Show I Ii J I thic lid nd ot or tho iV fit OJ ot at Hen a as a I certain IncIdent was brought to Mn Ir s J Js Intimate notIce that left him J 1 wl er and O a sadder man As 1 tin nn Into the trays of oC women It teas enlightening though hopelessly Ine cn cable lc meed every eory one at th hotel t least every er woman There were otto ouo or two tO ot of men whom 11 lie cotton to It WitS true hilt bitt he heBI BI no o for letting them know tt It Nor or lie he feel teel It Incumbent ent him to slight them when forced In theIr Naturally his vIewpoInt differed widely from Crom Js So Mr Ir J ot Cor Corthe or orthe the lIfe 0 of him see eec why Blo ow should be so fO fond Cond of at one woman so I to 10 shows that ar been marrIed Ion long But Dut be ot wIse to n a few thIngs coo con socIal relations women ono morning after breakfast The hotel guests lint out on the tho veranda In that lOlL lazy fashIon hut proves protes the ot of every good 1001 break I tast ast nt at the seaside Some Sarno ono one I bridge bridgeo o Mrs was wal nut ns far ll as could see a most frIend of Ir a J 3 WIS nna a 0 good frIend ot of his and therefore It seemed most reasonable to expect that the same would exIst between their wives I But Dut what wn hIs surprise thIs ohm morning to hear Blossom om reply II I wIlen Mrs Irs lom suggested getting I Mm to 1 it table I It at Any one hut but lien her my dcarl I 1 sImply cant play brIdge with her Mr Ir J was on au the poInt of oC on the mutter lisp pouted along arid took oft orr to the tho bowling alleys But his suir In his mind milid nil all just nl as they were ere walling or dIn dInner dInnet net ner a 11 few hours bours later Mrs come came up to She SlIe was clear through tier Her eyes were ablaze nod and her approach Mm rs Ju WOR vuI unit 1111 nt at once is III the matter maUer my mr dear deor she sho anxIously aliI sympathetIcally Mrs 11 herself u Up tHy Dont you rou my dear me Mrs Ir Just teed ho It If you simply wont ont play piny brIdge with Ole nie you simply Imply cant peak penk to the you understand that the better began egon Mrs J That Is all Mrs Irs insIsted Mrs interrupting In 10 frigid tones That Is nil nIh I M My only regret Is that I have IHle been the tho vIctIm of such duplicity Then Mrs rs J arose lit In her lIer wrath Is III not nol oil all Mrs she eho retorted not by any means menn Who told you I 1 I play bridge with Oll I demaud to ho tollI a I saId that was nil Mrs replIed Mrs SID determInedly anti aorl I meant ill And Aud with that lint the enraged lOti on her heel bell beat t a dIg Illg and proud retreat Well oll or Of all 1111 Mr J almost In tears ell eil observed Mr Ir J unwisely you rou SO soy itT Iti Mrs Irn J turned on liar husband In 10 n a arage ra rage c hether I did or dIll not Is of no importance That Iri Tom Brown Is a cat The rile deceit Cui retell J I II hl ril make l c her pay for this I have known though do somethIng like t thith bl I know knew wag the very cry first time iliac I met her het paused n a while In deep re Now Not Blossom lie he said Sa III ot at length Impressively thIs ought to be n a Ics n nto to You did sa say It for I you myself Which goes to show that It ItOU you OU cant say anything nice ulce about n a per Colt Ball so say nothIng nt at nil all Anti And ns C tin as asI I 1 can caD see lice you have 1111 no cause to say bitt i Dont you Ton niT me abe exclaImed Mrs IMI told Mrs Sm tl of oC your Jour remark I thInk Mrs INI is 19 n a most admirable I 1 QUI sure thc she would not do a 11 thing like that Moreover Oh Ob she t Is Is i she ebo snapped napped Mrs Irs T Juist because in I woman has hns a 0 pretty prell face you then are to lien her with nil the ot of the an ange el Gab I IrIel rId rIel It If she tell then Ill Iii like ilke to i know who Who else could bate I told 1 The en eat Mr Ir was fils WM was wrinkled In thought ani bt bl l mournful It III l a Blo som a 0 lie he In n a Good Friday voIce olce I dont see why you au women get along Herr here only yesterday R the ot of you the best or of friends And nd today you nr nrc nil nt at daggers drawn Why do you do It 1 Does Docs n a woman always have to ho bo tU tUI fuss fussIng I Ing and turning lit itt seam other O ow men dont tIO do that We dont sos gos gosSIP SIP flip and we dont t toll tales and we backbite It If two men have hoo n a difference n a mutual friend brings them together are mode made icy shake have n a few Cew there you OU lire arc arcI I think you rou ore are In the wrong In this lit at dId