Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-31
Another Mans
Wife
q by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service.
By SHIRLEY DENTON

~ received that invitation to have
dinner with his sister and her hus-
band that something was in the
wind.
"And when Sis promises my fa-
vorite fried chicken and mushrooms
well. little brother knows his leg
Is going to be pulled In some way"
Little brother was quite right. IL
was just following his second help
Ing, a large, fat ~drumstlck, that
Betty said. sweetly:
you know. Carey, Sam and | are
going off again to France and"
"0h, that's 1t. and | am to have
thar Internal bother of renting the
apartment for you. The scramble
last time was like an Irish meeting,
and | spent three whole days dash
Ing from the office to the apartment
with an assortment of apartment
seekers"
You're the first edition Of the
apartment hunters guide" laughed
Sam. Il guess we'd better ask $3.50
a month, and there won't be such a
riot"
Carey found himself In for 1t, so
he became resigned, put the adver-
tisement In the daily papers and his
own office address and telephone.
made the inventory. saw Sam and
Betty off and awaited the rush.
There were two inquiries before
he reached the office. and along
they came until Carey was quite fed
up telling people about the apart
ment II was the voice Of John VIII
son over the phone. however. that
prompted Carey to sense the right
tenant.
"If that apartments the right
thing" said Wilson. "I1l send my
check to-day. Mrs. Wilson Is COM
ing In all the way from Easthamp-
ton. hoping we can secure 1t. AMI
said she'd be there about twelve"
So 1t happened that Carey waited
the arrival of Mrs. Wilson.
OF course. he had not thought she
would be such a charming woman.
But she certainly seemed charming
when she stood poised In the door
way with an lnquirlng look In her
big soft eyes.
This was the moment for which
| Carey blessed his sister for asking
his assistance in renting the apart
ment.
what a lovely apartment" she
exclaimed. land a good view of the
Hudson. oh. dear. | do hope Mr..
Wilson told you how very much we
want it?"
She turned Imploring eyes on
Carey and he felt bewildered by
their brIlliance.
Carey sighed and remembered
telling her that Mr.. Wilson had all
out Seltleu III tOT ner.
"Slnce you and your husband
seem destined to have drawn the
prize from the multitude, why not
take the keys for good?"
A curious smile crinkled the fair
ones eyes.
But won't your wife want to-
well-loOk us over. too?"
my sister" corrected Carey, 'is
on the high seas"
"Oh," commented the lady. Hav-
ing got the information. she seemed
more animated. rs there any way
we could get In touch with you this
evening-would any questions come
up which we might want to ask
you about?" Carey gave her his card
and telephone number.
After a moment or two longer he
had to watch her vanish into the
subway.
The rest Of the afternoon seemed
both snort and long. Always through
Carey's brain kept running. "Thou
shalt not covet thy neighbor's
wife," but that didn't prevent his
heart losing a beat at the very re-
membrance of her loneliness each
time the telephone rang.
He hoped against hope that some
information would be In demand
about the apartment but 1t was not
until after five that Wilson rang him
up.
Il say, old chap" said Wilson.
my wife is tremendously taken with
the apartment and wants to cele-
brate. We wonder II you'd waive
convention and Join us at dinner
and a show. My sister Is along and
1t will just make a foursome."
Thus 1t was that Carey, armed
with two of the dalntiest, tiny nose
gays he could secure, met Mr.. VIII
son, his wife and sister and started
off.
Carey was about to tuck the sis
ter, as he supposed, under his pro-
t%ective wing, when Wilson stopped
him with q laugh.
Mrs. Wilson and | have been
married five years, but | still prefer
to take charge Of h%er-rather than
let the other fellow do It."
"Oh, | say" laughed Carey with a
flush that was more joyous than
apologize, Il supposed" he looked
incriminatingly at that wonder
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