Show A TRIPLE the little vi village liage of in the south of the flower flowers kingdom Is far removed influence influences among i the agent agents and helpmate help mites of civilization completely unknown in on ac count of its all forlorn situation which enables the people to live fo ho harlly among themselves Is the looking glass one day several set eral years ago a party part of english tourist tourists passed through jocus ki in their usual hurried style but state a at any any rate long enough for one of the ladle ladies to lose a sandglass hand glass in the sha in fit which she he had ridden when KIM town the owner of the vehicle aw saw his find he looked it over intently and with the most astonished face in the world As A I 1 live he cried thi this Is the por trait of mv rn dear father dead these tour four there Is hi his good brown face ace which always seemed to wonder al at something or other there indeed arc are Ms I Is piercing e ey es only he appears so much younger and sturdier than he wa was when list last I 1 knew him but what does doer it mean perhaps its a warning front the tile god gods perhaps per its a present from tome some saint KIM tum wrapped the mysterious article ir hi hl silk handkerchief and placed it carefully in the pocket of his wide shirt when men in the evening he arrived home he looked tor for a hiding place for his treasure and fenall finally he re solved upon an old pot of earthenware which was not in actual use and here fore ore never troubled there wa wai no more nore secure spot in his household hause house eold cold he thought KIM aburn u said nothing to his young wife about hi ids adventure for he calculated women are too curious and too talkative and I 1 do not want all the neighbors advice of m good or bad luck whatever it may be during the next few days das kakl hsum ra labored borad under great excitement day and night he thought about the por trill he tie had found and frequently he left hi hh bid or his work to go and see if 1 H ai treasure was still in his possession 1111 tsee the young oung man lovely lovell bride could not make out what hat brought her husband so frequently to their hut i hen engaged outside she nei never er knew about his lea leaving ing her tier bed that would have liae made her unhappy first she was as con tent with KIM that he tie had come home just to see deeher her 10 lovela el face but when he kept it up ul da after da day r she he grew suspicious I 1 why should he appear with an an alus face ace and leave with one steeped in importance I 1 she mur mused sed still later he discovered that kakl tum before going out made it a point to remain in the little back room for a minute or two to the tile ke key to his secret behavior must be somewhere in that room I 1 lit tsee made it her tier business to investigate in estl gate and anti there was kas not a piece of furniture or decoration in the room she did not turn inside nut out but her tier work was all in vain alit I 1 dinall she mouse trapped her husband it the moment he was as aidin hiding 9 the pot in which aich she kept her rose leav lea e es KIM tum like all guilty men quickly invented an excuse or lion tion oi of his carr carrying ings on he lie 11 hid d the pot had atoo stool ion on one end only ind he had betti eui obliged to correct the negil bence ence of other ah yen ep poor man mail t said I 1 fill ill kise kiss in the tile deceiver b but ut he lie had hail cot ot across the tile slept st ret re t m aher tier she clambered upon a chair and disco discovered ered hat A nister mysterious lous something she lifted it with care and brought it to her tier face ace to examine it oh cruel truth the tile portrait alt of a woman oman nd ind 1111 had con gia aired li red KIM gium a model husbands hus bandl the poor girl sat down upon the tile floor and cried bittell bit bitterly terl that then wa as the retson re uon why uh he ile came cattle home fo often the feeling of injury gave gate vay way to that of indignation of wrath again the she looked tor for the portrait and now wondered that kiki trum could love a woman w ith such a face ees lell cheek cheeks pile pale au and dirt dirty and no now the ee expressed 9 rage and contempt lill 1111 tsee tee became frightened no he she would never look took at the thing again then she he grew dt de spond tiit tnt lite life indeed was not worth living and as its to cooking dinn dinner erthe she could not think of it when kiki hsum arrived home in the eveni evening nghe he wa mas astonished to find rind neither meal normice nor wife aw ailing him searching for both he made his hi s vav a to the back room bo so that Is the way you treat your dour wife aher after lei month months of marriage who ho are always 1 iwa where 1 Is jour fidelity you s talking about your our the woman I 1 Is crazy ald said KIM hsum to himself and then he added aloud what ails all 3 ou lill tsee tell me the m canine meaning of this nonsense nonsense cried lill twe you yo hide the portrait of your paramour in my roe rose pot and dare dispute its sinful purport take it watch over it crr carr it on you v heart I 1 don t want to sea ft it the erthe er the ugly face but I 1 don t understand gasped the husband you dont dont you I 1 cried the lit tie woman oman ah but I 1 understand wider stand it all you love that woman in the frame rame now it became kiki turn to grow angry that picture he slid said represent represents my late father I 1 found it sour som inic time ago in my iny carriage thinking the god gods had sent it to me to save I 1 and keep it secure I 1 placed it in the rose p poti ot m you must think me an idiot cried the wife hae I 1 not known your father and am ani I 1 unable to distinguish between the face of a man min and that of a woman the two continued their wordy battle which became more tierce herce eer every jy min ute until the neighbor neighbors wese aroused they ent sent fr for the village priest to re fe store tore 6 order the bonze camer my children he ald said what are you lor tor rell 11 me at a once so sol I 1 may tr tn to decide who Is the guilty guilt party exclaimed lill 1111 tsee my my hustind secreted the picture of a wo w man in lit my rose pet that caused all this trouble 1 I swear I 1 never r possessed pots essed another portrait but that of my tainted sainted sirel and the husband raised his hand to heaven Cn children ildren children said the holy father with much dignity dign ltv before I 1 de cide our quarrel let me see the por trait it wa was handed to him and the bonze looked into the hand glass steadily ste adil for or a minute or longer then he shook his white head and decided in a voice ring ing with authority you are both in the wrong this picure represents a venerable and holy man it I 1 Is a won der to me ou did not recognize the saint in it I 1 will take it with me and place it among the holy relics of our church then the bonze banze blessed the young oun 9 couple after KIM hsum and lill 1111 tsee had made up and kissed and aril went away aay praising the god gods for the great discovery discover he had been permitted to makeel make ex change |