Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-10-17

PEDESTAL OF RIGHT DOING HIS
BUT FOR A MOMENT.
Then Manifold lnlquitles Of His For
getfulness Dawned With Telling
Force Upon His Bet
ter Half,

Mrs. Blank gave her husband foul
letters to mail for her the other day
She is not without knowledge of the
usual way of a man with letter, but
like every dutiful wife, she thinks hel
better half is a little different from
everyone's else, and that all rules faiI
in his case, so she gave him these
epistles without q doubt that they
would ultimately reach their destina
ton.
Four days later Mrs, Blank came to
Mr.. Blank in the most dreadful agita
ton. Isn't it perfectly awful?" she
said. II wrote inviting Sadie to come
to us for next Saturday and Sunday
and here this very morning in my mail
there's a letter from Alice saying that
she is coming, that she feels she
knows me so we'll she doesn't have to
wait for an invitation, and, besides,
she will be in this neighborhood, and
she cannot go home without seeing
u.s."
"Wen?" Queried Mr.. Blank, pa
tiently.
well, If it is well-Alice and Sadie
do not speak to each other, and it
would be perfectly impossible to have
them here at the same time. You
know how they quarreled about Nc
Henry, and, while I've never heard the
details of the affair, I'm quite sure
they were each wrong-but they
loathe and despise each other, just
like they were in vendetta, or one of
those unpleasant Italian Black Hand
things"
What l admire about you," said
Mr.. Blank, slowly, lis the absolute
temperatures of your language. So
they loathe and despise each other,
do they? What's the matter writing
to Sadie and asking her to defer her
visit for another week."
For Alice" asked Mrs. Blank,
"never. She would be hurt to death,
and quite right, too. Whatever shall
l do?"
Mrs. Blank leaned her forehead on
her hand in despair and Mr.. Blank
watched her in an amused silence.
Suddenly he had thought.
Stay" he said softly to himself,
and began to search his pockets.
Mrs Blank looked up wide-eyed.
From the inside pocket of his coat
presently Mr.. Blank brought forth a
number of letters, more than a wom-
an would have thought one small
pocket would hold. He sorted these
slowly, while his wife quivered with
and finally he selected one
from the bunch and held it out be-
tween his thumb and finger. rs this
the epistle you wrote Sadie?" he
asked.
- "John!" cried Mrs. Blank, falling on
his neck. you didn't mail it, did
your"
Il forgot all about it." returned
Mr.. Blank.
What blessed angel you are, dear,
est, always doing the right thing at
the right moment! You will never
know what a load you have taken
from my mind. Now Alice can come
this week, and Sadie can come next,
and all will be well. l do think you're
sweet"
Mr.. Blank smiled a self-congratula-
tory smile, and seemed to grow In
stature.
Ten minutes later Mrs. Blank had
q thought. John Blank" she said,
''let me see the rest of the letters in
that pocket"
Mr.. Blank complied slowly, and he
looked nervous as his wife sorted
them on her own account. There was
an ominous silence for several min
utes, and then the woman in the case
broke forth: "One here for moth.
or that should have been mailed q |
week ago; one for my dressmaker,
very important, and explains probably |
why l did not get my gown Saturday;
one ordering the new matting-John,
I'll never trust you with another let
ter as long as l live; think you
are the meanest thing!"
Which" said Mr.. Blank later to
mikes a man in his mind