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Marmda Marinda Marmdaasked Marindaasked Manndaasked asked mnocentlyLook innocentlyLook innocently mnocently innocentlyLook Look same as usual off hand handedly handedly handediy edly replied her husband husbandA A mischievous gleam came mto into mtoMarmda intoMarinda intoMannda Marmda Marinda s serene blue eyes Thatremark That Thatremark Thatremark remark will wll1 cost you a new hat hatJoseph hatJoseph hatJoseph Joseph dear she said sweetlyNow sweetlyNow sweetly sweetlyNow Now that I 1 have a new hat and anda andI I a new dress and we re beginning begmning to tocome tocome : come out of our s shells ells began Ma Marmda Marmda Marmda rmda a few weeks later why not nottake nottake nottake take a little trip together7 together together7Trip ' Trip ' Leave my business busmess I ' , Leave Leavethe Leavethe Leavethe the children ' Guess not not ! ! 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With Jones m my place I could couldleave couldleave couldleave leave any day and have things thmgs run runlIke runlike runlike lIke clockwork Guess I m not so soancIent soancient soancient ancIent but what I know a few mod modern modern modern ern ways waysDo Do you remember our honey honeymoon honeymoon honeymoon7 moon ' asked Mannda Marmda Marinda as if to tochange tochange tochange change the subject subect ) . . We went along alongthe alongthe alongthe the Maine coast and said some day daywe daywe daywe we would take the trip again agam Wel1 Well Wel1when Wellwhen Wellwhen when your bus ness is better per perhaps perhaps perhaps haps we canAnyone can canAnyone Anyone would thIn think ! . my busmess business busmesswas businesswas businesswas was on its last legs I ! bellowed Jo Joseph Joseph Joseph seph I 111 11 ll be ready to take a trIp trIpanywhere tripanywhere tripanywhere anywhere in three days We 11 11show 11show 11show show these youngsters a thing thmg or ortwo ortwo ortwo ortwoThe two twoThe The trip irlp lasted nearly t\\ t two t0 \ 0 weeks weeksand weeksand weeksand and while Mannda Marmda Marinda blossomed outhapPily outhappily out outhappily happily over the t theCUftDT h e eS "ew ew new " places and d dusual un tm tmusual 5 S HO HR Witl RT RTnew usual routine Jo Joseph JoC 5 H reH 0 RT RTseph o seph gradually gradua11y re relaxed re9 M U It I laxed until unill he foundSTORY foundhimself found , _ _ _ , - - himself actually en enJoymg STORY STORYhImself STORYtoying enSTORYloying enSTORY Joymg toying the day daysaway days daysaway s saway away from busmess business busmessMarmda businessMarinda businessMannda Marmda Marinda s kind kmd eyes twinkled and andthen andthen andthen then grew misty as she watched watchedhim watchedhim watchedhim him and thought over the past pastmonths pastmonths pastmonths pastmonthsThe months monthsThe The old dear was getting gettms set and andttale andStale ttale tale she murmured fondly A Awoman Awoman Awoman woman has to jolt a man up once onceIn oncein oncein In ahUe awhile a \ while \\hUe hUe \ No self respecting wife wifecan wifecan wifecan can consent to be a p ece eee of furni furniture furniture furniture ture in m her husband s thoughtsMrs thoughtsMrs thoughts thoughtsMrs Mrs Green on the telephone telephonesaid telephonesaid telephonesaid said Miss Stevens a short time ilme after afterthe afterthe afterthe the end of ot the tripJoseph trip tripJoseph Joseph reached for the telephone telephonewIth telephonewith telephonewith wIth a smile of ot anticipation anhclpailon Now Nowwhat Nowwhat Nowwhat what s she got up her sleeve7 sleeve sleeves ' he hemuttered hemuttered bemuttered muttered These women keep one oneguessmg oneguessing oneguessing guessmg guessing ! What Mannda7 Marmda Marinda ' he genUy gently genUyroared gentlyroared gentlyroared roared someone sent you flowers flowerWell * ? WeU Well who was foolish enough to do dothat dothat dothat that ? Yes I remembered you used usedto usedto usedto to like bke yellow roses I m getting gettingso 50 so soft softhearted hearted I guess I Im m In my my.econd mysecond mytecond .econd econd second . childhood ch1dhood ! What are youtrying youtrying you youtrying trying to do vamp me ? Mannda Marmda Marinda s answering answermg voice held a an anote anote n note ta of saucy enjoyment which whichbrought whichbrought whichbrought brought a delighted del1ghted chuckle from fromJoseph fromJoseph fromJoseph Joseph as she said happily You re redoing redoing redoing doing very well wel1 Joseph dear 1m 1mnot I m mnot mnot not trying trymg to vamp you-Just you Just you - just re revampmg revamping revamping vampmg vamping you ! _ .d d . |