Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-08-08
A Faithful Husband
Finds 1t Is Easy to
Get False I'm
DressiOns
IN TWO PARTS-PART ONE


screen Of the morning paper. He did
not even unfold it.
This amounted almost to a serenade
at dawn; and Violet was so pleasantly
embarrassed that she was afraid to
speak of it. She kept her eyes on his
coffee as intently as If she we're mix
ing stirrup-cup for him. This gave
Arthur a chance to sneak a glance
at the headlines, whose black signals
had been teasing the tail of his eye.
What he read gave him such start
that his blindly reaching hand missed
the coffee cup Violet was holding out
to him, and all but dropped it.
"Oh, go on and read your paper.
darling" said vi. You're never your
self till you've had your morning bath
in the bad news and brushed your
teeth on the headlines"
But, honey, this comes home to us
1t leaps out of the paper Just as he
leapt out of the window"
What leapt out of what Window"
He held the Journal up for her to
see
Banker Gage Falls from 10th Story
Window"
"Oh, the poor mani" she cried,
snatching the paper from him. His
poor wife and children But you said
he leapt out. The Journal says he
fell out
People don't fall out of 10th story
windows. especially not bank presi-
dents. Remember the panic of 1929,
when it wasn't safe to go past tall
buildings? Ex-financiers simply rained
from them. Good Lord! All our money
Is in Cages bank"
His wife was very dull this morning.
She protested:
What of it? Besides, the Journal
says he was i'll; and while his wife
was out of the room, he went to the
window for air and probably had a
dizzy SPELL
In vain Arthur snapped his fingers
for the paper. People who get dizzy
stay away from windows. What makes
me dizzy is realizing that old Gage
may have been an embezzler. He may
have wrecked the bank with his pri-
vate thefts.'
Darling! Darling! What right have
you to talk so Of a poor dead man
who was SO very respectable?"
How do you know? He may have
had another establishment"
Really, darling! Why. he was so
devoted to his wife that it was al
most scandal"
"A lot of men are capable Of being
devoted to lot of women at once"
You should know" she laughed
lightly as cracking icicle. She had
a hair-trigger jealousy and was always
armed with it, and quick on the draw.
She added
II suppose you'll find plenty Of con-
ISOLATION on your trip east"
This was a fine twist to give an i'm
portant journey for his firm. Todd
and Todd, Air Conditioning Equipment
and Accessories.
"Oh, vi, for the Lords sake! Haven't
I simply begged you to come along?"
That was safe enough. You picked
the one time I couldn't leave the chill
dren-not to mention mammals being
here"
An intensely uxorious husband, Ar
thur resented even a suspicion Of his
especially as Wis suspicious
never slept. He pleaded:
Darling, dar-ling-ing! You know I
have to dash to New York to snatch
up that bankrupt stock Of air con-
ditioning accessories before somebody
else gets it. You know I've got to
leave this very day"
But If you're in such a hurry. why
stop off at Cleveland?"
Because I've got to talk to Jim
Pollard about going In with us on the
deal. I've told you hundred times
But you haven't mentioned that
Cleveland just happens to be the home
Of your old sweetheart"
What old sweetheart"
Nina Menafie."
"Oh, Lord. I forgot her years ago.
I wish you would. She's been married
for ages to a man named-1've even
forgotten his name"
His name is Spencer and he d.
vorced her only few weeks ago"
well, what of it? He didn't name
me. I never saw him. haven't seen
her for years"
you'll see the ex-Mrs. Spencer
when you get to Cleveland no doubt.
She'll probably be at the station. You
told me once that she used to call
you 'Toddlekins.'"
He choked on his coffee.
You'll have me jumping out Of
window in minute. I'd do 1t, too, but
for being only on the ground floor.
And it would land me In a rose
bush"
She was so beautiful, so dear, and
so Internally unreasonable that she
kept him in a most delightful misery
of suspense. He groaned:
Here we are quarrelhg!"
We'll, it's our last chance to-" She
said that with a woeful smile. and
he darted to her side to take her in
his arms He pressed his cheek against
hers for a better view of the news,
but she was jealous even Of that.
Take your old paper!" she said
Go on and spend the last moments
we may ever have together"
Last moments! I'm coming back
In two weeks"
"You may never get out of Cleve-
land alive. That dizzy blonde may
make you so dizzy you'll fall out Of
her window, Toddlekinsl"
"Oh, vi, In the name of-you know
honey, everything we've got on earth
is in that bank. The firm Just made