Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-11-22
WIS 4 REAL SURPRISE.

From tha Mash rstan Siar.
NAcn This leal alie Of 4 rather
,oci sang hgsia .,sal Nose het
junior lte,aoc lts ihe olaer iare-
noon l~d JUST be.n summarized t.
tAe te~lo.nonn.
TIA said ue 5elous wife ia her
SELF. ~sane creature islephouias to-
linn. perhaps
50 she remained liz tae ante lootn.
Her husband was IN the main oilee.
,ana. us he stood ut the phone With his
back TO her lie did NOT know that SHE
had arrived.
Hello" he said in ,he phone Who's
that's you say? ON. Jim. WnN. hMare
You. old mani Anything doing ="
cts that horrid. firlatious James
Swiftclip talking 10 HIM said the leal-
Gus wife To herself. Il always did sus-
.ect that mani
huh Went on the jealous wife's
husband ut the phone. say. is that
So Well. I'm mighty glad 10 hear
that. Say. where did YOU trap her, any
how
c"Her,'" snorted the jealous wife.
room. Il knew thcre'd be some devil
meni in the wind with that Swiftclip
mar calling him up,"D
"B'jing. I'm delighted that you'vo
nailed her old pal Went on the guilty
husband the phone. say, Is she %
locker, honest"
con. how can l keep my hands of
HIM" ruttered the jealous wife Look
er,'"D
"Dead sure thoroughbred. You say.
eh?' Went on her husband at tho
phone. We'll. me for her / sure want
to look her over. What's that y rag
Ing beauty. YOU say? W>ll. l SUPPOSE
! ,IMt'. MOL h.rfAa,l.- - NNfatHhtI hnhP
That's the kind I'm hunting for
con. such d~eceitfulncss,' muttcred
the Jealous wife To herseif)
You see. I'm tired of having these
NUTS flashed on me the man at tn"
phone went on, confidently. Il want
W anything within reason TO- get the
zeal kind. too. as ! told YOU"
con. the traitor" Missed the mans
wife. trembling with rage)
say. You got her there with You
now, old man? What's that On, an
now, hey Well. you want to remem-
Der that she's mine. old boy"
("Curlcd up in his lap-horrlhle'
the jealous wife erasped.l
SAY went on the u~nsuspecting hus-
band at the phone. cant You fetcii
her right down now and let me look
her over? Let's see, it's pretty near
lunch time, and l believe my wifell be
down some time pretty soon. and, of
course. / don't want my Wife TO see 'e!,
see? But you just trot her over here
now, and I'll have a peck, and then
we can fix it, understand what $ 'ha'
You'll be over in five minutes. All
right. old boy. I'll be waiting
He hung up the receiver. and turned
to face his white-faced n wrathy
wife.
He looked somewhat surprised, She
took his surprised look as a dead sure
indication of his guilt
so. sir" she began. you are going
to have some wretched tawdry creatur,
brought to your Office by that miscr-
able s%coundrel. James Sw!ftclip, are
YOU"
The man hung his head. He looked
like a man corncred and corralled.
II heard every word you said in the
phone. so you needn't deny IT." his
wife went on. breathlcssly. How dar.
you carry on in this pubic way IN sucs
n manner? h do YOU mean by
processing to l~-l-love me, and t-t-t-
Then
she was ~relapsing into tears, and. ot
course the man took hold of her to
attempt to comfort her
'Don't YOU d-d-d-dare t-t-t-toucf
me- she gasped. throwing him off. "
hate the v-v-v-very t~-t-touch OF your
hand. YOU scandaious. deceitful Tt
thing"
My dear" he began. "if YOU under
stood the circumstances Of this mat
ter | am sure YOU would not lake on
In this
"Understando" she exclaimed. pas
si~oaately. "~D-d-d-didn't ! hear YOU
yery words to that horrid brute in thu
phone? Isn't he going to fetch SOM
miserable baggage down here To sou
Just at that instant the happy-go