The Man With The Wrong Valise

A Utica papor gives the iollowing bnei but coinprehensive story oí' one of those little domestic mistakes which are likely to occur in the best regulated families : Soruetimes a baobob tree of consequence will spring from a causative onioa seed Such was the case of a gentleman from Waterville, whose slight mistake yesterdas r.early oqst hii 'lia wife, .He w" coming to Utica to meeo his wife, who was on her return from a soinewhat protracted visit to her relative in an Eastern State. On the train he met a female acquaintance who was without an escort. True to his instincts as a gentleman, when the train rolled into the Utica depot he offered to accompany her to her home. She acceptpd his proffered courtesy, and handed him her traveling bag, which he noticed at the time was very like his own. They arrived duly at her residence, and parted, he taking one traveling bag, she the other. Then he wended his way down to the hotel, where his spouse was waiting his coming with impatience, knowing that the train had arrived long since. They met joyfully and underwent those little love passages which only those can describe wno nave experienced them. At last the time catne for retiring. The gentleman deliberately removed his boots, his coat and vest, and then he attempted to open his traveling bag. His key did not open it readily, but finally he obtained access to its contents. Meanwhile, his wife ha'l not been less expeditious in disrobing. and drew near her cherished " hubby " to see what the pretty present was he had promised her. ïhen she started to rummage the bag. Horrors ! The first article she drew forth from its recesses was - well, it was not a shirt. She screamed ; he got red in the face. She accused ; hedenied; he expostulated, he averred his lack of knowledge of the obnoxious article of clothing : soine ene had played a trick on him ; he wouldn't have had it happen for the world. His eloquence smoothed matters down after a while, but we are not informed as to the denouinent at the other end of the route.