Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-30
WAS A REAL SURPRISE

When this Jealous wife OF rather good
looking husband several years her junior
reached his offics the other forenoon he
had just been summoned to the telephone
.'Har' said the jealous wife to herself
Some creature telephoning to him. per-
haps.'
So she remained In the ante room. Her
husband was In the main ONCE, and. az
he stood at the phone with his back to her
he did not know that shs had arrived.
Hello" he said In the phone. WHO'S
that's you aayf Oh. jim Why. h'ware
you. old man7 Anything doing?"
C'It's that horrfd. nirtatious James Swift
clip talking to him" said the Jealous wife
to herself always did suspect that
many
"Huhr" went on the Jealous wifs's hus.
hand at the phone. Say. Is that so?
Well, I'm mjghty glad TO hear that. Say,
where did you trap her, anyhow"
e. Her! snorted the jealous wife from
her screened position In the ante room.
Il knew thare'd be some devilment In the
wind with that Swiftclip man calling him
"B' jing. I'm delighted that you've nailed
her, old pal" went on the guilty husband
at the phone. Say. Is she locker. hon
cob. how can keep my hands off himr'
muttered the Jealous wife. Lookerr y
"Dead-sure thoroughbred. you say. chr
went on her husband at the phone. We'll,
me for her. I sure want to look her over.
What's that? A raging beauty you say !?
Wen, l suppose that's bad-perfectly
wretched. huh7 That's the kind I'm hunt
ing for
cob. such deceitfulness.' muttered the
jealous wife to herself.)
You see, I'm tired of having these NUTS
flashed on me-" the man at the phone went
on, confidentially. Il want only the real
thing. I'm willing to dig up anything
xvxff1 t. a. - IL
I told you
cob. the traitorr' Kissed the mans wife.
trembling with rage.)
Say. you got her there with you now,
Curled up, on your lap right now. hey?
Well, you want to remember that she S
mine old boy
("Curled up in his lap-horribler' the
Jealous wife gasped) rs
Say" went on the unsuspecting husband
at the phone. cant you fetch her right
down now and let me look her over? Let's
see, it's pretty near lunch time, and be-
lieye my wifegu be down some time pretty
soon, and, of course, don't want my wife
to see her, see? But you Just trot her
over here now and I'll have a peek. and
then We can. fix 1t. understand? What
thatH You'll be over In five minutes? All
right, old boy. Eli be waiting.
He hung up the receiver, and turned to
face his white-faced and wrathy wife.
He looked somewhat surprised. She took
MS surprised look as dead-Sure indication
of his guilt.
so. SIR" she began. you are going to
have some wretched tawdry creature
brought to your office by that miserable
scoundrel, James Swiftclip, are your"
The man hung his head. He looked like
man cornered and corralled.
Il heard every word you said In the
phone, SO You needn't deny it, his wife
went on. breathlessly. How dare you
carry on in this public way in such a
manner? What do you mean by protesting
to l-l-love me, and t-t-t-then-''
She was relapsing into tears. and of
course, the man took hold of her to attempt
to comfort her
Don't you d-d-d-dare t-t-t-touch mer'
she gasped. throwing him off. II hate the
v-v-v-very t-t-touch Of your hand, You
scandalous, deceitful t-t-thing!
My dear. he began, IF you understood
the circumstances of this matter l am sure
you would not take on in this
Understand she exclaimed passionate
ly. D-d-d-didn't hear your very words
to that horrid brute in the phone? Ism t
he going to fetch some miserable baggage
down here to your Office and
Just at that instant the happy go-lucky
Jim Swiftclip arrived at the Office with the
miserable baggage He was carrying the
miserable baggage in his arms, and he
promptly deposited her in his friends arms
where she cuddled up and looked content.
Here, my dear said the man TO his
Jealous wife. sis the young female indi-
vidual about whom 1 was talking with Jim
In the phone I've had Jim on the look
out for good one for a long time, and he
has been kind enough to get this cracker
ent. surprise to you-you'd often told me
how much you wanted one of her kind"
Then he handed the dainty little Japanese
lady spaniel over to his wife.