The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-22
HOLDING A
HUSBAND
Adele GarrtsoM,s Nstn Phase %
Revelations
of O. Wife
The Strange Things the
Vandals Did Upstairs.

T 1LLIAN'S eyes fairly glowed as
called her attention to the envelope
tied around the neck of the bottle
stuck in my old clock
Handle It carefully. Madge," she
cautioned. I'VE want to save that in
its entirety
The envelope was unsealed. and gin
gerly drew out the single sheet of cheap,
colored notepaper which it contained.
The notepaper bore the same caption as
the envelope:
ITO The CHEAP SKATES who live IN
this House." and then followed a medley
of words.
"Ohi You Cheap Skates,
You think you're smart.
mo money and no sense. ha, ha, cents.
mo booze. not even wine or hops. you
stingy, dirty pups.
But we'll fix you good and proper
Better have a better welcome when we
come next time. which will be SOON.
"Remember!'
Then followed two or three Rabelaisian
sentences, which made us all. flush
engrily. Lillian put out her hand.
In the Kitchen.
do you mind II keep this, Madge?'
II am glad to get 1t out of my posses
sion.' said. handing it to her, and in
voluntarily wiping my fingers vigorously
upon towel which lay carelessly thrown
across a chair with other linen from NV
sideooard drawers. and which by some
miracle had not been soiled in the orgy
that had been staged in the room.
With another searching glance around
the dining room we left it and went
through the other rooms, finding in each
evidences OF the strange marauders 7
had not ordered the gas or electric light
turned of when we left, because 7
wanted to have everything in readiness
when I returned, and in the kitchen we
found the gas stove covered with a trail
Of burned grease, while a frying nan
held mass of the same CONCEALED ma
terfal. surrounding a cold fried egg
Other eggs, broken wantonly into plates
stood on the stove. while the kitchen
table held plates showing that at least
two persons had eaten there. The plates
held scraps OF egg and bread, and there
were dishes of canned fruit, evidently
taken from the half-empty glass lars
which stood near them. The coffee pot.
still halffull Of coffee, stood on the stove
They must have been hungry" Edith
Fairfax said.
Perhaps" Lillian replied thoughtful
ly. examining the plates closely. "Dfd
you have these things in the house.
MadEe?'. s-.s-..-
I'VE have some eggs In the cellar
which we put down in brine last summer
for winter use in cooking" replied. "I
suppose these are from those supplies.
The canned fruit is ours. of course, but
they must have brought in the bread
AS for the grease, do not know. We
had some butter put down for the win
ter in a jar in the cellar
The Keepsake Trunk.
Lillian took down a small. clean fry
ing pan, and knife, struck a match.
turned on the gas flame, and set the
pan on it. Then she took up a knifeful
of the CONCEALED grease and put 1t in the
other pan.
Butter" she decided in another min
ute when the fat was sputtering and
smoking. well. there's no use staying
here. Let's go upstairs
We assembled to the second floor, and
there found disorder enough to bring
despair to the heart of any housekeeper.
Every bureau drawer had been opened
and its contents dumped on the floor.
The locks of the trunks had been broken
and the trunks turned upside down, let