make moko the I think you rOil should 1 go 0 straight ht to Mrs lIt anti le Then rheo Apologize pole le cried M hc i J nil as though she could scarcely belIeve her ears ApologIze Well ell I guess S not Id 11 ilIe first But I 1 nm am goIng to tell that orol nary Mrs Irs what I 1 think of lIerl herl Mr r 1 1 Mcw himself up lu In that right cotis blessed stI style You will do clo nothing of oC the sorL lorl leave whole thins thing to me Ill straighten It out and get et nt at be bottom of oC ItIn the way men lUen do Now ow you Jou sit rl ht here until I return And nd he be was off orr In search of Mrs lrI Tom Brown rown flu o found her sitting tranquIlly nt at the far corner corDer ot of the veranda bus busy with her needle J Mrs Irs he b began nn My Iy wife and Mrs ro hate jUt Just had hod n a lit little tit I 1 you to help too DO ft t out ThIs morn In lag you when brIdge was pw put posed Mrs I remark d to you rou that lint she sho simply play lIar bridge bridgeSt with St Ith Mrs Sm Someone lne told Mrs Irs ot of the tho unfortunate nail statement ent or of lilY my nuil a 0 accrue My r wIfe says that you toll told Mrs Irs about Anti Mrs rI ro rose from her ber chair Mr Ir sIte Iho Mid wIth One duo scorn thIs is the l thIng I 1 euer er haul hod said old to me inc by bI 1 a man who ho was sup Up POH to be a gentleman I die dId hot t Mrs I bill bid hug I shall see lIte your our Wire Immediately Arid nd site Ill gathered her skIrts about her alit ron n a moment Mr Ir J the tho peacemaker was hut he had boil made up hla iii mind to Re see It through When hen ho be found Mrs ho be hovin vin met with n a frigid Mrs said nom in wife that ho saId that she llIo I play bridge with you this morn hi lug arid J I have come to Mrs she admIts It docs she he you have come to tell mo me ito you rou I Mr Ir Just teed this Is double moult I shall tell my And I shall hind and your ann tell her I think of oC her for or sending you ou to mo me with such 1 it Will you ou ho bo enough to ho let me pass t rot down and wiped his Well he exclaImed Ill be Slowly ns as one In pain tie he lunch the In of Mot AR 11 bo h turned the tue corner he beheld huts hb wIfe I Co Mrs Irs nail Mrs rs Tow Drown Brown holdIng each others hands Their faces were wre Th They J were vere cooIng over oer one another like lIe turtle doves Butt Bilt o as the they caught eight of at Mr Ir J their changed to frowns frons and oud theIr noses assumed nn an upward tilt Homer I saIl J Indignantly I want you to tell Mrs that I did not send Jou to her ber with nn any inca mes sage that your own l thou prompted you to approach lien her lint I IlI thU not 8 sa lint I woul nt pin play bridge with lieu her I have nil all alland and Mrs now host that I saul I play 11 bridge wIth her stun I ii so well versed In brIdge that I keep keel tip her And you owe Oc nut nil apolo apology r right no noto now to Mrs Irs an and to Die ate be for mo most t falsely that I said eald she lund 1101 enough to carr carry m my remark to Mrs Irs We everything no now That horrIble Mrs Ir Pryer wo inc say I elm ply cant play bridge wIth nail It to I shin ply lly wont woot play brIdge Mrs JoneA In my I for or a 0 moment that dear Mrs Irs here hud bud hicen guilty of the tho Poor loon dear SIte hunt hOR straightened e ot out lovely But you almost broke brok up uI our Homer You oue oe both oth ladies nn an apology They Ther have gracIously con consented to you rou them for or that too All the while Homer II Iud II getting redder redder and ond hotter nod and hotter under the Finally he burst forth cry ery II ny my ulear deor Ladies Loelle J I am a 0 aliar liar n a thief nUll aunt II murderer I stool steal front from mell and snatch candy away from I beg your Cor or trying to straighten out this affair I nun nm the tho The the tho entire hur lIen ulen ot of gossip on m my horns boro anti and drive me out Into the Every Is clear to It lo 10 Its lt all right Here hereafter after I shall my conversatIon to ou any mermaids mermaid I may dl oer along the beach It If J I may be allowed just ono one word more let rae mo suggest that the next Dext tIme you have hae a mIsunderstand lug Ing with cacti other or with my wife dont ask your husband to intercede or you I am going to cont content nt myself with wiLli one quart to forget this little lItHe epIsode but tram from personal knowledge ot of that sIde of your our respective husbands characters I 1 should say sor they would be I content with nothing It less than u a I gallon ollon I |