Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-06-08

an" BOOKS; hoHgLt Ticket and soon
ieiI IL, f''llS lar behind.
ne tram was iate;the steamer was
waning :"F Us was scarcely on deck
'el"fr il!r Si"h;I f"r d'phiiurr WAS
'"h""' a'd We Were moving. went
al o'.rr 10 my c;ihin. unpackei my
sci'itiir works nnd LEST myself III
rea"ihS' thought oi III" Ereat honor
laiirA - my snare. ahi a't"rnaled he
tween hVpe ana tear lis to- the success
OF the operation. N"ar!fd with the
Gay "NcEenici-t. / went /" sleep ana
d!d not aWak" Ill n"rinnS. ! went
on deck. lna captain approached!
ne
We seem to have cull.e i good way,
captaihE
"Fonr hundred miles. was his
auswcr.
And where d. yuu intend 10 stop
on the way"
Nowhere. We 90 directly to Rio
de Janeiro. a thirty six days yoy
age lies before us" \ steamer went
much slower in those days than now.
i Thirty six days. / cried mechan-
ically. No trifie that, cap,ain:a long
time a very, very long time, indeed"
| looked thoughtfully at the play
OF the waves. \ dark prcscntimcnt
suddenly troubled me. 1t seemed to
II" ~, if | mad forgotten something.
Dut what cou'd | have forgotten? :?
What what had slipped my mind
Suddenly | groanod aloud. Like
lightning it had flashed through my
head. The generals wife. l had for
gotten the generals wife The ~cner-
ais wife Ill a complete catalep.iy the
gen ,ra!'s wife locked in the little
room which my people never entered.
the key Of which | had carried with
,nc.
"Cautain."I cried liftins nv harIi
;mnlor;nolv. II must instantly scr,, =
taiprra,n''
The cantain took FIVE swift stems
s;dew;se and tixed his ,ycs on me- IN
. s,rrnl.r wav Un cy;Jnrtlr hn.
i;nra5 th.t Il had cr'!'Io"l,. ,,nmo NV
crazv % ' ' 7"
~ nnst-I m,,st tel.granb GAN
ta;nn T insisted II haSa for'rottar
tbn osnarnTs wife c,nta;n--tho "an
eral:s w;fe Who is asIeen Do Won,
hear cantain2 SLo ;s asIeon"
In the devils name. what do yo,,
mean?" cried the captain. impatient
II. If Won left her asleep she must
! Lave awakened by this time" He
turned his back, laughing hoarscly.
and ordered two sailors not to lose
sight fine.
! need not say what terrible day
Ipassed. Sleeping or waking, I al
ways saw the dreadful picture of the
poor woman. sunk III sleep. lying on
| the sofa from which she could never
rise.
In what state l found myself on
the thirty sixth day it would not be
easy for YOU to imagine. AT last Rio
de Janeiro was in sight. l threw my
self into boat, sprang ashore and
ran to the telegraph Office. Break
open door of small room; wake up
generals wife" * < * When the
dissipated husband Of the generals
wife discovered that she, too, had
been out all night, he gave the matter
DO more thought than to use the fav-
orable opportunity for another ca
rousal.
.is madame home vetg, he non
chalantly asked the porter, as he re-
Armed the second morning
No s;r renlied tbe porter The
affair did not trouble him. but If be.
ron to anneor stranre
fourth came and no sion Of the GEN
erals wife Her husband became nm
easv He cont to ber relatives in the
conntrv They had NOT seen her for
vears The vcuno mans disouietude
Increased from bour to bonr The
tiftb dav he informed the police
Their saarcb was vain IT was fonnd
tbot sbe had bean TO mo tbat Jav Inf
thau I 1,o no,,iJ H. ro No fnrtbor Hundreds
: of 1.t;onts Sa;IT won't in ard ont of
INV nf4;co in at ono door and ont an
otLor uh;cb onened directly on the
go ota;r. ""''n ''D'N
Nv roonlo copld nor remomber
aboHt ber r The The nol;ce could not tbinl,
of soorob;no nv rooms ne;;bcr did /,
a oooTr % 70 ~ ~ servant 3 to force omen tbo
small room since 7 freoucntlv locked
Il when 7 wanted TO pnard some yalu-
. abio oLiect Of ;ntarest;no Sf,,dv So
a. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81 fbo ronorars
wife remained an unsolvable riddle.
One believes what one wishes. So,
when four davs were passed, the hus-
band WAS convinced his wife would
, never return. He said to himself,
with a certain painful satisfaction:
7 ..The moor thing has killed herself.
From love of me. no doubt"
r According to the marriage contract
r the wife's wealth now belonged to him.
} A skillful lawyer at once arranged
everything. The Young widower in
augnrated his monarchy bv making
such alterations in the stately old
bouse as his somewhat loud taste die
} tated. His wife's boudoir was changed