Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-01
CHORDS AND
ID I S c O II ID s
Lies Little Thrills.

Was that You met up with business
friend
And Won would have TO spend a few
hours with hin,
Which would make It impossible for
you 10
Be home in time 10 take her to a movie,
AS you had promised. Time slipped by
faster
Than you imagined 1t would, as time
has a habit Of
Doing at times. It came to be II
o'clock and you simply
Had to start for your little old bun
galows though il
Panied you much to blow the party.
But the other fellows
Knew how it was. that is, those Of
them who were
Married, did and they gave you the
horse laugh and said you
We're a chilled pedal guy and you
might a. well be a
Good sport and stick it 0ut until mid
night. because
You were going 10 get yours anyway,
as your WHEY would
he sitting up waiting for you. But you
said you knew your
wife better than they did. She would
be in her downy and you
Would tip toe in and even II you ala
waken her il wouldn't
Be midnight and you could prove 1t
by asking her TO wait until
The clock struck IL, which would give
more time for the bouquet
On your breath to die away. And you
shocked In as carefully
As a mouse, not even a squeak being
made by the door. And YOU
Removed your shoes and put them on
pillow SO that there
Would he no possible chance OF
noise such as is produced
When they are dropped on the floor
by q careless man. and you were
E0t only one Of said careless men. but
in the bargain you were
Nervous Gdue to a new brand Of strong
eigarats that had been
Passed to you during the EVENING".
and after gently placing said
Shoes you headed for the stairway,
not turning on the light because
That might arouse wife from her Stun
5ers. she never remaining up
After IL O'Clock unless she were III
your company, for she
Was ore Of the most wonderful little
wives in the world. not
Like some OF the bundles Of Kill JOY
tlat 3 few Of your friends
Were pulling through the journey and
as YOU hesitated at the
First landing Of the stairway TO listen
for q su0re. for your wife
Had the curest little su0re, and you
didn't hear any such noise, and
IS you poudared i she were lying
awake just waiting 10 say hello
suddenly
To y0u. which shock might Overhaul
auce you ia your present condition,
Anyway your heart had seemed weak
during the night, due unQuestionably
To the fact that Brown. who is bald
headed. would not stand Tor the
Windows being raised, for every time
window was put mp in q room
Where Brown was sitting he would be-
gin 10 sneeze and that made it
Unpleasant for everybody else in the
room And as Won waited in vain
For wIfe's suore or even to hear her
breath. for YOU were only about
Ten feet from the doorway Of her
room and you could see that said
Doorway was open, YOU backed up one
step and your foot missed and you
Went all the rest OF the route, piling
up at the bottom of the stairway.
You were hurt. but you didn't have the
courage to call to your wife
For help She would be a your side
presently aud you would tell her
The accident was due TO your desire
not to disturb her sleep.
And you knew how badly she needed
sleep. because she told you when /
You were home for lunch you and she
would go to the picture early
So that she could be in bed by
O'Clock But she didn't respond.
You knew that she was not q sound +
sleeper. for she had wakened you
Times without number when the pet
dog did stretch IN the library
Late at night ana rolled over a couple
OF times when your wife
was positive that a man had just
climbed in q window. Was it pos
sible
That you could fail down q flight Of
stairs a few feet from your
Wife and she not hear you? Or was
1t possible that she
Didn't care whether YOU broke your
neck or not2 Yes, you had just
Taken out another $4,000 accident
policy but she wouldn't have the .
Heart TO let you lie there and suffer +
if she really had heard you /
Fall No, you hadn't broken any
bones so you decided to make one
more
Effort TO clear the stairs. Of course
IL +OAA VIE NIQtl 3 JEcai tttN
Fall that would be all the better for /
you Then she couldn't accuse
You of having taken more aboard than I
you were capable Of handling
So you quietly began to climb again. +
You made it without miss.
Your WIle's room was empty. The
bed was not in disorder. She was
gonei
Your head reeled. You heard the dog
crying in the basement. That al
ways
Was a sign Of a dire happening. Wis
ions OF murder. suicide. eIopement,
Passed through your brain. You had
been married five years. You had
Never had a harsh word with her. And
you had been so good to her,
And she had been SO good 10 you. II
was the first night in all your
Welded life that you been away from
her until such an hour. Would you
Call the police? No. that would start
scandal MORO h1FTev