The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-03-17
There's vour husbands driver.

There's your husbands driver"
Honorih saw Scatti standing beside
her husbands limousine.
I'D like to make you a little pres
ent," said Honoria In sugared accents.
and. fumbling in her pocketbook. she
produced a bill.
Scatti turned to her with alacrity.
and every line in his broad. low face
widened.
The line of his lips also thickened
as he separated them in a grin of pleas
ure. He took the bill with joy. looked
at its denomination in the light of one
of his side lamps. Topped open his
heavy drivers coat showed the bill
deep in his trousers pocket and but
toned his-cOat tightly from top TO bot
tom.
Now. you'll tell me where Mr. Blye
was this evening. won't you?" she
wheeled.
The smile faded from Scntti's lines
AREN'T you going to tell me-" And
the voice rose another notch.
No answer
Give me hack that money! she
screamed.
counted before the perspective merged
in n blur Scatfi calmly inspected
them all i'm deep absorption. but during
the entire time that one narrow slit of
an eye had Il dancing gleam In Ii.
uonoria scowled back nj the impOs-
ing entrance to the club. The doors
stood wide open Inside the teSSellnt
ed vestibulc wore stiffiy uniformed at
tendants Bey md was n marble cot
umned hall. ard at the end of that.
through an arched opening. was a PAN
eled screen.
Suddenly Honoria dashed up the
steps which no woman had ever trod
and before any one could stop her had
rounded the paneled screen and stood
In the grill room. amid wilderness of
oaken tables. at nearly all of which
sat men busy sending curling wreaths
OF incense toward the high gilded cell
ing.
There were glasses before most Of
the men. and a dense and painful ST.
lence pervaded the place. although as
Honoria had rushed through the hall
she had heard the loud babble of anil
mated conversation. The men in that
club were turned to speeches. clay at
the sight OF this Tuning apparition.
There you areI" she screamed, and
as her gaze settled from its swift row
ing into a fixed direction one man came
to life and rose-the black Vandyked
Gilbert Blye. There you are" she
screamed again and started to twist
her way among the tables toward her
! long lost mate. You will stay away
from home. eh, You will run around
with other women. You will
A door in the corner opened and
closed, and Gilbert Blye was on the
other side OF 1t! A fat man laughed.
Honoria Blye turned ON them all and
began to tell them just what she
thought OF their club. A half dozen at
PENDANTS regained consciousness and
| crowded round her. One of them, in
dulging in soothing talk, accidentally
laid his hand on her sleeve. and she
left four red lines on his face. For the
| first time in its dignified history that
club resounded with the shrill echoes OF
| a confirmed scoId. The chuckling fat
man achieved an inspiration. He came
up and said confidentially:
Your husband Is slipping out of the
| basement
When Honoria reached the imposing
entrance she was just In time to see
Scatti slamming the door Of the lux
uriOus limousine. and as that brilliant
ly lighted car sped down the street will
Gilbert Blye reclining comfortably
amid the soft cushions a peal OF laugh
ter filed the block.
Honoria sprang into her electri,
coupe and. turning OH all the Juice,
wheeled down the street in mad pur
suit But ut last she gave up the chas'
and went home.
The parrot was asleep, with its heat
tucked under its wing and the balefu
eye closed. Honoria turned on tn,
light and finished, to the parrot, tn
violent speech she had begun in he
husbands club. The baleful eye open
ed. and the bird moved uneasily from
foot to foot Occasionally its necl
feathers rufiled and its wing tips jerk
ed, but it gave no other sign of wake
fulness. In time. however. Honori
paused for breath. and the parrot slow
ly brought its shining round head int
I view. The head feathers were tou
sled and the eyes were sleepy as tn
familiar spirit OF Honoria stretched it
wings.
"Oh, shut up it hoarsely croaked.
A nurse with pink cheeks awakene
June in the morning. and as the patien
ODened her ewes the two Dretty girl