The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-11-24
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Jack. you ought to get married"
mot by joyful DO you think III
give up my Independence
plague take your independencei
Don't l enjoy Us much OF 1t as you do?
I tell you
What you have told me thousa al
times before
Jack. what do you have against TIE
women anyhow"
"Oh. guess l know thing or TWO
about them, and they're oil alike"
You're cranky. Look here, take rdy
own case
Eyes, even your own case"
"Jack. what do you meanT
THAT your wife,
"You don't know anything about her.
You've only seen her once or twice"
Don't matter. She is handsome. In
telligent, clever. yet for all that II
Jealous as
Jack. you're Joking. Why. I've BEEN
married five years and have two
Don't care II you have dozen
She's jealous and can prove 1t to you
In less than week. III bet a dozen
bottles OF champagne on 1t. Take me
up II you dare
Take you up! or course will, and
we might rs we'll have the first bottle
now ut your expense. because
"We'll see"
"Why. Jack, the excursion we are IT,
ing on tomorrow will take US three
days. and you Will have only four left"
"Nevcr mind. I've thought Of that"
The next day they arrived at their
! destination. the little summer resort In
| the mountains.
John, my sister Is going to join 10
herr, and rs III be Juggling my camera
about shall have to leave her to your
tender mercies mostly"
"Your sister, Jack? Why. | haven't
seen her since you and were at coli
lege together, and she was just little
girl then. How dellghtful!'
Then followed two days OF trampIrfR
about in the mountains. fine weather.
grand scenery. a glorious time, and
then away again.
/
home OF his friend. Joba is not there,
and that he knew beforehand. but hIf
wife ls or course the little trip Jack
and John have made together becomes
at once the subject OF conversation.
Yes, indeed, we had most delight
ful time. The weather. the mountain
air and the scenery-oh. | enjoyed It
ever so much, and 10 did John! lie
was very much taken with the trip,
and his only regret was that you
weren't with us to enjoy It too"
Indeed! Well, that WAS very nice
for him to remember me. fait really
preferred to stay here ut the seaside
with the children. especially MS l am
not very fond Of the mountains any
how Yet John has been telling me 10
much about 1t | almost wish mao
gone"
Eyes, I'm sure you would have en-
joyed It. or course | had my camera
with me, and ! took some pictureA>
snapshots. Oh. nothing special! Mere
" amateur work. but thought you
might enjoy looking at them. and %
I have brought up some Of them for
you will just leave them here. 70
you can look them over at leisure"
-Well. how kind you are! or courss
I shall enjoy them ever SO much"
Two hours later John comes home
and finds his wife wearing :. look on
stormcloud.
THAT must have been a fine umi
you had on your trip"
Certainly. Haven't ! been telling
you about 1t TIL my tongue almost
won't wag any moreT'
"Oh. yes, indeedl I'm on to you"
"Why, Lottie. dear
Don't you 'Lottie, dear. mel
know Just what kind OF time you
have had, and I've got 1t black on
white too Oh, yes. you needn't look
30 innocent"
"Why, Lottie, told you about nn
the places we went to and ell tho peo-
pie we met"
Eyes, and who Is this woman With
you who
THAT? Why, that is Jacks sister. I
merely forgot
"Oh, yes, you can't work that on met
There. how tenderly you help her
across the stile, there eating from the
same lunch basket. and there even
actually holding her IN your arInsi
You miserable
why, Lottie. she stepped on stone
and would have tripped and fallen II
hadn't caught her. but where did you
get theseT
THAT nice friend OF yours was kind
enough to give you away" ..
"A dozen bottles OF champaEner'
And then he broke down, and he laugh
Cd tn be cried. while his wife looked
on, half wrathful. half inclined to join
In his merriment, but utterly at sea 40
TO the cause OF It. Then he confessed
It all. and she laughed. too: laughed
I'LL the tears streamed down her face,
but Jack laughed last, and he had the
best laugh Of them all.
And Jack! Well. he doesn't seem to
have had any very serious objection