The Grenada gazette., 1886-01-30
out him. We were TO

loved any man but him. We We're tl
have been married next winter.
wonder how it will seem never to SEE
him again" Then her gaze wandered
over to the softly tinted mountains,
and she seemed almost to forget MY
presence. He is honorable after il
fashion, and he would live up to his
work; but | do not care for a promise
after the life has gone out of it,"
1t was perhaps a month after this
that Mr.. ElIott's engagement to Mrs.
Tyrrell was formally announced. The
bOarderS discussed nothing else from
morning till night, and those who at
first had been positive that Elliott
''didn't mean anything" were now the
loudest in declaring that they had
known how it would turn out from the
beginning. Cora went about with a
litheness subtly suggestive of happi-
ness, yet with no undue demonstration
of triumph. There was even an under
current of sadness running through it
'all as though she realized that her gain
was another's loss. Her conduct be-
gan to be pronounced admirable, even
by those who at first criticised her
severely. Society forgiVes almost any
thing sooner than all exhibition of bad
taste
Late one afternoon we were all out
on the piazza, Elliott among us in his
riding boots, waiting for Cora to come
down, when a tall stalwart fellow
rode up to the door. There was Ger
tain boldness in his stride, a certain |
freedom in the swing of his arms, which |
bespoke determination. He asked for
Mrs. TyrreI. She happened to come
out Just then. looking even more dainty
than usual, in her clinging riding
habit But as she caught sight of the
visitor she stopped short, as though
turned to stone.
"Well, Cora" he began.
Still she did not speak. but simply
stared rlgidIy before her. her cheeks as
white as the callas on her breast.
Il don't call this exactly tropical
greeting" he continued.
Somebody laughed. Cora's pallor
changed to red hot, She shut her
teeth together with snap.
Il thought you We're in Australia
she gasped.
Yes, l know You did, he reioined
with asperity. "But you see I am
back again. You might as well pack
up and come along"
Il will not. she answered, digging
her little heels into the floor.
"lou will not9' quietly-"I think
you will" "
At this Percy Elliott arose, and walk
ng resoutel ly up to the man said
"undcr>tand that you are dealing
With man as well as a defenceless
yoman
And what say is it of yours?" re.
orted the stranger, coolly. II reckon
man has right to his own wife, l
We looked at one another aghast. G
But it proved only too true. This c
'as Mrs. Tyrrell's husband, she had
cen married ten years and worst of L
Il she was thirty-threc years old The '
anita Barbara EWiHre fcrreted it all h
ut and served it up in three double C
'aded columns. lis diligence also dis a
oVcred that soon after meeting Elliott c
he onterprising widow had secretly in o
ituted a suit for divorce, Tyrrell re- g
lrhIng from Australia barely in time Il
quash the proceedings. v
''She's the smartest woman on this 81
hole coast" he proudly observed to "
le interrogating roporter-.'If | am II
'"aking of my own property" d
We saw Mrs, TyrrelI no more. 1t al
as our last glimpse of those appeal p'
g eyes, that soft. silken hair. Elliott to
# precipt2tely for England. hope m
at Harriet Norton was strong enough IN
withstand his contrite tears. But q W
oman 5 heart is curious thing.-N lie
Nercury. ia