Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-01-08
Mis-. Simpsons
Boomerang
Dy ETHEL HOLMES

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aff5ne." said Mrs. simpson to hei
friend Mrs. aIariwonther. "Are you con
ndent that your husband Is true &c
your
Perfectly" was the reply.
81 wish I could feel the same about
mine. Don't you ever watch himT
"Eycry night"
"wly. I thought you said you trust.
ed him"
81 do not trust men generally In
such matters. While trust Jack I'm |
pHcitly rs an Individual, as one " the
male sex. don't trust him az all"
''why do you watch him at night, cs-
pcciallyg"
"what I mean by that Is go through !
his pockets for love letters every night !
after he is in bed"
81 sec; that's n good scheme; viii
avail myself of the suggestion"
Mrs. simpson aid avail herself OF the
suggestion and at The end Of few
months was rcwurdcd--if n may be so
| considcrcd--with q ind. In Mr.. Simp-
sons vest pocket was a slip of paper
] on which vcrc the figures ], ~, @, 8, Z,
IN lead pencil
Now Mrs Simpson had married In
opposition to her parents Wishes and
they L.d resisted to many devices.
! whereby % communicate in spite Of boz
| ine vu' alod. Mrs. Simpson. then Miss
! M..ila1E. was very ingenious. She
gave Simpson an cXpclicut 90 us.
when be wished TO meet her that vr.' +
NOT clUse suspicion. lie was 90 m1il
her an advertising card on which had
| been Vut IA pencil certain figures de-
notEg the month. The day. ana the
! hour Thus n ne Wished 90 see her on
tht scula Gay "a November. ut three
o'cl0rk IN the afternoon, the figures
would be IL, I, 3. The place Of meet
ing was always the same and need not
be designated on the card.
Alrs. simpson had hardly seen the
figures on the slip she had found Ia
har husbands pocket when she IT,
fcrred that her invention Of several
years before had become boomerang.
She collapsed. but not for long. Be
fore many minutes had passed she had
made tIl her mind 90 interpret the mes
sage .ai surprise the guilty parties at
thc!r u.ocuug. Taking up the paper
she noticed that the FIST figure was /.
january was the first month In the
year. 10 vus now December. The
next figure was %, might represent the
day OF the meeting. II was now the
| 18th OF December. The figure 8 must
| mean nine O'Clock either In the morn
| ing or evening. What 4 and meant
. she could not tell. Doubtless the guilty
pair had invented way to designate
, the place Of meeting.
Mrs. Simpson was quite sure thai
on the 18th OF the next month, at nine
! In the evening her husband would meel
! her rival; but since she did not know
where. she could not confront them.
y There was u cold time between Mr
and Mrs simpson from the 18th ol
December to the 10Th Of January. Mr.
Simpson was at loss To account fol
T, the reason. but disiained to ask for u
) more than once, when he obtained nc
p satisfaction.
. II was Mrs. Simpsons intention OF
The evening OF the 10Th Of January e
hang on 10 her husband like leech.
She would prevent his meeting hei
rlvnl, and would accuse him of his per
Y Ady.
Z one evening at dinner she asked Mn
. II he remembered the device she nae
given him whereby to notify her wheI
he wished her 10 meet him. lie sale
he remembered her ingenuity very wei
and suggested that II ever she becam'
!; obliged 20 earn her own living sh'
should apply for position in a detec
tive Office.
81 have often thought since then
: she said, show we could add 10 the dc
& vice a plan 20 indicate by figures, IN
I meeting place
r Whether Mr.. Simpson refused TO b
caught in this trap his wife set frr hin
b 10 give her "A clue 10 the last " a-
X ures of the cipher message, or v.'il
or he did not know what she mecni, h
did not appear 10 take any further IA
terest In the matter and made no r.
y ply.
on the evening OF the 18th of jam
airy Mr. Simpson about eight oe''t
z told his wife that he had IN engage
ment with his partner 70 talk over
business progrnm for the year. Mr.
y Simpson stood like statue, hstene
~ what M said. then handed him IN
n slip Of paper saying:
II see that you have used my ing
nulty TO communicate with your ne'
flame, but In this case she seems
knve addressed you instead OF your az
dressing her"
simpson looked at the cipher the
et his wife.
III you would like TO meet her" !
said cnlmiy, "you can do so by goir
with me 10 the Office"
Mrs. simpson did not understan
shis move. but she put on her hat an
saalskIn and went with her husban
r. When they arrived there, the of.lce WI
II lighted M and Mr.. simpsons partn,