The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-13

NE lace al -tOul NE there q De WOISC
for me the mkt time.
What did she do the mkt time?
| asked him
It's not me that will be thryin' Ut
he sis. Did nut l tell YOU that she
slapped me Sace?'
TITS the lucky boy We are, if yeI
did but know ut | sis. You putt on
your SundaygO-tO-meetin this bless
ed evenin' an go an turn the other
cheek If there's worse there's no
harm in KNOWN the worst, but Ut's
my opinion that you're gettin' on fine
to be on slappin' terms wild her
so he went away again an ne
didn't come back the next evenin'. 4
didn't see him for near week an
thin ut was on the sthreet.
How have We been coming on
asked him
He looked kinda sulky. Her ould
man kicked me out, he sis. He tOuld
me he'd break me head if | come near
again or he'd have me arTisted. So II
haven't been an what's more, | don't
intind to go
TITS your affair I sis, but if Ut
was mine Id be shakin' hands wild me-
self. Ut'S dollars to cints that the
gyurFs eryin' the eyes of her out OF
her head. If there's anythin' that
disposes gyurl to love a boy TO dis
thraction an thin some ut's a crool
parent thTeatnin' mUrseT an sudden
death to him. You've the game in
your hands an the ball at yet fut this
moment | sis. You watch yoT
chance an see the gyurl, an when
you do see her don't be bashfuI'
Il don't believe ut will be amy
good he sis. Do you think ut would
be, honust, now?'
0SVnu fhrv - I cic
He went away feelin' betther, by
the looks of him.
He didn't come around to see me, |
though, an still he didn't come, an |
at last | met his sister.
Where's Wolf Tone, Mary?' I ask |
ed her L haven't seen him around. |
He's in the county hospital sis
Mary. That big SOuwegian Nels Pc |
terson that's goin' to marry Katie |
Dryer jumped on him an beat him |
up. He said Wolf had been botherin'
Katie for a month an Katie had not |
give him no manner of TaysOn, but the |
contrary, an they'd all stood for ut
as long as they cud- Yis. he's in the /
hospital, but, praise be, he'll recover. |
Wud you like to go see him.
Il told her that l Wud, but ut was !
a lie | didn't want TO. haven't /
seen him since" concluded MHlready. I
Il thought he might be unreasonable /
enough to blame me. An yet l gave I
him good advice The trouble wild /
givin' advice is that thin We give ut |
to hasn't always got the sinse to know /
when Tt's best to folly ut
When Mrs. Jack went north for a |
months visit she was quite cOntented /
about her house, for Jack assured her /
that in the sad days before their mar
riage ne had been used to keeping /
bachelors hall, and that the pretty |
little home would be safe in mis- care.
Still, there was a shade of anxiety on
her mind on the morning of her re-
turn.
Did you get along all right at the
house, she asked when her husband
met her at the l. & N. station.
Yes, fine
Did you get many meals at home?"
Some. | couldn't eat much"
You poor old dear it must have |
been dreadfully lonesome for you
1t was This is our East Hill car"
said Jack, who did not seem to take
an interest in the subject of his
experience
Mrs. Jack studied his profile as they
sat side by side on the car, and de- !
cided that he looked tired and thin.
4
she said as Jack unlocked the door
Of their dwelling.
Yes, the house is still here" he
remarked, enthusiastically.
Mrs. Jack inwardly bewailed the
TACT that the best of MGR. like her
lear old Jack, were painfully lacking
n sentiment But as she stepped into
he hall. where the dust Law apparent
y half-inch thick on the table and
latrack, her own rejoicing of coming
home weakened a little. When she
entered the living room, where over
lowing ashtrays filed her nostTiIs !
With unpleasantly antique odors. she
,asped. oh. Jack"
But Jack, seemingly unconscious of
my diScOTdant note in the usually at {
ractive room, said, I'll have to hur-
Y downtown. dear, or l shall be late
It the Office"
Go he did. leaving Mrs. Jack to .ex-
'lOre the rest of the house alone
she went first to her own room.
Hardly waiting TO remove hat and
cloves, she began trying to straighten
'ut the chaos she found. She hung [
Ip trousers and coats AMI put away
hirts and then made up. the disorder
d bed.
Poor Jack, How he must have
suffered in this untidy Place." she I
aid 20 herself
Then she went into the guest room. |
where daintiness was always the !
ride of her order-loving heart. She :
airly gTOaned as she beheId the {
'eautiful lace spread sac had herself
rocheted, lying in a crUmpIed heap ;
n the floor, and one of the pillow {
hams. which matched 50 perfectly. !
Tadded into the wash basin. miIdew- {
d. and showing ONLY TOO MAINLY that 1
I had been used as a towel The
ed like the one in her room. was IN I
made and stray collar and a pair of {
ocks were proofs TO the indignant !
fife that her husband had had the I
emeTity TO use this best spare room.
wishing TO know t1e worst. she {
enetrated into the pretty chamber
acTed 10 the long visits Of her sister I
nd was Mortified 10 discover a dirty c
ipe Teposing on the little white desk '
nd tobacco scattered everywhere. e