Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-11-16
The VILLAGE
CUI-UPS


one very wellknown young married
man is going around this town and
saying several times a day. His
crouch seems justifiable. Here Is the
story:
About two weeks ago plenty-gay
party of four persons, equally divided
as to sex, were dining in a rathes-
kellar in this town. The atmosphere
was not a marker to the moist time
they were having along with their
dinner. Everything moist from the
top-rim of the wet menu down to the
cordial list was sarspled couple OF
times over, and at the chartreuse
stage Of it, when everybody was tell
ing his or her real name and all talk
| ing at once, the cup-uppishness OF the
bunch asserted itself.
They began TO talk pleasantly OF old
| pals They all mutually knew lot
of the same folks. The young women
spoke somewhat regretfully of num-
Der of their former male friends who
had gone off to be married during re-
cent years.
The mention by one of the girls OF
the name of one of these married
ones was what got the village tease
thing started.
"Jim's married to horribly jeal-
GUS girl" said one of the men.
"Know what an independent cuss he
used to be? All over now. No longer
1t. Just excess baggage, that's all"
The mention of the jealousy of Jim's
wife got the four hoydenish things
to looking mischievously at each
other.
81 just believe I'll do it," declared
one of the girls. Deed l think
shall! Such larks!"
Then she unfolded her little scheme
and they all thought 1t would be
grand-and it went through.
The girl who thought it would be
such larks, stepped over to the tele-
phone in the rathskellar and called up
the house address of "Jim," the with
the jealous wife.
A woman's voice answered.
"Jim?" said the feminine voice at
the other end. rather sharply. Are
you referring to Mr.. Blank?"
"Oh, well, If you want to call him
that" replied the girl at the raths-
kellar phone. He's just Jim to me.
} What l want to know is. is Jim there
! now?"
Jill, dS you call TSpliSQ thO
harshened female voice at the other
> end of the line, rs not here now. He
is at his office, or at least he sent me
7 word that he would remain at his Of
. flee this evening. Who are you, may
. / inquirer
r "Me?" said the girl at the raths-
q kellar phone, winking merrily at the
. other cut-ups seated around the table.
| R..s- - ~
r ing him up because / can't understand
9 what the trouble is, you know. He
r promised to take me out to dinner
g this evening and he hasn't made his
j appearance"
. "Oh, he did that, did he?" said the
8 hoarse voice at the other end. Are
you aware of the fact that Mr.. Blank
is a married MANI"
"'Deed I'm mott" said the girl at the
rathskellar phone. He never told
me that. Is hep"
He certainly is, and ! am his wife
n and his three children are sleeping
q peacefully in their beds at this mo
t ment." said the gaspy voice at the
Il other end. And as for you, you"
The girl at the rathskellar phone
hung the receiver up right there.
Now, it actually happened that even
ing that the Jim of this strictly on-the
level story could not get home. There
was some kind of kink in his books
and he simply had to stay at his OF
fee to straighten the kink out HI
sailed out and got quick dairy luncl
after sending word to his wife tina
he'd remain downtown for some tim
that evening, and he worked like
burrowing hyena smack up to tw
O'Clock in the morning, when he wen
home, dog-tired and all In. s.
- His wife was waiting up for hin
- She was reading an upside-down boo
:. when he got in. and her countenanc
- twitched convulsively when she sa'
him.
10 She told him of the conversatio
Ia she had had over the phone with til
II young woman with whom he ha
"a made the dinner appointment.
ce 81 suppose" she added, dryly, afte
n telling him the story, that you keI
,p the appointment after she telephone
up here"
He tried to explain his delay
the Office and vowed, vumme
MT averred and swore his utter and abs
he lutte innocence in the whole bushes
nd Not a chance in the world for him
ng get away with 1t. She doesn't belle,
Pc him yet. She doesn't even speak
'ss him. Hasn't spoken to him since tn
a night. There isn't a chance on ear
for him to square himself and he
in going around town biting his mai