Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-04-11

was the moment when he would see
sorrow The words came slowly
and bitterly:
John, You are a perfect imbecile.
What have done, my dear?'
With tight lips she answered:
Everything, think"
The rose dropped guiltily in his
Duttonhole, but wide movement OF
his hands expressed surprise and in
nocence.
w hat under the sun, could have
possessed You to tell Mrs. Evans that
you Won her epergne as prize in a
gold handicap
He Hoped into a chair.
Great Scott,' he cried Was tina,
terror Mrs. Evans? thought it was
the DEVILS rag doll and wanted to
behave socially and keep up my end.
Socially" she sneered. I'm order
to be social one must have some
tact"
F'eebly he answered:
L thought that the secret of so.
c1al success was to be a bull of ones
sell, to declare so per cent dividend
whether one had money in the bank
ior not"
oh. You did. did you? Now Won
see what mess you have made Of
IL | should keep my horrid slanky
STOCK exchange expressions out of my
nome If | were you. And YOU told
Mrs. Pegram that Blankleys provided
the refreshments! Oh, dear. dear,
shall never be able to hold up my
head again"
hopping her brow with her hand.
kerchlef she sank on the sofa.
And didn't her asked her hus.
oand Imply. Il thought we gor
everything from him"
"Oh, oh, OH"
Know the bills are big enough,
SO | always supposed that he pro.
vlded up with all the necessities OF
Iife."
Family his wife faltered lyon also
told Mrs. F1tz Moses-that--- picked
up this dress at bargain sale AZ
Blandleys. Oh, | shall faint, / know /
shalI,'
That was wrong, WASH it?o he
asked, apparently taking an inteni.
gent interest in the matter.
"urongi' she cried. Wrong, No.
thing could be more hopelessly wrong
how could your"
In this way he explained y
was telling Mrs. Fitz Maurice. ar
whatever her name is, that you were
the best little wife in the world and
tnat though You were always turned
out so awfully well you didn't throw
money away. You see, | was putting
IN a word Tor you. | thought you de
served word of praise ~. getting
all those nice people together"
In his heart he was abiding to the
widowette with the Kensington man
ner, but he did not think it prudent
to let the alluson go farther.
With sob that came from her SOU
Mrs. Dabcock said: Il had onl,
Just told Mrs. Fitz. Moses that il was
a French model dress that 4 had
bought at Kate Reily's. don't
Know what she can possibly think OF
met
And where the dickens did YOU
get the Internal thing?' he asked
IT was made by little woman in
the Iedbury road who makes up ones
own materials.
And how the deuce was to know
thaty''
irrelevantly she answered..
on, you men know nothing at all
You never know anything, but you
might think"
Ihere was something In her man.
ner which convinced him that she
had not completed her catalogue OF
woes.
What next?" he asked What
have | done nowaI5t seems that YOU
subscribe to sotL OF intelligence bu.
reau TO report everything say or
do
OH" she groaned. Il made such
mistake in introducing Lady Grisel.
da to Lady Emily. Lady Emily said
that she felt 1T her duty to tell me
that Lady Griselda, after much hest.
tation, said that she was surprised to
meet Lady Emily, because, after the
shocking scandal-which she pre-
sumed knew all about-her presen.
fation was cancelled. II was really
very nice and conscientious of them
to say what they did And it does
show that the upper class are fully
sensible of the duties that their rank
imposes.
think 1t shows said Mr.. Bah.
cock, that they enjoy talking scandal
as much as anybody else"
oh, wish you would not be so
cynical at such moment" Sadly
she added: Il suppose II would not
be wise for me 70 have anything put
In the -,ayswater Chronicle about
Lady Girselda or about Lady Emily. :"
No, he said. thoughtfully. per
haps not but | should have a little
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