The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-12-13
JACKS DELINQUENCY.
IRON the Chicago News.

.Mary, do you think / look as II 4 Ind
been crying? Well. I suppose the wind.
has made my eyes a little red.
"Jack-Mr. H~arris-didn't meet me at
that tearoom DOWNTOWN as he promised.
But I don't care at all-1ot In the least.
1 had rather an unpleasant time and
couldn't eat anything. It's all Jacks
Mr.. Harris'-fault, too.
You need not make coffee for his din
ner. No, nor tea. Well nave Just milk.
Oh, 1 know he doesn't drink milk. but we
can't always be considering he likes.
BY the way, you need not fry the chick
fn, etthes. Well have creamed Goldfish;
Tack detests it. IT youscan think Of any
hing else that he doesn't eat, you may as
yell cook that, too.
"No I'm not Is the least angry. No. In
Iced, 1 never get mgr with my husband.
merely can't always be thinking Of his
aislikes and likes. He didn't remember
MS engagement with me today and IL
don't care If I never, never see him again.
No, I don't, I suppose I'd get along equally
well without him. So, Mary, you may
As we'll get the dinner at once. I won't
wait for him-he can eat 1t cold; though
perhaps 1t would be better to have Inner
gery late-for he always comes home SO
hungry.
why, it's after 5 o'clock now. What do
you suppose is the reason he doesn't
come?
ooh, can anything have happened to
him? You say he may have been struck
by an automobile? Mary, how can you
suggest such q. thing? You had a friend
vino was smashed to pieces by one: Oh.
oh! II they are bringing Jack home in
pieces-IIl love every little, tiny piece.
What? Yes, yes, get some hot water
ready; they may need 1t if-no, no, that
looks as If we were anxious to be ready
toto fix him together, I mean
oh, Mary, the sight of blood will make
me faint. Do you think he'll have any
blood on him.? Your friend die? Mary,
you are such a comfort to me? If he only
returns to me whole I'll never, never tell
you to cook Goldfish again.
Poor boy! He won't care for the chick
en-. either-and it was such a nice chicken,
too! The butcher said
oh, some one is coming! It's Jack!
He's whistling. How can he when I'm
mourning him for dead?
Pm so miserable and he's an unfeeling
husband. I won't speak to him.. No, TN
open the door. You can go and get the
the Goldfish ready.
mo, I won't open the door-Tn just see
II there is any dust OF the-the knob.
oh, Jack, I'm SO glad to see you / can't
even think! lit was such a surprise to
Ito open the door and find you here. I
felt sure you were coming to me dead, SO
I told Mary to put on the hot water
"Oh, no, I'm not rvo There, you
mustn't kiss me any more, for I'm very
angry with you. No, not for being alive,
silly boy, but
"John Vincent Harris, why didn't you
meet your little wife in the southwest
corner Of the lunchroom, as you promis-
ed? Yes, it was the southwest corner. I
remember distinctly, because I kept say
ing IS for soup and w for fish. W-h-a-l-e,
fish, you know.
Are you sure? Maybe it was north
soup. of course. Yes, that was it. / was
there promptly at 2 o'clock.
We'll. If you think I could do all that
shopping and get there at 2 o'clock you
never were more mistaken in your life.
Now, John Vincent Harris. do you mean
to say that you think more Of you bust
ness than OF your own wife, SO that you
could not wait two hours for her?
ooh, about the lunch. I ordered for
you, too, because I knew you would be
so hungry. Jack, the waiter had such
handsome eyes! I think he rather liked
to look at me-so I ordered more than
] wanted and all the things you liked.
When you disappointed me / couldn't eat
a thing. I gave the waiter SO cents-he
had been so kind. But I nearly tainted
when I looked at the bill and discovered
that I hadn't money enough didn't
know that things cost so much.
81 wanted to be brave and dash out
without paying and then send the cashier
postage stamps, but I was afraid the pa
troll wagon would come after me, and If
the police got me you never, never would
know where I was, would you, lack dear?
$50 I counted even my pennies, pre-
tended that I was in an awful hurry and
| fairly threw the money at the cashier.
Yes, some of the money rolled on the
f1oor-but I didn't stop.
Now, Jack, dear, please pay me for
your lunch and send the cashier a check
for Z cents-and you'd better make 1t
anonymous $3.50 that waiter won't
know"