Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-06

falsehood, Palmer assured himself, for
he did not state whose pies and cakes.
One day his wife informed him that
she was going upon visit, and that
she intended to make pie which she
made him promise he would not eat un-
tai she came home next day, as she said
the pie would be much better if it was
allowed TO stand for a day OF so. OF
course, Palmer promised that he would
not eat it, although the termination
would be great, and secretly vowed that
the company would handle this pie the
same as the others. Wouldn't he have
to eat it sooner or later anyway?
His wife baked the pie. placed it in
the oven, warned him again not to touch
| it, and went off on ker trip. She had
hardly gotten out of the house when
Palmer called up the company. and re-
quested them to send up one of their
best apple pies and take this particular
one away.
When his wife came home and asked
Palmer if he had touched the pie. he
truthfully answered that he had not.
which seemed to please her very much.
She'll never find out the deception, .
he assured himself.
"Clinton!" almost shrieked his wife,
who was in the kitchen, come here and
look at this pie"
What's the matter with it?'' asked
Palmer, as he came out into the kitchen.
Didn't it turn out good? ?"
My pie turned out all right cried
his wife, almost in tears, ''but this one
isn't my pie. While I've been away
someone has taken my pie and left this
once in its place. Oh, wish that / had
never gone away" bursting into tears.
"Why, ] would not take the supposed
loss of an old pie 80 much to heart" ex-
claimed Palmer soothinglv. Gone APP
pie pie is the same as another, and YOU
have no sure way Of ascertainIno
whether this is your pie or not
But | am sure that this is not my
pie" cried the wife, making brave eff
fort to stop her tears. "Nvhen | went
away | felt sure that you would be care
less about locking the house up at night,
so thought of hiding all my iewelry in
place where robbers would never
think of looking for 1T. So / made the
pie and put all my jewelry inside tine
pie. That's why | told you not 10 touch
it unit. / came home. This is not my
pie, for there is not 9ign of a tin box
in it, and there never was. Clinton Pal
mer, what did you do with my pie !?
Tell me the truth"
"The DEVIL gasped Palmer abscrt-
mindedly leaning against the range and
receiving a good burn for his thought
fulness. "Why didn't you tell me you
had something inside the pie, and
never would have left the company take
it away All the jewelry in it? Well,
there goes about $4,000 out of the loor.
tt
what company?" interrupted his
wife angrily, and smelling mouse
Pray tell me, Clinton Palmer, what
right had they to take my pie away !?
Where did this other pie come FROM"
Palmer thought that the best way out
of this hole was to own up and tell his
wife everything, which he did. Wishing
himself at the other end OF the gloLe
while doing so.
When he had finished his wife laughed
softly and after looking at him for IL
moment, said:
well, when | married you / gave my
self credit for marrying a s:nart man,
but | never imagined that you pos
sessed such a fertile set of grains and
We're capable of putting them to such
good use This explains why you sud
denly ceased growing about my pastry
and began to praise it. Well, I'll for
give you this time, for this experience
is going to prove dear lesson for you;
but hereafter please Lave enough faith
in me to try and eat my pastry. A
good husband will always stand up for
his wife's cooking good or bad"
Palmer tried his best to locate the
Newlyweds Pastry company, incor-
porated, but never succeeded in doing so,
for he found that the company had van
ished Tor parts unknown, and were never
again heard from. The next best and
only thing he could do was to replace
his wife's jewelry and eat her pastry
without complaint.-Arthur Whitney in
the New Orleans Times Democrat.