The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-11-03
Circumstantial Evidence.
SSWT e ought to tell her," said Mrs.
W. Martin, ar

81 don't want thanks, said Mrs. Glenn ;
" l think Of myself. If Mr.. Glenn should
conduct himself so while was away /
should think any one my very best friend
who let me know about il. To have a
creature like that stealing ones husbands
affections and other women keeping their
mouths shut, why it's awful-perfectly
awful"
cit would be winking at sin, y said Mrs.
Martin.
Assuredly," said Mrs. Glenn.
"Pve often thought all that show of af-
fection didn't amount to anything" 4" said
Mrs. Martin. "Mr. Martin never kisses
me when he comes home to tea. I've seen
Mrs. Willis do it right on the front door
step, and then call her dear so often. All
hypocrisy. And to see her set up by it,
And my dear husband thinks this, and my
dear husband thinks that, and my dear
husband likes me to wear pink, and all
that was made much of in the world
Nonsense"
"And I've often said to myself there'll
be waking Twp for you, Mrs. Willis" said
Mrs. Glenn. "And now you see it has
come"
"And very glad you seem to be of it,"
said Mrs. Bright. "The poor soul has
been too happy. For my part it always
pleases me to see domestic happiness, and
my advice is, don't tell her. 1t may be
some mistake you know. If it isn't you'll
only make her suffer-
"Pride goes before fall" said Mrs.
Glenn.
"l'm only an instrument. I'm obliged
to do the work set before me, even if it
humbles her."
"And you'll go with us, Mrs Bright ~
said Mrs. Martin.
"Not l." said Mrs. Bright "Firstly, 1
think in the face Of all your evidence, that
Mr.. Willis is too good man, and too fond
of his wife to deceive her so ; secondly, if
it is all true, wash my hands of helping
to break that sweet little heart. And if /
thought l could talk you out of going 1
would. just wait a week or so; think
about it little while, do.''
Mrs. Martin shook her head.
Mrs. Glenn smiled sarcastically.
"You always shirk anything Disagree
able" J" she said. "You have a nature that
impels you to take life easily. have been
forced to put my shoulder to the wheel too
often, not to do it willingly"
"And I've often said" said Mrs. Mar
tin, "that l revere Mrs. Glenn for that
very thing"
They walked out of the room. Mrs.
Bright shrugged her fat shoulders.
%" A couple of old slander-mongers," she
said land now they must try to make
little Eva Willis uncomfortable"
Mrs. Bright, Mrs. Martin, and Mrs.
Glenn boarded with their husbands at the
fashionable establishment of Mrs. Roger
Black. Mr.. and Mrs. Willis lived next
door, and all Of them attended the same
church. Either the latter pair were pc.
culiarly fond of each other or were more
disposed to show their fondness than most
people are but certainly they were known
as model couple. He was tall, hand
some, black whiskered man of forty
She was petite blonde of twenty-five OF
twenty-three. Evidently, no man was sc
wise, 80 great, SO perfect in her eyes as hel
husband. Evidently, no woman so charm
ing to him as his wife.
Now, there are a great many women t.
whom this sort Of thing is gall and worm.
wood. They cannot bear to see 1t, and
break it up if possible. All the flirts in the
congregation had tried to do this and had
failed. All tho sour matrOns whose mar
Iied lives were spent in spats aud SQUAD.
bles, sneered at the happy pair. and de-
clared that il won't last long But it had
lasted for five or six years, and not a flaw
had been discovered in the conduct of Ell
ther, until, one bright summer, when Mrs.
Willis having left home on a visit to her
sister, very pretty young lady arrived at
a neighboring hotel, and Mr. Willis-yes,
MIR. Willis, no other--was seen to devote
himself to her in way that was positively
shocking. Yes, positively terrible. For
Mrs. Glenn and Mrs. Martin, who took to
going about in waterproof cloaksand hoods
after dark, had not only seen Mr.. Willis
take ice cream with this young lady, but
were ready to swear that he kissed her at
parting, and ON more than one occasion was
seen to put his arm about her waist
This had gone on for three weeks, when
Mrs. Willis returned, and now, as the lady
was unpacking her trunks in her pretty
room next door, the two watchers had de-
tarmined TO inform her OF her husbands