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THE WifE THIUmPHANT
One of the Oldett but Still the Most Pop
ular of Games i» "Putting Husband in
His Place.” It May be Played With
Direful Results; but There are Other
Possible Endings, as Shown Here.
By Marios Strobed.
la fact, all tbe way home in tb<
taxi, and even after she was back
in her bedroom, she kept repeat
inti, "f will be therj.”
And later, as sin; was dressing
for dinner, sin- amplified this with
“Yes; I will be there, but tbai
doesn’t help me to-night. And you
might as well know, Pritzie Steph
ens Milton, that a tete a tele wilh
one’s husband either is or it isn't.
And tonight will be an isn't."
Whereupon she smiled at her re
flection in the mirror —as what
woman would not, were she weal
ing a I’aquin tea-gown? She al
ways enjoyed conversations with
her mirrored reflection; it was such
fan to see how her face acted when
she talked.
“He’ll be wild —simply wild.”
she crooned gaily, as she turned off
the lights and, leaving her darken
ed room, descended the stairs.
Her husband was standing in the
hall, waiting for her. To all out
ward appearance he was a satis
factory husband —young, good-look
lug, well dressed and obviously
eager to see his wife —still, as one
woman remarked: “You never can
toll. Of course John Lee Milton
is good looking—a little too good
looking, if you know what I mean.”
The implication was sinister.
“How have you been, Pritzie?”
He approached and took his wife’s
hand affectionately. “You aren’t
still angry, dear child, are you?”
“Not in the least, John," she re
plied, as she removed her hand
and led the way into the dining
room. “Why should Jbe angry!"
She was sitting opposite him
now, and the caudle light and her
cream colored tea-gown and t lie
entire charming intimacy ol tbe
scene justified his asking,
"Why, indeed?” He smiled and
added, "Then everything is all
right.” Ami, wishing, no doubt,
to make everything a little more
all right, he proceeded to (ell her
just why he did not want her to
dance for the starving orphans of
India. She was to understand it
wasn’t the orphans ho objected to
—he was quite distressed as she
over their plight —nor was he a
man to shout about charity start
ing at home; charity should be en
couraged irrespective of location.
No; the reason he did not wish her
to dance was because her partner
would be J. CadwalidorTowne, and
J. Cally Towne wits the most no
torious cad in the city, and any
woman in his company was not
only couspieious but questionable,
and "if you, my dear Prit zie, were
not such an infant, you would
probably have heard stories which
would make the idea of dancing
with Cally abhorrent to you.”
Now, Frtzie, though somewhat
of an infant, had heard most, if not
all, of the stories, and she couldn’t
set v that they affected Mr. Towne’s
dancing. Mr. Towne was, indeed,
the most accomplished master of
intricate steps that she knew..and
for some reason she enjoyed danc
ing with him and all |iis wicked
ness —more than had he been a
liigh-sebool boy.
"1 wonder if Mr. Towne ever
supposed his sins would reach the
orphans of India,” she mused.
"Sin is far reaching, isn't it? Like
—like an elephant’s trunk." And
again she felt tragic, aud like a
Trojan woman and like Anna
Karenina and like the poor little
rich girl and, most of all, like slap
ping John's face —for this was the
year of their marriage and lie was
telling her what she should and
should not do. Truly, marriage
was a snare and a delusion, aud she
was forced to ride elephants.
According to her "line a day,"
the rest of the evening was stupid.
"1 said I had the headache and was
going to bed. and he said he had
to work. And, O dear Lord, mar
riage is a dried apple!"
She didn't look ill, certainly—
this, in spite of the fact that she
had powder all over her face. No;
she looked as a bride breakfasting
in bed should look-Haces and rib
bons and baby-pillows, a rose color
ed comforter, aud sunlight falling
directly on the white enameled
tray. But the breakfast on the
tray was untasted —she was ill.
"Are you sure you don’t want
me to call for tbe doctor?”
“No, John; J don’t. My head
aches, and I didn’t sleep, and 1
want to be left alone. Please call
up the Stevensons and say I sha’n’t
be able to go to the circus to-night.”
“Then I sha’n’t go either.”
She didn’t answer at once. She
closed her eyes, and John, mistak
ing this for an evidence that she
wished to sleep, started to leave
the room. She waited until he
had reached the threshold and
i lien she opened her eyes; she
hoped she was transfixing him
witli her eyes—she had frequently
read that it could be done.
"If you don’t go to the circus,”
she said, “I shall have hysterics
aud die.”
Which announcement would
have disturbed most Husbands. To
John, in the first year of his mar
riage, if was shocking. He bad
never considered the mortality of
Pritzie before. And as it was the
first time Pritzie herself had con
sidered it, she felt suddenly appre
hensive and very sorry for herself.
The fact that John was looking
worried, and as though he were
trying to act while there was yet
time, did not reassure her. Aftej
all, she might as well die. Perhaps
she would be killed. As John, in
the soothing tone used to placate
squawling babies, promised her to
go to the circus, she felt convinced
that she would be killed. And
they would carry her, all crushed
from the hoof of the elephant, and
lay her on the bed as she was
now. Her face would be even
whiter, and there would be saw
dust in her hair, and her hands
would be crossed, and the moon
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Long after John had left, she
was still engrossed in this contenr
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ablylhave continued it indefinitely
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tomed to an egg, coffee and rolls,
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Forty minutes later she was at
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reading a motion picture magazine
and eating matrons glaees. When
John at five-thirty tiptoed into the
room, she was ostensibly asleep.
(To be continued.).
FOR COMMISSIONER.
PEARSON' DISTRICT.
Friends having insisted that 1
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FOR COMMISSIONER.
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