The evening world., 1912-08-24
Dougherty's Eye Opener
The Romance of Sport. of a Sports wife, and
ola Miracle Wrought BY Pretty Dress
and Little Admiration
BY O. HENRY
Copyright. 1908. b Doubleday. P.s. . "a,

,ne room and saw that mono Of the
"0inen there had her charm. And than
ne .nousht Of the three years she hsa
suffered immuremsnt, uncomplainins.
no fiush OF shame warmed him. for
ne carried fair play a. an item in His
creed. ." '"'
but when the Hon. Patrick CorrIrsn.
ieaoer In Dougherty's district ana a
REM or MS, saw them and came over
70 ene table. matters got to the three
quarter stretch. The Hon. Patrick was
a sahan man. both in deeds and words.
AS Tor the blarneystone, his previous
actions toward 1t must have been pro-
nounced. Heavy damages for brea CHI Of
promise could surely have been obtained
nad the blsrneystone seen fit to sue thu
Hon. Patrick.
Jimmy, old man. he called; hs
capped Dougherty on the back: he
snone like midday sun upon Della.
honorable Mr.. CorriRan - Mira
Dougherty." said Big Jim
Inc Honorable Patrick became n
fountain Of entertainment and admirs.
'ion' The walter had TO fetch a third
ehaif Tor him; he made another At the
tap'e' and the wine glasses were re-
filled.
You seiflsh old rascal he exclaimed
shaking an arch finger at Big lin"
TO have kept Mrs. Dougherty a Sc
| cret from us"
And then Big Jim Dousherty. who
was no talker. sat dumb, and saw
the wife who had dined every evening
Tor three years at home, blossom like a
1airy flower. Quick. witty, charmins.
null OF light and ready talk. she re.
ceived the experienced attack Of the
Honorable Patrick on the field OF "a.
partee and surprised. vanqutshed. de.
lighted him. She unfolded her long
closed petals and around her tho room
became garden. They tried to In.
clude Big Jim" in the conversation.
but he was without q vocabulary.
And then a stray bunch of pouu-
clans and good fellows who lived for
sport came into the room. They saw
Big Jim" and the leader, and over
| they came and were made acquainted
with Mrs. Dougherty. And In q few
minutes she was holding a salon. Hair
dozen men surrounded her. courtiers
all, and six found her capable Of
charming Big Jim" sat, grim, and
kept saying to himself:
Three years! Three years.
The dinner came to an end. The Hon.
Patrick reached for Mrs. DouKher.y's
CLOAK; but that was a matter Of action
instead Of words and Dougherty's big
hand got II FIRST by two seconds.
| While the farewells were being said
at the door the Hon. Patrick .moto
Dousherty nightly between the shout.
ders
! Jimmy. me boy" he declared, in n
giant whisper. the madam IL a Jewel
Of the first water. Ye're a lucky dog
big Jim" walked homeward with his
wife. She seemed quite as pleased with
the lights and show windows in the
streets as with the admiration of the
men In Hoogley's. As they passed
Settlers they heard the sound Of many
voices in the cafe. The boys would b.
starting the drinks around now and dis
cussing past performances.
4 At the door of their home Delia
paused. The pleasure Of the outing ra-
dated softly from her countenance
She could not hope for Jim of evenings
but the glory Of this one would tighten
her lonely hours for a long time.
Thank you for taking me out. Jim,
she said. gratefully. You'll be going
back up to Settlers nov, OF course"
ITO - with Settlers" said "Bis
Jim." emphaticaliy. And - Pat Cor
rigan! Does he think I haven't go
any eyes7'
And the door closed behind both o
them.