The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15

/ Her own breakfast was still untasted,
and as she raised her eyes to her hus-
bands, two big round tears rolled down
on her dainty breakfast jacket.
stop it, snapped Mr.. Hubby. Il
won't have you crying like that on your
upon dampening up the atmosphere is
| is
Mrs. Wife-y interrupted him saying:
| Now look here, Toni You know what /
said had no reference to riches and
wealth, and what anybody else could have
given me. l am perfectly happy. l only
want You, and my baby, and there wasn't
anything wrong in my mention of by
cones, and friends who always remember
my birthday and the big lunches of
iowers you and the different fellows
used to send me. The especial flowers
had in mind were the lilies of the valley
that you always sent, particularly that
one bunch on the day you asked me to
| be your wife, and you said, oh. such sweet
| things to me, and-and--"
Two more big tears splashed down on
the brand new breakfast jacket.
| HOLY smoke" growled Tom. Let me
get out of here. You know I'd buy out
every flower shop in town for you IL
could, especially If it would keep you
| from crying, but how can a fellow do
everything? With our new home and it's
furnishings and the big insurance policy
I've Just taken out for you, and my
law offices to be renovated, and new
books to be bought for my library, I've
and and"
More tears rolled down on the breakfast
| Jacket, and Mr.. Hubby was Just pushing
his chair back for the second time when
the maid, answering the bell, came into
| the dining room bearing a message to the
| head OF the house, which conveyed the
| idea that somebody wished to speak with
| him at the front door
| ASK who it is and what they want"
snapped Mr.. Hubby, as he strobe about,
| his hands in his pockets and his face
| frowned up into 1000 wrinkles.
| Please, SIR the said said, returning
| from the door again, tho man says the
new cars out there, and would you please
Sc If everything is all right"
| Mrs. Wife-y sat up and began to wipe
her tear-stained eyes, as Mr. Hubby
turned, and she arose from the table.
"Oh, yes, of course" stammered MI.
Hubby, and walking up to his little wife
he said:
"Your birthday present is at the door.
It's the car you've been wanting so long
and which l had kept as q SURPRISE for
you.''
"oh, Tom," she began afresh. "oh, rom
you darlng!'
| "That'n be right" he said Run along
and get your coat and hat and jump in the
car and let's take spin. and see how
you like 1t. If you do, then it is yours.
a birthday present from your dear, de-
voted Toni
| a whole torrent Of tears now came down
faster and faster as Mrss Wifey flung her
arms about her husbands neck and then
| fed up the stairs. two steps at a time,
| like a f6-year-o1d schoolgirl.
| In the meantime Mr.. Hubby hastened to
the telephone and called the nearest
| florist and gave him an order for the
biggest bunch of lilies of the valley that
could be bought.
"Send them at once" he said hastily,
and by the time Mrs. Wifey had donned
her new coat and bonnet and reappeared
ready for a spin, the flowers had arrived
and she was the happiest woman alive.
Next time, DEAR" said Mr.. Hubby gentr
| " "give a fellow a chance to do the nice
thing for you, and let him surprise you
once in a while, and please don't suggest
birthday gifts, but leave 1t to aim oc-
| casionally."
"You old darling was all that she
could say as her eyes showed plainly her
happiness and the regret she had in men,
tioning anything that hight have offended.