The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-02-10

SPc WHICH ntioSofHer SuWcDouv
advised man to marry; her husband
was in the state prison for life. (Ac-
cording to Philosopher S, he should
have been hanged; but in either case
the object is attained, namely: to
render it difficult to approach No. ?
with the contrasted excelencies of
No. ~
About six weeks after she came,
our boy brought out the mail, and
handed Billy a letter. Without
glancing at the superscription, he
opened it and read nearly page.
when he took up the envelope and
looked at it.
"Alice," he said, "this is your let
ter. / opened it by mistake: but it
is so queer | should like to read it, if
you don't object. Here, you read it
first and see what you can make OF
it."
81 don't understand it at all" she
said, after glsncing hastily through
il. 1T reads like love letter, and
the signature is new to me. George
), Thorndike'-l really don't know auy
one Of that name" Then she went
to the stove and raised the gridiron
on which the meat was broiling. La
doing 50 she held tbs letter in such
u position that the flames caught il
and sprung up round her hand, SO that
| she was forced to drop it into the fire.
Was il an accident. She SAID it was,
and uttered many regretful esclama
tions.
But three weeks after there was
another letter in the same band. 1t
was given to Billy as before; but af-
ter looking at the address he brought
it to her.
"You'il let mc read that one, won't
you, Alicc?' he said III any one
chooses to persecGta you with un
welcome letters, l ought to know it."
She opened the letter and read
aloud the first few lines, and then
closing it, she told Billy tina. supper
was just ready to put on the table,
and that he should see the note be-
fore bedtime.
"All right" he said; "but don't lot
it get burned this time, will you?'
She promised him, and he went to
the table with the other men. As
soon as he sat down she lit a candle
and went to her room. She was only
gone short time, but when she re-
turned she burnt the letter unob-
served by her husband.
After supper, when the men had
all gone, he asked her TO read the
letter to him.
"Why, Billy" she said, innocently,
81 burnt it up; but saved the sig
nature, as you told me, and here it
is"
Billy burst out into tempest Of
suspicious anger and disappointment.
"Why didn't you read that letter to
me, Alice?" he said. "Your conduct
convicts you of conplicity with this
fellow. l know now that you an
swered -his Last letter; that you know
perfectly well all about the man who
wrote it."
"Why, Billy" she said, 81 read the
letter to you, and you told me to
save the signature which nave
done"
"Alice," he cried turning as white
as sheet, and trembling all over;
any God how you have deceived
me! You are telling me lie, and
you know it. Oh, Alice! to think
how trusted you, and now
He sat down from very faintness.
and wiped his cold face and shaded
his eyes with hand that looked
palsied and dead.
went to him and touched his
curly hair caressingly. "She can ex-
plain it, Billy, no DOUBT suggest
ed.
explain it," he groaned bitterly.
"She can explain he'll away, and
darkness, and all the sin and hypoc-
risy Of this miserable world. Q, you
don't know how this little thing
throws light upon so many other
things that were mystery to me be
fore. But / trusted her SO; took
all for granted. would have been
ashamed to insult her by a suspicious
question:
Pretty soon my husband came III
and tried to comfort him. His con
iidence in Alice was unbounded,
though | must confess that had be-
come distrustful of her honesty.
That she was cognizant of my dis
trust she betrayed in many ways, but
chiefly in the desire she manifested
to dodge my eyes when they were
fixed upon her. l had told Mr..
Brown how felt toward her, and he
blamed me severely for it. you
women are always SO uni ust to each
Other" he said. Like most good
men, he yielded in a great degree to
that superficial charm Of manner that
women Of extraordinary tact acquire
by association with many men, and,
without knowing it, he was evident
ly just little bit infatuated.
II know there is plausible expla-
nation OF this" he said to Billy; 81
am sure you have not been deceived
in Alice. II she isn't a good true
hearted woman, dom, know of any,"
He should have said, "lf she isn't
good looking woman" ETC.; but she
had spun a web about him out of her
graces and beauties, and he saw
through it but dimly.
All this time Alice had not offered |
to explain, bat stood like a statue by
the dish-pan, and waited as sup
posed, for chance to throw some
winning card into her hands, being
perfectly we'll aware OF the fact tina,
her nimble tongue would not serve
her now.
Mr.. Brown walked toward her with
the intention of urging her to say
something in her own justification,
when suddenly, with most tragic
scream, she rushed past US and went
out Of the house. "Pretty we'll
done," said jealousy to myself; "in
all probability acting is your natural
vocation, madame" 1t was cold
night-about as cold as ever comes in
our genial ciimate-there would be
a frost before morning.
"Oh, Lizzie!" said Mr.. Brown, ego
r.. l. "A l. l. l. L..