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Show PERHAPS IT CURED HIM. Maybe the Wife Had Been Out, Hay H be Not, the Effect Was H the Same. V Capt, Mark Casto was being congrat- H ulated on his gift of $1,500 from the IB! Carneglo here fund for bravery In the HI wreck of tho Cherokee, relates the II; Now York Tribune. HJ "Tho gift was unexpected," said B Capt. Casto with a modest smile. "It I wns a3 unoxpected, though by no 'v IK means ns unpleasant, ns tho retort IK luat a wlfo mado to her husband when IK ho camo homo at threo o'clock In the IK morning. H "Tho man camo homo very qulotly. H In fnct, ho took off his shoes on the H front doorstep. Then ho unlocked the H door nnd went cautiously and slowiy IB upstairs on his tiptoe, holding his H breath. BJ "Dut light was streaming through IB tho kepholo of tho door of tho bed IB room. With n s'gh ho paused. Thon IB he opened tho door and entered. IBJ "His wlfo stood by tho bureau fully IB dressed. IBJ "I didn't expect you'd bo sitting up IB for me, my dear,' ho said. IBJ "'I haven't been,' sho said. 'I just IB camo in my sol f.' " BJ |