The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-09

very life-like head. Desiring, yet fear
ing, to spring at the open throa and
glittering teeth of this dreadfully alive
looking beast. Bib occupied his time
In making short ruus and doubtful
barks at IT, and quite ignored the oc-
casional ripples of soft N s~motbered
laughter that escaped from the three
fair ones seated roun the tea-tAb1e,
because he thought, In his prize
terrier Importance, hat their amuse-
ment was merely derived from watch
ing his cleverness. 1t never entered
into his head that there could be any
other subject In the world so entertain
ing and delightful as himself. So he
continued his dead-tiger hunt, and the
ladies continued their causerie. till the
tiny Louis Seize clock on the mantel-
piece tlnkled a silvery warning that 1t
was time to break up the m mysterious
debate.
You're quite agreed, Them said
Mrs. Dennison. as she rose and drew
her mantle round her in readiness TO
depart.
"Quite!' exclaimed Laura Adair,
clasping her hands in ecstasy. 1T will
be glorious!"
"Simply magnificent" echoed Belle
Fairfax. with rapture sparkling in her
blue eyes; then suddenly p~erceiving her
L%illiputian dog nigh upon actually get
ting bodily into the deliberately modelled
throat of the tiger-head. she caught
him up, murmuring: Zoo naughty
sing! zoo sail 20 too: rocky-pocky,
uppy-downy, ~jiggamaree!"
Good heavens, Belief" cried Mrs.
Dennison. putting up her hand to her
aar. ~ aFnntn7 l1rrc,. UnA wyanaot.
your husband complains il he hears
you talk such rubbish to hat little
monster!"
He isn't a monster" protested Belle.
Indignantly. you can't say It; you
daren'ti Just look at him!"
j And she held Bib up. sitting gravely
on his launches In one little palm OF
her hand, He looked SO absurdly small
and quaint. and withal had such a ov-
ing. clever, bright. wee face OF his own.
that Mrs. Dennison relented.
Positively he is a darling." she
said; I'm bound to admit 1t. Land
seer might nave raved over him. No
$ wonder your husbands Jealous of him!',
. All three ladies laughed gayly. though
, Laura had something like tears in her
beautiful eyes. .
: 81 think" she said, softly. that as
< far as I am concerned, Frank may
}, have a little cause to feel himself neg
] lected. You see when one goes very
| much into society, as I do. one falls uu :
= consciously into society's ways, ami one
gets ashamed of showing too decided a
= liking for ones own husband. It Is a
] false shame, of course, but there it IL.
And ! Inn really SO deeply In love with
3 Frank that, when we were first mar
t rjed, people remarked it and other
women made fun OF me, and then
then I Joined the Pioneers out OF a silly
! notion of elf-defense. The Pioneers.
!, you know. are all against husbands and
the ~tyrannies of men generally-even
the loving tyrannies; and / thought ii
|, l was a Pioneer nobody would tease mo
( any more for being too fond of my
: husband. 1t was very stupid of me,
: yet when / once got among them | felt
so sorry for them all; they seemed 10
have such topsy-turvy notions of mar
riage and life generally, hat 1 set my
: self to try n cheer up some of ths
I loneliest and most embittered OF the
members, and do you know. I have sue
t ceeded in making a few of them hap
/ pier, but Frank sees it In the wroug
light"
SHt lOppeu. ana Belle tdlrIax KlSSeu
her enthusiastically.
You are a dear!' she declared. The
prettiest and sweetest woman alive,
! The upshot of 1t all is. that If we have
, made mistakes with the dear old boys,
l so have they made mistakes with us.
and we've hit upon the best plan in
: the world for proving how wrong they
! are. All we've got to do now is to
4 na rry ont 0ur cahap1n fhorn1iuhIu and
| secretly"
leave that to me-" said Mrs. Denni-
F, son. smiling placidly; "only you two
!" girls be r~eady-the rest is plain sail
ing"
The following week Mr.. and Mrs.
: Dennison gave a little dinner-party
The company numbered six, and were
the host and hostess, Mr.. and Mrs.
Adair and Mr.. n Mrs. Fairfax 1t
! was a farewell feast; the ladies were
in high spirits, the gentlemen spas
} medically mirthful and mon depressed.
Bright Mrs. Fairfax, at dessert. made
n telling little speech, proposing the
b healths of Our three dear husbands!
A pleasant trip ard a safe return to
l their loving wlvesi" Laura smiled
sweetly, and looked volumes as she
kissed her glass and waved it prettily
to Adair. Mrs. Dennlson nodded smil-
ingly from the head of the table to
. her husband sitting glumiy at the loot
thereof, and Mrs. Fairfax openly
waited a kiss to the silent George.
whose face was uncommonly red, and
who, moreover, had evidently lost his
usual excellent appetite. AS o matter
of fact, the Three Wise Men were very
uncomfortable. Their wives had never
seemed to them so perfectly fascinst-
ing, and they themselves had never
felt SO utterly 'small" and cmbar-
raised. However. they were all too OBJ
stinate to confess their sensations n
to another; their resolve was made. and
there was no going back upon it with
out, as they considered, a loss of dig
nifty.
ITO Re Continued TOnaorrcw.)