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vaguely wondered wbatwas coming next
elias he been here long ?"fo ntjili,I
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AAoo iiSl 1SCi .l1Ef8 i''ftiisiSt
"Mr. ,Cnrew, do you mean2".ii it
"Ycs."'', .l KS 81.
"For1 about four weeks, / believe" !"
said Addie. I 5a.at q, 9i.d as stt...d
HAS he paid his bills?' @
Addie crinlsoncd. 4,3.f -
mot YETI i t5},p.,,t54t St
81 thought SO. Norswill hc."
"Nindam," said Add:c, spiritcdly, "you
have 10 right iNh G/ 9'1
Yes, child, l have" broke out the
lady, impaticntly, 'thc best ightI i'll the
world-the right of one whom, thorough
paced villain and imposter though uheiis,
he has cheated and wrongcd most cruelty
of all am his wife PSI
"His wife" involutarily repeated
Addic. is. a @ rs1a. 4iE9
Il. "Ah, | sce," nodded the strange guest;
che has been palming himself off on you
rs u single nan. 1t is his style He
lives gay life, while down i'll the coun7
try, nm suffering torithe bare ncccsslries
OF life But, i'll so far rs can I will
not see people deceived and deluriedby..
his arts If,as | suppose, your mother is
one who depends for her daily bread upon
her daily income, let her get rid Of him
mt once. lie is not one who pays his
debts, and the widow and the tatl!erlcss
seem to be his natural prcy.Yiil 81 7h4ot
Addie sat paic, and, us it were, ,parat
USED. Bl a@, .9a lid ,.sflail
This, then, was her hero of romance
her chevalier without fear and without
renroeeh y $500 / i. az I'd. ..t,, al!il,
Yet, perhaps there was some cruel mis-
take, some spitetul. envenoncd slnndcr.
She would not believe it until 1iai
Even as this reflection cddicd vaguely
through her. mind, the door opened, and
Mr.. Carew himself entered, with the light,
jaunty stcpth was customary with him.
lie stopped short, turning of livid
pallor ms he saw tho pale woman in black.
"Augustus!" she greeted him, com
,poscdly.
"Flora!" he gaspcd. Il did not
expect to see YOU here"
No, | knew you did not" she said,
bitterly. you thought you had etiectu-
ally concealed your whereabouts from
me; but II neglected wife has kcencr vision
than one is apt to suppose. Will you not
introduce me formally to your pretty
young tricnd?"
"Certainly-ol, of course" said Mr..
Carew, growing red and pale with n.or-
tification, yet striving to assume an easy
manner. Miss Clifgrovc, this is-n-
my Wife"
And Adde'S look Of contempt was per-
haps the kecncst modification of all that
Augustus Carcw had yet experienced.
MIR. and Mrs. Carcw went home the
next day, tho former promising to send n
remittance to Mrs. Clitigrove per mail,
which remittance, it may bc unnecessary
to state, never arrived.
Addic became John Torrey's promised
wife.
For Johns loving heart was very wise
IN It's tenderness. and he never spoke Mr..
Carcw's name again.
And Addie is very happy in her quies
homo, and always thinks with plying
kindness Of Augustus Carew;s pale wife.
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Probably there is not the rcmotcst
corner or little inlet Of the minute blood
vessels of the body that docs not feel
somc wavelet from the great conya!s;cn
produced by artylaugh,cr, shaking the
central man.
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