Show A Knock Down for the Officer He was an army officer with headquarters In the Phelan building she is the wife of a prominent business man in the east the other he is tho business man who just arrived from tho east The officer saw her in the elevator and veteran as Lois surrendered at a single glance When ho reached the dining room she was seated and he took a seat at the same table for a display of kindly attention he received a smile but his efforts at conversation conversa-tion were not encouraged One evening he was late the seats attho table were all occupied and he noticed with dismay that in his chair was a stout old gentleman gen-tleman who was paying a fatherly attention to the lady who did not seem to accept his kindness in the spirit in which it was offered After dinner the warrior strode into the par lor The old gentleman was there and the officer accosted him Excuso me sir n ho said but do you knovr the lady on whom you forced jour attention at-tention this evening l wilyIII know her I saw her tonight to-night for the first time Well sir your impudence is amazing cried the officer and may be excused only on the score of your ago That lady is under my care sir Indeed permit me to thank you for your kindness The lady is my wife The respect I have for the army is my reason rea-son for withholding the officers nameD Monte Wave |