Finally, she says:
"There is a line on your hand that indicates you are a very beautiful woman."
"Does my hand tell that?" says Smith's wife.
"Sure," says the palmist. "You don't suppose I could tell that by looking at your face, do you?"
Yeow—by James, I thought I heard a cat that time.
Say, I had an accident with a cat the other night, and I'm nervous for fear the S. P. C. A. will get after me.
You see I came home pretty early and, just as I got my key in the door, I heard something behind me.
I didn't pay any attention, and as I opened the door that something scooted past me and slipped upstairs.