The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-31

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sing assent ctlantly ysceW
ed oitt of her husband.
She gave, the, croquct party, anlt
had the satisfactionof hearing on al
8ides,that it was the most elegantly
gotten up little affair of the season il
Holloway Road. She whirled down
to the parks, and along the DaySwat
er Road, with the cream.colorod
ponies. She bought the lavender
summer silk, with a love of a lace
shawl to owearit; paid Madame Fringe
Furbelow four guineas to make it up
and had it ruined by glass Of lem
onade the first time she ever wore it
She accepted an invitation to visit
Yarmouth with party of gay friends
and cried all night before she could
induce her husband to consent.
"Vic, you don't understand" said
John, with a careworn look on his
brow. eve must study economy, OF
we shall go to ruin!"
"Economyl' sharply retorted Vic
toria; 81 am sick of the very word y
Her husband turned slightly away
it was hard; just when he had most
need of sympathy, counsel and adj
vice, thus to be repulsed.
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"They tell me-. said Mr.. Hardic,
the senior member of the firm Of
Hardie, Blocke & Co., "that Hale's
wife dresses the most elegantly Of
any one at Yarmouth this season,
"NNhat, Hale, who keeps Dcnny's
books? Young Hale?
Yes
' "fhc deuce She + does! How can he
afford it?"
"Ahw saidold Hardie, takingsnuf,
chats different matter. l don't
know how he affords it, If | were
Denny, should keep an eye to
thingsw
"Thoy'vc had some serious losses
already, Pm told" said the other
"That burglary last week cost them
a thousand pounds"
"Any trace Of the burglars as YETI"
"No. The safe must have been
opened by skeleton keys, Denny
thinks"
"Humphl" gruntcd old Hardic.-
"If the cashier was any one but Hale,
that Denny trusts as he would trust
himself"
"0h, nonsense, nonsense, non
sonse!" cried the other old gentleman.
"Thores such a thing as being too
suspicious, Hardie! You'll be say
ing next that Hale is at the head Of
q gang of burglars!"
"Ho maybe, for all I know" re-
piled Hardic, dryly,
Meanwhile, Mr.. Reginald Denny
began to be strangely mistrustful,-
Not of John Hale he would as soon
have thought of doubling himself
bu of others about him.
"ITalo," saidhe, sometimes l think
these knaves of burglars are nearer
home than any one imagincsl'
"Do you, sir?" A ghastly look
came over the young mans features,
as if he were in pain. "Impossiblel"
"At all events, it is worth looking
into" said Denny, "Tho circle Of
suspicion seems to be narrowing now,
Do you mind sitting up for a night
or two?"
"Not at all, sir, If you desire it,"
"I'm sorry to ask it of you, as You
haven't seemed well this last week
or two"
"Proy don't mention it; I am well
enough, said Hale, almost inpatient.
ly.
1t was the first night of his vigil,
q dark, tempcstuous midnight, with
rain falling outside, and tho rush Of
cquinoctial winds wailing down the
chimnoys, Mr., Reginald Denny had
gone home, but some unanalyzcd no.
tion induced him to return, quietly
and by stealth, toward two o'clock in
The morning, Letting himsclfin by
his own private key, with word Of
reinsurance TO the alarmed watch.
man who paced the warehouse, he