Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-04-27
A COMPLICATED CASE.

| have the honor to present to yon,
first, Mon Floreatin Barioch, professor
of mathematics, Ecole Centrale. Second,
Nine Florentin Barloch. Two conjoints,
faithful honorable, and loyal. So faith
full and loyal that they were unable to
arrive at living comfortably together and
were suing for divorce. 1t
was nearing evening. The professor en-
tered his house and sought his wife. He
found her In the act of being
clasped by the arms of another. death
and perdition!" Numbered the faithful,
honorable, and loyal Bariocn. And seiz-
ing his revolver he made ready to kill
the culprits and to blow out, Immediately
afterward his own brains, as in similar
cases the conyenances exact.
But the culprits rebelled.
'Stop!" they clamored simultaneously.
Wherefore stop?" demanded Barloch.
The divorce is granted"
you think sof' queried the husband,
becoming thoughtful
Sure of it," responded they.
y
is only right monsieur" pur-
sued the husband, politely bowling, ina.
dame, my wife that was ! beg your par.
don! | regret to have troubled you!
And he went out, confounding himself
with excuses.
Some minutes later. however, Florontin
Barloch haG a suspicion. As he never
trilled with a point of honor, he made in
quiry.
Alack-a-day! the result was dcplora-
bic. Barloch saw himself forced to re-
turn and throw himself upon his wife
and his wife's lover
What do you wish. monsieur" de-
manded they, seeing him re-enter.
TO avenge my honor. You have dis
honored met"
'lmpossible!"
1T is SO. / tell you!"
"But-the divorce?"
WAS pronounced at $3.50 o'clock this
afternoon, yes. But your lover embraced
you at 3:45 p. m. That clock on the
mantel there and the one on the corner
both marked 3:46 o'clock as | climbed
the stairs. You see, then, that | am dis
honored Which was TO be demonstrate
ed" roared the professor of mathemat-
les, in tragic tones.
And again he prepared himself to
avenge his honor.
But once more the culprts started.
Stop! stop" they cried.
And why?"
The clocks are slow!"
Won think so?'
Yes, ten minutes. Stay, We'll prove
it,"
And proved it -reffsctively
In short, since thus it is" pursued the
resigned husband. Il renew my excuses
monsieur! madamel y"
And he withdrew, saluting to the
ground.
But one is not a professor of exact
sciences for nothing Florcntin Barloch
had n new suspicion.
Then he betook himself to the tribunal
where .he divorce had been granted and
thence to the clockmaker's. 1t was many
leagues distant from his house, that tri-
bunal. in the direction of the east "-a-
Barloch returned to his home, his hair
bristling on his skull.
shuttle and equivocate longer thou
shalt not!' exclaimed he making straight
for the accused, whom he had left under
surveillance in his absence. "Once for
all. | tell you you have deceived me.
Rascals!"
"Truly?'
at is indisputable The clock of the
tribunal was Slow"
How muchf"
six minutes and a half. Then"
We'll, well--then?"
Follow carefully my reasoning. s
Then, | saw, allowing the clock
on the mantel there and on the corner
the admitted hour, 3:45, plus ten min
utes slowness. equals 3 o'clock and SIS
minutes, the exact hour at which was
given the embrace with which | reproach
YOU. Is it not SOY"
Yes asseuted the others, dumfourd-
81 and mixed,
Very well, then. Allowing for the
clock of the tribunal below yonder as the
hour of the divorces granting, o'clock
and 80 minutes, plus and one-half min
utes' slowness, we have 3 o'clock, Sc min
uteS and 80 seconds as the true hour of
the DECISIONS rendering. Then"
"Welly"
You dishonored me one minute and
thirty seconds before the decree was an.
nouuced."
"HQuihle! Homible!" cried the two ac-
ru~ed. preparing To give up the ghost,
while Florentin seized anew his avengiug
revolver,
But at the instant he was going to fire
Nine. Barloch uttered cry.
A word! one world" implored she.
say it. madame!"
The hour here Is not the same as that
of the tribunal. 1t is necessarily some
minutes slower"
why ?"
Because we are west, Of course"
1t l. true"
<"Calculatc that slowness."
{ Mud the three people, wife. husband.
'aud lover. With lutteriug hearts and