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Show LITTLE SCENE CAUSED l JEALOUS M1S8MH Cool-Headed Wife Makes Her Better-Half Put Up His Weapon. A jealous husband, two fair racegoers race-goers and an innocent, bystander were tho principals in a nenr-trugody at the fairgrounds Friday afternoon. The husband, suspicious that his wife was flirting with a man standing near, drew a gun aud threatened to shoot-Only shoot-Only the coolness of tho woman prevented pre-vented him from making good his threat. Tt was .-just after the horses had gone to tho post for the second race. Two women, wives of members of the Turf and Field club, were intent upon the liuoup at tho barrier from places of vantago on the clubhouse veranda. Within a few feet was a man equally intent upon tho start, his eyes straining strain-ing to make out the colors of the jockey on the horse carrying his wager. Hero entered the jealous husband Several highballs, apparently had distorted dis-torted his vision, for he imagined that his wife was making eyes at tho good-looking good-looking stranger. The more ho studied the matter, the more he became convinced con-vinced that something was amiss. So, satisfied that his wife was not acting in n wifely way, he whipped out a gun, with a threat to puncture the fellow so full of holes that ho would look like a colander. Tt, was there that, the cool-headed wife interfered. ''ftontt be a fool, Jack. Put. up that gun,'' she said. Reluctant), the man did so. Then explanations followed, which showed that the women were completely unaware un-aware that the man was near them, that he was an utter stranger, and that not so much as a glance had passed between them. With this explanation the husband was satisfied. His apologies apolo-gies were profuse. |