The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-16

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He was a sportfvely inclined young
husband, aware Of his looks not in
sensible 20 Impressions which he
made now and then. and withal. dis
posed to look or the world, especial
y the feminine portion OF it, benign
~. and with all the enthusiasm OF a
self-satiSfied generally cOntented
young person
With the dearest of d1minutive
wives, and a tiny daughter who pre-
. scented a perfect pocket edition OF
himself, he could lay every claim TO
/ self-satisfactiOn indeed. His varied
and UnsOught cOnquestS, he reasoned,
proved a line of mere personal diver
sion, and matters rocked merTily on
His wife was trifle Jealous He
knew that. but he comfortably reas-
sured himself that situations forced
upon him were most decidedly not his
fault. and anyhow, he had beautI-
full and unmitigated confidence IN
himself TO handle any situation, come
from whatsoever source ii might,
and at any time
He had been cutting around COns1d-
erabIy too much of late He knew IT.
He wasn't the only one who knew 1t,
either His wife. he considered, on
second thought, was probably aware
of the fact also
He must square things somehow,
he thought. Ii was Sunday morning,
and he would Tetrace his footsteps
home and ask her to accompany him
over the bay BY George, that was
a happy thought, What a sly person
he was, to be sure,
On his arrival in the apartments of
| his wife he was not little surprised
TO be confronted by the maid, who
announced that her mistress had al
ready Joined a party of friends and
had gone over to Santa Rosa for the
day Wore the best looking togs
she had in that mob, too he con-
sidered jealousy
Well anyhow, maybe that pink
fluffy thing she wore with the drOOp-
| ing rose hat didn't look good to every
one like il did TO him
He did have queer tastes.
The more he thought of the whole
affair, the more he fumed- The longer
he fumed and fretted, the madden he
became. III fix her" he decided,
and sailed forth in the blisteTing Au-
gust atmosphere
The first thing that appealed to his
restlessness was a passing car He
/ boarded it As he took his seat,
lady quilted her place, alighted from
the car. leaving a very dainty, very
feminine appearing fan on the seat
beside him. We'll this is luck" was
his mental ejaculation as he placed
the toy in an inside pocket.
Now he could pull of a stunt" TO
be proud Of
When his wife finally returned, she
found him preparing for the night.
gazing the while in apparent retro
spect at a tiny ivory and satin fan
which he fondled appreciatvely- Ny
lady friends" he explained, abstract
eddy to her gently yelled sarcasm.
hurled in The shape OF a volley OF
questioning al the head of her lord
Had a fine day" he explained. def
nitely. and with a deepened tone of
satisfaction in his voice 1t was
hOt-beastIv hOt-bUt We made Out
very we'll; struck a cool place, in our
walk. and staid there" and he twiTl-
ed the bauble he held in his hand in
a thoughtful manner
His wife was exasperated- Woman
" curiosity is a fame that refuses to
be QuenChed, and the rest of the night
passed in silence between the two
Don't misplace my friends fam" he
began again in the morning. 4 have
decided To commence keeping memen-
toes" but he was stopped full in the
face by his wife, who with a wicked
CLEAN in her eye. handed him
marked copy of the morning paper
which she had prepared for his spe-
cial scrutiny The passage marked
read as follows
| LOST-Yesterday on an East Hill
car, ladies' white satin and ivory