The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-06-23

'.You do !"
"4ss asi p, ss,s.-. lin ,,' - !
"knd1 for3eye him. why should
! nokk. Hs asked MY pardon. And
kno3 de'did' not love yvx. He was
you will"
"Heu are dear, good girl, Bessie.p
81 don's think I am. But then you
lookaat such things in . different light;
you have had bitter experience.
You know all then ~. .s-f go. =.
"Ees, all. And am sorry. But /
think for all your husband has
brodyht shame upon you. that he loves
1T may be. Yet it is difficult to
judge so.'' ea
Thiswas somewhat strange con-
fes sisn for Henry Mason's wife to
make after the events Of the prison.
But, possibly. cool judgment had
something to do with decision.
"No you feel, Nellie, as if you
could ever live with him again 2"
This question was avoided.
"po you know where he is p"
"That Is not an answer. Do you
feel st if you could live with him
"Dshft be impertinent, Mrs. Bish-t
op," said Nsllie, rashsr severely. &. :.
." am not. l. have told you my
secfStAh0w wicked my husband has
been and ell that-and think You
might be . little confidential"
u cannot answer you at present /,
then; 1ahave not decided what could
do. Fhave been. true to nv parenss-
sacTiitesa almost my liferand to bo
true to one's Husband is . duty that
is above all. But whether I can now
retVoe -. hiA .is u fhnrd5 very hard
III n sasas ah SssasS e. a9S dare not yis"
This ended the conversation for
that day.. n eilie was too fstigded md
was obliged to retire. Yet, before
Bessie left her friend, she sucaeeded
III learning that the wrongeds wife IA {
that she IS might" be induced BY
be verl 66ch aSsYssto That was
all thl hfpssi4 sshi aoald extort>
las, zssss "a ssSs y mi asaeh ana rs' q.
stored thak sAs could walk in the open
ar; f,s. IT, ,ine her ,severy was
''R psiingk gkhsr a,nesx .nl sonv.,ss.
cence, tas fxifs and ~sAs whites. had
passed by rsnd spsing was At hand.
..HowtHe family had been sustained
was mystery 70 Nellie Mason: until
now, when she learned that her uncle
Richard had come in to the posses sion
Of some property, and had kindly used
his own ploney for their support.
| "Good, magnanimous man," SHE
thought. "How can he ever be re.
paid.''
Richard Martin knew how, and SC
did she, ,sbut she dared not think so.
She had not seen her uncle in some
days. He did not. remain with tn,
Reningtens after finding that his
niece would recover, but removed to a
hotel some distance away.
Thereafter his presence was missed
from the house, for he came -unfre
quently. Finally he disappeared alto
gether.
Not long after Richard Martini
| H"oPHS"A"A~S . AossSA WoS AoANSN "
Nellie Mason.
Its contents were of . character t,
cause her intense astonishment, and
as she read it, her heart palpitatet
wildly. The letter ran as follows:
| DEAR MADAM:
"Fearing that my presence nigh
not be altogether agreeable. TAX
this mode of informing you that
terrible mistake has caused yoursel
and tthers . great deal of agon,
which might have been averted. /
full explanation I cannot now give
but if you will allow my son to Sc
you, At some convenient time, | ar
positive you will not regret it. He il
not at present in the city, but will b
in . few days, trust.
"Yours hopefully,
"HESRY MASON, SR.
"What did it mean? A mistake
was her husband victim To-
She would not fill out the thought.
Coming as this did, when her min
was not yet fully restored, it prove
almost to much for her brain, and tn
next day she was hysterical.
CHAPTER XIX.
DENoUEMENT.
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