CLEARING UP A MYSTERY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 208, 19 August 1911, Page 3 (Supplement)

CLEARING UP A MYSTERY.

-‘ Why, my dear, that's perfect nonsense 1 ” exclaimed Mr. YY'iscman. " Somebody must have broken the

YVell. no one will confess to it," replied his wife. That’s because von have not questioned them in the proper manner. Women lack that persistence, that resolution not to bo foiled, that determination requisite to extract the truth from an unwilling witness. Give him the impression that yon are not to bo baulked nor misled, and the most stubborn will soon bond before your invincible will. It is simply an illustration of the power exerted by a greater intellect over a lesser,” explained Mr. YViseman. loftily.

“ Yes, I presume so,” assented his wife, with a faint smile. “ Suppose you try.” ■■ So 1 will,” asseted ho, leaving the room with a determined tread.

After a while ho returned, sank into Ins chair, picked up his paper, and resumed his reading, with a slight frown interrupting the placidity of his expres-

“ Well, did your greater intellect perform a miracle? " inquired his wife. " Yes, 1 found out, if that’s "hat you mean," was the reply. "Oh, John, you did find out. really?" cried his wile, admiringly. " How did yon do it? Who was it?" Mr, Wiseman looked at her in silence for a moment before he began : — “ I discovered who broke the vase by the logical process called elimination, and I find beyond dispute that I broke it

AVhv. von couldn’t have,” cried the bewildered'ladv. “You weren’t here, and- ” “ Nevertheless, I did.’’ he affirmed. "I fmd that the cook didn’t, the housemaid didn’t, the nurse didn’t, the children didn’t, and you didn’t ; that leaves but one person in this household who did. and that is I. Of course. I’ll replace it,” he concluded, hastily leaving tho room before his wife had time to say anything.