Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-06-13

shoulder or the NAL duedu
~ me and saw by the paper
- bp held that eighty separa-
XXI tiong had been achieved in
one day of court. Miss Gle
and myself were on a Ravinia
p w. hound for the concert, and were
a'lr Ting through Evanston. 1T GER
ia aa,r Gets me how anyone stays mar
Di ~ 'noowadays," 1 continued. But
nv ~ II people can't get along togeth-
p'I ~ the best thing for them to get
T. I,a ~ away from each other"
vocp Miss Clement assented
INV NV seriously. "But the trouble is
'.t most persons don't have a chance
l'' .at along. Somebody is always
,ng in getting one or the other so
u mabt M about nothing that they
'aollV get to thinking that there isn't
NV possibility of happiness. ! ought
tnow" she added and then there
',me that CLINT into her eyes which
.Ir.vs foreshadows one of her exper-
I,cee "Tve patched up more than
..a divorce case when it looked help
s.. And I'VE found this out: That
s.f the time it isn't the fault of the
Man or the woman. They'd get along
N right if other people would leave
hsm alone. 1t isn't always the fault
Il the mother-in-law, although, good
,scs knows. no matter how kind they
NAV try to be, they can cause more
rnbe than a regiment Of infantry.
mt there's always somebody or a
hUcb of somebodies to cause trouble
when it isn't any of their business"
The train stopped for a minute, then
hurried on again. And with it's start
began Miss Clements story.
i've handled many a divorce case
in nv detective existence" she said.
and then added with a little laugh.
and many times have / played some
little trick that brought man and a
woman together again. It's queer, too,
but Just when you mentioned it, /
vas thinking of another time when /
travelled on a train, with Cupid In my
suitcase, and dissention humping
along behind on the ties, where the
roadway was hardest. OF course, 1t
wasn't what | had been paid to do
but then when everything was over,
| felt lot better than if I had fol-
lowed orders, and l guess two other
persons did, too.
q wouldn't tell their real names,
even to you, and just for the sake Of
reference We'll call them Mr.. and Mrs.
Douglas The beginning was coin
cidenCe
"0ne morning / received note, ask
ing me to call at the Office of Mr..
Douglas l went there, to find rather
Young man, whose face seemed tired
and worried. His office was not big
one, or a spacious one. l could see
that whatever he had was gained
through mighty hard work. And he
mad story to tell.
Miss Clement he began, / want
you to get evidence for me in regard
70 a divorce case. Mrs. Douglas and
we're married about two years ago.
SHE'S a pretty little girl-pretty
enough to be dangerous-and am
acting on the advice of my friends in
coming to detective
I made no answer to that. If had
i would have been to say something
ABOUT those lovable friends, for had
seen their work before. / allowed him
to 90 on.
For the first year we got along
,a'fly well on what we had, and then
MIS-. Douglas took a notion she wanted
70 earn a little home of her own.
was willing to do anything that could
Ue done and l started to work with
al my might. But getting ahead is a
lafa business. We had enough to
IaKe the first payment, but after that.
ings were harder. And I've been
working my head off night and day to
y! 10 get ahead. 1t isn't that which
nuf's' Miss Clement. But it seems
%e harder work the less Mrs. Doug
s'aS thinks Of me. She acts queerly
~Safo me as thought she doesn't love
1e any more. l have not been having
vi! good luck with my business, but
nave been doing my best and my
lends nave seen that and they have
~. tvin'ed out to me the truth of every
~ Jung Mrs. Douglas never has cared
~ ~ NE from what ] can understand.
sue married me thinking there were
S S,V'' possibilities in me, and then
to-s sn Ihings went hard she just de.
on mined that she would get as much
NJ NJ u me as she could and then throw
~ ~ o'er Everything is hers, you see.
a .ae mouse is in her name and all that,
fos snes Just trying to squeeze me
~ -. every cent she can. And I'm not
s''ls 10 let her. That's ALL
IL, made no remarks on the situa-
Ia, I instead, promised that would
~ ~ nlm know in day or two whether
as, uol could find way to prove his
ca seruons. Then l went back to the
n n aug there on the desk was q dam
fsr h'Ie envelope. addressed in 9
M lnlne hand. l opened it and with
y eyes staring, and read:
Dear Miss Clement: