Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-09-28

the table. and over some undoubted
port broached the subject of the case.
az Mrs. Guf1o0 knew he would. :
Then, ona bV one, as man drives
lacks into board. Tom Guilfoy drove
his w1fe's ideas into the senior Part
ner's head The partner was delighted,
he rose and shock hands with his bar
rtster. and they finished the bottle in
great good fellowship. Then they went
up to the drawing room.
When the c.. --::sge was announced.
and after Mrs. Kelton had kissed Mrs..
Gu1lfoy, Mr.. Kaiton said warmly to his
hostess: ;
Madam. congratulate you on your
husbands ability. He's clever fell
low, madam: he's solved a great dim
Guilty for us. An enormous difficulty!
see a future before him, madam. I'm
proud Of his acquaintance! Good
night
A week later the case was heard.
and Gu1lfog made his first public ap-
pearance. He was nervous. but conf
da3, for hts wife had drilled the line
vel into him. He was no fool, nor
vac he wanting In oratorical powers.
and. backed mp By the peculiar nature
at his defense he was soon at h1D
aaae. His argumant was a great sue
eeaa aud H&s Honor, In giving judg-
meut for the defendant, referred In
highly complimentary terms to tho
ability OF his learned brother.
Soon afterwards his wife presented
him with SON and heir, and the
senior partner stood godfather. Tho
doctor, shaking hts head solemnly,
aaid: Mrs, Guilfoy must not be wor-
r1ed, consequently her husband lost .
big will CASH In most unaccountable
manner: he took the wrong line his
collectors affirmed Then the medical
man ordered sea voyage, and Mrs.
GVilfoy aud the baby vent to England.
Che looked terribly careworn and pale.
and her husband naturally felt enx-
nuA. ~-~s .>%s>-.-, 49,. s,,>.ts:,,s,. -,
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 a. q
tAl thin. dark-eyed woman, who cried
Oh the promenade deck, and told him
10 be a good boy, to work hard, and
above ALL to write often. After this
he only wrote once q fortnight.
Somehow or other things began to
20 very wrong with Tom Guilfoy. He
neglected his work and lost three i'm
portant cases through pure careless
neea His solicitors demonstrated. but
he took no notice. He lost another.
Then he began to take AMP" oc-
casionally. All men and 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 ha, dly
Gee 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-whioh was not often. His
handwriting must have been revela-
| ton to her, fer she suddenly wrote
announcing her return. Taking the
letter out Of the club rack he put 1t In
his pocket. intending to read IL when
alone. About a month afterwards he
CHANGED to find it. The Oratava was
expected that day, and he went down
70 Williamstown to 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 about
for his wife. She was in the salon, and
two stewards, counting spoons at 4
! side table looked out of the corners Of
their eyes at him and winked at each
! other.
I have said before that Mrs.. Gull
| toy was a clever woman. I withdraw
that statement and say that she was
the cleverest woman that breathed
Another wife would have shrieked and
tainted on being welcomed by such q
husband as Tom Gullfoy looked at that
moment, but she did neither; she was
far too wise. Conceive it if you can!
But l tell you that that radiant, ma
jestic creature, beautiful as Aurora.
foated up the salon towards him with
her hands outstretched. and before he
knew where he was she had kissed
him on either cpeek crying: ~
TON, Tom. my dear, dear boy! Oh.
how glad I am to be with you again."
Then she took him home, and he
felt like a bad little boy who, an:ici-
pating 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 thousand
times more popular when she returned.
Nobody could deny her anything; and
even old Kelton began. to think that
after all perhaps he'd been lust a little