Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-01-20

This woman is an. actress, whom
became acquainted with about a
year or two before you first saw her.
assure you | knew nothing of your
love affairs or proposed marriage.
If / had known in time, / should
certainly have considered it nv du-
ty to warn you of the awful blum
der you were making. When 1
went abroad with my regiment, it
seems she chose TO go down and
w1iggle herself into my family
What her motive was, ! can't i'm
agine. She is most artful, dan
gerons person, that is clear. She
saw my return to England in the
papers yesterday, and sent me a
note inviting me TO come and see
her at this address, which I did. 1
give you my word of honor had
not been here ten minutes when
you made your appearance. She
had just told me she was married,
and this was your house, upon
which got up and wished her
good-day. a,gs --l e-t a.
"By this time I had found myself
unable to stand, and was sitting on
the sofa with my head between my
hands. When Capt. Ringwood left
off speaking, l looded up, meaning
to say something, but forgot what
it was, and only stared at him ST.
lently. .ul 1I-. ..iar7
"He was fair, slight young man,
about 80, with handsome, thin fea-
lures and large, brown whiskers.
He stood there looking at me with
the same good natured concern in
his face that he had expressed in
words, in his fashionable, affected
way. 5 % 10 ,-lgis-s.19I
cat last I recollected what I had
been going to say, and told himI
wished to be left alone. He silent
ly took out his card, laid il on the
chinney-piere. and went out. edf
81 don't know how many hours
remaip-d lying on the sofa, with my
eyes shut, in that strange torpor,
hut it was night when / opened
them, and found my wife standing
by me. She had lighted the can
dies on the chimney-piece, and was
STOPPING over me. She started up
right as my eyes opened, but she
did not avoid them. She confront
ed me, arching back her nymph-
like figure, and leaning one hand
on o table behind her. Ifelt no
emotion at sight of her, hut looked
at her as if she had been picture.
Her beauty was splended. AN her
fair golden hair was turned off her
white face in sort of glittering
aureola. Her great turquoise blue
eyes flared under slightly contracts
ed brows; the nostrils OF her deli
cate, straight nose and her infantine
mouth expressed rage and pain. .a1
al am glad you are awake said
she. Il want you to hear me say I
hate you
al don't care I said, wearily.-
Go away @
"Her face famed out with the
fury that was burning her heart.
"'But you do care she cried
You shall care. Itell you always
laughed at and despised you. 1
only married you for pique-be-
cause he left me. I got into his
family and toadied them, and mado
myself their servant only to hear
of him, and TO feel nearer to him,
and be where he had been-I love
him so. I love no one else in the
world-I never did. / would kin
you, and dozen like you, to save
him from fingerache. I would
rather a thousand times have y
blow from him than a kiss from
you--a hundred million times
When ! think Of you, and that you
are between us, hate you-I alb
hor you. How dare you smile at
met I'll kin you 80. AN
/ was quite unconscious Of smil-
ing; but she darted at me and,
struck at my throat. caught her
hand; this time she had penknife
in it, and felt that she had prick
ed me. That instructive act of
self-defcnse reused me and prcba-
bly, saved my wits as well s.s INV
life. When l had master ed her.
and thrown the knife aws.y, I held
her hands in mine till sac put down
her face and bit Their, sayacelvI