How Hubby Got a Raise

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Leave it to wifey, she'll fix things for you. Her schemes are so subtle that there doesn't seem to be the slightest chance of their falling down. However, when Mrs. Knowit suggested a plan to her husband, Ezra, by which his services would be the better appreciated by his employer, docile Ezra had his doubts, yet dare not oppose. This plan was to invite his boss to dinner and give him the feed of his life. She argued that the way to reach a man's good nature was through his stomach. To Ezra's surprise, the boss accepts the invitation with avidity. Ezra telephones, what he feels, the ominous intelligence, and so wifey prepares. That she may make a great showing, she starts on a borrowing expedition. An evening dress from one of her neighbors, cut glass from another, silverware from the next. In fact, various sorts of furnishings, even a maid to wait at the table. Everything in readiness, she feels proud of the layout. Ezra and the boss appear, and dinner is at once served. The boss is rather suspicious as he regards the elegance with which his employee's dining-room is fitted, and he indulges in a bit of mental calculations. Wifey is self-satisfied for she fancies she has made a great hit. The boss upon leaving expresses himself as having enjoyed himself, but upon returning to the office, he writes a note and dispatches one of his clerks to the Knowit domicile. Mrs. Knowit seizes the note, sure that it contains news of a boost. The note: "Dear Sir: I can't have men in my employ who live beyond their income. You are discharged." Collapse of the Knowit family.