The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-01-06
DIPLOMACY,
BY LOUISE M. JOHNSON.

aphorism than IN The least said The
soonest mended.' only If | had written
1t / would have put it. Let the other
fellow show his hand before showing
yours or. as applied to connublal DIFF.
ferences: Not only give your wife the
last word. but give her the first. and
be particular that she takes it. Not
only that. keep on giving 1t to her I'LL
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. i asked.
well. the other day my old chum
Billy Perkins asked me IL | couldn't
take a night off for the theater. and so
forth. l told him l would. I'd been
out a great deal without Ellie just be-
fore that. and | knew she'd object
What die | do? Have a long powwow
with her about It. with such words
and phrases as neglect shameful
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 up
for me- Then | kiss her more nfTec-
tionately than usual md go to the Of
fee.
AS luck would have 1t. some of her
friends during the day t~elephoned her
an Invitation to go to the same theater
where Billy and | were going. and.
knowing she was 10 be alone at home.
she accepted. Billy and | were sitting
down In the baldheaded row when.
glancing aside into a proscenium box
saw the party filing into 1t and my
wife take "A 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 II | were one OF the
supes on the stage. | knew I'd meet
a cyclone when | got home and had
plenty OF time to think matters over.
When n man gets caught that way It's
a 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 air Of
one badly treated. but too noble mind.
ed to defend himself. / didn't say a
word. / simply looked at her reproach-
fully.
Now. that plqued her curiosity. You
see. when a woman sets up an idol she
doesn't like to have 1t shattered. She
had put me on a beautiful white mar
bic pillar, and | didn't propose to come
down. She couldn't realize that | would
deliberately do what | had done with
out a reason. Since | gave her no rea-
son. why, or course. h began TO fig.
ure n out for herself: but. not being
able to do IL. 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 I, and
| ave known him for years. l leaned
forward several times and talked to
him about q 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 I got up
and went out together.
We'll, Etie kept up a pretty sharp
thinking as to the cause OF M brutal
deception. l saw something was work.
Ing and just declined to come down
from my high horse and crawl on my
stomach. Instead | said nothing about
the matter between us, combining N.Y.
self TO Yes. dear and No. DEAR con.
1dent that II | let her alone long
enough she'd work out my salvation
for me Il save me the trouble. At
last 1t came out n morning while we
Were at the breakfast table.
Prank she said. Il want you to
tell ne n thing. Where did you
three men go when you got up and
went out Of the theaterY
Not knowing but hat she'd got on
to my going behind the scenes and
for what purpose. l WINGED inwardly.
Outwardly l was game. 4 suppose I
replied calmly. you think we went out
for a drink?
mo 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 n business conference
THAT put the beautifulest idea into
my head you ever saw. | recalled
that Andrews and | had been trying
some time before to sell the Scrim-
mon estate. a 200 foot lot on Main
street. for 100000. We'd failed. and
| had forgotten all about 1t. But 1t
gave me q tip all the same.
"'Efie,' | said ~composedly, don't you
know that some of the biggest bust.
ness deals are elected in that very
wayr
"She looked down under NV honaSt