Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-09-13

i -"Lloyd!'' nssa I'll ~ e
To his dying day he never forgot that
| cry. A slight CULVER about the mouth, a
swift quailing of the eye were all the signs
he gave that he heard her. She knew that
all was over between them. One thought
took possession of her; to act SO that the
company would suspect nothing. So she
declared herself restored upon their ar
rival at the hotel, and insisted upon going
with the party into the cave. s,,.. .5
At one O'Clock they started, with lighted
candles and guides. Weston kept near
| Nellie; Whitlow was here, there, every
where. He had become interested at last
| in some magnificent stalactites and his
party got far ahead of him. He discover
cred this and hurried after them. He
could see their lights in the distance.
When nearly up to them his candle went
out. He went sauntering along until he
came within hearing of the two nearest
him, and recognized his wife and Weston.
''You cannot deny" Weston was say
ing, shat you nave encouraged me to think
that you cared for me, Nellie, and, by hea-
ven! you shall not say me nay!'
II confess to having done wrong. Twas
so afraid did not possess my husbands
whole heart, that determined to test his
love for me by trying to make him jeal
ous.' fiitl'H'a i
$50 you made cats paw of me! Very
kind in you. May ask what prompted
you to select me ?'' 51H
"Because you we're respectable enough
in the eyes of the world to make it look
right, and you were unprincipled enough
to make it practicable, and heartless
enough to have no feeling in the NATTER
''Then you love your husband ?''
Glove him ? I idolize him! I would
give my life to occupy the place in his
heart did a month ago. love him so
well that / cannot imagine how heaven
can be heaven to me without him p.
''That is enough, Mrs. Whitlow. I be-
lieve that you will enjoy yourelf more in
his company than in mine; so will step
ahead and send him back to you.'' ".-
Weston went on, when out of the dark
ness pair Of arms encircled her. Nellie
looked up, Reconstruction, and saw the face
of her husband, wearing so different
look, that she knew he had heard all.
"Nellie, darling, you are my own pure
wife after all, but you we're very, very in
discreet"
81 was trying to make you jealous.''
"And you succeeded with vengeance.
never thought my love needed that trial."
''But you acted so differently from what
you did before we we're married.
II was your lover then, Nellie"
eyes, Loyd,' she said, as she chung clo-
ser to him; ''and you are infinitely more to
me now-you are my husband"
II believe understand you," he said,
with smile. ''What you ask is easily
given ;; suppose I commence now" and
Lloyd Whltlow clasped his little wife to
his breast and nearly covered her with
kisses.
''Thank God, Lloyd, that we understand
each other I will repay you the pain I
have cost you by lifetime of DEVOTION
(Which I must encourage by little
petting now and then, eh?"
eyes, Lloyd, please" '}a
That excursion party thought in the
morning that Mr.. and Mrs. Whitlow were
the most matter-of-fact bride and groom
they ever saw; but concluded in the even
ing that they were the most devoted.
Nellie's advice to newly married wives
is ''don't test your husbands love-"