The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-05-06
MURDERED.


breakfast table, a pout upon her
cherry lips. She looked very pretty,
In her morning dress of futed white
lawn. with breakfast cap of Swiss
muslin, and rose-colored ribbons,
very beco ming to her clear olive skin,
and large. velvety black eyes.
Her husband was quite as distin-
guished-looking. jerome Hale WAS
the book-keeper and cashier in large
downtown firm, and had scarcely,
been married three months. However,
ne had begun to discover that his
ivlniiy was not all divine!
More money, Victoria. he repeat
d. Are you not getting unreason-
BILE? Do | not keep you literally
upp lied WITH all that have TO spare?
But it's 20 notifying TO 60 shop
ping with Mrs. Hyie-Secor aud Mrs.
/ bennington, and have TO stand 10y
while they are purchasing the sweetest
things al such bargains!
Don't go shopping with them.
You would shut me up, then, from
all amusement and society?
Nonsense, Victoria You know
better than that. Here is your
prettily furnished house, your garden,
YOUR little conservatory, to amuse
you.
One cannot be contented with the
same thing forever.
If you wanted a perpetual change
: you should have married millionaire.
Don't be cross, Jerome, said Victo-
ria. coaxingIy. But you know al the
peighbors along the river shore are
rich, AID ] don't want TO DE left be-
hind. Isl=ti e mortified 10 death if
/ can't have a crCeUet breakfast in
August.
| have no especial objection to that,
said her husband. | sappose it need
not necessarily be expensive.
And need lace paraspl terribly
Aud oh! Jerome, Mrs. Lacy says L
NAV use her eam-colored ponies
while she's at Long Branch. Isn't it
Sind of her?
dare say its very kind, said Je-
rome. ruefuily; but you know a PAIR
| ofponies cost in the keeping?
And the summer silk that il sach q
bargain ats
Yes. yes, yes Only remember,
Vic. that there is limit to our funds,
Mrs. Hale was satisfied with the
grudging assent so reluctantly screwed
out.
She gave the croquet party, whirled
down to the park, and along the
Bloomingdale road with the cream
colored ponies bought the lavender
silk, love, of shawl to wear with
it, accepted an invitation to visit Sara
toga and Lake George with party of
gay young friends. and cried all
night before she could induce her hus-
band to consent.
+ Vic, you don't understand, said Jer-
ONE We must study economy or We
shall 60 to ruin
Economy !retorted Victoria. ] am
sick of the very word.
Her husband turned silently away /;
it was hard, just when he had most
need of sympathy, thus to be repulsed.
They tell me, said old Mr.. Harpie,
the senior member of the firm of Har-
die, Blocke & Co., that Hale's wife
dresses the most elegantly of any one
at Saratoga this season
What Hale who keeps Denny's
books-Young Hale?
Yes.
The deuce How can he afford it?
All that's different matter. III
|Swere Denny should keep an eye to
things.
They've had some serious lessons al
ready. said the other. That burglary
last week cost them 1000 dollars.
Any trace of the burglar ?
No, The safe must have been
opened by skeleton keys.
Humph, grunted old Harpie. If
the cashier was any one but Hale,
that Denny trusts as he would trust
himself
o, nonsense, nonsense cried the
other old gentleman. There's such a
thing as being too suspicious You'll
be saying next that Hale is at the
head of gang of burglars.
He may be, for all know, said
Harpie.
\ Meantime Reginald Denny began
to be strangely mistrusted. Not of Jer-
ONE Hale-but others about him.
Hale, said he, sometimes / think
these knaves of burglars are nearer
home than any one imagines.
Do you, sir A CHASTITY look came
over the young mans features.