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cal4e0 GR RnSfaeSs. Il SIS, OF courSa was
netting exeraerdiaasy but. whoa he had
gone, i4elk that BIZ was detecting oiieer,
and aad eosns as Z. snys Thrust few clothes
into i carpet bag, Offending to escape IL
Fraacs. ! oaagha I'D bunch Of matches
teses the place oil Ere. CRASHED q rasor
and locked eagerly 81 Is Keen edge as the
sprest And sviffeses FYay Of ending my misery.
But ben, all thess would leave Lsr to tie
Jests of thesNerli ana n .A..-,z tl.ss;-=--
were sattirsss car -ss.Sg faek fmp partially and
COOL. faYer that dreadful day aud can
solemmiy declare that / would rather be
hangeti fer numbering her, thanFso have al
lowed , breath 70 sully her fair fame
l hast just laid down the razor, when
hurried step crossed tho aate-reom Itw
her huibands Now, I thought all is lest.
She WIS seen to enter here, and he has come
toSelaiSl her
my deat, he began in nervous.
! unsettled way you remember the business
that lame about yesterdays?'
Perfectly
Aud do yeu remember tie words that
used al | was geirg ] mean in answer 10
what you. said aftcE tho death Of iay wife q
Yes, / remember them distinctly,
My.wIfe has disappeared since yesterday
morning he continued. turning even paler
than lefore, and ii anything serious Las
hAppenni. you know, and you should repeat
these expressions they might be laia hold Of
and | don't know What would be the eonse.
qHeHee. i might be suspected Of having
murdered her
Poorifallow if I ladnot known lie truth,
would have suspected it myself, from his
expressive terror and anxiety He wiped
tho nars piTasion from his face and sunk into
chair. The sight Of a person more fright
ened than myself, raaswed me
WAS ealmer than had been since the
preceding morning
Where did she go How was she dress.
ed 2 inquired anxious to know all,that 4
could on the subject
don't know she told me shq was going
out shopping and visiting bnt no one saw
her leave the house, and none Of the servants
knew exactly how she vas dressed When
| went bomo to dinner, the first thing that
heard was that shell had not returned
W hat have you dons} Have you sent
to thopqlice and TO the hospital 2,
Yes, and to ovdry friend and tradesman
where she was likely. to call
You~may depend upon it. ! replied inn
pre$siyely, that Twill not repeat what yeu
said yesterday You are right in the sup.
position that it might tell against you very
much if she should be found dead under
Suspicious circumstances
lie talked little longer, and then went
to renew the search for his wife. How re-
b served self possession during this interview
I do net know, 80 far from boipg really calm
! could have gnawed the flesh from Of my
| bones III my agony
That right, when the doors we're fastened
|, I was alone--ezceFt the company Of tht
| dead III shut myself up in tie closet for twc
hours to ascertain Whcthor she died from
/ waat ofiair, fer | diytrusted ny own knowl
edge Of the appearance Of sufocated per
sons. The place was well supplied with all
from several large crevioes Ny first ides
was correot-she had died from some ether
cause
When / emerged frena che closet found
the night was intensely dark-it was raining
In torrents, she thunder and the wind reared
q terrible chorus, passed by the sulIen boom
ing Of therirer, then at high tide, and altea
dy swollen hy the rains / sat there in the
dark upon The floor holding the cold stiff
+ manu- VI IIiN I1dh VITA Htf V9 III. j iUOuRHb
droamily how often it has welcomed We with
it's seft pressure, while those eyes beamed
Brightly into mine, and the full, poutipg lips
had sreathed into dimples OIL. delight Now
that hand that used to be SO plump, SO foH Of
warmth and life, was now rigid and cold
those eyes wers glazed and obesity her lips
clampy and haraEf Tears came to IN y relief
/ wept as grown men seldom weep, and with
that heatt-easipg gush came new idea of
escape feF her and me- | was ready to be
lieyeYat that moment her spirit rested upon
mine, anl inspired tha thought for it burst
upon mel suddenly and with the conviction
that jf executed at tie instant it would be
crowned with success Howto0uld / other
wise hav6 had the tomerity to snatch her up
il my arms, carry her down stairs at the
sisk of being encountered by some Of the
other Inhabitants Of the house, bear her
through the courts, and, By way | knew,
into tho garden
ha river Was running strong and deep
against the wall. | pressed one kiss upsn
her cold forehead, and threw her into the
stream Gledly, gladly world have gone
with her and held her in my heart till death
but TIC impulse vas still on me, and without
5ieliy. fastened back No 9ne saw me, aRd
the bkating rain effaced my footprints.
1 a few days after, ] found by the papers
fhat ker body had been found far down the
giYer!
TRe years after, her husband married a.
gain. lie is stout and rudy, and laughs as
heartily Dis ever.
/ ShaIl die bachelor am lean aad
pale, land boged and grey haired, and the
SQUAD effmy own laugh is strange to me.
s.ryE ron SOMETHING.
Thousands Of men breathe, move, and
live pass oil the stage Of life, and are heard
of no fners. Whyo2 They did not partake