The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-24

H..
DEGEM!lBE 24 1876
4Why, Mrs. Ladisss helinterrupt-
ed, ssWhat have / done to merit your
EdispledsgrsY Ihayes noticed all day
your avoidance Of me, and with what
Ireluctance you;accspted a-saat In my
|rarrihge.p IN.
Il4Nse lost my emerald ring, sir,
and 7 am told that. you have fbsen
seen wearing it, and knowing. If 50,
thai itsmast have sffaudulsnilys come
into y6dr possession, y must have
naturally selt Indignant. especially
as my husband iApngry thereat.s {
'Iregret tobs a: pause of;aunoy-
|ance to- you Z, fetuFnsd he, aud while
speaking tnks from: hi, pocket an
emerald ring 8eiy npIiks The one. in
question. \ ous st5e madame, that
s,ias s sIiIIs ID
bahd''' N ;,Is' 3. .iI.
a'HusM / will not hear q word
against him." interrupted the lady.
81 have lost my ring and itwas but
natural that he should think
= "His wife was agiddy flirt, having
denied any whereabouts of the miss
ing jewel, and insisting, / presume,
that l hadiitwith your sanctionp
"Mr. Ellery, I will never speak to
you again if you say another word
against my husband,p she replied,
with indignant tears in nlher eyes.
II am not likely to have the OPP
portunity, madam, for there comes
your lord and master after the wife
he neither honors nor trusts.n
Nothing could have exceeded the
surprise ofMr Lads when they met,
to find his wife5being escorted home
by Ellery. They hadistarted in ad.
vance of the rest of the company,
and consequently the husband had
,no]knowledge of the accident which.
had thrust her upon him. And the
flushed face and Indignant manner
Of the lady he at once construed in.
tosigns Of detection, for he well knew
his coming must have been unex.
.pected, shesupposing him to have
gone to the city. 81 will relieve you
of my wife, SIR said he in his most
icy manner and with an angry flash
tdarkening hisface. AS Ellery assist
ed the lady from his carriage to that.
of her husband sotne imp of darkness.
must have prompted his words, for
she,said: wi
., Ihat'ss the way with you hus.
sssssia 81 You won't let another fell
low7take even Que step into your
Elysium without putting in an un-
welcome appearance"
Wordless, and with fierce anger
darting' from his eyes, Mr.. Lardis
struck his spirited horses as they
were in the act Of turning, and in
answer to the singing stroke, they
swerved aside, the carriage oyerturn-
ed with crash, the occupants were
thrown violently to the ground, and
the animals, freed from restraint,
dashed away with the carriage clat-
tering at their heels. sa
In an instant Ellery sprang toreu-
der assistance, found Mr.. Lads
stunned and his wife wholly uncon-
scious and apparently dead.
7 ''Help WILDE here presently" said
Ellery, and in a flew words explained
the accident that had caused Mrs.
Lads to be in his company.
Forgetting every doubt and griev-
ance the young husband held his
wife in his arms, gazed upon her
death-white face, and frantically
called her name and begged her to
speak but o single word.
Help came at last, and they bore
her home but partially revived and
laid her In that unconscious state
upon her own bed. The physician
who had been summoned pronounced
her in ofraat donnar from oonfn,;on