The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-02
What She Found In His Coat.pocket.

A tired husband went home from his
work, the other evening, and, taking of
his coat, requested his wife to mend q
rent in the sleeve, then sank upon the
sofa behind the evening paper. Wife
like, she took up the coat; woman-like,
she dived into the pockets. From the
inside pocket she drew forth letter, di-
rected, in delicate chirography, to her
husband. With darkening brow, she
quickly took the missive from the en-
velope, and, without noticing the date,
began to read:
HMY DEAR GEORGE am lonely, oh |!
30 lonely, since you left me last Thurs
day night" "Ah, ali that was lodge
night, he told me-" said the now
thoroughly interested woman, as she
glanced viciously over at her husband,
who appeared to be just falling asleep.
"Oh, how can you sleep, with the weight
of this deep sin upon you? But I'll see
what more the brazen hussy has to say,
if it kills me-" With one hand pressed
to her throbbing heart, she read on J
81 know am foolish, darling, but when
you are away there seems to be a barrier
between me and all that is bright and
lovely. The sun does not shine half so
bright, the moon is but white spot,in
the sky, and the stars stare cOldly down,
when you are not with me, lord Of my
life and heart" ["Was it for this---was
it for this % mOaned the unhappy wife.
Fortune speed the day when we may
be united in those indissoluble bonds
that are sacred in the eyes of heaven and
earth" "What mockery! does he
or she consider that his VOWS made to me
are not sacred? What are they going to
do with me, anyway, wonder? Poison,
perhaps. Oh, false, false, perfidious man
Oh, wicked, designing wanton" Still
the suffering woman read the letter,
though each word burned to ashes a
thousand hopes and joys:] When we
need meet no more clandestinely, and
tremble in each others embrace" C"Pd
make you tremble if / had you in my
embrace a minute!"1 "when my head
may be pillowed in safety upon you
breast" {" The fiendessv1 "and your
arms Irvine in loving pressure about
me-" Furies"] "and our lips smoth
er the tender words that would escape
between them" ooh, the sirenic she
devilp Kissed the woman, as she tried
to keep down the boiling rage within
her. She crushed the letter in her hands
then threw it upon the floor, and spranl
upon it with her heels, as though it were
a snake, and ground it into the carpet
Then, with clenched hands and com
pressed lips, she strobe rapidly back ant
forth across the room, ever and amor
making move as if to spring like fury
upon her husband, who, with paper
over his face, was apparently sound
asleep, dreaming, perhaps, of the wicked
temptress that had come between him
and his fond wife.
Presently a reaction took place, and
the wretched woman sank into chair
and found relief i'm that blessed panacea
for woman's ills--a flood of tears. Grown
calmer after while, she picked up the
rumpled letter, smoothed out the creases
and with an air of mingled despair an(
resignation, looked for the signature
"YOu ever loving and devoted, but poor
apprehensive@" What's this! Flu
--Aut--tering birdie, A-d-a---Ada. Why
bless me this is only one of my old let
tiers to George! What fool l."
A sound from the sofa, first like tn,
escaping steam, and then like: "a car rat
Ting DER the stony street, assured hel
that her ridiculous conduct had beer
witnessed by her husband. Burning
with shame, the foolish woman fed t
her room, and locked herself in, and sh,
is almost as miserable now as when sh,
thought she was wronged and deceived
wife.