Garland City Globe | 1918-09-19 | Page 3 | Ray of Light in Darkness

I RAY OF LIGHT IN 'DARKNESS I Conscienceless Hubby Had Thought of I Great Scheme to Deceive His I Trusting Wife. , R It wns n bitter hot dny In Octembcr. I Jnmcs X. Oyleknn wns worried, lie I took seveni! steps to and npproxlmnto- 1 t ly the snmo number of steps fro. Ho I - saw nt onco (IiIh wns tho wrong course. m" Ho brgnn to add tho remainder nnd subtract It from tho quotient. That '' didn't work, too, so ho bethought htm k to try another wny. m He doubled up his fist nnd laid It W down where It would bo liuntly If he f needed It. Suddenly lie looked for his V fist and saw It wns gono, and In Its Tk . place wns nothing but a hnnd. Ho put I ' tho hnnd In his pocket, nnd In doing so 1 found thnt tho holo ho hnd carefully ' placet! In his pocket In the morning wns still thcro. nut ho found something some-thing el so thnt envo him n stnrt. His faco went pnlc. "Plnguo tnko Itl" he ) Knurled. " On second thought his fnco bright ened nnd.be slapped his thigh, "Jovol" ho ccstnslcd. 'This letter my wlfo gnvo mo two weeks ngo to mnll, nslc-tnK nslc-tnK Iter mother to come. I'll hold It nnd mnll It on Its first blrthdny. She'll never notlco tho yenr on tho postmark. ! How perfectly stupid of mo to forget ' ' Itl" Then ho winked nt himself.