Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-01-06

an hour, and then the missive was hid
den away, and she was going about
the house with pale cheeks and com
pressed lips. At IL o'clock the doorbel
rang, and a travelling clock tinker ask
ed il she had anything in his line to do.
He set an obstinate clock going and
collected a quarter for his skill.
He was the man whom the husband
saw glide furtively away. You will al
ways read furtiveness in a clock dnk-
er's movements if the sun happens to
shine on him just right
So it happened that neither letter was
produced to be laughed over. There
was constraint, and both husband and
wife felt it. They were no longer nat
uraI in their behavior, and that very
fact aroused suspicious.
"She is deceiving me- and "He Is de-
ceiving me-" were what they were say
ing to themselves, and the seed planted
by the anonymous letter writer had
taken fair root. At any moment dur
ing the next month had both letters
been produced all would have been
made plain and the situation would
have been cleared up in ten minutes.
But they were not produced They
were treasured
The strained relations became pain
full, but what could either do? They
could not accuse each other on an
anonymous letter. They did great
deal of thinking, however.
1t so happened that both had been
engaged previous to their own engage
ment. What did Watch your wife and
you will discover mean except that
old n
seeing her secretly, persuading her that
he could never, never love another and
suggesting an elopement to a faraway
isle?
The letter carrier was questioned as
to what letters he delivered at the
house. A private detective was paid
SIS a day to search the town for the
old lover. The boy that moved the
lawn was instructed to keep watch on
all life insurance and sewing machine
agents calling at the house, and the
husband began to feel himself a Sher-
lock Holmes.
Something was also done on the 9TH
er hand Night after night as the hus-
band lay sleeping-for even jealous
husbands do sleep-a form clad in
white might have been seen going
through his pockets in search of dam
aging evidence.
His weekly visits to his lodge meet
ings had to be verified. If he went
out in the evening to order soap at the
grocery he was followed. OF course he
must in some way be in communica-
ton with his old love and have aban-
Comment or divorce in view. Just let
him try it! If he ran away he should
be brought back in chains. If he ap-
lraIi I'D f-,- e-l1o frr1f lno
| case to the last court in the land.
Naturally their set noticed that some
thing was wrong, strive as the couple
might before company, but no one
knew just what was the trouble, and
for once the mutual friend did not in
| terfere and make matters worse.
A more miserable couple did not ex-
| list, but no explanations were asked for
or volunteered. Anything of the sort
would have been taken for falSehoodS.
''Watch your wife" and watch your
husband" were watchwords ever be-
fore them. Separation at least must
have been the ultimate result had not
the jokerS finally decided to show their
hands. One morning as the young hus-
band reached his desk another letter
in a certain chirography awaited him.
His heart gave a jump. In this he
would be told something specific. He
/ dreaded to open it. and yet he thirsted
1 for the solution.
After a hesitation lasting five min
utes the envelope was torn away. The
next moment bareheaded man, hold
ing sheet of note paper in his hand,
was running down the street. A block
from home he encountered a woman,
also on the run and also holding an
| open letter in her hand.
kitty, my darling"'
"Oh, my dear Harryi'
Il just got this by mail"
"And 1 just got this"
And when they recalled that every
woman in the block was watching
them they compared notes. He read:
that she is using Aliens hair tonic
on her hairi''
And hers:
THAT your Harry is getting bald
spot on top of his headi'
And then the doves came back and
cooed and never few the coop any
| more.
Keeping Her So.