The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-01-30
SATURDAY. JAN. 30, 1886.
THE FALSE FRIEND.
LIEUT.. VICTOR O. ENDAL.

III u FALSE FRIEND.
LIEUT.. VICTOR o. ENDAL.
go, scroundrel. and know that
when my husband returns you shall
be fittingly punished for your inso-
Ience."
The slender figure of Jerome Mer-
ott's wife lowered up like fair
Nemesis in the doorway her face
aglow with indignant scorn, her blue
eyes afiame with wrath. while one
slender. .jeweled finger pointed to ard
the dwarfed figure of man who
stood shrinkingly in the shadow of
tree not len feet distant.
The man had comely face, but
his form was ill-shaped, and he seem
ed to stand upright with difficulty.
His dark eyes were handsome, the
one redeeming feature of the iil.shap.
ed form. and the hollow cheeks actu-
canal located -Bny- on -naS.K sea--ea- .-.. ?
"Forgiye me, Amy-Mrs. Mer.
lotte," said the man in a gentle
voice. 81 mean no insult to you,
only spoke of the past, and of whal
might have been had not an accident
rendered me miserable deformity
A cat may look at king, and was il
wrong for me to warn you when
felt that you were in danger?"
81 will not listen. Go -
The scornful look still bIazed in the
pretty eyes of Amy Merlotte.
"Be warned in time, Amy. IknoW
Oscar Baltimore better than you. He
is villain"
mot another word. If Mr., Rath
more was here you would never dare
to speak thus. NV husbands friends
and mine shall not be traduced in my
presence unrebuked."
Every well. l forgive you, Mrs
Merlotte, for you know not what you
do," said John Edison. slowly, sadly
and then he turned from the spot
and walked with the aid of crutch
down the road.
1.-The impudence of that creature,'
uttered pretty Amy Merl0tte, as she
returned to her duties within. II
know he once saved my brothers. life
1T was thus he came to be a cripple
they say, but am l to permit al
manner of insult on that account
John Edison, you presume too much
far too much"
Amy was a self-willed beauty be
Yfore she married Jerome Merio--,e
and six-month's residence in In,
woods had not tanned her proud spir
1t. She was proud of her beauty ,ant
proud of her family name. The maj
she married was well.to do, a youn!
Iumberman, who expected at no dis
tant day to win fortune equal t.
that of his father-in-law. Although
city-bred, Amy gladly accompanied
jerome to the woods.
ut will only be for a little time,'
he said. II shall in the near future
try and make it convenient to rear q
house in one ofthe large towns on the
lake"
Amy loved her husband, and she
was not selfish enough to attempt tC
thwart his wishes. And thus We
find her mistress of a house in the
woods, not far from the scene of Je
rome Merlotte's numbering opera
tions. AT the time of our story Je
rome was absent on business, and wa,
not expected to return under foul
and twenty hours.
1t was just after noon that Johr
Edison, Jerome's scaIer, had stepped
in and aroused the Indignation o.
Amy by speaking in terms not fiat.
tering to Oscar Baltimore. a gentle
man from Chicago, who had been or
intimate terms with the Merlotts fol-
some weeks, and in whom Amy was
considerably interested.
baltimore was a speculatOr, anG
had much to say about corners in
pine. He was handsome, chatty, ant
withal most interesting and agrees
BILE to the forest.imprisoned wifi
, She had learned to enjoy his fascina
/ ingcOmpany immensely. One wor
against the speculatOr-her husband
friend-set the fires of indignatio