Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-12-11


pick up something Just now as you
came in the front door?" asked Mrs
Ramfounder, a portentous tone in hei
voice.
"Pick up somethingl" calculated
Ramfounder.
That's exactly what said. II
looked to me like letter. Now you
need not try to dodge my question by
pretending surprise. l will repeat ii
for your benefit. Didn't you pick ur
something as you came in the front
door?"
IF your eyes," replied John, with
great courage, "are failing you, ]
would certainly insist that you go to
an oculist."
Il want you to understand, Mr.. Ram.
founder, that my sight is as good as,
If not better than, yours. l will not
allow you to cast reflections upon ii
even while you are attempting in.your
petty and mean manner to practice a
subterfuge and evade the answer.
Didn't l just see you pick up letter
as you opened the front door?'
Il suppose you did"
"Ah! So l have trapped you, Mr.
Ramfounder, at last. So | have cor.
nered- you in despicable trick.
felt all along that l was being wanton.
ly and willfully afronted. And now
you openly admit that you are guilty
OF picking up letter from under the
door and hiding it in your inside pock
ct, although, of course, in the begin.
ming you tried your nefarious and
'heinous fraud and deception. When
you found that l had discovered your
contemplate and sordid scheme you
lost no time in confessing. Why?
ask you, Mr.. Ramfounder? oh! Do
not try to fool me! Do not delude
yourself into thinking that l cannot
see through your mean and base trick
cry. Can you answer my question? :?
You would be only too delighted to
blurt out in your coarse and ugly way
the truth just to get the pleasure of
insulting a faithful wife, who labors
until her finger nails almost drop out
making your home comfortable and
pleasant when you come home from
days toll down in that office where
you claim you work. have my doubts
on that score, too. But / shall GER
tainly not give you the opportunity. /
can say that much. 1t was merely one
OF your mean plots. You wanted me
to know that you picked up the letter
and concealed it away in hopes that
would ask you for it, But | would
never do such a thing. / would not
c0ntgminqtn m ind
thlng that was written to you. l am
not ANXIOUS to lower my character by
satisfying your insolent purpose. OF
course, you thought in your weak and
insipid mind that / would let my curl
osity get away with me and demand
that you expose the letter You were
trying some more of your trickery. 1t
gives me profound satisfaction to say,
Mr. Ramfounder, that you are de-
feated and that you will not have the
pleasure of mistreating me any longer.
have always done the right thing. No
one can accuse me Of"
My dear, here is the"
Don't you dare force that horrid
letter upon me, Mr.. Ramfounder. Did
mt l just tell you that | would not
touch the awful thing for a million
dollars? No! You need not entertain
any hope that | will ask the name of
the writer. l have my suspicious and
1t is not necessary to corroborate
them. The shame and disgrace is
upon your conscience, not mine! Your
monumental arrogance has exceeded
all bounds. The highest pinnacle of
insult has been reached, / assure you,
Mr. Ramfounder. / can comprehend
clearly now why the letter was placed
under the door. You had hopes that
would discover 1t before you ar
rived home. You were anxious that
should pick 1t up and read it merely
to give you an excuse to hurt your low
ing wife. / suppose it is a keen disap-
continent to you that one of the
neighbors did not happen in during
the afternoon and find 1t. The humili-
alton would then have been more cut
ting and your satisfaction would have
been greatly increased. being familiar,
as you are, Mr.. Ramfounder, with the
habits of the neighbors to take up
every little thread of evidence and ex-
aggerate until 1t develops into a regu-
lar scandal. But never mind! There
Is an end to this fragrant Haunting of
your violent attachments In my"
''If you will listen"
That's right, Mr.. Ramfounder; go
ahead insisting upon my looking at
your love epistle. But 1t will not do
you the slightest good. AS said be-
fore, you are not satisfied to hide your
intrigue in the secrecy of abashment.
You want me to know all about 1t.
You are determined that / shall have
every iota of knowledge, SO you ar
range for your victim-mind you, l say
victim, because any one who has the