Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-15

been written by laly. There was n
question Of furs involved In its meaning
and he was thrown off his guard by he
manner, and just angry enough to smar
under what he considered an oversteI
ping of the bounds Of even well-founde
jeal0usly, so he answered: .
swell, what of it? Where did you ge
that note? Were you rummaging In m,
pockets for curiosities, madamp'
well, that Is COOL" retort d the lady
who was by this time too angry to pro
long her crying, and too much exasperat
ed by her husbands GOODNESS TO ALLOW
him any explanation.
The two little Thistledowns had fol
lowed their parents TO the library, anC
were standing In the doorway, with theil
little faces the pictures of anxiety, ant
the boys, Timothy, Jr., variegated In ex
preston by tears running down his cheeks
so the door was closed against them
and the darlings wee shut out from tn,
domestic trouble, while the principals In
the little breezy encounter were shut In to
have 1t out. I...''-I
Mr.. Il. was doggedly silent; the lady
ragged and tore around the room, and
threw the worked sofa pillow at him, do
Ing more damage to the drop light and
shade upon the library table than Il did To
the gentleman against whom the blow
was directed, and without a word, except
muttered sentence, sounding very like.
''Confound you'll" Mr.. Timothy Thistle
down left the room, put on his overcoat,
and LEFT the house In no easy frame OF
mind. and the children went TO the rescue
Of the mother, who rang the bell and call
ed up the coachman from his Irritation
with the waitress below stairs. ...
"Quick, Richard, follow Mr.. Thistle
down; he has gone 10 DelmonicO's, /
think! Ifnot, go TO the office. Follow
him i say, and tell me where he goes and
who comes 10 soc himw
"But, madame" ventured the man, sur
prised at the orders, "Mr. Thistledown
may have"
mo he hasn't; he took no breakfast,
and It's early. Begone, sayW
She was melodramatic and positive In
her manner; she had canght an idea
knew that her husband sometimes break
iasted nj DelmOnicO's. She owned the
carriage and horses. and she paid the
cosciiiban, aud so the cOachfaaB would
obey her orders implicitly.
And the irats Mrs, Il. was right. Her
husband thought more Of HIS breakfast
tf"H US HfIg NifHs lg'H flyr
bestle management, he had breakfastfd
NJ Delm0nlc0's before, under similar cir.
And he did not ride down town he
bs went out from the house, re.lipbted
ligar at the drug store ut the corner,
bought newspaper, and consumed
Ten minutes In the operation, and then
started straight down the avenue, where
fHD Hfgurlrnun nUnffnrL Ea,., a Il. ~
minutes before he went in 10 give his or
] r, while faithful Richard waited out
side.
But there was nothing but the chops,
coffee, rolls, and the newspaper; no dis
1Oyery whatever, and would not have
been but that Mr.. Thistledown sent for
sheet of paper, and an envelope, wrote
note with lead pencil, and sent it to the
restaurant Office.
Richards eyes sparkled at the discovery;
ne had something to tell at last. and he
watched the anglo-Francaise clerk as he |
gave his directions to the hall-boy, and |
the hall-boy started off with the note, to- |
ward Sixth avenue.
The boy took an upward-bound car-so |
did Richard, and after few moments |
seated himself beside the messenger,
whom he knew from the frequent waitings |
which had been imposed upon him upon |
opera nights, and a sidewalk acquaint- |
ance so contracted.
"Ie're bound for uptown in the early |
nornin' Frank" ventured Richard, by |
way Of inquiry at the beginning.
" Yes, with a note"
"Ye're to get an anser?"
"NO; only to leave it." And the inno-
,ent messenger, who knew Richard to be |
good fellow, handed out the note, which |
vas addressed to lady living in
treet, and marked In haste"
Ye won't get back for an hour. away
Up there" said the coachman. "Pm |
,oin' up that way, I'll take it for ye."
Unwilling at first, the messenger finally /
He had been paid half dol
ar for the service, anu 1t suited him to
arm 1t more easily than riding about in
he cold; so he gave the note to Richard,
prang from the car, and Richard fol-
owed his example at the next corner, GO
ng direct to Mrs. Thistledown with the
tote and bursting into her presence with
he air of military commander who had
aptured citadel and just reached head
quarters to make his report.
TO say that Mrs. T.. was still more
ngry would be far too little in words to
10 her justice. Marital infidelity she al
eady suspected, but she did not suspect
n appointment at an uptown picture
.allery at two o'clock that very day-as
made In Mr.. Thistledown's note-with a
'retty widow who was one Of her best
riends aud constant visitor at the
Ouse.
Mr.. Thistledown had named the hour
he place-she knew the lady; and now
hat the dreadful secret was discovered
he determined to follow the discovery to
g bitterest end and denouement.
An hour later Richard had delivered the
ote by proxy of the butchers boy at the
orner, and Mrs. Thistledown was prepar-
~ to 90 out and to visit the picture-gal-
,ry about 2 o'clock. .
A. red dress which she would have de-
pissed to have worn upon an ordinary
ccasIon, served as a garment which her
usband would not recognize, the bor-
owing Of cloak trimmed with sable fur
rom a friendly neighbor, and thick
lack veil, were so effective that she sal
ed into tie picture gallery a few mo-
lents before time, with the air of count
SIS, and was secure in the consciousness
{ her marital dignity and her unsuspect-
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