The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-09
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ing ! shall see your wife immediately
And gbc gathered her skirts about her
and walked hOuGhuly away
For moment Mr.. J., the pcnccmakcr
was st7rgazIug. But he had made up
us mind 10 see II through.
when hc found Mrs. Smytbc-Jones he
"ns met with n frigid welcome
hr9. Smythc-Joncs. soid Homer-dcar.
my wife admits that she said that she
wouldn't play bridge with you this morn
ing and / have come to"
Humph"' snapped Mrs Smytho-Joncs
She admits It, does shci Aud you have
come 10 tell mo so. have you, SIr Just
"ed, this Is double insult. I shall tell
my husoondl And / shnll dnd your wife
Immediately and tell her what | think
OF her for sending you to INC with such
q message. Wil you be klud enough to
let me pnSs!'
Homcr-dear sat down and wiped his
fevcrcd brow.
Well" be exclaimed, I'm be demmedr'
Slowly, mournfully, ms one in pain, he
wandered bock around the yeranda In
search OF Mrs. Justwed
Az Do turned the corner he hehcld bis
wife. Mrs. Smytbc-Jones and Mrs. Tom
Brown holding each others hands.
Their faces were radiant.
Ibey were cooling over one another like
turtle doves
But as they couGht sight Of Mr. j.
their smiles changed to frowns aud their
noses assumed mn upward tilt.
Homer" said Mrs. J., indignantly. sI
want you 10 tell Mrs Smythc.Joncs thnt
did not send YOU 10 her With my mes
shgc that your own mcddcsome disposi.
ton prompted you TO approach her and
thnt i did not say that | wouldn't plny
bridge With her ! have explained all,
and Mrs. Smvthc-Jones understands fully
now that | said ! couldn't play bridge
with her because she is so we'll ycrscd
In beidge that | couldn't keep up with
her And you owe nm apology right now
to Mrs. Tom-Brown, and 10 me. TOO. for
stating, most falsely. that said she
had been deccitful enough to carry my
remark 10 Mrs, SmythcJones We un-
dcrstaud everything perfectly now, Tint
horrible Mrs, Pryer heard mo say. !
simply can't play bridge with Mrs
Smythe-Joucs md changed II to I sim
ply won't play bridge with Mrs Smythe-
Jones. In my disappointment thought
for n moment tbut dear Mrs Tom Brown
here had been guilty Of tho tnlc-beariug
Poor denr' She has straigbtencd cy-
crything out lovely But you almost
broko up our friendship. Homer You
'NS b'Nu lIuitr Hu hlbIuEIs IucN DaNc
grHciouSly consented to forglyc-aDd you
should thank them for that, too
All the while Homer had been getting
redder and reddcr and hotter and hotter
under the collar Finally he burst forth :
Very well, my dear. Ladies. om
liar. n thief and n murderer steal
pennies from blind men and snatch candy
away from children. | beg your pardon
for trying 10 strnlghtcn out this annir
] nm the scnpcgoat Tie the entire bur
den Of your gossip on my horns and
drive ME out into the wilderness Every
thing IL perfectly clcnr to you-though
Il Isn't 10 me-So it's nll right Here
after | shall conhno my conversation to
any mcrmnids | may discover along the
beach. II ] may be allowed Just one
word more. however. let INC suggest that
the next time you have a miSunderstand-
Ing with each other OF with my wife,
don't ask your husband to intorcede for
you. l am going 10 content myself with
one quart TO forget this pleasant little
episode, but from personal knowledge of
that side OF your respective husbands
characters ! should say they would be
content with nothing lcss than a gallon,
Good morning"