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Ely MORRIS SCHULTZ


Copyright. 1929. Western Newspaper Union.
Ada was the best little woman in
the world, but Internally prosaic. Her
soul rose no higher than cooking and
cleaning. She made wonderful pies,
and her house was a dream Of order
too orderly for mere husband She
had gone to the seaside for q month
| leaving Walter with mixed regrets
J and rejocings
Walter was good husband. He
! never hit the high spots-or never
had done until he picked up that copy
F.! of the Matrimonial Advertiser in the
/ subway. The car was almost empty.
, otherwise he would have thrown 1t
away. Ashamed of himself, he read:
Lonely widow, aged thlrty-four,
considered beautiful, charming and
accomplished. with a fortune of forty
thousand dollars. wishes to meet con-
| genial gentleman. Object matrimony."
His eyes scanned advertisement
after advertisement. It WAS really re-
markable what large number of
| beautiful, charming and accomplished
ladies there were-with fortunes, too
to be had for the picking up.
He was about to throw away the
, sheet in disgust when an advertise
ment near the foot Of the column at
tracted his attention.
Young lady aged twenty-seven,
beautiful In a way, not unintel1igeht,
accomplished, but no money, seeks So
ciety Of congenial gentleman for linn
tied period. Matrimony not sought"
The frankness of the communica-
ton attracted Walter. He slipped the
paper into his pocket and made his
way guiltily homeward. Once in his
room, after short struggle, he yield
ed to temptation. He wrote as fol-
lows;
EMndam. am gentleman aged
thirty-one, considered handsome by
my friends, not unintelligent Like
yourself, I am not seeking matrimony
but should value congenial feminine
society for limited period. should
be pleased to meet you, and, II the
suggestion is equally agreeable to you,
would suggest that you meet me on
Thursday next outside Kalzkoff's at
seven in the evening. so that we can
enjoy little supper together and
have a chat"
Walter posted this communication,
and Immediately went into agonies of
remorse. He felt that he was doing
u
wrong. All night his conscience tor
mented him, and he arose next morn.
Ing with the determination to pursue
the matter no further.
The following day, however, he re-
ceived the daintiest communication
from his correspondent informing him
that she appreciated the frankness Of
his letter, and would meet him out
side the restaurant at the appointed
time. For purposes of Identification
she would wear red carnation in her
coat.
This was difficult predicament,
for, only that morning, by the same
Ing letter from Ada. She said that
she was enjoying herself at the sea-
side, and her only regret was that
hubby could not be with her instead
of leading lonely life in town. She
hoped that he was eating we'll and
that his socks did not want darning.
However, it was too late to draw
back now. 1t would be an act of gross
discourtesy to invite the fair. anony-
nous communication to meet him and
then fail to materialize. He deter
mined, however, that their meeting
should be the first and last.
He made his way to the restaurant.
Outside was a slim, petite little wom-
an with figure very much like Ada's
so much so that at first sight 1t gave
Walter guilty look. She was heavily
veiled in black and wore widows
Weeds. (.
Next moment he found himself ac-
costing her. She answered his saluta.
lions in a strained, mechanical and,
he thought, unnatura, voice. They
went into the lounge
"Er-suppose we sit down here for
a minute" said Walter desperately.
"I--ef-appreciated the frankness of
your letter, and before we have sup
per think / ought TO be still franker
With YOU. l am married man.
sent you that letter in moment of
fun. But now that we can under
stand each othen why shouldn't we
have pleasant evening together any
wayY
wait Z minute" she answered in
q voice shs'king with tears-or Was it
laughter. "I-Tm in the same boat.
I'm a naarried woman and my husband
thlnss I'm staying at the seaside. II
reFented this folly every minute since
wrote to you. And-Oh, l want to
so back. want to forget all this.
Won't you take me to the station in
taxi and say Goodbye?
Her plea was SO vehement that Wal
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