Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-16
WAS A REAL SURPRISE.
From the WASHINGTON Star.

From the Washington Star.
When this jealous wife of a rather
EoodIooking husband several years her.
Junior reached his office the other fore!
noon he had just been summoned to,
he telephone.
Hal" said the jealous wife to her.
self. Some creature ~telephoning to-
him, perhaps" {
So she remained in the ante room.
Her husband was in the main office,
and, as he stood at the phone with his,
back to her he did not know that h
had arrived.
Hello" he said in the phone. Who's
that's you say? Oh, Jim. Why, h'ware
you, old man? Anything doing"
cts that horrid, flirtatious James
Swiftclip talking to him. said the jeal-
Gus Wife to herself. Il always did sus-
pect that man.")
"Huh?" went on the jealous wife's
husband at the phone. Say, is that
so? Well, I'm mighty glad to hear
that. Say, where did you trap her, any,
how" $
{" Herr" snorted the jealous wifi
from her screened position in the ante
room. Il knew there'd be some devil
ment in the wind with that Swiftciip
man calling him up!") :
"B'jing, I'm delighted that you've
nailed her. old pal" went on the guilty
husband at the phone. Say, is she a
locker, honest?'
con, how can / keep my hands off
him!" muttered the jealous wife. Look
er!'")
Dead sure thoroughbred. you say.
eh?" went on her husband al the
phone. "Well, me for her. / sure want
to look her over. What's that? A rag
ing beauty, you say? We'll, | suppose
that's bad-perfectly wretched, huh?
That's the kind I'm hunting for"
con, such deceitfulness!' muttered
the jealous wife TO herself.)
You see, I'm tired Of having these
NUTS flashed on me- the man at tho
phone went on, confidently. Il want
only the real thing. I'm willing to dig
up anything within reason to get tho
real kind, too, as l told you.'
ooh, the traitor!" Kissed the mans
wife, trembling with rage.) :.
Say, you got her there win you
right. Curled up IN your lap right
now, hey? We'll, you want to remem-
Der that she's mine, old boy"
c"Curled up in his lap-horriple!
the jealous wife ~grasped.)
Say" went on the unsuspecting nus
band at the phone, cant you fetch
her right down now and let me look
ler over. l4Sl SSc, us pASN's 49,
lunch time, and ! believe my wifeIl be
down some time pretty soon, and, or
course, / don't want my wife TO see her,
see? But you just trot her over mere
now, and I'll have q peek, n then
we can fix 1t, understand? What's that?
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 and wrathy
wife.
He looked somewhat surprised. She
took his surprised look as a dead sure
indication of his guilt.
80, sir" she began, you are going
to have some wretched tawdry creature
brought to your office by that miser-
able scoundrel, James Swlftclp' are
you?" :,
The man hung his head. He ooked
like a man cornered and corralled.
II heard every word you said In the
'phone, so you needn't deny It," his
wife went on, breathlessly. How dare
you carry on in this public way in such
p manner? What do you mean by
protesting TO l-l-loVe me, ana TIL
then j,
She was relapsing into tears, md, or
| course, the man o hold OF her TO
attempt to comfort her.
Don't you d-d-d-dare t-t-t-touch
mel" she gasped. throwing him off. i
hate the ~l-l-toucH Oh your
hand, you ~scandalous, deceitful Tt
thing"
my dear" he began, "if you under
stood the circumstances OF this mai
ter | I'm sure you would not take on
in this
understand" she exclaimed, pas
~sionately. ."D-d-d-didn't | hear your
very words to that horrid brute in the
phone? Isn't he going to fetch some
miserable baggage down here to your
office and
Just at that instant the happy-go-
lucky jim Swiftclip arrived at the cI-
flee with the miserable baggage. he
was carrying the miserable baggage IN
his arms, and he promptly deposited
| her in his friends arms. -,
Here, my dear" said the man TO ms
Jealous wife, lis the young female IN
dividual about whom ] was taking
with Jim in the phone. I've had Jim
on the lookout for a good n for a long
time. and he has been kind enough 10
ret this crackerjack for me. ] wanted
her for a present, q surprise to you
you'd often told me how much you
wanted one Of her kind"
Then he handed the dainty little Jap
anese lady spaniel over to his wife.