Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-16

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obtain leave. OF seek orders eisevhe~e.
Bu; 81 al this the professor was oh
hvlous, toO-welcoming Captain MGR
ton with something akin to relief, a.
uox that he knew Mile VAS 80 we'll
provided for, lie could retreat to some
quiet corner, and get as far away from
the gay scene a. was possible.
So 1t haapeLed that, as the hours
wore away, thinking ii about time that
they were going, and III search OF Mil
lie, his eyes and ears were simulta-
neously opened TO an astounding fact.
I Two dowagers, snugly ensconed in
corner, were too busy discussing his
g.. 1 <.fl =,
The man is TO blame said one,
charitably. He shuts himself up all
day i'll his study, and throws his young
wife in the way of temptation. L my
self saw him resign her to Captain
Morton when they entered the room,
and all the world knows he has been in
love with her since the time she was in
short frocks T.
Poor young thing She was al
ways frivolous ; but che must have
loved the professor when she married
him, although his money may have in
faenced her p
Merciful heaven ! he thought. Had
it come to this, that already they spoke
of her love as thing of the past?
He glanced across the room. Mile
had been waltzing, and now, flushed
and beautiful, was leaning on her
partners arm; while he, with his
handsome head bent low, seemed to
drink in her beauty.
The professor breathed hard, while O
strange feeling of suffocation rose in
his heart, and he CROPPED his way as
though suddenly blind, out through an
open window on to the terrace beyond.
But even here voices pursued him.
He turned to fly, when he recognized
them, and so stood silent. His wife
and Captain Morton had left the hot
ballroom to gain few moments of the
refreshing outside air.
You are going away, Harry ?" he
heard her say, in voice which sounded
as though tears were not far from it.
"What shall I do? How lonely shall
be II
A warmer answer trembled on the
young officers lips. The thought
rushed over him that, had she been six
short months his bride, not thus should
she have had reason to complain to an
other man. For moment, the tempta-
ton to tell her of the pity and the love
he felt in one almost Overmastered him /;
but Harry Morton's bravery was of the
sort one does not leave behind upon the
the battlefield, and so he fought and
won his fight.
II must CO." he answered "but,
Millie, dear. you should not be lonely.
You have your husband"
True" she said, and he his books.
They are my rivals, Harry. He is 80
grand, SO noble 1 suppose I am not
tit to be his wife but oh, 1 love him
SO dearly y
Then the speakers moved away
in the distance, leaving the professor,
white, and cold, and still, but with his
eyes no longer closed, and q great
thanksgiving, as for some mercy he had
not deserved, in his heart. He was
very pale, too, Mile thought, as he
came forward to escort her to their car
riage, and strangely silent during their
drive.
But when. on reaching home, she
held up her sweet lips for q goodnight
kiss, at the door of his library, think
ing as usual he would take refuge there
for little while. to her utter amaze he
gravely shook his head, following her
up into her own boudoir. Then be
folded her close in his embrace, as he
whispered:
"My wife! my darlingl I have
made discovery tonight more pre-.
cious than all the science in all my
books. l have been very selfish, little
one. Can you forgive me? Hereafter
the mornings shall be mine the rest
OF the day yours, to do with me as you
will. My wife, have you been lonely ?
Poor little Gagged bird Look at me,
darling, and tell me that in my search
for other treasures I have not missed
the pearl of price close folded to my
heart. "-Saturday Night.