Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1872-07-05
Gelcfte0 MlislfIlanD.
Reunited in Death.

The face Of Arthur lowering was pale and
very pitlless. There was an expression OF
determination about his thin lips that bespoke
a resolution that would not falter in the pur-
pose he had in mind.
Before him lay mass Of legal cap paper
that he had written with nervous hand and
MS he raised his eyes YEARLY from his desk he
forced his fingers through his long brown hail
and pushed it back in a tangled mass from his
| forehead, and sighed with bitterness that
hitherto had never disfgured his coentenance
Then il was that his wife quietly glided into
| the apartment and stood before him, without
uttering word. lie merely pointed to q
chair into which She mechanically dropped
while the gurging in her white, swan-ike
throat was as audible as the beating of the
pendulum in the old oaken-cased clock, that
stood like sentinel in the corner of the room
| where never more the light of love might pene-
trae two hearts this side of the unknown
world
| Emily" said her husband, &C ] shall en-
deavor to speak TO You without reproach. The
time has gone by when might have implored
you to stay your feet in the ways Of folly.
have sent for you only 10 inform you that
divided my means with yon fairly. | have
given you more than half of all possess In
| future our paths will be in different directions
] do not think we shall cross each other s
paths and remember, if the world handles this
scandal from tongue TO tongue, it will never
be from even 1.-THE of information it will re-
ceive from me.'
He paused and gazed at his wife, awaiting
her reply. Nervously clutchng her thin,
white hands, which were crossed on her lap,
she essayed several times to speak but at
every effort her heart seemed to choke her and
bright tears rained from her swollen eyes ms
she gazed on her husband with maniac like
stare Al length her lips found utterance.
" You cannot mean this, she said {" | have
done yon no wrong, | swear it," and she
started to her feet and stretched her hands
toward him.
Arthur lowering smiled with an in ncrcdu-
lous sneer ms he waved her back to her seat.
81 have expressly stipulated" he said,
=" that we should have no more scenes. Ex-
PLANTATION is worse than useless. Silence is
your best ally. am dealing with facts not
theories-matters that know because | wit
messed them, and if do not paliate them it is
because there is no forgiveness for treachery"
3" have done you no wrong" gaspcd his
wife, not even in thought"
" Enough-euough,' returned her husband,
" this must terminate. Let us say goodbye
and held out his hand, which his wife grasped
in both her own.
"No, no, " he cried endeayoring to shake
her Off "not thus"
81 will not be cast away in this manner"
she screamed bysterically " You are my
husband, ! have been guilty Of nothing which
merits such treatment. | tell you again and
ogain that this jealousy is unworthy your
manhood. You will, by and by, be ashamed
of it. VIII you listen TO me-"
By powerful effort he wrung his hands out
of her frantic grasp, and hurredly left the
apartment. Then it was that darkness fell
over the life Of Emily lowering that only was
lifted when the cold clay was piled above her
still heart.
A handsome woman generally pays pen
atty for her beauty in some shape or other. Tf
it is not jealous lover, it is a suspicious hus-
band and do what she will keen eyes are
fastened upon her daily walks and quick ears
are open to her words while her more ILL
favored sisters sail along in security from
these scrutinizing guardians Of propriety.
Emily lowering was not without touch of
vanity; but to her it was, perhaps betrayed in
manner that rendered her more fascinating
for its possession. ! mean by this that the
tinge of coquetry that colored her acts never
rose to that height that would bear the i'm
pn,ation Of premediated imprndence She
was mpulsivc and generous even to the sneers
Of those who bore her no good will-tbat up
right sisterhood whose stern, starch decree
commanded her-thus far and no farther. She
laughed at the rulfied faces Of the old " Wall
as they looked out with unmistakable severity
upon her extra number Of round dances, while
she said Arthur was willing to trust her, they
might rail on. And she was correct thus far,
for her husband never would have cause to
Judge her with more severity than he would
playful child If there had been any fairness 10
The criticisms Of the argus-eyed crew that sur
rounded her.
The fact was there was chance for mis-
81; IA ard fhpga geufineIs If virfuq determined
that fEmiiy lowering did not live up 10 the
letter Of the code, it should be no fault Of
theirs. So, when Horace Worth ranged him
self by the side Of the gay beauty he had once
essayed 70 win. these amiabe reporters sharp
ened their pencils, and opened a new page in
their note books in the hope of an astounding
entry. What wonder that they quickly wore
their implements blunt, and ere the moon had
passed out Of her quarter. sharpeDed sfresb to
conclude that which they had begun in such
eagerness.