Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-09-01

as Mrs Guilfoy knew he would
Then, one by one, as a man drives
lacks into a board, Tom Guilfoy drove
his wife's ideas into the senior part
ner's head. The partner was delighted.
he rose and shook hands with his bar
rister, and they finished the bottle in
great good fellowship. Then they went
up to the drawing room.
When the carriage was announced,
and after Mrs. Kelton had kissed Mrs
Guilfoy, Mr.. Kelton said warmly to his
hostess:
Madam, I congratulate you ON your
husbands ability. He's a clever fell
low, madam; he's solved a great diff
Guilty for us. An enormous difficulty!
l see future before him, madam I'm
proud of his acquaintance! Good
night
A week later the case was heard,
| and Guilfoy made his first public APP
pearance. He was nervous, but conf
dent, for his wife had drilled the line
we'll into him. He was no fool, nor
was he wanting in oratorical powers,
and, backed up by the peculiar nature
of his defense, he was soon at his
ease. His argument was a great sue
cess, and His Honor, in giving judg-
highly complimentary terms to the
| ability of his learned brother.
Soon afterwards his wife presented
him with son and heir. and the
senior partner stood godfather. The
doctor, shaking his head solemnly,
said: Mrs. Guilfoy must not be wor
| RED" consequently her husband lost
big will case in a most unaccountable
manner; he took the wrong line his
| solicitors affirmed. Then the medica.
man ordered a sea voyage, and Mrs.
| Guilfoy and the baby went to England.
| She looked terribly careworn and pale,
| and her husband naturally felt INK
ious.
He put up at the club during her abb
| sence, and for the first two months
wrote regularly by every mail Then
| she began to figure in his eyes as
| tall, thin, dark-eyed woman, who cried
on the promenade deck, and told hin,
| to be a good boy, to work hard, and
above all, to write often. After this
| he only wrote once a fortnight.
| Somehow or other things began to
go very wrong with Tom Guilfoy. He
neglected his work and lost three i'm
portant cases through pure careless
ness. His solicitors demonstrated, but
he took no notice He lost another.
Then he began to take a nip" &C.
! casionally. All men and a good many
women know what that means. He
| scarcely went near his Office, but
| played pool at the club until his hand
grew too shaky and he could hal dly
see the balls. After that for three
weeks he disappeared into the black
valley altogether.
| His wifa had baop ooua civ r,nprhc
and he only wrote when he felt in
clined-which was not often. His
handwriting must have been a revela-
ton to her, for she suddenly wrote
| announcing her return Taking the
| letter out of the club rack he put it in
| his pocket, intending to read it when
| alone. About a month afterwards he
| CHANGED to find it. The Oratava was
expected that day, and he went down
| to WilliamstOwn to meet her, taking
/ just nip or two to prepare himself
| for the interview. He could not trust
himself to shave.
1 have said before that Mrs. Gull
| foy was a clever woman. 1 withdraw
that statement and say that she was
| the clevereSt woman that breathed
Another wife would have shrfeked and
| tainted on being welcomed by such a
husband as Tom Guiifoy looked at that
moment, but she did neither; she was
| far too wise. Conceive it If you can!
But 1 tell you that that radiant. ma
jestic creature, beautiful as Aurora
| foated up the salon towards him with
her hands outstretched, and before he
| knew where he was she had kissed
i, him on either cheek crying:
| Tom. Tom, my dear, dear boy! oh.
| how glad l am to be with you again!"
Then she took him home, and he
| felt like a bad little boy who, an-ici-
| pating whipping, had been unexpect-
| eddy forgiven
| Now how that woman worked no ,ne
will ever understand; but she shaved
| she toiled, she fought, she struggled
night and day to lift her husband back
/ to his lost position. She was popular
before she left; she was a thousand
| times more popular when she returned.
Nobody could deny her anything; and
even old Kelton began to think that
after all perhaps he'd been just a little
/ too hard on Tom
A small brief followed. She brushed
her husband up, gave him his cue, and
he won two more cases, and his nerve
| returned. By this time he could run
downstairs without using the banis-
! ters-
said that Tom Guilfoy was a better
man than they had thought him. OF
course he got all the credit-that's