St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-21

gossip among ill-natured persons and, un.
der these circumstances, am sure you Will
not feel offended If l ask you to discontinue
your visits to my house. You will readily
understand that it gives me pain to write 10
you thus, but for my husbands sake, as wen
as for my own, I feel I have no ALTERNATIVE.
With our united kind regards, believe me
yours very truly, AMY AINsLiE.
After the reading of the unexpected epis-
tie there ensued silence more eloquent
than words. The Hon. Marmaduke seemed
utterly taken aback, and hurriedly orougnt
forth his cigarette case again. This invol-
untary movement caused litter in the room
which developed into general laughter when
the Hon. Marmaduke, having opened ana
glanced inside it, replaced it in his pocket
with an air of bewilderment. Nothing is
more CALLING than ridcule to man OF hon.
Marmaduke's temperament, and the gen
eral hilarity caused him TO lose his head en-
tirely.
'It's-it's a lie! It's conspiracy! tnat Is
not the letter I gave you, RowlandsF' ne
cried excitedly.
"What the deuce do you mean by tnat,
Carruthers?'' cried Mr.. Rowlands, who was a
hot tempered individual. II will swear tnls
is the letter you handed to me, and L nave
read it word for word"
Several voices were raised in INDIGNANT
veriication of this statement, and the Hon.
Marmaduke found the feeling of the room
SO strong against him that he apparently
considered it would be useless to attempt 10
offer further explanation. Perhaps, TOO, ne
found it impossible to collect his thougnts'
for he was trembling with rage and vexa-
ton. At all events he rose from MS seal
and said:
''This matter shall not stop here. II
will prove that the letter I received was no
the one which has been read"
'The subject must of course, be brought
before the committee" said MI.
Ainslie, as the Hon. Marmaduke walked OUT
of the room, with futile attempt at dlgnl-
fed bearing. ''For my part, gentlemen"
he added, addressing an entirely sympatneuc
audience, 81 propose to tender my resgna-
ton, if the committee choose to accept IL.
My wife's good name being at stake, couid
not afford to be delicate about the means OF
vindicating it. This letter, which has been
so much talked about in the club, has now
been produced and read to you, and THINK
you will agree with me that it effectually dis
poses of the scandal
1t was rather singular circumstance that,
in spite of his threat, the Ho9. Marmaduke
made no attempt to bring his grievance be-
fore the committee. He contented himself
with asserting that Jack HARDWOOD had, at
private interview, substituted another letter
for the one Mr.. Ainslie had written him.
But Jack easily disposed of this accusation,
which nobody was inclined to believe, by a
contemptuous shrug of his shoulder, and
popular indignation was so thoroughly
reused at the Hon. Marmaduke's conduct
that the most plausible explanation could
hardly have saved him. The upshot was that
he withdrew his name from the club, thereby
anticipating the action of the committee,
which, at the instance of Mr.. Ainslie, in
vestigated the affair. No questions were
asked of that gentleman and his resignation
was not accepted.