The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-01-28

nnd my Vile. She was not in the
house, 1 returned to the sitting room
and found grandma hanging the bird
cage to a hook, while the inmate
croaked feebly.
where's Eliza's gal?"
She must have stepped out to the
neighbor's." I explained, "but make
yourself at home and will look her
up" . 49,
My head was in whirl. NY
wife's desertion, the question of
THeneryi the ftist," were problems I
could not solve. There was no doubt
in my mind but that my wife was the
sweetest little woman in the world,
but.I wished she had been at home.
|: O, course my grandma was crazy, and
yet felt badly to think Of "Henery's
kitin' round over the country" He
ought, even in hallucinations. to be
dead. n s,,j' A..
On inQuiring,- Mrs. Engels informs :
me- that my wife had gone to spend
the night with our old friends, the
Atelys,. This was a little too much.
Did she fear to face me, now that I
had learned the truth?
A hanson quickly took me to the
Atelys', and I brusquely asked for my
wife.
'"Why, James, dear, back? Didn't
you get my telegram at Isworth?"
I.-..e" II did not" replied. not noticing
her advances to give me a caress.
why. 1 wired that grandma was
not coming until Tomorrow morning.
and. that you were to stay over and
wait for her. But I'll put on my
things and come home"
Once were inside the carriage I
asked:l * -s.t
How much longer is this farce to
continue? Do you think. am of the
same calibre as 'Henery'?"
She. hegan to cry softly.
Perhaps you imagine that the oc-
cult influence of Durgin Hill has cap
tiyated me-" Suggested. She was
now weeping violently.
cor possibly the fact that grandma
has killed three cats this morning
ought to squelch me-
"Oh, James, you have told me so
many times that you never would and
i believed you" ----->-.
.. '::NeVeT would: what?"
Drink"
Visions of. grandpa's cider were
evidently. before her. Perhaps she
thought that the most loyable lady In
the world had brought me down a
jugful.
"And, you met him in haying time. 4"
remarked.
"Oh, dear, oh, dear! only wish
mother or grandmother was here"
Grandma is here" replied bit
terly. 80 is the catnip- and the little
bird and the seed onions and God
knows what else" ....
<"Stop!. 1 viii no longer ride in the
same caEEiage with you! What a
beast rum can make of man! Ter
rible! terrible!" But we. had reached
clubhouse now, and she ran ahead Of
me up the steps. >s.~- ~
e why! this hain't Eliza's gall" I
heard our guest cry out.
t.:And'th surely is not grandma."
my. wife: exclaimed. -
Well, who in the name of the Evil
One- is it?"' I muttered to myself. ~.
lust then a man stepped up to the
Fdoor, sgrinatng broadly '.s'-''
my, names James Whitten, an l
guess my wife's grapdmother's here.
eha:i They'tofd me at the station that
she was brought here 1 had calker-
lated ON meetn. her at .Isworth. but
|. m issed my train" and he laughed at
the excellence of the joke. And 1
.laughed.,s Never has anything since
struck me SO deliciously.good
SAS - >h
The real grandma was all that my
wife had pictured. and my wife went
.i1a5 person to meet her,. She can no
longer trust me. My first. name-is
James; and my mother-in-law hap
pens to Fbs named Eliza, but none of
us. ever hvsd' On Ddrgin Hill, and my
wife now feels assured that 1 never
,driplx-..- 5yssx : as5s-<a ~-''''
"Henerys theTfustyP..is, suppose,
'stih .'.kitin'. round. the country but
We have neyer met him, and. yet my
grandma, dear old lady, coften Re
n1oyes her spectacles and wipes. away
the tears as I'VE talk over NV Iwifes
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p-.tis ta.:New banana Country
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tsacn Is asserted that tse Hawaiian
Islands will soon become an impor-
tant centre of the banana industry
and may be able to supply the mar
kets of the Pacific coast The ISL
ands grow several varieties OF fine
favor as well as coarser kinds suit-
able for cooking. 1t is claimed t,srt
the cooking varieties are likely TO b9-
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