Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-06
HOME DIPLOMACY.
BY LOUISE M. JOHNSON.

soonest menQeQ, only II | had written
1t would have put it. Let the other
fellow show his hand before showing
yours or. as applied to connubial diff
ferences: Not only give your W ife the
last word. but give her the first. aud
be particular that she takes it Not
only that. keep on giving 1t to her till
she hangs herself with her own rope.-
Sam Albert adored his wife. but he
had no more conscience in his dealings
with her than an italian bandit.
What put that into your head, old
man?" asked.
Well. the other day my old chum
Billy Perkins asked me if 1 couldn't
take night of for the theater. and so
forth I told him would I'd been
out great deal without Elite Just be-
fore that. and / knew she'd object.
What die do? Have a long powwow
with her about 1t. with such, words
ana phrases as neglect 'sha meful
treatment. you ought TO be ashamed
OF yourself and all that. Not :.
just. says: My love. I'm awful sorry,
but shall be detained downtown to-
night late by business. Don't sit M
for me- Then l kiss her more afrec-
tionately than usual and go to the Of
fee.
AS luck would have it. some of her
friends during the day telephoned her
an invitation to go to the same theater
where Billy and 1 were going. and.
knowing she was to be alone ar home
she accepted: Billy and were sitting
down in the baldheaded row when.
glaneing aside into u proscenium box.
/ saw the party filing into it and NV
wife take chair where she could rake
me with both eyes.
Il kissed my hand to her, but after a
look of surprise she paid no more M
tent1on to me than if were one of the
supes on the stage. l knew I'd meet
cyclone when 1 got home and had
plenty of time to think matters over.
When man gets caught that way it's
a great mistake to founder around
among lot of improbable excuses
There's two ways of working it-one
owning up and the other way. Ichose
the other way. l assumed an air of
one badly treated. but too noble mind
ed to defend himself 1 didn't say a
word I simply looked at her reproach-
fully
Now, that piQued her curiosity You
see, when a woman sets up an idol she
doesn't like to have 1t shattered She
had put me on beautiful white mar
BILE pillar. and didn't propose to come
down. She couldn't realize that would
deliberately do what 1 had done with
out reason. Since gave her no rea-
son. why, of course. she began to fig
ure one out for herself: but. not being
able to do it, she got madden than
ever.
Andrews of Howe & Andrews hap
n q uof IN ho ao% r.
in front of me at the theater An
drews Is in the same business as I, and
have known him for years. I leaned
forward several times and talked to
him about a soubrette on the stage.
She was pretty as a picture. and An.
drews. who knew the stage manager,
offered to take me behind the scenes
between the third and fourth acts and
introduce me, an offer accepted.
When the curtain fell at the appointed
time Andrews and Billy and got up
and went out together.
We'll. Efhe kept up a pretty sharp
thinking as to the cause of my brutal
deception 1 saw something was work
ing and just declined to come down
from my high horse and crawl on my.
stomach Instead 1 said nothing about
the matter between US, combining my
self to Yes. DEAR and No. dear, con-
fdent that If I let her alone long
enough she'd work out my salvation
for me and save me the trouble. At
last 1T came out one morning while ws
Were ut the breakfas tables
40 Frank she said. I want you to
tell ne one thing. Where did you
three men go when you got up and
went out of the theater?
Not knowing but that she'd got on
to my going behind the scenes and
for what purpose. WINGED inwardly.
Outwardly L was game. 4 suppose
replica calmly. you think we went ont
for a drink
. No. she said: knowing that you
and Mr.. Andrews are in the same bust
ness, l did not know but that you
went to the theater on purpose to meet
him for business conference
THAT put the beautifulest idea into
my head you ever saw. 1 recalled
that Andrews and 1 had been trying
some time before to sell the Scrim-
mons estate. 200 foot lot on Main
street. for 100000. We'd failed. and
l had forgotten all about IT. But II
gave me tip all the same
Ellie 1 said composedly, don't you
know that some of the biggest bust
ness deals are elected in that very
way?'
.'She looked down under my honest
gaze. and 1 saw that she was very
much ashamed of herself Seeing that
she had kept me Mt swords points for
several days by the want of faith Ia