Show SAUCE FOR GANDER DANDER indulgent husband who could not resist a practical joke taught a lesson by MRS D E COOPER dobson bobson was a good citizen an indulgent husband a boon companion but lie positively could not resist a practical joke ills his wife was indignant when he on their wedding day notified her by phone that lie had bad broken a leg and could not come to be marr married led and when as she was wag about to tearful tearfully ay dismiss the guests lie he appeared joun ty unconcerned and whole lie he never L knew liew she waif waa a woman of spirit how near she camo came to dismissing him then there was the time thus that lie he pretended that ills his hister dora and her husband had been killed in a railroad accident and that he and his wife would have to rear the six children brutally coarse she called it mrs airs dobson bobson never laughed at her husbands jokes not considering them tunny funny and on one particularly gloomy days day in early spring after a allock that aggravated her almost past endurance she decided that ile ha had bad reached the limit to whom it may concern parties are hereby notified that I 1 am not net responsible tor for debts contracted by my wife ROBT DOBSON BOBSON with eyes flashing danger she dashed the little local paper on the dining table where robert had with unusual good humor left it so this to la his idea of a joke she exclaimed with compressed lips that deepened her dimples this well it Is his last ill teach him a lesson he wont soon forget she confided to the hall ball mirror as she viciously thrust a hat pin pill through hat and auburn tresses shortly after noon bobson babson appeared it his bis sister doras doraa home dora was serving ginner dinner for the hungry children bessle always hangs the foliage plant in the window as a signal tor for me to come home to dinner he ex ap Q ao this Is his idea of a jokel pla ined and I 1 tell you what dode im afraid to go home for she has not signaled me today guess ashes a bit upset he laughed a little lamely about the ad just did it to get brittle joke an on her you know 1 I dont know what you mean replied busy dora but I 1 did hope rob that you would settle down when you were married you are now and I 1 declare act with no inore judgment than my own rob who la is less than halt half your age there she is now called bobson babson pulling dora to the window mad alad is a march hare gee but she looks ine in fit that new suit tile the boa is a beauty replied dora it shows off well when she walks yes she la Is making the fur fly so io i L speak chuckled dobson bobson 1 I say dode just give mo me some dinner with he kids ril ill get none at homo home to jay aay along in the afternoon will rathbone of rathbone button streets ano amo into dobbons Bob Dob sons office good boy billie called the offer effer I 1 I 1 0 b Is 0 it you look like foxes book of martyrs anything happened 40 0 o the horse its about the advertisement said will leased hack badelt and laughed up the best ever he exclaimed but I 1 guess tess Is mad said bald lie ho sobering somewhat 1 I wanted to say continued rath hath tone unsmilingly that you can hardly ear expect act to be unaccountable for the debts contracted before the notice was published Rat rathbone libone noting the look of dumb astonishment on oil bossons Bob Bab sons face added 1 I hato hate to speak of it bob but we are in for about and can ill afford to tuse lose it you know I 1 am somewhat in imbt my cifes father you under iland the now new department was my idea you know so button streets blame me for I 1 was the ono one to let the account run knowing you and tessla so 0 well dobson bobson rose in a towering passion rathbone Rath bono it you eay word til ill throw you out rathbone perceptibly 1 I h adly think s sn en bobson better ron consider sider tt a ino moment ment first remember you tiled that on me at school some 35 15 yenry ago and it work work just i 4 yoi vot att a c dated I 1 hobsons Dob sons hair stood on end was wai this his the 0 end of their david and jona jon than affection and through what ghastly freak of torture had tessie not told himl him six hundred dol dollars laral I 1 somewhat blindly he put out his hand dont net et us quarrel nihle billie ho he said a little thickly 1 I will fix it some way I 1 only put it in as a little joke on tess teas I 1 thought every one would know rathbone took his hand band and tried to hide the scorn tn in hla his voice all right bob but it if that Is your notion of tun fun I 1 am sorry for you im sorry for the little girl he returned simply as rathbone left him alone ho he sat unable to fix his attention on business ashamed even to glance through the window along in the afternoon his sister doras husband a man several years hobsons Bob sons senior benlor walked thoughtfully into the inner office though on oil tile the best of terms babson had a profound respect for stewart this Is bad robert said stewart but it seems that for sake you might have taken some other way Y dobson babson the chills playing down his spine felt what was coming hut but you cant expect me to waive my rights continued stewart bobson babson raised his head to speak but at hla his visitors hand lifted to enjoin silence lie he waited it Is not right of you resumed resume a stewart you always bragged you know even to dora that bessle was the best dressed woman in town I 1 dont deny that she la is but I 1 mea meant nt to get dora one or two things to make her work lighter a new sewing roa ma chine and a gas gaa range when you paid me and it Is hardly fair that she should go without these things in order to satisfy Tes sies love for dress it was you know four hundred dollars indeed he did not know dobson sprang from his chair and paced the small office while stewart grimly waited 1 he 10 would not betray bessle even to the family but why why man alive he exclaimed ill make it right even it if it ruins me 1 he muttered but see here stewart he continued 1 I only put that ad in for a joke well I 1 hope you will enjoy it I 1 returned stewart unfeelingly dobson babson was vas stunned business can go to thunder said he between his clenched teeth as flinging on ills his hat and coat he went by the back way to his home finding the house locked he enferd by the way of the cellar a trick that he knew tess tessie girl he called loudly ly softly pleadingly us as he sea searched ached each nook of tile the tiny house going to the telephone he be rang up his cifes mother I 1 chos not here was the curt reply and he heard the click of the receiver abat as it was hung up dismayed dismay ed he stood motionless tess mother was clearly vexed at him she sha who had always taken his bis part then he was indeed forlorn for hours he be walked the floor or lung flung groaning into a chair to wait and to plan how to pay a debt of 1000 when he be had invested all that his business would permit in their little littie paradise of a home when the midnight train from chicago pulled into the little station bobson who had bad hitherto been ashamed to show himself was madly pacing the platform questioning a party of returned theatergoers theater goers the only passengers to get oft off whether his wife had bad been on the train yes she has left me and I 1 richly deserve it he muttered as he returned home and stag gerd blindly into the house bouse haggard and worn he be reached his home and switched on the light youre out late bobble bobbie said a voice sleepily and dobson bobson started and almost cried out from sheer nervous exhaustion tess girl he be cried dropping on ills his knees and clasping the sleepy bundie of lacey whiteness and vainly geeki seeking ng her face which seemed hidden by the abundant auburn hair can you ever forgive me I 1 know i that you owed anything on my soul I 1 it was one of my cursedly idiotic jokes it is my last you may be sure yes dear never mind tho the slim hand passing lovingly through his hair and bobble bobbie boy she gho tried to raised the bowed head 1 I dont owe a cent tess the burden of years seemed lifted from ills his soul oil Q but I 1 shall make rathbone and stewart smart for this why bobble bobbie dobson she bhe exclaimed naively aggrieved that was vas a practical joke copyright by dally daily story pub co |