The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-10-04


| it herself) When the ladies had re-
tired Mr.. Kelton drew his chair up to
the table, and over some undoupted
port preached the subject of the case,
as Mrs. Guilfoy knew he would.
Then, one by one, as man drives
tacks into board. Tom Guilfoy drove
| his wife's ideas into the senior part
| ners head. Tt: artner was delighted,
| he rose and shU-A hands with his bar
rister, and they i.7ished the bottle in
great good fellowship. Then they went
up to the drawing room.
When the [. age was announced,
| and after Mrs. keiton had kissed Mrs
| Guilfoy, Mr.. Kelton said warmly to his
hostess:
Madam, l congratulate you on your
husbands ability He's a clever fell
low, madam; he's solved great diff
Guilty for us. An enormous difficulty!
see future before him, madam. I'm
proud Of his acquaintance! Good
| night"
A week later the case was heard,
and Guilfoy made his first public ap-
pearance. He was nervous, but conf
dent, for his wife had drilled the line
well into him. He was no fool, nor
was he wanting in oratorical powers,
and, backed up by the peculiar nature
of his defense, he was soon at his
ease. His argument was great sue
cess, and His Honor, in giving judg-
ment for the defendant, referred if
highly complimentary terms to the
ability of his learned brother.
Soon afterwards his wife presented
him with son and heir, and the
senior partner stood godfather. The
doctor, shaking his head solemnly,
said: Mrs. Guilfoy must not be wor-
ried." consequently her husband lost
big will case in a most unaccountable
manner; he took the wrong line his
| solicitors affirmed. Then the medica,
man ordered sea voyage, and Mrs.
Guilfoy and the baby went to England.
She looked terribly careworn and pale,
and her husband naturally felt INK
| ious.
He put up at the club during her abb
sence, and for the first two months
wrote regularly by every mail. Then
she began to figure in his eyes as
! tall, thin, dark-eyed woman, who cried
to be a good boy, to work hard. and
above all, to write often. After this
he only wrote once fortnight.
Somehow or other things began to
60 very wrong with Tom Guilfoy. He
neglected his work and lost three i'm
portant cases through pure careless
ness. His solicitors demonstrated. but
he took no notice. He lost another.
Then he began to take nip" &C.
casionally All men and a good many
women know what that means. He
! scarcely went near his Office, but
played pool at the club until his hand
grew too shaky and he could hal dly
see the balls. After that for three
weeks he disappeared into the black
valley altogether.
His wife had been gone six months
and he only wrote when he felt in
| clined-which was not often. His
handwriting must have been reyela
| announcing her return. Taking tn.
letter out of the club rack he put il il
his pocket, intending to read it When
alone. About month afterwards he
| CHANGED to find it. Oratava was
expected that DAY, ana ne went down
TO Williamstown tc meet her, taking
just nip or two to prepare himself
for the interview. He could not trust
| himself to shave.
Arriving on board he hunted atout
for his wife. She was in the salon, ana
two stewards, counting spoons at a
side table looked out OF the corners OF
their eyes at him and winked at each
other.
l have said before that Mrs Gull
Toy was a clever woman. | withdraw
that statement and say that she Was
the cleveTest woman that breathed
Another wife would have shrieked and
tainted on being welcomed by such a
husband IS Tom Guiifoy looked at that
moment, bI she did neither; she was
far too We. Conceive it if you can.
But | te, -oI that that radiant, ma
jestic cr5ct-re, beautiful as Aurora.
ioated Up TIE salon towards him with
her hands o2tstretched, and before he
knew where he was she had kisse1
. him en- either creek crying:
Tom, Tom, my dear, dear boy. Oh.
how glad l am to b" with you again"'
Then she took him home, and he
felt like bad little boy who, an.ici-
pating a whipping, had been unexpect-
eddy forgiven.
Now how that woman worked no me
will ever understand; but she shaved
she toiled, she fought she struggled
night and day to lift her husband back
to his lost position. She was popular
before she left; she was a thousand
times more popular when she returned.
Nobody could deny her anything; and
even old Kelton began TO think that
after al perhaps he'd been just a little
too hard on Tom.
A small brief followed She brushed
her husband up, gave him his cue, snS
he won two more cases, and his nerve
returned By this time he cculd run
downstairs without using the banis-
tiers.