The daily Alaskan. [volume] (Skagway, Alaska) 1904-1924, 1906-08-21
A Wifeis Ruse


shooting or fishing or racing horses O
soune ont Of door amusement Thos,
who 1.lSured him Tor WASTING his tim,
CNud not charge INN with iudolenCt
or cTeminacy. He volunteered for tn
SDani>h- American var and came on
with an excellent rerorl Rut, the wal
over. he rcmrac3 To his shooting, fish
ms. borSe racing and The Ike.
NartnEale had mayvtcd q very love
" Cirl who had horne him three chill
6rcu. - far IS hc5uC true 10 hrs wife
and children WAS canCSVUCl De WAS q
m0lc1 husband hut ne wOuld not stay
St home. His wife was obliged 20
pass most Of her time alone with heE
children. while her husband was CAD
ding about This troubled her greatly.
Some day" she Said 70 him Omj
nouSIy. YOU may have cause TO re
Cret .your neglect Of me. 7 an very
Lonely. aud may he tempted 20 en-
courage some 0lS OF the men who
would he glad To he my cavalier.
~WouldnT blame Won a bit, my dear,
II Won did
A determined look came over the
poor wousu'> face that GcDouNd q pur-
Pose And 81 purpose vss carried out.
One afternoon NtartuiaIe came home
and foUnd "a certain man ahout town.
Archiha8 GrlmJh. sitting n The H.
brary with his wife. The husband
greeted The ugrudcr corlisIly. then
went upstairs. where De was soon
heard romaug with The children. The
vie. who had hoped Tor some cNpCss-
sion of jealousy. sighed Her cavalier
son took his Iaave. hut at the door re
Cctvei q pCc~>u7e nj the hand and an
Invitation To come again soon.
From thar time forward for a season
Gri5Jh was "a constant 81 attendant upon
Mrs. NsrrDaale. always receiving an
al lgs>y outward welcome from the
husband N->- Na-rndale accepted all
Grif7yh'S Invitations huy her conduct
excited no blame Everybody Consid-
e-e5 that her husband was getting 10.
more than he deserved. and all had i'm
pliCit confidence in the wife.
One morning Mrs MartiudaIe receiv-
eyI s. note from Trlfth announcing that
he had Suddenly been called away and
might not SEQ her again for some time
The note was not uuwelcome. for she
had ~icEened Of the role she was play
lag and didn't quite know how 10 end
It. A. her husband had made no com .
nenJ on her cavaliers attentions 80 he I
refraluej from asking what had be
come ~ him. Naruu1alN was IS much
away from home IS before. and the
wife was ohliSe5 ra admit to herself
that her plan 90 making her husband
Jealous had >jgnaIy failed.
Now. Mrs. Nartiudslc was a deter .
mined woman au3 vowed that she
would for,e her husband 20 show some
concern Tor her conduct IL she hGd 10
put herself at fault forever in his eyes. 3
one night when NartniaIc wss play
ing q game Of bridge aJ his club s. rc}e- .
phone message csme from his home
thSj his wife was very 80 and he must .
come home at once. He DELAYED 50 F.
long thar another mcSSace came saving .
th0t his wife WIS dying and wished to
see him before d would bc TOO late
He finished the game and went home .
MIS- Nartindale was Ia bed She
was CaSptRC. and her face was uvId I.
A physician stood by. evidently At s
loss 10 know what 10 do for her. As
soon IS she had riga med her voice she .
dI-ccte5 that every one should leave
the room except her husband. Then
she called him close 10 her and spoke
with apparent effort
Ned. I have o confession 10 make.
You know Archie Grifith2 Well IN
that affair I wroRSed You" 4
How
Don't force me TO speak the word
CvimmaIlyE~
The wife gCcsncd. but said nothing.
And You wanted me TO know this
before You dfedE~
Yes" came family from the s-iCE.
en- woman
Well. BeSS. I'm sorry You hadn't
taken a more convenient time 10 tell
ne. I'm behind in a game OF bridge !
ami I mus, 40 right back. Ta-ta"
The he5cIorhes were thrown or with
8 Jerk. and the sick woman stood on
the floor.
This = Too much" she cried "Yol
care - little Cor me that even that
which can alone hold Us spd our poor
dear little ones together Is ~ no mo
meRJ To you- /
"BeSs," said the iuuerurhsble hus
hand. you're the biggest liar ia Amer
iCa- DO Won remember the new butler
who came soon AFTER Grlfth began his !
atteUuOu>s Well I put him IN 70
watch You. He saw your cavalier at
tempt 70 take liberties with You the
night before be left town. and Won 70
PEELED him with indignation. The next
day I gave Griffith the choice Of pistols
or departure. and he chose departure
oh. Ned ana YOU really care that
much for me-
Il certainly did sweetheart and
more. You have done your best 70
make me show my love Tor You. and .
shall put you TO no further trouble. 1 /
Shall give up amuSemeuts and from
this tine forward devote myself 70