The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-10-01
sEcREr or zee BLUE CLOSET.
BY JUDGE CLARK:

dom falls to the lot of any man.
Els Annette, aud the cherry blithesomc
cottage of raich she vas mistress, 50 won-
dcrfal!y became each other, and got to be
SO associated IL his fancy. that it is bard
TO tell which be thought smiled upon him
the sweetest welcome on his return to
them for rest after the tar!hensoHc labo's
of The day
George Barton was bard working
lawyer. Dey ia eud Gay Get he vas busy
studying aud trying cases.
twas only At home ia the evening that
;helconld call bis time his own aud spend
i. as he chose-wlich vas usually in read.
ing or talking to Anuelte. But even
there be kept "deu' sappliel vita law
books aud other implements Of work
whittier he would retire. on occasion, to
consult with somc imporiunate client.
That room was Annettes aversion -
When George sbu: himself up IN it, he
wa, lost to her for the rest of the evening.
She called it the Blue Closet" bu. no.
unlike the hapless Farimn, she felt no
wish to explore its secrets Perhaps it
might have been diiEercu! had her bus
band kept the door locked, and the key 10
his pocket.
1. was one Of Georges working even
iugs. and Annette vent to spend an hour
With Lsr chatty little ucigh5or, Mrs Cher
rup. hoping he. husband would be Olsen,
gagged By the time She got back. But on
her return the door of the Blue Closet was
sill shut, and light steamed through
the kcy-holc.
With a sigh Of disappointment Annette
was passing on to the !lt!lc parlOr, to wait
till Georges work was done, when she
heard the sound Of voices, one of them a
womaa's broken with soEs, the other,
that of h:s husbands, in low, earnest
tones. She distinguished the words |
"decciver" and ''villaia' uttered By the
former, followed By something that sound
ed Ike rcmoasirance on Georges part.
Annette had never known what i. was
10 be Jealous. Ind vas no! more curious
than tue average other sex, ba: for once
she felt 40 puaccoan:ablc desire to penetrate
tue secrets Of the Blue Closet L! is hard,
3y probable that she would have peercd
through the key-holc. though possibly she
might haze stayed to listen longer ii the
opasing Of tac door had not put her to
fight.
She heard tic footsteps Of George and
his risitoraloug the passage, aud the open
lug aud closing Of the hall door, as they
went out together. What could it mean?
No lady clients bad ever called there
before. Then the sots. the passionate
excIamaticns, Georges earnest rcmonStFa-
ton, all taken together, perplezcd her
entirely.
She sat lOva and tried to read, but the
words had no meaning. Half an hour
passed, and George did ret return. She
bsSaE to feel uneasy yet wouldn't admit SO
mich to herself. What vas there, after
all. in Georges going out With the strange
lady. At that hour it would have been
rude not to see her safe where she was 60
ing. Still Annette would have much pre-,
'ieEred i: had George been at her side tha!
momest.
She hardly kueS What i'npe!!ed her to-
ward the door Of the Blue Closet, somehow
i! possessed a strange fascination for her
';tstood open, and light was burning
within. She catered, aud approached her
husbands writing desk. On i:Iay an open
letter. Between her aud George there
we're 10 secrets, ard she took i: up mech,
aaicai!y. The words were traced in q wo.
mans hand and purpogtcd to be written
by an absent wife to her husband. Dear
George" the letter began. aud after going
on to announce the writer's intention to
rejoiu hun from whom she had 50 long
been 50 unbappily separated. it wound up
with, "Tonr qgtc:ieaa'c ,eitt:." Annette
staggered as if under blow. Sac had no,
known George long before their marriage.
lie had come from distau: city, and
!hsy had met as strangers. Bat he had
shown himself IL all things so true aud
noble that she would not have hesitated to