Wichita eagle., 1888-12-16

it was, OF coursa important that in our first
domestic difference should win; so / stood
firmly 70 my guns, and that very night, be
fore Tom and several other people, asked
Dirk to manage so that he could stay with Us
TO the end Of tia summer. DIRK. who had
never intended TO 20, accepted with rather
amused look in his face, and said things 70
me that evenins-whaa Tom was nodiiag
over the paper in the smoking rcom-which
/ ought not 70 have allowed, but was angry
with Tom-aad-you might IS well have tried
TO quiet mad bull with bundle OF tracts a.
Try 70 bring confusion on a Nineteenth cen
fury Adonis with cold looks.
an not going 70 weary you by the &C
count CT how Dirk gradually got certain
amount Of influence over lie, and made NE
do things thai at heart did not want TO do,
and tell hin-which was not rlue-thae
was fond Of him, and made NE use ell sorts
CT little mean tricks 70 blind poor, dear ToIa,
who nevertheless seemed 20 be losing his
spirits, and frecung good zeal about some
thing. But then there was one thing we
overlooked, and which / am really ashamed
10 put down here TO wit, that liked nv
husband better than Ar. DIRK Van khour-
hyde
At last think this strange fact seemed 20
dawn upon Dirk He became savage, and
tyrannized over ne IN the most fearful man
her. l really had TO naneuver with intense
cunning TO get little time alone with Tom
now and then. and Dirk was always catching
Us together, and was angTy after having done
SO, 50 that ny lie was made perfectly
wretched Toms low spirits, TOO, did not
make things much pleasanser, and uy delight
knew no bounds when, one day toward the
end Of July, Dirk informed Us that ne was
going to Nara gaaseCt for q week. l tried
to catch Toms eye as he told rs this, but
only caught Dirks, and he OWNED what was
in my mind, and looked positively diabohc.
As the time for his departure grew near
counted the days; but my disappointment
was great when. the very day before the
blessed depa trure was 70 take place, Tom
suddenly determined to go 70 New York
Il have had some business to attend TO for
sone tirae," he said when we were alone to-
getner for a few moments, Dirk having
gone TO the stable TO smoke pipe, ''and-
and-perhaps it is best that you should know
tne truth, CornelIa- You have chosen that
people should talk Of you in such q way that,
though, OF course, DO not believe there IS a
particle Of truth in the gossip, yet I don't
CLONSc ~ &c - StJA4 A4<C OIL
hyde is here His visit 10 Narraga1sett en-
ables me TO attend 20 my business"
! longed TO tell him all-yes, all the truth
for Tom would have forgiven me, l know,
and there was nothing really bad to tell; but
Dirk came IL at that mQnent, and the op-
portunity was lost. The next day Tom took
an early train, ard DIRK was to 90 after
lunch. found note from Tom on the hall
table when ! came down. Il was stiff and
Ill expressed, but could read affection and
pain between the lines, and | made UP my
mind on the spot IS 70 my course OF action.
managed TO avoid Dirk til luncheon, and
then, 70 my horror, ne informed me that he
had changed his plans and was not going TO
Narrag ansetti
Indeed, wrote to put that off three days
ago" ne said, smiling IL SUCH cunning way,
directly heard re was s6ssg to town We
shall have awhole week together"
What could I dos l could not turn the
man out OF the house, and yet | knew that
the talk-bad enough before-wouid redouble
now. What could dos What could sayi
I made up nay mind Just Is the servants
were laying the cloth for dinner, WHEN Dirk
was smoking his usual cigarette ii the con
servatory, yelled figure might have been
seen stealing from the side door near the gar
den gate and taking the direction Of the
town. 1t was L
Nv terror of the man in the conservatory
was causeless, but it was absolute. | felt
that were caught in my fight he would
keep me chained at home, unable TO escape
from his influence; SO / stole away, half
walked, half ran the five miles between me
and the railway station: took place in the
evening train TO New York, and got in about
0 o'clock, cold, hungry, footsore and excited
I had forgotten to bring enough money, and
fearing perhaps that | should not find Tom,
was afraid TO take CAB; so. losing my way
constantly. walked through the wet streets
from the Grand Central depot, and eveutu-
ally reached the Benedict, where Tom had
rooms, his old rooms, as the house on Ffrs
avenue was bang repainted
The man who opened the door belonged to
The place, and did not KNOW ne.
Mr.. Van Pygg is engaged be said.
''Oh, tell him that q lady wishes to see him
on urgent business"
Why, that's what the other lady said Just
now" remarked the man, grinnins.
The other ladyg'
s'Yes-as Is with him now
Let me in" exclaimed, pushing past
him with the strength OF fury. Let me
pass! ! am his wifev
lido not know whether ny strength or the
announcement Of ny position did Il; but got
in and dashed into the parlor. There was
Tom standing by the window, and there
ves-there on the table were a bonnet and
jacket
l could not speak. merely advanced TO
the center Of the room and pointed 70 the
evidence CT his Gepravity.
He was too much astonished TO speak, also,
and we stood silently confronting one al
other for moment. Then the door Of tie
ether room opened and tkers came out-his
sister Emily. q dear old thing, but rather tco
fond of Iecruring her brothers wife.
TIE re7ulsion OF feeling, the journey, the
excitement, perhaps the want Of dinner, took
effect upon me. and for about the first tine
in my life I tainted away. When l came
back to life Emily WIS gone and was alone
with Tom
Then. with nv head on his dear, broad
shoulder, told him everyrhing-evvrything
and he forgave me; and taas night IN MS
old bachelor chambers was the hapYiess, ]
think, OF my life
But, ny dear readers. If you ara as shocked
as you should be 4. Ills sad story OF woman
running away from fashionable exlstencs
TO tte goody, goody delights q legitimate
affection DO not Dc cast down Nj story
nav not De true, and, IL II IS, Il nay be
locked UPON IS tie history OF an event Fever
10 occur a1lozg Us asala-L)ralas Aaszz-ae.
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