The Ordway new era., 1909-09-10
The Wife Who
Was All Heart


auctioneer or write as readily as
press agent. but he forgave her all
that because she was as well built rs
u house in new suburb and her eyes
were AZ brown and rs liquid as dish
sravy.
She always took her seat on tn"
/ sofa when he came: consequently he
, concluded that she could be had on
easy tcrms-$100 down for soil
taire." $40 monthly for shows and sup.
rcrs. the balance to be paid within
year to the Parson.
/ Gradually he got into the habit OF
seeing the Old Year out and the New
Year in every evening In her parlor
, The days slipped by like moving pic
lures and they were both very happy
! Finally his "raI" said to him
/ Hear you're going to invest in an
Encyclopedia"
What do you mean? I've got an
Almanac and Telephone Book: what
} more do WANT
Well. you're trailing Miss High
brow. amt you? She's written
, poem about the new Bridge for this
weeks Look. Out. and they say she's
4 member OF the 'Womans League for
the Study OF Social Science. SO | was
wonderins"-
That set him to wondering-won.
dering whether It mightn't be hard for
= clever woman to realize how much
clcvercr her husband was.
Like all other men. he felt that he
knew enough for two.
] IA ~, sInt NI nf ha
Office"
I Just Mt this time he fell in with
girl with ardent hair-masscs Of pur"
gold that could have paid OF the ma.
tional debt. with interest. Her skin
was OF that exquisite creamy tint that
comes only from repeated applica
:icrs: her snowy bosom rose and fell
I like Wall street stocks. and her Ar
foot in its dainty "a slipper peeped
bcwitchIng!y from beneath the folds
/ 1i ravishinE Partisan gown.
Every little while she would look up
at him with her big. innocent eyes and
.,sk some dear little fool question In
such an artless way that he could sec
she was all heart
When matters had developed into
! 'ile ieANti "liNiiS staSe ne Hptittu
with n sigh OF relief. that her spelling
L.d punctuation were rs unreliable
rs the Weather Bureau.
"hh." he cried joyfully. this Is the
maid for me, She'd never be out oi
n evening attending clubs and lee
lures. fellow could be sure OF
devoted wife waiting for him and run
! ling downstairs for n kiss when she
heard his key in the latch"
! So he we'd the lovely thing in the
lovely. lovely spring. when the lovely
J;-ds do sing.
Before long he missed money from
hts pocketbook. He examined 1t care
ully and couldn't find the leak" yet
he knew 1t must be there. so he trans.
ferred the roll of bills to his Goa
..oCket.
But the leak" proved contagious
and the coat pocket caught it.
Then the house bills began to come
They were much too large a fit for
O.. family of ten.
He tried to talk them over with
his bride. but she begged to be ex
Cused: she said that she never coulG
understand figures"
He told her to desist from "goinG
% market" via the telephone and CAV,
her much vague advice as a ministe,
on Sundays.
She promised to be good with sucl
a winning smile that 1t won a flyer
from him on the spot.
Lear little wife, he murmureo
clssping her to his heart. .Now ev
ything will be all right"
Nevertheless the bills ran on like
a Marathon racer and money tool
fight like a pigeon on the home
stretch.
He decided to have a serious con
versation with her.
This was about as easy as tracking
Black Hand criminal. for she was
out" six or seven evenings-anC
Hights-per week, not at clubs and
lectures. but at balls and theaters.
She always kindly invited him to &C.
company her. but as he did not care
to undertake night work in addition
- his daily duties he declined with
hanks"
At last he hit on an evening when
she was at home giving a card party
to fifty Of her most intimate friends.
He sat around. half asleep, waiting
for the crowd to go. He had re.
solved to put her through the third
degree" however late-or early-the
hour.
AS she was speeding the departing
s:ests" at two A. M he heard her
say:-"Yes. lost Ses last week and
$40 the week before, but I've won
$3.50 tonight. and hope
He sneaked away unnoticed to his
"den," where for an hour he smoked