The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-02-09
) N A p S II 9 T S.

they called each other John and Jack
respectively.
Jack, you ought TO get married"
Not by jugful. DO you think I'll
give up my Independence
plague take your Independence!
Don't l enjoy as much of 1t as you do?
tell you
What you have told me thousand
times before
Jack. what do you have against the
women anyhow
"Oh, guess | know a thing or two
about them, and they're all alike"
you're cranky. Look here. take my
own case
Yes, even your own case
"Jack, what do you mean?"
THAT your WIFE.
you don't know anything about her,
You've only seen her once or twice"
Don't matter. She is handsome. In
teligent, clever, yet for all that as
Jealous as
Jack, you're joking. Why, I've been
married five years and have two
Don't care If you have n dozen
She's jealous, and l can prove it to you
In less than week. I'll bet n dozen
bottles OF champagne on it. Take me
up II you dare
Take you up! or course | will. and
we might as we'll have the first bottle
now ut your expense, BECAUSE
Wen see"
"Why, Jack, the excursion we are go.
Ing on tomorrow will take US three
days, and you will have only four left"
"Nevcr mind I've thought OF that"
The next day they arrived at their
destna ton, the little summer resort In
the mountains
John. my sister is going to join US
here, and as III be tugging my Gamers
about l shall have 10 leave her to your
tender nercics mosNy.'
"Your sister Jack? Why, ! haven't
seen her since you and | were at col.
lege together, and she was just little
girl then. How delightful."
Then followed two days of tramplng
,
grand scenery. glorious time, and
then away again.
Two days later Jack called at tho
homo OF his friend. Joha is not there
and that he knew beforehand. but his
wife Is. or course the little trip Jack
and John have made together becomes
at once the subject OF conversation.
yes, indeed, we had II most delight
full time. The weather, the mountain
air and the scencry-oh, l enjoyed 1t
ever so much, and so did joint He
was very much taken with the trip,
and his only regret was that you
weren't with us to enjoy it too"
Indeed! Well, that was very nice
for him to remember me. But really !
preferred to stay here at the seaside
with tho children, especially as | am
not very fond OF the mountains any
how. Yet John has been telling me so
much about 1t l almost wish l had
gone"
Eyes, I'm sure you would have en-
1oyed II. or course | had my camera
with me. and | took some pictures.
snapshots. Oh, nothing special! Mere
" amateur work, but l thought you
might enjoy looking ut them, and 80
I have brought up some Of them for
you. I will just leave them here. 80
you can look them over at leisure"
swell, how kind you are! or course
l shall enjoy them ever SO rnuch."
Two hours later John comes homo
and finds his wife wearing look on
her face ~ threatening as a cyclone
stormcloud.
"That must have been fine time
you had on your trip"
certainly. Haven't l been telling
you about 1t TIL my tongue almost
won't wag any moreT'
ooh, yes, indeed! I'm on to you'll"
"Why, LOttie, dear
Don't you Lottie dear, me!
know just what kind OF time you
have had. and I've got it black on
white too. Oh, yes. you needn't look
80 innocent"
"Why, Lottir, told you about all
the places we went to and all the pco
pie we met"
Eyes, and who Is this woman with
you Who
THAT Why that is Jacks sister.
merely forgot
ooh, yes. you can't work that on me!
There, how tenderly you help her
across the stile there eating from the
same lunch basket, and there even
actually holding her in your arms
You mlserable"--
"Why. Lottie. she stepped on stone
and would have tripped and fallen II !
hadn't caught her, but where did you
get tAese?"
THAT nice friend OF yours was kind
enough to give you away"
"A dozen bottles OF champagne!
And then he broke down, and he laugh
ed TIL he cried. while his wife looked
on, half wrathful, half inclined to join
In his merrment, but utterly at sea NJ
to the cause OF It. Then he confessed
n all erd she laughed too. laughed