The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-12-21
From The Washington star.


There was a sly, furtive look in thu
mans eye ss he entered the vestibult
or his home. Also there was some
thing hangdog and sinking In hi:
manner
His wife. OF course, noticed these
things at once. She observed wher
she kissed him hat his lips were no,
and parched. He did not meet her
gaze, There was a distinct veil over
his usually frank and open manner
Ills talk. as he hung up mis- a and
coat on the a hatrack, was disjUinted,
not 10 the point, randomlike, He ap-
peared - be talking merely for the
SAX OF making talk, as converses
with the purpose OF covering up some
thing.
This, too, his spouse OF course, no.
dced. She eyed him Seenly out of the
corner Of her experienced eye. There
Nas no arorls OF drink on his breath.
She had taken pains TO ascertain that
What, then, could IL be? She studied
and studied and she continued TO OBJ
seTTs him s~ideioDswise- \ married
woman becomes extremely, almost I'M
canriN adept In discerning it when her
raaa hss been in some sort OF mischief.
Not only that, but she becomes weirdly
skilled In putting her finger, SO to
speak, upon the very nature OF the
mischief.
But this tsms this wife plainly was
haflsd. He continued TO avert his gaze
from hers. He looked positively shifty-
eyed-soraething very unusual In him.
He did not ask her what there was for
dinner; q question which she had
learned confidently TO expect from him
as soon as he Put foot in the vestibule
OF evenings.
Feeling all right, dear?' she asked
him, experimentally.
"Uh-huh." he replied. staring oddly
Gy n tgTTta r{rr "a fho- l,n-l ha--
fectiy familiar with for at least four
teen years.
Things go all right at the office to-
day 2 b inquired.
HUH Office? Things go all right"
ne said, absently. What things?
wouldn't they7"
oh, nothing" replied his wife.
h stopped prodding him. Wives
know, with a knowledge based upon in
side experience, that the husband with
anything on his mind sooner or later
VIII pLurt out something to give away
the character OF the burden, If let
alone. The wives hate like fury to wait
for the hour OF the hurting out, be-
cause curiosity deferred maketh the
feminine heart sick; but, in a pinch,
shey Will follow the dope, no matter
how hard 1t hurts.
AS h fused around, however. sh.
decided to try another little lead or SO, |
upon the nance that she might &C
c~identally spring the cause of his dis
Quietude. !
The bills were a little heavy this
month. FL admit" she said, as If
they'd been IN that theme.
At first he scarce seemed to have
heard her observation. After a pause.
however, he glanced up at her question
"BilIs7 Oh, yes, the bills" he said.
Well I'm not kicking about the bills,
L? Who said anything about bills?
l don't Shrek about bills. do I? TN
pay EN- as long as I've got the price.
Can't do any better than that, can II"
Thus driven back, she turned the
of with what lightness she
could ssume. All the same, the under
lying cause Of his disQuietude, his alb
Horptton, his h~angdogginess, had be-
gun very decidedly TO bear upon her.
and for q considerable less sum than
two Lincoln pennies she could and
would have shaken hin until his teeth
ratified But she maintained her an
o%earance and M Of exterior calm.
They shine at this maintaining the ap-
p~earance stun.
Continuing 10 observe him out Of the
eft-hand corner OF her eve, she no
that quite occasionally, if not
his right hand would sort OF