The interior journal., 1874-08-28

he more favorable.
Friends would scarcely have known
him as he sat talking and laughing with
the bcwitching widow had they seen him,
50 completely had she thawed the reserve
which had hitherto 80 marred his man
ners, and rendered his company irksome.
What pity IL is that custom, while IL
has put a ring ON the finger Of the wo-
man to denote wifehood, has omitted to
give some corresponding signal to the
man.
Had such been the case, Mr.. Gray
would never have adorned this tale--if,
indeed, adorn it he does.
During the walk in the park, il would
have been easy enough for George to have
told his companion of his marriage but
he did not.
lie had no motive for secrecy, bat
simply held his tongue, on the principle
that rcticence should only he broken on
compulsion.
So when at parting, rather late in the
evening, the lady intimatcd that he
might repeat the visit, he suddenly re-
membercd that he had not spoken of his
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NJ Tbomnson wondered WIN her
once ardent suitor did NOT resume hi.
l,vo-ol;no
She ,hor9ht ala baen G,;,bfu; IN
mo n,omorv. ho n,n., ho f,nd Of mo I
wonder wLy he does not nro,ose .,
Soon ,ho mvs,.rv was saIved
pv aoc;Jon, which !, !. NOT n.cos.orv
IN de,aiI boro tbc lady became aware
,h,, Lor ,roo,ao, ,;.;,or u,os mn, i'm a
state of single blessedness
Tho ;n,oII;oonoo did nat hro,L be,
boar,. sbe was a sensible woman and a
very practical one
So on tho worry dov on which .he had
mad ,ho discovery sho called an NIrs
Cray a, Ac.c;, Iodce fremont and
,old be, all
sho .o,,o,od ,bo no,,. a. ,ucb AZ ,o.
s;,Ia % ,ho Vic, and ,h.v bod 4, Io,o
,aIL ,ooother
That same afternoon MFR. GRAY re-
ooiyoJ note from Mr. Tbomn.on saw
Inc Tho, ;r,nor,or, husi,oss would com
al hor ,o Ieovo Carm,,sviIIe f,r a,
;nJosn;,o no,;od
No wor5 Of bor destination did ,h,
no,o oon,,;n and George ,boucbt !, q,
,he whole rather cool. y s,;ll /, wa. g,
GOOD ,b;no no,bons a. he was cettinc
himsoIf So Iit,lo HI, ;nvoIveJ in m,
ao,;rr -
Tho ,orni,o eJIo,;,o Mr. Thonn
- ri.;, wos ,ho ono an which ON,
tor, onons
I'll ,hat I,Jv hal h.on o,lIv .n
- on ,ho da; in hill .be want :,
H.. g., ;n ,,o uornin,
sbe had made her discovery ON III,
nreyious af,ernoon. she had visited III,
iadv and written IN the husband and in
tho evening aha had .ouybt and obtained
an ;nterv;ev with a dorl lady wbol;ved
in a .uit of rooms over n dentist. and
unJer an artist. and lcctured an astro
,hronology
Now a. my readers will have alread,
o,csseJ the dark lady was Madame Bor
o;a. and Madame NOT heip. insensibI,
~ Tho v,lue Of NANCY agreed (for n lib.
o,.I ,rosan,, IN Ia, ber visitor norsopat,
bcr at auv bour which she migb, de
mnnd Mrs Tbompson beinr permitted
IN wait in the aute-room
W. wrs, hero tell our readers Nr.
cray wa. No, tho first ners,,n who had
,oIJ Nr Crav of tho nrtune.teller. h,
had heard of bcr a dav or two hcfor,
,bronoh tho widow. from who's lips h,
received the information in far more
courteous and forbearing manner thar
he did when mentioned by his wife.
In fact. Mr.. Thompson. rather iond
of welding her power over her serou,
friend, had actually elected from him {
promise that he would himself consult
the oracle.
lie was rather superstitious, and wha
he heard from his wife at the breakfast
table made him secretly resolve to "cer