The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-07-27
HER HUSBANDS sECREH.

lHa.s f.-iorImeh her that h had seen
NJ. Welbron walking on the cliffs with
Il strange woman n few hours before,
The Young couple were living for the
sImmer in u pretty hired cottage no.
tar from kennebunkDort, or HH coast
of Maine.
Petty aisasineA to ask The servss.
for particulars. She went IL fsrSfn the
GARDEN and sank ihte 4 .rat ut IL sea-
ward-iooRin@ W;uflow. with the glanc-
ing biua Writers below and the now hate
full ellis in the distance, with y ,.ull
pain of doubt and distress III ncr heas,,.
She WAS a lovely New Enr,and Girl,
WHO, scarcely a twelv-,nonth before. had
beeciie the hI"snIng bride of the man
OF her hgart, n handsome and accom-,
pt.sncd Englishman. rich and highly
connected, but Of sonewha, MISTY ante
ccdents. Oh, the srts,t&& of which he had
always "faiittaincl a certain troubled
reiiaohcr, even during his larHmuking
and the subsequent io,tiis honeymoon.
True, his Occasional fits of preoccupa-
ton, II "". of secret sadness. had not
passed mnoticed by the younywife, but
until this moment there 'rAu been not
the shadow Of ~ cstrangcmcnt. and
now Patty Was feeling really miserable.
WN she succeeded in masking hc1
wretc',cdncss pretty fairly when her lrus-
band entered the cottage II few minutes
later, and looking, she thought, ANNOYED
and nervous.
81 must take u III TO Portland on
pressing business, darling said he,
kissing her with all his tenderness,
Can I eve wait for luncheon
You've been OFT rambling ever since
breakfast, Rc@gy,"she demurred. Cant
you remain With me even now?n
You must know that nothing woull
delight me more, dear said he; ..but
the allair ] refer TO is both urgent and
unpleasant. may give you the partic,
ulars s".ie time, but they would only
distress you now. Bve-bve! BE sure
shan't keep you waiting at dinner,n
She did not respond as he kissed hei
again and hurried away,
As he passed the window at which
she had seated herself again. however,
she looked after him with troubled ewes,
her bosom rising and falling painfully,
and with n jewclled hand %clutchinn
| s'Sh'' "' nv iii NilNC sjlOft.
You have a mystery-you are keep.
ing Il secret from me, Reginald Wei
born" she murmmcd, 'and | must find
IL nht 81 sleep no more"
We're his thoughts p~reoccupied witt
the image OF some other womanp The
terrible reflection ut first caused her tc
shudder, and then II resenttul tire flick.
cred in her heart that might at an,
moment become u volcano of ~jealou.
fury.
Or was he, perchancc, haunted by tbs
fear of some former and sighted love,
whose avenging Nemesis was now pur.
suing hinp
ut must be one or the other" sh,
sald to herself. That strange woman
on the clitfs-ana now this sudden anC
unexpected call to Portland. Oh,
can't endure it!.'
She desperately resolved on n step, tn,
mere suggestion Of which. Il short tim,
before, would have summoned the no
flush OF scif-shame to her pure cheeks
She determined to search her husband
private drawer. which he had hereto
fore jealousy guarded ON various pre-
texts.
In a few moments the young wife ha'
found access to it, and was feverishl.
examining its contents. These wer
simply the fragments of a torn letter
and several printed slips, evidentl
clipped from English newspapers.
Try rs she would, she could not piec
the cpistolary fragments together, bu
the handwriting was u woman's, an
She at last made ont II word-cvidcnt
ly the writer's signaturc-and that wor
was marguerite"
No more than that, but yet enough t
fan her s~mouldering suspicion into
torturing flame.
Then She rcad the printed slips.
They recounted the particulars of tn
divorce suit of one Reginald Gascoyn,
against his wife, Marguerite Gascoyn,
in London, upon charges of rockies
misconduct, the bare mention of whic
caused Pattyss checks to burn.
The acts OF misconduct instanced ha
occurred years before, when the reade
was no more than a child.
She read enough 10 learn that the il
turcd husbands plea had ultimatel
been granted. and the faithlcss vii
d~cservedly thrust away from him fol
ever. Then, while wondering what II
torest her Reginald could have in thu
boarding up another mans closet ske
eton. the bell rang for lunch.
She YEARLY responded. but could ne
cat anything, and spent the rest of tn
day Il prey TO her tortlring thoughts.
While dressing for dinner word wa
brought by her maid that Mr.. Wclbor
had returned from the city and gone I
his room.
Patty called out to the maid from he
boudoir that she would be downstail
presently, without requiring the usu;
assistance with her toilet; and then J.,
manned for some moments pcnsivcl
gazing OFT of her window, which con
mandcd Il noble prospect of sen. ell
and strand, interspersed with beltin
woodlands, cultivated fields, and iishin.
huts, over which the red light of the SC
ting sun slept peacefully.
Suddenly she started, almost with
cry.
There. before her very eyes, was IL
strange woman OF the cliffs! She w:
lettering along the dangerous edge, an
apparently watching eXpcctantly III
isolated villa of which she, Patty We
born, was the rightful mistress.
1T must be she-the very same Nora
saw walking there with Rcggy til
morning. ga>ped the young wife. "Ol
what can it mcan?f
She kept her eyes upon the figure ii
it disappeared behind IL jntting rocl
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