THE WATCHING WIFE.
A delated pedestrian, going up Fort street, in Detroit, at a late hour the other night, thought he observed a figure crouching- in the latticed porch covering a front door. The mutter had ,'t suspicious look, and lie halted and looked ovor the fence. 'Go on now,' called the voice of a female through the gloom. ' Do you live there ?' inquired the man. ' Indeed, I do.' 1 Can't you get in ?" ' Indeed, I can.' ' Well, what are you waiting for?' ( What for ?' shedemanderi. ' Would a respectable woman bo crooked over here at this hour of the night with a club in her hand if she didn't expect her husband every blessed minute.' — Detroit Free Press.
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Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 11, 18 August 1883, Page 4
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118THE WATCHING WIFE. Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 11, 18 August 1883, Page 4
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