The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-25

! succeeded in bringing down share OF
his indignation upon herself.
/ MY dear. il is impo BILE to find ex-
c,Ises for him: his conduct was da.iber-
ately insulting he said, inn at.ently.
Il don't think he meant to be deIib-
erutely insulting" taza-ded Mrs. Car
negie.
"What else could he mean? Really,
! Frances, your remark is childish" re-
turned her husband, looking at her
sternlv.
al may, perhaps. have conveyed a
intended. said Mrs. Carnegie. twisting
her rings about.
Whatever YOU INTENDED. it is quite
Gear to my mind that he insulted you,
and l shall certain V write to him. At
the same ,:me, Francis. | consider that
you brought tie unpleasantness upon
yourself"
Il was not the only person who
touched the earrings" sad Mrs. Car
negie. feeling Suddenly inclined to cry.
what | mean is that BY Wis ting
people Ike the Consols, who are vulgar
and ill-bred. you subje yourself TO this
, kind Of thing. / never cared for your
fir endship with the Consols- | don t
think You are particular enough about
whom Won assoc ate with lou may
remem er that | said Consols was a
snob the first time set eyes upon m.
You SO easily take pre- Judices, John.
For that matter. You always find fault
with my friends" said Mrs. Carnegie.
with flush of defiance.
For the future. Frances" said Mr..
Carnegie, more severely than ever. Il
must reg you not to make acqualnt-
ances without consulting me. 1t is evil
dent Your Judgment is not to- be trusted.
See what an awkward pos ton this at
fair places me in. | now find myself
involved in an unplea SAINT correspond
ence VITA man | deteSt."
II do rot think there is the least oc-
casion to write" said Mrs. Carnegie,
Gu ckly.
We need not discuss that One
thing is certain-our a 'quaintance with
the Consols j. st an end" returned her
husba d. with sort of grim satisfac-
ton in his tone.
Mrs. Carnegie did not venture to ar
que, but left her 10 dto h mise f. h. artily
wishing she had not said a word 10 him
about her grievance.
The 70 egoing dialogue has. no doubt.
shown Mr.. Carnegie in an una niaUle
light; but he was by no means a do
nestle ogre. On the cont ary, he was
a most devoted husband though his
naturally severe and dictato'ial DISPOSE
ton rendered him somewhat tyran-
meal. I fact was, he insisted uDon
hav NO his own way in ever, thing. and
would not brook contr1d ction; ut sub
ject to tn $. he was both atfectiona
and indulg MT in the Domestic circle.
He coolei down cons derably when his
wife quilted the room, and even felt
conscious tina; he had been rather n
considerate in his remarks. But this
tw nge of remo'se did not ften him
toward Mr.. Consols. and he immetii-
ately sat down and Nv tt great gu-to
wrote off a letter to that gentleman
which gave vent to his irritateI feel.
iugs He wa, an adept at ep stoltry
lucubrat ous of inginy d eNasNer-
a ing kind, AMI the sp cimen he dis
pat he'd admi ably fulfilled Is purpose.
An anEry warfare ensued between he
two gentlemen, which resulted, after a
sharp eXch Ire of amenities, in com
plete est angPmeGt between their re
spective fam | es.
However much Mrs Carnegie de-
plored this, she had to put up with it.
and, indeed. she was too To- al not to
side with her husband. Consequently. g.
she saw and heard nothing of the Con
sol for til ee wee 5, and was, of course.
ignorant of the ult mate fate of the miss
ing earring. One morning she lap
pened to r, move from her warlrob
the CLOAK sire Uad wo n at the Ionsois
on that unlucky afternoon. and was
naturally reminded of the incident.
Ju As she WIS beginning to won Ter
vaguely what had bee. of the ear
ring, and WI ether it had been found.
5 e heard something drop at her feet,
and, lookin down. be ED. t. her hor-
ror and amazement, the subject of her
spacul ton.
OF course, it was obvious how it came
there. The clolk she held in her hand
was lavishly ornamented with fring.s
and lace. and it was evident that the
ear-rin hal adhered to some part of
tie garment Whether she had swept
it off the table or had accidentally drop
ped it in tead of replacing it in the case.
it had undoubtedly been hidden in some
fold of the cloak, and ha only now
ben disio !ged. The explanation was
simple enough. and it flashed ross
Mrs. Carnegie's mind on the spot. She
Therefore realized without loss of time,
the very awkward pos ton in which she
s..
sheer dismsy and vexatiou. She hur-
riedly snatched the carr NJ off the floor,
let her husband, who was in the al.
joining dressing room, should happen
TO catch sight of ii. for she instinct vely
shranG from letting him know of her
discovery. OF course, she could not
expect to hid. il from him altogether,
but at the moment she felt much too
agiiatei and startled to br.ak the news
to him. She pulled open tn first con-
ven .ent drawer aud lpp-d the earring
INSIDE cas-. contain ng one of her
bracelets, which CHANGED to catrh her
eve. Ii was done n a moment, and she
moved away 10 anoi her part o; the room.
being alm1s morbidly apprehensive
that her husband would suspect her Sc
creI.
The truth is that owing tt dread o.
iEcurring her husbands wrath COM
bined with her own sensitiveuess and
pr. de. she was consi ierably more upset
than there was any occasion for. After
all, the accident might have happened
10 any one. and she was in no way to
blame. The dIsagreeable feature was
the angry CORRESPONDENCE which had
passed between her husband and Mr.
Consols. and for which she was response
bic. Alter this she would feel extremely
fool sh, TO say the leas'. in having to
enpfa-s .ha- tho aar-ripr had haau in