Treatment
and Cure of the Liquor Habit
Caroline said the younger woman,
II have just had a serious talk with
| John, and he and have come TO the
conclusion that we may as well make
our case plain to you. We nave been
married nearly seven years. How long
had you and George Grantham been
married when you separatedF
Twelve years. but wish you
wouldn't mention that mans name to
me. John, I hope you will not think l
am trying to interfere here, but there
are certain things can't help seeing
You and Nettie are travelling on a dan
gerous road, and you will both live TO
be sorry if
wait a minute. Caroline" her sister
broke in. 4 want you to tell John now
forgive me for calling him by name
again-George got started on the down
ward path He began by staying away
from home at night and drinking
great deal. didn't he2"
He didn't stay away from home at
night while we lived together, 1
ing, he never tasted whisky, that l
know of"
but didn't business ever keep him
away?' -.
business and nothing else"
Il suppose you warned him daily OF
the evils of intemperance, didn't your
Plunkett asked.
Yes heaven knows did all in my
| power to save that man"
! But" asked her sister. how could
| YOU always tell whether he was truth
full in reporting what he did when he
| had to be away from homer"
| Ion. I had ways of finding out. I
went to his employers in the first place.
But of course men always believe IN
| standing together in such things. You
| can't get one of them to tell on any OF
the rest. So I soon found out that the
only safe way was to have him shadow
Who paid the detective?'' asked
why I did, of course
But your husband earned and gave
Mrs. Grantham's- face flushed angrily.
/ thought Nettie Plunkett asked:
'sDid-did your detective ever ind MN
| where he had no business to beT"
| 'He claimed he didn't. But you know
! what I Just told you about men standing
| together. haven't any doubt that he was
still. you haven't any proof" said
! PlunAett.
Did he ever swear at you or beat you
OF throw dishes at you?"
| Certainly not
why did you leave hin2'
| He left me I expect to get my divorce
on the ground of desertion." -
| FlunIxeft but do you think you are 90
ing your sister a kindness in coming mere
| and trying to get her to 90 the way you
| have gomez"
/ What do you mean ~
You were not able to live with one o.
| the best men have ever known; "e i3
| with George last night. He told me al
that you have been telling US mere
/ tOhtf' replied Mrs. GrantnaIn .,4.
There's nothing to prevent reconcl "a.
ton, is there? There's is no unpaIsee &c s3 :
sin on either side? He simply We" an. 49,