The Cairo bulletin., 1906-07-23
A REAL SURPRISE.

When this jealous wife Of rather
good looking husband several years
her Junior reached his Office the other
forenoon, he had just been summoned
TO the telephone.
"Ha!" said the Jealous wife to her.
self Some creature telephoning to
him. perhaps"
SO she remained in the ante room.
Her husband was in the main Office,
and, as he stood at the phone with his
back TO her he did not know that she
had arrived.
i Hello" he said in the phone.
Who's that's you say? Oh Jim.
Why. h'ware you, old man? Anything
doing?"
('It's that horrid, flirtatious James
Swiftclip talking to him." said the
jealous wife to herself. Il always did
suspect that man.
"Huh?" went on the Jealous wife's
husband at the phone. Say, is that
| so? Well, Pm mighty glad to hear
that. Say, where did you trap her,
lanyhow?" a.,s.4
| e. Herr" snorted the jealous wife
from her screened position in the ante
room. 81 knew there'd be some devil
| ment in the wind with that Swiftclip
mWn calling him up!'o
"B'jing, I'm delighted that you've
nailed her, old pal" went on the guilty
husband at the phone. Say is she
| a locker, honest?"
| cob, how can keep my hands off
hint" muttered the jealous wife.
| LOCKER! y
| "Dead-sure thoroughbred, you say,
eh?" went on her husband at the
| phone "Well. me for her. | sure
| want to look her over. What's that?
| A raging beauty, you say? Well. !
suppose that's bad perfectly wretched,
huh? That's the kind I'm hunting
| for
/ ooh, such deeeitfulness!" muttered
| the Jealous wife to herself)
lyon see, I'm tired of having these
NUTS flashed on me-" the man at the
| phone went on, confidentially.
want only the real thing. I'm willing
to dig up anything within reason to
get the real kind, too, as | told you.
ooh, the traitor!" Kissed the mans
wife, trembling with rage)
Say, you got her there with you
now. old man? What's that? Oh, all
right. Curled up on your lap rlght
now. hey? Well, you want to remem-
Der that she's mine, old boy"
| ("Curled up i'll his lap horrible!"
the Jealous wife gasped.
Say" went ON the unsuspecting nus
band at the phone, cant you fctch
her right down now and let me looR
her over? Let's see, it's pretty near
: lunch time. and believe my wifeU ne
down some time pretty soon, and, q
course. / don't want my wife to sec
5 her. see? But you just trot her owe
' here now. and III have peek, am
5 then we can fix 1t, understand2 what
Y that? You'll be over in five minutes
Q All right. old boy. Ill be WAITING
!. He hung up the receiver. and turne'
| to face his white-faced ana WRATH
/ wife.
! He looked somewhat surprised. Sh
. took his surprised look as a dead-sur
indication Of his guilt,
$50, sir" she began, you are goln
, | 10 have some wretched tawdry crea
tnre brought to your Office by ina
miserable scoundrel, James Swiltclf
are your
The man hung his head. He looke'
: like man cornered and corralled.
81 heard every word you said in TN
i phone, so you needn't deny 1t, nj
Siie went on, breathlessly How dar
YOU carry on in this public way In sue
y manner? What do you mean by pro
Tossing to l-l-love me, and t-t-t-then-
i She was relapslng into tears. and, o
r course. the man took hold of her to at
J. tempt TO comfort her
!, Don't tou d-d-d-dare t-t-t-touc
T. met" she gasped, throwing him on.
{ hate the v-v-v-yery t-t-touch of you
5 hand. you scandalous, deeeiliu
Q t-t-thingl"
c NV dear" he began, "if you IN
l. derstood the circumstances of thi
g matter am sure you would not TAX
u on in this
t Understand" she exclaimed, pas
ell sionately. "D-d-d-didn't | hear yoti
very words to that horrid brute ia IN
D. phone? Isn't he going to fetch SON
!. miserable baggage down here to YOU
p Office and
n Just at that instant the happy-g'
~ lucky Jim Swiftclip arrived at the y
"a fee with the miserable baggage. u
. was carrying the miserable baggage
!, his arms, and be promptly deposite
!. her in his friends arms, where sd
cuddled up and looked aontent5k-Ati
! Here, my dear" said the man TO h
. Jealous wife. lis the young female II
dividual about whom was tslkin
. with Jim in the phone. I've had III
= on the looking for a good Que for
y long time. and he has been kin
enough to get this -rsckeriack for N
u wanted her for a present, a surprii
y 10 you-youd often told me how niue
lt YOU wanted one Of her kind" ...s
n Then he handed the dainty litt
d Japanese lady spaniel over to his vii