Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-25

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would keep it and they would have a
great laugh over 1t at moo
She held to this last resolve for half
an hour. and then the missive was hid
den away, n she vas going about
the house with pale cheeks and COM
pressed lips. At IL O'Clock the door
bell rang. and a travelling clock tinker
asked II shs had anything In his line
to do. He set an obstinate clock go
ing and collected a quarter for his
skill
He was the man whom the husband
saw glide furtively away. You will
always cad ~furtiveness In q clock
tnkers movements II the sun happens
to shine on him just right
So 1t happened that neither letter
was produced to be laughed over.
There was constraint, and both hus-
band and wife felt It They were no.
longer natural In their behavior, and
that very fact aroused suspicious.
"She is deceiving me" and "He Is
deceiving me" were what they were
saying to themselves, and the seed
planted by the anonymous letter writ
er had taken fair root. At any mo-
ment during the next month had both
letters been produced all would have
would have been cleared up In ten
minutes. But they were not produced.
They were treasured.
The strained relations became pain.
full. but what could either do? They
could not accuse each other on an
anonymous letter. They did a great
deal OF thinking, however.
1t 30 happened that both had been
engaged previous to their own engage
ment- What did Watch your wife
and you will discover mean except
that Kitty's old lover was writing to.
her, seeing her secretly, ~persuading
her that be could never, never love an
other and suggesting an elopement to-
a PARKWAY Isle?
The letter carrier was questioned as
to what letters he delivered at the
house. A private detective was paid
So a day to search the town for the
old lover. The boy that moved the
lawn was instructed to keep watch on
all life insurance and sewing machine.
agents calling at the house, and the
husband began to feel himself a Sher-
lock Holmes.
Something was also done on the 9th
er hand. Night after night as the hus-
band lay sleeping-for even Jealous
husbands do sleep-a form clad In
white might have been seen going
through his pockets In search of dam
aging evidence.
his weekly visits to his Masonic
lodge had to be verified. If he went
out In the evening to order soap at the
grocery he was followed OF course he
must In some way be In communica-
ton with his old love and have aban-
donment o divorce In view. Just let
him try It! II he ran away he should
be brought back in chains. If he APP
piled for a divorce she would fight the
case to the last court In the land.
Naturally their set noticed that some
thing was wrong. strive as the couple
might before company, but ~no~onet
4r-w-
for once the Mutual ffYe1f4 did not in-}
terfere and make matters worse.
A more miserable couple did not ex-
list, but no explanations were asked for
or volunteered Anything Of the sort
would have been taken for falsehoods.
Watch your wife" and watch your
husband" were watchwords ever be.
fore them. Separation. at least, must
have been the ultimate result had not
b jokers finally decided to show their
hands. One morning as the young hus-
band reached his desk another letter
in a certain chirography awaited him.
His heart gave a jump. In this he
would be told something specific. He
dreaded to open it and yet he thirsted
for the solution.
After a hesitation lasting five min
utes the envelope was torn away. The,
next moment a bareheaded man, hold
ing a sheet of note paper in his hand.
was running down the street. A block
from home he encountered a oma
also oil the run and also holding an
open letter in her hand.
"Kitty, my darlingr'
"Oh, my deal Harry"
II just got this by mail"
And l just got this"
And when they recalled that every
woman in the block was watching
them they compared notes. He read:
that she is using Aliens hair tonic
N her hair!'
And hers:
that your Harry is getting a bald
spot on top of his headr'
And then the doves came back and
cooed and never flew the coop any
more.
An Expert.