Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-05-15
The nES0uRGEFUi.
HUSBAND
he Avoids Being Caught in a Lie
20 His Wife.

MS one month or 50 ago 1al 70
go 70 Chicago. He was due 10 be ~
sent about two weeks His young
wife hated 70 have him 20 They've
only been married a year. you know.
Now. when be goes on business
trips, as be quite often does, this man
always makes his wife happy By max
ing A great show Of taking her picture
along with him. Then when he's writ
ing TO her from the place be goes 70
he writes about how the sight Of he-
photograph on his dresser soothes his
lonesome hours. and So on
Usually the las- thing that he does
Then packing his bag is 70 grab The
cabinet photograph Of kis wife The
only one Of the Kind iu me house until
this thing happened. thar stands on
the manrel in the front room Of The
fat and he stuzs IT conspieuously in
his bag while she looks en-.
But when be started for Ca.csso or
this lasr trip he was In sash dead
rush that in hacking he cutie forgot
the photograph Of his wife Ee had
to hustle Tor The train and 70 for tte
first time be overlooked his little per-
fslmauce.
after he'd gone she noticed that
he'd forgotten the picture But she
mentally excused him for forgetting H.
a day OF 50 after her husbands ~
rival in Chicago she received a letter
from him thar amazed and shocked
her quite beyond expression.
In this letter her husband said.
among many other rhings no. at all
ge7maEe 10 rhe point Of rlis narrative.
that be was r-girg ali kinds of scIsce
and consolation from her picture
which. as usual. he had De-eLel On lis
dresser. etc.
OF course. she had good reason 10
be amazed and shocked when she read
that letter
Now, three or four days AFTER his
arrival in Chicago he was writing her
another letter il which he started 10
tell her about the Joys and delight he
was extracting from the sight OF her
picture on his bureau-zhen q sldEeu
wave of memory overwhelmed and
stunned him He suddenly recalled
that he didn't have the picture with
him al ALL
He Thought IT out for minute
Then ne went right ahead and finished
The letter TO her about how much con
ISOLATION. etc. he was finding in the
picture OF her And he mailed the let
ter.
His way ont was This:
Re is wen acquainted. personally as
wei as in . business way. with the
photographer who had .aEen thar pic
ture o. his wife. And So Immediately.
he wired 70 the Photographic here in
New York. irs-ruc-iug him TO make
instanter. print OF that photograph
Of his wifa-Which the photographer
knowing the wife. TOO. could quickly
identity-and TO fire IL along by spe-
cial delivery TO Chicago.
Tie photographer here IN New York
fred IL along TO the resourceful one in
Chicago. who went Ont and bought al
elaborate oval silt frame for it.
He knew that his wife would
imaeino when he got back home thar
she had him. and that she would haze
a little sadness about her. aad 50 on
AID he had that end Of IT correctly
She had meant 10 restrain
herself bus 7-hedS he flung MS arms
about her Oh entering the aat she col
agsed from having worried. and fen
.o weeping
He. Of course. with q wide eyed gaze
Il utter Innocence. asked her what ca
sarth could be the matter.
~Oh. TITO t-t-think.~ she gasnsd.
-t-t-shat you could t-t-teu me
;-s-story.7
Story said he, winking sagely az
himself in the mantel mirror over her
.houlder Say, look a-here. little one.
what's this all about. anyhow? What
.tory2 What on earth are you talk
ng about9"
~W-w-why." she gasped between her
obs. about Mummy p-p-p-pictur=
me that you were
Hooking al il every n-n-nigbt. and
GU d-d-didn't have il with y-y-you at
Hits on the b-b-bureau this NM
ainute,"
Then he pushed her away from him
nd regarded her with an expression
( lofty and wounded sadness.
TkT 12S45 RESPONSIVENESS 2s456
Ny little one" he said to her in
lat injured. abused tone. my dear. do
on really mean 10 say that you could
mink me capable Of thas-me?1
"B-b-but. J-J-Jim. dear, she sobbed.
the p-p-picture is on the b-b-bureau
fright n-u-now. and"
FOR reply ne put his bag on top Of 5
le dining room table. opened it. and {
lere right on top OF the clean linen
Id beautifully wrapped about in a I
hite silk muller was her photograph. !
Dearest" ne said TO her. didn't a
n YOU when you came back from I
.e country last summer that I had S
lother print OF that Photograph made /
st for carrying away On business y
ms aud that I GOT this frame for il. {
ID that I put il in the bottom Of my i
in as soon as / got it SOS Id be o