The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-01-06
HOME DIPLOMACY.
BY LOUISE N. JOHNSON.

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It l would have put 1t. Let the other
fellow show his hand before showing
yours or. as applied to connubinl DIFF.
ferences: Not only give your wife the
last word. but give her the first. and
be particular that she takes II. Not
only that. keep on giving II to her iii
she hangs herself with her own rope"
sam Albert adored his wife. but he
had no more conscience In his dealings
with her than IN italian bandit.
what put that into your head. old
mann asked.
"Well. the other day my old chum
Billy Perkins asked me II I Couldn't
take night of for the thcater. and no
forth. to!d him would. Id been
out great deal Without Effie Just be-
fore that. and | knew she'd object.
What die do? Have long powwow
with her about 1t. with such words
and 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 l shall be detained downtown to-
night late by business. Don't sit up
for me- Then kiss her more affec-
tionately than usual and 20 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 were going. and,
knowing she was to be alone at home,
she accepted. Billy and were sitting
down In the bnldheaded row when.
glnncing inside into IL proscenium box.
] saw the party filing into It and my
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 at
tention to me than IL I,were one of the
supes on the stage. knew I'd meet
n cyclone when l got home and had
plenty Of time to think matters over.
When man gets caught that way It's
great mistake to founder around
among n lot Of improbable excuses.
There's two ways of working it-one
owning up and the other way. chose
the other way. assumed an mir Of
one badly treated. but too noble r1ind-
ed to defend himself. l didn't say n
word. l simply looked ut her reproach-
fully.
Now. that piQued her curiosity. You
see, when woman sets up an idol she
doesn't like to have 1t shattered. She
had put me on q beautiful white mar
Bile pillar. and didn't propose to come
down. She couldn't realize that would
deliberately do what 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 1t, she got madden than
ever.
Andrews of Howe & Andrews hap
pened to have sat In, the seat directly
in front Of me at the theater. An
drews Is In the same business as 1, and
! have known him for years. I leaned
forward several times and talked to
him about 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 I accepted.
When the curtain fell ut the appointed
time Andrews and Billy and l got up
and went out together.
well. Ellie kept up a pretty sharp
thinking as to the cause Of my brutal
deception. l saw something was work
Ing and Just declined to come down
from my high horse and crawl on my
stomach. lnsteadI said nothing about
the matter between US, combining my
self to Yes. DEAR and No. dear con-
fdent that II 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 We
weie at the breakfast table.
Frank she said. 4 want you to
tell ne one thing. Where did you
three men 70 when you got up and
went out Of the theaterY
Not knowing but that she'd got ON
to my going behind the scenes and
for what purpose. WINGED inwartily.
Outwnrdly l was game. Il suppose I
replieo calmly. you think we went out
Tor drink!
NO. she said: knowing that you
and Mr. Andrews are ir the same bust
ness. did not know but that you
went to the thenter on purpose to meet
him for business conference
THAT put the beuutifulest idea into
my head You ever saw. recalled
that Andrews and had been trying
some time before to sell the Scrim-
mons estate. 200 foot lot on Main
street. for 100000. We'd failed. and
! had forgotten all about It. Bnt Il
gave Inc tip MI the same.
Efiie.' said .composedly, don't ron
know TINT some Of the biggest bust.
hess deals are elected In that very
wayT
"She looked down under my honest
gaze, and saw. that she was very
much ashamed OF herself. Seeing Tint
she had kent me mt swords points for.
several days by the want OF faith In
me. her lip trembled. and she burst
into tears.
"Going to her. 4 took her to my man.
" bosom and said: