The Prescott daily news., 1910-06-08
! A FEMALE ,,oJCE By John H.
 VOlCE MeNeely

aal' 'an,t ,n say" replied Ramfounder' bdferently n.,eo,,naor d,dr,t ,s,r r'a female voice at the door as YOU came il? v , ,.o,,n ,,,i nyr and ought to know what you Ai' If YOU don't l would advise that p''" consult specialist. Of course, ,,rins ,r good hearing myself, l can tell sot I hear. but as far as your expect '.' mo to know what you hear, that's rt of the question:
 .Don't try 10 dodge my question by
 tecbpicality,7 began Mrs. Ram '..ndar anew. You should realize '. D' .his time that tricks of that kind s,rot deceive me Mir. Ramfounder, m hear a female as you just opened he door, or not?'
 T think you did, said Ramfounder, hliheartedly
 You think Don't you know?
 Yes. you heard one."
 uhst as thought, MT. Ramfounder yOn need not say another word. Do mi add insult to injury by taking me h,a fool can draw my own conclu- dors have suspected all along that rm have been walking home from the ,3ce with some pretty girl-probably stepographer and now my suspi- dors are confirmed. The moment you msped the door l could hear her voice floating through the air, and l could pl Mr Ramfounder that 1t was a yvlng and sweet voice-not an old ae Yes, indeed, can distinguish in smOment a voice that is cracked with tge from the girlish and chirpy kind. How dare you dc such an outrageous thing? Have you no sense of man. hood left? Have you no spark of love h your heart for your wife, who stays 1t home, enslayed to her domestic inieS, and
 If you spoke up Ramfounder.
 T will not listen to your silly eY- uses, Anyone with a grain of sense an see through you. But l want you S understand right now that the end iS been reached You have treated ae with shameless and brazen incon- ateation for years You have hurled mr bold disregard for me iu my face iAd thrown my affection back at my fel Tor the last time Of course. Mir. RaniOunder I have too much self.re- Fect to shadow you like a detective. I noV how the neighbors talk and I al EN take particular care not to have asn gossip about me. Otherwise I UaO sit in the window every evening @ watch you coming home with your "npanlon Even then l would have %NdVe my work in the house simply Nause have a husband who is not @Oe trusted out of my sight. But. " am too conscientious to leave ny household duties for five or Ti minutes when l know you are Vlng Instead remain at my work. @u 'neh you have the monstrous au- nO'y to open the door purposely to
 m uiat Wretched female voice so 4'' Il can be heard all over the .'1se just to taunt me. You want A'uHt your escapade at me You 'e aHAious that l should know about
 ana when you realized that in my a alVcence and love would not play ,s. 4. part or spy you took particular ~' to arrange SO l should hear the s~ a~lu, voice. suppose she said ''-' loVlng words of farewell-"
 You certainly"
 Don't open your month rovor % ''u' 10 hear you speak again can ,r, | oy your manner that you are s. sauE And-uo. you need not think gr an Jealous, Mr. Ramfounder on a.OyHef always taught me never to ia, In,iouS' Ia' and ! have profted by lr., "SSonS. l shall maintain my char augb DV matter what happens. Al. t,os su you have tried to excite my ,M n'uSY You have not succeeded and nv o" ne.eF Will, l am too busy with ebsr "u anairs to be worrying about tsIiho.p"o psople's, but when my husband sov Ia'ely s, goes out of his way to hona u.,, uls untruthfumess by walking too mDos ",tn al Will not say it. am bdiso u'n or lady to lower myself s 'uss Il your friends, Mir. Ramfound. htts, a ,saVe that to you. who have m lshsn ,Onception n of right from wrong lsDan ,as,! not interfere with ,, xon "'ons, any lou M h.rd small not stand in your hath erIty r've vet boldly displayed your insin. ton " v,,h your unfaithfulness and decen. lsbaIl ,n n,., Characteristic effronterv and nd von Dlake Id my plans to immediate,v peIcs sOa u, Of my presence. Gsr'e,s The Seme,s pacitv @' the door revealed your dn. Nj. Ramtowan [ want to say just one word