The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-03-26

eiae you would hayo onefod your arm gro
| this"
Knight, sside-The pelil Who hayo We.
hcreY Ter thousand pardoues lady fair.
] was buried inmy houghts.
''Ah. yes. Ierhaps l, by my boldpcssi
have fighteneh AVA one 'vhoso company
you much ufcfcr 10 mini
"Oh. ~ Aup--tlat " -vOu Bee, lady, Won
take me by surprise. She Is nothing to me
YOU are verythinU
'Mcu are en- doccitful'
'Mosi men are. am an exception. he.
who could be- dccoitulto ono so tur ne thou
muFt be a kuavc Monde who iu the
deuce She b.. Sho's bold anyway
'Mcu arc an alike. / Thought thcro was
one who could be trusted with o woman's
heart, end ho would treat IT kindly. tut oil
mCu are huiC4. Why DO Won not listen 10
mo- Why do You let your eyes roam ut after
her al the ttmCf IT, my company ubuuNtuus
10 vouf leo I will leave YOU.
"Oh, no. not at an. never was so happy in
my fife. never dcsire 10 be happirr than
with yuu. You arc al toe world TO me-
TNircinia mother has tom herself away
from the domino aHd approaches. Knight
appears 90 be uuc3sv.l
'"Why IN Won trcmule SO. brave KnightY
Arc ven afraid 1T me? sec, there comcs
your Virginia mother. I suppose you arc
very UNiuu 90 ly tu her
'Why shoull l not he Y'
"Nhy Fhuuld YOU not be2 10 You stand
here and talk such stuff to mc2 domino
was losing her self-pUsscssiou aud getting
angryl DO You not call yourself a brute
have yuu no sense of shame loft in you-is
your last atom nfselfrespcct goue-what am
| to YOU, aud what Is that woman to you?
Tell me-
Knight appears to be thundcrsiruck1
'Nou are nothing to Inc, hat ! know u.
Il seems Won would make yourselfso, but you
cannot. That woman * everything 10 me-
nnh HnnVFp npurn mo NhfH | Tool faint
and shall fall"
"For Gods sake, don't make a scene here.
Are YOU crazy, woman
"6razy-woman such words 10 me. III
am not driven to insanity-G my brain ia not
turned, ii will be from no fault of yours.
Ungratobl monster-crnol, hard hearted
mani How was | over so basely deceived,
I thought You al truth and noblonoss-'
"Woman, what do you mean What will
my wife say 20 zee YOU here and hear you
talking 30 to me2'
"Your wife, p
"Yes, my wife. You would make me believe
I have mono, / suppose
81 would make Won believe, monster. that
you have one whom YOU have cruelty betrayed
and deceived Monster, look ct me-
domino raises the covering from her face.
Knight Of James time docs not appear TO
be in the least surprised
'Wife, come here Virginia Mother ap.
proachesl Mother, tell me who this woman
Il and find out what she wants. Either
ehe is crazy or is trying to drive me 30. she's
tearing me all to pieces and for. something |
have done or havnt done, | don't know which
and before Heaven l never saw her before in
the world
Virginia Mother begins to show indigna-
tion, and a desire TO know what Is going on,
and TO take a hand in, too, II nocossary.l
woman, what are yo u saying to my hus-
band7'
1Your husband"
eyes, my husband. Do YOU wish me to
tell You fifty times he h. my husband2 l tell
You again be BE- my husband-and Il strikos
me that some women know Of might DO IN
better business than cooling around and
talking TO an old manor getting me away,
go that they can do 10. l thinli that any
woman who will act hike that IL no better
than ZONE other women who don't make 20
many protensiOns n some other women do.
There, nowl'
"Gmcious Heavens! am I deceived ?"
Deceived, deceived. Woman, If you've
any intentions on my husband, you are de-
ceivod. There, now, what do YOU keep look
ing az hin like that iorG Haven't you had
time 10 zee him all through Now take q
good look az him"
Knight mask was torn on. and then hero
was a faint scream from domino, which would
have been louder, had not Just at that mo-
ment another domino plidou mp, graspcd her
by tho arm and inipy pulled her away.l
"Heavens, Susie, what have we been do
ing 2 Not word, not a breath, come with
me. It's all a mistake, aud / was deceived.
! mot my husband q moment ago and was
telling him how YOU had William, and no said
Il must DO a mistake, for no knew William
had como on the train. TIA awful, amt Il ?
Let's go homo. What must that man havo
thought. and hia wife, too. When / came
M she waa Just talking law
aud police anil blood and thunder aud ven.
grauco ioariully, | tell you. Do you fccl
bad p
"Oh, ! don't know how I DO feol I never
felt 20 before. II William sh,uldEnow of 1t,
I'd do"
"Ho won't know II, l assure you. John"
IAN elderly gentleman camo forward, e.
corted the two dominocs ont of tho hall aud
TO r carriage. II was noticed that one of the
party seemed very faint, and she had to DC
hitcd INTO the carriage, which drove on, aud
tho curtain dropr.l