The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-08


 about to burst over your guilty head. Meetings number one, two, three, etc, were small e1iuons of Paradise com pared to the one now held ey the sean dali1ed ladies oi No, 6.
 Were respectable women ever so grossly insultedl A vir.nous household so shamelully outraged, and in such bold, defiant manner, as sAa; terribly unprin- cipled woman was now 6oing 6y her con. duets
 Mrs Wyllys, in her indignation was fer calling in a policeman and having the guilty pair arrested immediately, but poor, anxious Ms. Farnham pleaded, Dear Nrginia's prospects, it woald in. jure her so much to have the affair made public in that manner"
 Miss Emmett would inform Mrs. Hen. derson and have her turned bag and baggage into the street that instant. " For her part she thought they had done wrong Tn not having done so bstore. If she could have had her way they never would have haTbored such hussy for an hour" But Miss Anderson strongly ob- jected to her plan, It might not suit poor, dear Captain Lacy and as he was the party most injured she thought he ought to be sent for, and left to settle |, to suit himself She would write at once only it would look indelica,e ia a young woman like her. (She was lust thirtysx last birthday), but she thought Mrs. Wyllys ought to have her husband write that very night"
 But Mrs, Wyllys was one of your strong-minded women who never asked anything of her husband, except where money was concerned, and that was a little osiener than he fancied, but |, was just as well that she did not want his aid iu this matter, for she could not have had it, for MT. Wyilys was where, she rather irreveren,ly expressed it, "the Lord only SuC Nta SuC AiAA Nt 'hC would write the letter herself. And write it she did. Each one of the worthy quar- tet assisting as fAr as lay in her power, until betore mtdeiShta letter was finished which ceItaioly c,d redu to the heads and hearts whicn produced u, and stripped poor liule Ruth Lacy of every particle of virtue and honesty of which she was possessed. So intent had the party been in thclr labor of love, that when in the midst of 1t the church bells commenced ringing, and mems voices were heard filling the air with glad sh outs, and everything which could toot, clash or clang was swelling the chorus, the pen was only suspended for an instant, while one oi the party thrust her head ou, Of the window to learn the occasion of the un- earthly dln.
 "Only Lees army surrendered. Well. close the window and shut ou, the noise. Who cares for war news? don't see what they want 10 make such tremen- dous oise ofer itior."
 And Mrs. Wyilys resumed her writing with redoubled energy. The fall Of the Southern Corfederacy was ot not half so much consequence as Ruth Lacy's fall from virtue.
 And in the morning this letter was to be sent on its friendly mission, and the vigilance committee wcrc to endeavor ,o wait with patience for the arrival of the injured husband, and then what scene Mrs. Wyllys could imagine II all-th c husband proudly indignan, in his out ragged honor; the false wife covering in shame ln her oeiccted guilt, and the lieutenan,-weu, of course, the captain would shoot him on the spot, or there would be duel, and nobody kae~ wh at the result would be, bat she had done her duty, no matter If all were killed.
 Miss Anderson hoped that whatever might happen, poor, dear CAptA'n Lacy wouldn't ge; auE;;' ~s.le Mss L nmst, wished the lieutenant would go away, Il was too bad after all to have him shot He deserved 1t, of course, bu, prob4 ply she was a great deal more to blame How could II be otherwise WAsnt she a married woman?
 But for once their arrAhgs wete forestaiied. The midnight express from New York brough, Captain Licy, and the next morning the vigilance committee was not llt,ie surprised to see him walk into the breAkfass-room with Mn. Lacy leaning upon h,s arm as smiling and happy as if she had not besn gulity of such terrible crimes. As Lieutenant Bcnham WAS already there, they were s,ill further surprised to see a most cor dial greeting between the xronger and