The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-10-16
The Invisible
Husband

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Ibid you notice that beautiful wo-
man who just went byf' said Alfred
to Julius. with whom he was sitting
outside cafe on the boulevard.
Julius drew deep sigh, and said:
'T have loved that very woman at
O distance for several years"
"Oh. an ideal love. then!"
eyes," julius replied. 'it is love
which has developed In the strangest
manner. for every time have tried
TO approach this woman fate has
stepped In and prevented me. When
first saw her used thousand
tricks to get away from my office an
hour earlier In order to get a
glimpse of her on her daily promen-
ade. Very often she was accompan-
led by a man whose appearance was,
10 say the least, very repulsive. AT
first was shocked, but afterward it
gave me certain satisfaction that
her husband should be SO unattrac-
tive. for knew that much about her,
that she was married and had
child.
One day I noticed that bank
president, whom / know, greeted the
repulsive husband most respectfully
lost no time in trying to get some
Information as to the identity OF my
beloved through him. only to be told
that the man was not her husband
at all
Shortly afterward l met my ideal
love In park. together with a naval
officer. They walked arm in arm,
and amused themselves like children,
feeding the swans in the lake Oh /
thought, her husband has just re-
turned from naval cruise and they
are having second honeymoon
This made me feel very down.
hearted. and entered the small park
cafe, where I met young officer who
knew everybody in Rome.
Pointing to the couple, asked.
~-Can you tell me If that captain
and the lady are married."
when he said No. cried out 40
loudly that he looked at me in as
Punishment
"He is an adopted brother of hers
he said; I know them both quite
we'll. Her name Is Boecherini'
Then, Of course, you know her
husband. too interrupted him
Certainly. He Is short, stout
man, who used to wear a mustache.
but now he ia smooth shaven.'
Summer came and ! went To
Venice. On the very first day I dis
covered my ideal In the sea along
the Lido. In bathing suit which
brought out every line OF her perfect
figure. she was taking lessons IN
swimming from Bmooth-shaven gen.
tleman. Her husband, / naturally
thought. but few moments later she
came ashore. wrapped herself in
golden yellow bath gown. and was
received by gentleman with a mill
tary mustache, and together they dis
appeared inside a bathing tent The
enigma still remained unsolved.
Il spent all the rest of my time at
Venice looking for her. Months later
] saw her With man in a theater in
Rome, and thought him Boecherina,
only to be told he was a film manu-
facturer named Kulicke.
Some time afterward / spent an
evening at the Pigeon Club. We were
talking about beautiful women, and
somebody named Signora BoecherinL
~'Oh. you mean the lady with the
invisible husband?'
'"The others were mystified at this
expression, and I had to tell my
whole tale.
when had finished said:
II win give champagne dinner
mysterious Boecherini.'
AT these words one of the gentle
men present came up to me and said
I'm a solemn voice:
'Boecherini Is my friend, and
will allow no one to ridicule him
~Next morning two gentlemen pre-
scented themselves at my house. They
asked me to Apologize In writing for
insulting remarks about Signor
Boecherini or fight.
81 agreed to fight so that / might
get sight of Boecherina, but at the
hour of the duel 1t was declared off
because Boecherina had fallen and
broken an arm. Until this day
have never met Signor BoecherinL"
Never mind. my friend" said Al
fred. who had listened with an anus
ed smile "Signor Boecherini is not
the only invisible husband In Rome.
There are plenty of them. al con-
nected with some beautiful woman Of
myatary. Whoever tries hard enough
may solve the riddle But there are
Iuase1ied figures really more interest
arr nan tiaaaa Ves1ad In mystery.