The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-22
Check-Mate.
HOW THEY WERE FOUND OUT.

Kate Heaton's head was crowned
with a lustrous glory. Locks, silken
aud abundant, of the hue which Titan
loved to paint-reaching when I'M
bound, nearly to the flOor-added to the
great beauty and strength of her
womanhoOd.
1t was her beautiful hair that first en-
tangled and ensnared DR.. Heaton's
heart in its auburn, gOld-tinged meshes.
Now that he had been her legal
possessOr for some years, and could ad-
mire and caress her beautiful hair at
will, it became an old story. True,
he still thought it to be the most won
derful hair in the world; but a thrill of
the Olden days, when a chance lock
came in contact with his hand, had
passed away. He loved his wife, of
couTse-she was pTiestess of his home,
and it was sacred to her-but some
times it grew little humdrum, and he
sighed for a sly filtration and moon
light walks. The DOCTORS patients
were numerous-tOo numerous, Kate
thought sometimes, when the clock for
several successive nights struck eleven
ere he raised the night-latch. One
evening, when Kate had placed the
last pin in her hair and arranged it to
uGI edllSldCGlOLf Sllb Sdlu " IllG AOClOlg
who was lounging on the sofa, 'I wish
you would take sister Mamie and my
self down to Mrs. Williamson's this
evening. promised her that l would
be there"
A look of vexation passed over the
DOCTORS face, and his white brow CORFU
gated in something very like frOwn,
but he was too wise to interpose any
objections, for he knew that Kate had
temper of her own, and he had no desire
to rouse the sleeping lion. The truth
was, the families of HeatOn and Will
Hanson were very Intimate, and Mr..
Williamson and the doctor had an en-
gagement for that very evening. OF
course there was no harm in it, for they
were only going to meet some young
ladies and take them to a place of
amusement, just for jolly time, that
was all; but, nevertheless, the doctor
wouldn't have had Kate know of it for
a fortune. He accompanied his wife
and her sister to his friends, meditating
meanwhile how he would escape from
them, and what excuse he should offer.
When they reached there he found that
Mr.. Williamson had already departed
as per agreement.
After chatting little while he took
his hat, and said, with a nOnchalant air
and a bland smile, that he was
obliged to call on a patient, as it
was a very serious case of hyper
trophy, or angina pectOriS, which
needed great care and attention, but he
would not be gone long. Mrs. Will
Hanson looked out in the balmy air of
the summer night and wondered, pa
thetically, where Mr.. Williamson was,
as he was not well, and she feared to
have him out late. A sudden thought
struck Kate, and she walked up to the
doctor, and, shaking her finger in his
face, said: "If you and Mr.. Williamson
are going to meet and go on a spree-if
this patient of yours is a trick-you
will suffer for it; do you hear ?'' The
doctor laughed uneasily, and, assuring
them that they were mistaken, and
that he knew nothing of Mr.. William
sons whereabouts, departed. His call
on the patient with the hehypertrophy was
short, he only pausing to prescribe a
dose of the compound extract of jalap,
and went on his way thinking of the
words:
"Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to deceive"
He would have thought the web was
thickening had he cast one 'longing,
lingering look behind" and perceived
in the gathering darkness his wife, her
sister, and a masculine friend coming
after, but, "where ignorance is bliss it's
folly to be wise" He soon reached the
trysting place, and found the rest of the
party.
He Immediately told the lady who
was with him that he could stay only a
short time, for Mrs. Williamson sus-
pected him of going out to meet her
husband. Mrs. Williamson was a good
friend of his. He would not fall in her
estimation for the world, and he was
determined she should not get ahead of
him.
After walking about for awhile; the
party determined on going somewhere
for a nice, quiet little supper. Many
suggestions were made, but at last it
was decided that the cosiest, incest, and
most private place in the city was at
"Salam's." The party divided, and
reached the place by ciTcuitous routes.
They were soon installed in cosy little
supper-room, and were soon ready for
business-the business of devouring
some of Salam's choicest viands. The
supper, which was nicely served, was
decidedly an fdit, and the champagne
which followed was enough to make
any man forget the little woman wait
ing 1or him, even if her hair was auburn
-golden-tinged. Mr.. Williamson told
stories, the ladies laughed and chatted,
and the doctor sang amusing songs
something like
"Bad me, I've lost my thimble,"
and others equally lucid. He bad lust
finished the chorus of one of them,
when one of the ladies distinctly heard
a ringing laugh proceeding from the
next room. 1t had to her ears not a
pleasant, but familiar sound, and she
sprang to her feet begging her comrades
to 60 home. But there was champagne
unquaffed in their goblets-they had
not heard the sounds which disturbed
her-and they would not go home.
Again she heard the laugh. She de-
termined to make an attempt to play
upon the fears of the lady who accom-
panied her, and, if she was not success
ful, she would go home alone rather
than run the risk that menaced her.
She dared not tell the doctor that she