Putnam patriot., 1909-05-14
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blue e sIiz HfT hair Anc eosnitle1ieh. aftemala-<s Der correspondence. when the posta5ta arrived and ieft Letter for ter Ae Land She took | up. ooke1 at 4a4 posEmark over the stamp giving the fs of mailing. then ar the posfmsrk on The back giving date of reception examined the handwriting carefaily and Hsased;
 T wonder bo-I mean whom fit is from
 The handwriting was unfamiliar to her bHt she had not seen much of tbe writing of any of her husbands friends. since hfs letters were usually addressed 10 him at his office.
 He won't be al home before [ o'clock. she continued. thinking. and if t contains anything that requires attention t might be too late and catse uo end ef trouble. Then l would be blamed. and justly blamed. Be sides. I don.f object 10 Alan.s opening ny letters. though for some reason CT other be never does. I'm going 10 do what think right and take the con sequences
 However. fe guard against eontin- seneles she pfied open the envelope with a hairpln md without tearing the paf4er. She teok 9ut the ietter and read
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 Wbea Alan KeEcmlm came horne ta dinaer Us glfe was still worrying ahnut Tommy. who had headache and was feyeriSh The father looked at the boy. then went into his wifes room. where he saw the letter on the mantei
 .Ieilers he exclaimed That's from Steve Brften I wonder If he's going to Chicago If he doesn't shall have to go myself.
 ..I wonder said the wife. '.yor don't have your letters addressed to your of fee You are always complaining of my interfering with your private af- fairs IL occurred to me that there might be something requiring atten- tion. but you're 80 particular about my opening your letters that l wouldn't have opened il for d farm. Some day an important matter will need to be attended to for you and you'll wish you hadn't been so"-
 The reason she failed to finish the sentence was a peculiar expression on her husbands face. Her heart began 10 beat like kettledrum. Something had gone wrong. Mr. ketchum read aloud:
 Msdau-I am sorry that | cannot get any stun te match your pink silk have been to every store in the city and have fouMd nothing that will be suitable. Win yoa please instruct me what to do :? Respectfully yours.
 ELISE CoRBIER.
 By the time tue husband had finished heading hls wife was looking for an avenue of escape. He saw her inten- ti0A and sanaiered Co the door.
 What in the world does it meanF' he asked "A letter from your dress. Steve Brltion's handwriting. Is it Steve Rritton's or somebody in Mime. Corhier's shops
 Tt may be that" said the wife in a faint voice
 Singular, I would have sworn Steve wrote that. But BOW look at it l see the first letter of the address. A. isn't Steve's He makes most of his capitals biz little ones- This A is & real capital"
 Hope was beginning to rise in Mrs Ketchum's breast when her hushani-s eye was turned to a wastebasket be- side the desk ia which there was but one single piece of paper. He to>k it cut. exclaimiag;
 "HeIlo, Harc's something from Steve. after all. What the dickens does II all ueangs
 If this were A story of~S Ssnng lovers the lady would wilt. tue lover would forgive and there would be lovely scene Mrs ketcham arose and sweps out of the room. saying:
 That cones of not trusting you, wife $