A Way They Have

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 5, Issue 4, 1 October 1926, Page 63

A Way They Have

What I like so much about you, John—” “Yes?” I reply, looking up from my newspaper. “It is yourl don’t know what to call it.” “What sort of a thing?” I asked, intrigued. “Well, when I buy a new hat, for instance you never ask me in that horrid way Mr. Jones does his wife, what I have done with the last, and suggest that it is extravagant of me to want one. You always give me the feeling that you like me to have it.” I feel immensely flattered. Eve appreciates me. I evidently have some sterling qualities I know nothing about. “Of course I like you ,to have

new hats, dear,” I replied cordially, “and I don’t think you are at all extravagant.” “I think I will go up to town today,” Eve remarks casually ; “there are one or two things I want to get. Shall I see you at lunch time, or are you too busy, do you think?” “No, of course not. Come to the office at one o’clck and we will go to lunch together. I must be off now, and here is something for you to spend in town.” “You arc a darling. You are not a bit like other husbands.” And I go off to tht office, knowing that I have been out-manoeuvred and with my purse considerably lighter, but feeling well pleased with myself. It is all in the way it is done.