Show I HIN itt 1 Mr Jr returned R homo home from tho the last Wed Weil Wednesday Weilt W Ci t tA and found Mrs Irl out ho was frankly and com completely completely completely flabbergasted Never e cr be lie before le letor fore tor had bad such n a thing happened Mrs lire J 3 bad met him nt Qt the door of ot the apartment with a I cheery welcome Mr Jr stood stock steel still na ono one who hums has Just matte made moc n a terrifying discovery Then he hurried through each room In Inn n it stoic of oC alarm wondrous to 10 behold Per Port Perhaps haps she mite hal had fainted maybe marle hail murdered her Anxiously ho 10 wrenched aside otto ono of or the portieres then nn on idea Iten occurred to him hImor Of or course To be H It I was perfectly obvious that MM Mrs isas In hiding biding some somo place about tho apartment t waiting for tor him lo to como couto looking for Cor her herIn h herIn r In 10 tear fear and trembling when site Mho ho would Jump out at him bite bh and aDd enjoy enjo hugely his lila dismay Sure Suro that Iti II Well Wel ho Ito Juat jUt would not bite hed be bo utterly Indifferent to her absence Then she eho would eventually como come out from trow her het biding pineo pince and ho he would have tho laugh on her ber berSo So Mr Ir ed ensconced himself com corn comfortably In an no ens chair and pretended to be absorbed In the tho evening eclo paper And still 11 not oot n a sound Bound In the thu the tue crinkle of ot the Ibo pages po of ot the tho paper II r us ur ur he turned them them Silence Sl an uncanny quiet It I got cot on Mr Hr Jn JR nerves In a n short bort while bie he ventured n a mild 01 Blossom But Dut no Mr Ir J Jumped up suddenly and hurried through to the kichen It I too wes sees empty empt Where was lie lio servant 7 Ah Alt bo ho remote bored It was her day out antI and ebo wasn waco t expected until Just In time for Cor or dinner Sometimes too It I was n a hundred to toone toone one oue shot eliot that she he appear until the tlC next morning But where bero seas 01 Blossom gom 1 Pocketing lila Ills pride Mr Ir J hurriedly opened every cerr closet In iii II the apartment nod pulled each drapery draper nut But no Mrs What could coull have havo happened to her herP Perhaps P shed ebed been Icen run over Per Pcr liepa shod been taken III I do und was now no lying In 10 otto ono of ot the city hoe hos hospitals unconscious and ond close to Deaths eolO door Perhaps perhaps oh perhaps u a thousand und and ono one things Just Juat then tho the rung rn Mr r reached It from the tho din In two bounds Hello he ho cried brokenly eagerly en erly Italic Hello nelo answered tho thu tb voice In the tb receiver recel er Is Blossom In InI It I wan a n titans mans mant voice ole tool No So 0 answered Mr J 3 eho who la Is lathis l this Spent n a little Illo louder tho voice In sIl ted I cant cont bear you OU la Is In 7 Mr Ir hesitated n a moment moment Mrs Mis lr In but bot who 1 Is In this speaking ho hue replied with dignity Oh Ob the voice olce exclaimed Is In this Mr r wel talking Well Weil el then never mind Never re er repeated repented Mr lr J who are you Oh Ob nil all ni right came the Irritating irritating ing lor response In 10 u a I mot most bantering tono tone I Just wonted to speak with Blossom Look hero here cried Mr Ir who Ito IIo 10 Glared Out arc oro youl Aro Are you yon 00 afraid to tell tel your name nanie Click I rite fl receiver had bad been hung bung buni up op nt ot the theother other end of oC the tho line lne Mr Ir wn WOR sias wild wid ills Ilia face race was livid with wih What did It menu Who iio ho was nas that Impudent puppy at ot the phone Who could It bu be Who Mr J thought and ane thought and thought but It I Bounded strangely ly different from the telephone voice of ot any nn male acquaint acquaintance once ance of oC Mm Mrs Irl whom he be know knowAh Ah Alt that was ith II Some SOle man ran concealing his voice Perhaps yes It did sound sou ni something UKu liku lu Alberts voice Toke The cad cadi Since be be he Albert had failed to win Vin In MM Mrs ho should at least leant be decent enough not to annoy annu her er over o er the Ibe phone after her lie marriage to lie 10 would see ECO Albert Ibert In tho morning And Mr Ir J raged up end ond down town tho apartment like Ilko 10 n a caged lion lon thinking nil ni sorts of or dreadful dread CuI things nod planning battle baltic murder and sudden death for tor tho mysterious man at ot of oC the tho the tie other othor end enl lie le sat down down Ho Ut Iu got up lie fie ie stood lint In ono one room and then thon In Ina a noth er erlie lie J walked to the tho window and glared out ominously Do Ho Io rotted fretted IIo no fumed One ODe ho bo wan aA a n roaring lion and ond the next a n frightened trembling lamb Anti And still ot no Mrs 18 Another hour and another Finally tho the welcome sound of or n it J key be being bo being ing Int turned In the tho door roused him from hi fit n t of o rage roge lie IIo hastily tout sat down dawn anti and picked up the tho though the twilight was so no deep that be distinguish a 0 single word OD on the tle page pao before him Hut But bo ho pro pro tended to bo be deeply engrossed Mrs entered tho tue room half g groping In tho the She de dc something on the tho table before she h recognized recognize her he husbands presence Ant And nd when sho site did dh she oho Jumped In tn flight Oh site sho ho gasped what a n fright you jou 01 gaie nc mel Mr J hurled hurlet hIs bla paper to the floor Hoor tor Oh I did Ild did d I I ii i ho he I Iles iguess guess les youre surprised to see me roe Ie at nl home homol homeI I ought to 10 bo be nt at tho the omco I 1 suppose or dining druID downtown What did dil you OU hurry hurr back for tor forI torI I am ant m BO RO sorry Homer floater dear pleaded I Mrs Muus Mr J I had no 00 Idea It I wits so late Inte I was so O Interested Anti And nl the tho girl I I IA is 11 get getting Jet ting thug dinner Iloner ready reaty for toro forThe Tho The girl Interposed Mr dramatically Is 10 out also t I cried MM Mrs ra J Ob Oh ISomer Homer forgive Cor ho me I 1 Never re cr mind I snapped Mr J 3 you tell mo me 00 where you were Now ow Homer dear dont scold me 1110 le Mrs Irl pouted I 1 know 1 should have hac been heen home borne but but I elm ply ply resist resit nn an tunic and Id pad And JUI look at nt these perfectly adorable bar bar bargains gains Kalim oln I goti sot I simply Hum snorted Mr Ir J throwing away owa your youir money on were you roo arid and on letting me mo como come homo to nn an empty COIt house nut But I simply resist dear And Ant besides beside every e or ono one for tor you ou this smoking Jacket and this cuto cute lIttle tot and Just then lien tho the rung rang rn Mrs Mra Ir Just vied ed started toward H It I No ro you yon dont donti Mr Jr J fairly yelled You there therel Hello nelu ho lu growled browle nt cit tho the phone phone A pause You crazy jealous lunatic laughed the voice In tho the receiver er a n male ranle voice olce cant you Oi recognize the of ot your own when ho be talks to you 01 over Oer the tho th phone Youre nn an easy mark IB Is Blossom In itt I want to to marLI Hut Mr Ir hind d dropped IJ cropped the re rim receiver rp elcer and crushed tho tine astonished Mrs clone In 10 his bis hil anus |