The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-11-04
grlett Stnrw,
My Husbands Second Wife.
A woMANS REVELATION.

BY husband came tenderly to mJ
side
Are you going out, this evening
love d?
Of course 1 am.
l"oked d. wn comp'acently at my
dress of pink crap'; d. w-dl"T ped "vei
with crystal. and the trails If pluk az
aieas that caught up its i"ids here and
there A diamond braceler encir-
Glen one round white arm, and little
cross blazcned firiu! at my throat. |
had never looked hetter and I felt a
sort of g,rllsh pride as my eye met the
jaIry rejection in the MIRROR
Come, Gerald, make hasre Why,
you haven't berpn to dr. SIS vt!
Where were my wit"Iy ins'incts. that
IN his feat arures-the ievered light in
his eyes?
Ican't 70 Tonight, Madelire-I au
not we'll rnnu h.
You are never well enough TO nblige
me G raid am tired of being put off
with such excuses.
lie made no swer but cropped his
b. I'D IN his ha0ds. on the table before
INN.
Oh come, Gerald. urged retulant-
" il IS so awkward for me 10 &C alone
ni,rays!
H. shook hi> head listlessly
Irh ugh perhaps, you would be will
ing to remain at home with NE Made
line.
Men are selfish said plintively !;
and am all dressed. Cla ldil took
hall All hour f r my hair. l dare say
y"u'H be u great deal -qu.aier without
me-that is, il you are determined not
to go
No answer again.
Well if you chn"se to be sullen, 1
cant help it. SAID. lightly, as Turn
ed ard went OUT "f the ioum, adj ustIng
my bouquet h"l1er. the tube rn es and
belipropes seeming to distil incense at
every motion
Was | heartless and cruel? Had I
ceased 10 Iot e my husband From The
bnitom of my heart. believe that
Iuved him aS truly and 'enderly as ever
wife did bur had te"n spuilrd ard
pettcd all my brill, selfish hie. that the
better instincts were, So to speak, en-
rUmbcd alive.
went TO the party and had my fill
of adu!ati"n ard homage. as usua..
The hours SEE med {" glide away, shnd
with roses. aud winged with music Hsd
perfcme and it Was net until. wearied
with dancing, | s"rghr momentary
refuge in the hall lshred tea room,
'har heard words wakeuiDg me, as it
we're. from Il cream.
Gerald GIeny
cou not well be mistaken in the
Iame--it was scarcely commuu-place
enough for that. They were talking
TWO or three business like l"oking gen
rlemen in The hnl without aud | could
car cb, now. and then, Il fugitive word
"r phrase.
Great pity ,-Totrlly ruined, so Bees
&McMurk say --RucAless exrrava-
sance of his wife?
All 'h,se vague fragments l heard
aud then some one said, And what he
is going TO d" now
What can he do? Poor fellow J
am sorry; bur he should have calcluat
I'd his Income and his expenses bet
ter
Or his wife shou 4. Oh, these wo-
men they are at the BOTTOM Of all
mans tr ubie.
Aud ihey iaulhed Oh, hoy could
t"ey had yet 10 learn how Easy it
is, ir his world, 10 bear Uiher peoples
tr"Li les !
'os huriedly M, with my heart
hearirg iunultu, usiy bruca'h the pink
azaleas, ard went hack to tie lighted
saloon Mr.. A bany Moore was wait
ing 10 claim my hand for the next
dance.
Are you i'll, Mrs Glen? How pale
you look
Ill am not very we'll wish you
would ,have my carriage called, Mr.
Moore
For ] now felt that home was the
pr'pnr place tor me
Hurried by come unaccountable i'm
rulse | sprang out the moment the car
risge wheels touched the c1rbstoue,
and rushed up to my husbands room
The door " as lacked; but could see
a light shining family under the
threshold. l knocked wildly and pre-
sistently
Gerald, dear Gerald! For heavens
sake let me in -.-..
Something Iell on the narbls hearth
stone thin making a metallic clink,
and my husband opened the door lit
tie way. l had never seen him lock so
pale before, or so rigid yet 70 deter
mined.
Who are you he demanded wildly.
Why caunot you leave me in peace?
1t is L, Gerald-y"ur Madeline
your own little wife.
And l caught from his hand the
pistol he was striving to conceal IN his
breast--irs mate lay on the marble
hearth, rndrr the mantel-and flung 1t
out the window.
Gerald would you have left me
I would have escaped he cried, still
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