, 1879-04-11

her appearance there. Peter naked who s1e
WAS. She said, s'Afy manu- IA Mrs. Elicit"
There was thu. In ins nopcnrnncc-tho nnlnt on
afterwards proved to be ''Whnt do you want
With my vital" satl lir.. An unsatisfactory cS-
rlnnntIun was given, ami he believed, nrd ha.a
tMsnn ts e ns'V t H. va wFs "et ho
went TO shoycr g. Co.'s. where Elfet was cin-
ployed ns hoDkkccper, and asked how It wns
that tits (Elfclt'sl wife was over to see hls
{sto,en:l wife, lhIs was IN ,sn T,ebSunsy IT, Te It's
circumstances nse lntcrworea uu 20 the ttn,G OF
tho killing. 1Ie exhibited gruat iurbcarallcc,
almost rctreatett from tho cvtdcneo4af his wifos
guilt, his Affection for her was 90 strong, q.
kuov Alrs. stcvens. pcta. then described lis
felt, "DIl YOU know !,erl,,,, "Yes.m "llayo9
you been With iert'' "Ycs." And, Elicit said
'e other wa. Nsllio q: Cla',-h,s g|f; she wes
paying attention to Mira. Stevens, mud had
Will, her letters Wherein Manic proposed
thcro to bog Mrs. Stevens not
Happening to throw his clothes on a. trunk At
hume, tho thought flashed on him that itter:
might be nuro lcttcrs tlcrcln, n1h ho opened II.
Snnle H,Ght sny TINT was n eontcnptfble act. 1t
was his plain duty. lie would have been cow
fie found photographs anil letters, ardent, las
ciyious, mid ttlthy,-tcrms Of cndearment,- too
foul to hc addressed to 0 virtuous wife. 1hcll
Stevens went forth csnzel ind Wild. Frntn TINT
day until tic minute pf the homicide tho load
was piled with close consccutlvencss unon him.
He took one Of tIlu letters to fricnl-sfr.
CplfeeH-and showed 1t to him, n,,i asked In
whose handwrlttn. 1t was. !" know IT, saIl be-
l,ai ha,l itaproper relations with hs wife he
would kill him. Cotleun advised him to tuaye
his wife. 4 1nan 10 tho twilight of lfo could
hava done IT, hut be was young md ardcnt-
hon,Ml up IN the lore and affection Of l!A wife.
"What would YOU do II It was your wife. {"
"uon't make that iltustratlon," saId Coifeen.
He yielded to thc advire Of Colrccn, us,s! worked
nlulit ind day arld tried to forget lIcr, but tn
vain. lle coull not forget what Wis to HIN
worss than tho tniraec to tho traveller. IL
knew that With lcr there could be no happiness,
but ho Tried again mud again, md could
t;ot forget her. M ilc vas seon 10
asked what VIVA The matter, ho nude an tnco-
l,oricnt explanation. The ono WIN noticed lin
aail to u friend, "Potv Stevens will either kill
himself or ao,ncbody., IIa, is crazy OH tho sub.
Icct of Ills wLIe's intlclty."
Stevens saw Sweet, who explained TINT }liz
expressions ot love wcre platontc, not Sinister.
lie wns anxious to believe Sweet told tho truth,
Al.l he may .Iayo done SO. I have sccn Mr.
Sweet, ntu think no as more oil gentleman
than nuy OF the others. They n.o In fnct not
gentlemen. rlcy arc ptrates ut wlluse mall.
mast Is the t,tnrk hag, and tl,eir war Il
uron society. But Ill tho meantlme aome
body had been to Mamie, and ehc
told the same story. 1lc lad talked with t,s
friends, and went 10 his wife with llrm rcso1ll
| lion to have an explanation, u,d then final
| nnd eternal separation. When he got within
the range ol her eyes, however, the ctnbcrs 81
| tic old loyo still burned. Though covered With
the astus Of trbulat!on, doubt, u,ld suspicion
they were fauned into flame BY her health. ai!t
| The tlru burst forth anuw. Lie was completely
| in her tolls. Woman llas eyer played stat part
| Shu commenced It IT. Eden. 1t was her volce
| t!ut caused the first mnn to fall. This rcsolu
| tton Of Stevens was made before he found the
| letters In tht truuk-April . or 0.