The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-09-06
PEDESTAL OF RIGHT DOING Hi9
BUT FOR A MOMENT.
Then Manifold lnlquities Of His For
getfuIness Dawned With Telling
Force Upon His Bet.
ter Half.

IetterS 10 mail Tor her the Otner day.
She is not without knowledge Of the
usual way of man with letter, but
like every dutiful wife, she thinks her
better half is a little different from
everyones else, and that all rules fail
In his case. 80 she gave him these
epistles without a doubt that they
would ultimately reach their destina-
tion.
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 letter from Alice saying that
she Is coming. that she feels she
knows me SO well 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."
'Well?" Queried Mr.. Blank, pa
tiently.
well, II 1t Is well-Alice and Sadie
do not speak to each other, and 1t
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 I admire about you," said
Mr.. Blank, slowly, "is 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
! do?"
Mrs. Blank leaned her forehead on |
her hand in despair and Mr.. Blank |
her In an amused silence. |
Suddenly he had thought.
Stay" he said softly to himself,
Ind began to search his pockets.
Mrs. Blank looked up wide-eyed.
from the inside pocket OF his coat
presently Mr.. Blank brought forth a
lumber OF letters. more than a wom-
IN would have thought one small
,ocket would hold. He sorted these
'lowly, while his wife quivered with
mpatience, and finally he selected one
rom the bunch and held it out be-
ween his thumb and finger. "Is this
he epistle you wrote Sadie?" he
Isked.
"John!" cried Mrs. Blank, falling on
Ills neck. "You didn't mail 1t, did
,ou?"
Il forgot all about It," returned
Mr.. Blank.
Mr. Blank smiled a self-congratula.
ory smile, and seemed to grow In
stature.
Ten minutes later Mrs. Blank had
thought. John Blank" she said.
let me see the rest of the letters in
hat pocket"
Mr. Blank complied slowly. and he
ooked nervous as his wife sorted
hem on her own account. There was
IN ominous silence for several min.
ties, and then the woman In the case
'roke forth: "One here for moth.
n that should have been mailed a
week ago; one for my dressmaker.
cry important, and explains probably
Why ! did not get my gown Saturday;
ne ordering the new matting-John.
III never trust you with another let
or as long as l live; / think you
re the meanest thing!"
Which" said Mr.. Blank later to
dmself. mikes q man In his mind
onsiderably."