The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-11-05

oa,aglpt ao1ac so1E of f'sves. s:,ti Il sstsarly
did for ,ne sstsug.:i. g1Aa ,5:stss{,r .o45 fr,;.
aftesv.a1si ss34. AZ 4aa ;,ss,,>:a@;l. s1i:ty'z
nursing ts,&s &sqss: re. Yt.t.eu liegan 10
r2esEi, ! ,gst5ee15 tl1a9 eeee locked very nase
aasi sd. but / 49, t1ss; Gfsvt. NJ Gaitgue and
anxiety. BH; Inn vssy tirst Is ~ y.s= Shlts
o n1nve #i:23niG a=aiSsa,sge Mjl,y .+sz
missing"
"a;szingy'' e2ho. xF1,s'evez 20 yoa
neaa25'
f'Nhat say-tl,at aii.iy %as suissing.,'
"Rut what made her go? Ssse must
have had gosn= sssasoai fog going.
SO she had; &nei to make thar reason
clear, must ;nIljc upo:, rgtE anether and
IN earlier page u Eny Ills, or. Eight-nc.
a5ne--years ago v.e~f and made q fool Of
.nyself. /: is MT slE,ce#zasy 10 go into par
ieuiars, but E1Ay3:ee} woman, thinking
1er an angel, and !::se0Taleu 200 iate, ghae
she wes-Shat she was astogetheg the re,
verse Of what bad !m3gigset. q"
IL did not c:>Ss, - parade my folly before
he world. ! s1atl ptenEy q snoslsy, snd
she would do aSythiog for money, she
Was willing TO come 10 feFzlsa. provided
that pata 2seT u gaoti tsstre fp&- the acepnes
si#Ilpa, HEfesd &c allpy sssF~a > refs#ia
aln1 ansa1a$iYs aas1 aEze III ssaFA agses2S 50
aeep ss~uy :rolzz 1876 at>s8 3Es&llsSsSAi attsuee
ls to the retatiss1*t,ig beiWezst AZ. IA3e
:omp&ct was aGtlered Ia. us3sl nsyeE Saw
her trogn the day parted With laes. Fout
years later sl1s died. and Teddy, dot't Pue
nae down quite brute II ceuSsss that en
I.earipg Of her death nay lrss sensation
was Of relief. II was all lrssqnaa, horeiplf
tie from, NbIr;o s7as %eleaaed.' II
.tCeuld you not laye get dfYoree ii
Easily. But NY nsqtheE WAS alIye, and
wsuId haye l,earsl Of it. She was ia bad
health atatI the scaHstal scstlti simply have
killed her, for ebe was terribly Erond.''
"Dia ste krsoa anything about Fnre
connection with this aomanf'' Il
'sk9now! No. indeed. The s*osn4n was
good looking, and bad snrt OF dash that
was taking enough; bat size was Of low
origin. was young at7d green IN those
days, nud had grand notions atoul educa7
,ing aud refining her, and taking ller g my
mother and s:syi4g, Mother here is one
Of natilre's geptle8plnen.' Bah. my
ideas underwent 3 si,snge Hhesa kncN
her for what she #as. | tried to forget
her, and succeeded pretty we'll, osAly IaaM
ana then 4 remembrance would crop ouk
an;l disturb, me. 30 wheu the neNs game
that was q free MAN, ] vas nof hypocsiSs
enough TO pretend 10 grieve.
did you tell Miss Lewis about your
previous snarrlage?7' -
Eyes. At Least told ssas' tllas had
been married before, that my Y'iSe vas
dead. and that: there were anhafol>s. slrcuuaz
stances connected with the Mhole atFaig
whicl. matte 1116, unwilling u revert to III
| That waa all told iier. The tiebails wers
neither pleasant telling Dor pleasasot hear
| ing.
s1!yelt, wi,ilc sq4E LII assG5 slslirious,
there came a letter addressed To- me, and
Mills opened il. Il purportesl to be from
nv frat wife, and was VrIttea to inform
me that the account Of 1ser death sYas false
She had been opt ii Englaut1, ahe gaid, but
had uuu returned, as1z} haea heaytl Of my
marriage. She bad 80 aiis{ 50 trouble noe,
and would still coDtinne"to keep tue secret.
provided gave her a eertail1 SUM she
named, anef renewed nay former allow
ance.n
''uumpl,! she Judged yo'', taorats by
her own, suppose
tsMilly read EEsa Letter, and, as soop as !
was out Of danger nnd coEsei oApssse LITTLE
for nyselS, left aae."
II don't see sshas eIse ttls paor gisl
could ao,''
'sBuf, man, Ii was q lte~=~s ruzssd liei"
"Whag wasP dou't understand
''Yyhy, that the won,sn was alise. She
died ut the time n,y ;tltnrmasioa specified.
/ Az econ as ! was able 10 travel went to
| the place. and verified every particular.
saw the doctor who alfen;l=d her, and the
Clergyman who wah With her when she
died. got ? certificate Of her t}eA1th, annfs33
even went and say Iles grave"
'Wl1at the deuse, the4l. >Hs= the mean ,E ~
ing Of this precious episElef''
'sIt was trick got up BY her relations
to extort money. They thought, situated
Is was, should net care to make close
inquiries, hut would pay what they asked
And even had demanded afa interview
there was y sister Who bore a great re-
semblance to my dead wife, who was te
personate her. The lapse Of time sines
we met they trusted would aid them IL
carrying out their deception"
AsRather clumsy imposition.
sClumsy! It was devlish beyond ex'
preston! Think what it has made r1ss
poor Milly sufer!''
ssHave you had no tidings Of her since y
/ '<None-not word. ] have hunted
everywhere, abroad and IN England, and
have found no trace whatever"
/ s.Did she not say IN her letter 70 yoA
rhat she intended doing ?'2
i mo. She only said she had no alteFna'
tive but to leave NE; bnt that she should
continue to love me az long as she lived
NY poor Milly! MY poor, poor darlingp T
i Talbot breaks down utterly at this, drop
ping his face on llis arms, and gobbing liks
a child say nothing, simply because
nothing beftting the occasion occurs s
me to say. He RECEIVERS himself presently
and, detaching a loeket from his watch,
chain, opens it, and hands It 70 me.
H 's.rhat is her portrait = be says.
/ take the trinket from him. bend Iny
head to examine it, and see smiling az nj
the pictured semblanee Of my frat pa,
tient.
i ssWhat is ltf what il the nuattern' III
cries, observing my start OF surprise. !.
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