Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-01-31

kuofc II NO nceu OF NeFOai Ten-
cling" he retorted. You know that I
wish you 10 explain why you are I'M
willing 20 live in your husbands
horse. wish 10 know why you were
not here tonight. when you expected
me to arrive. Finally. you must tell
me Why you were visiting DIR. Deer
ing"
Il am willing to go TO your house In
another month, Eric; and I visited the
doctors Office to consult him about
Julian"
You are willing to postpone com
ing home for another month. although
you are the subject OF gossip while you
remain here. l. that the way you
guard the name ! have given you?"
She had drawn herself mp to her full
height and was regarding him with
naughty ~displeasure. But he con,in-
ued:
III Julian was acutely i'll. you might
have an excuse for running to his ply
stefan for advice; but even then you
would have servants To summon him.
Julian Is apparently no worse than he
will be ten or twenty years from now.
lie drove past the doctors door aud
could have stopped and asked for ad-
vice II he had needed IL Your visit
was plainly superHuous. and | would
like TO hear what excuse you offer for
itn
81 will offer none whatever. and |
will submit TO no further catechism. "
That appears TO be your only sub
'erfuge." he said. c~uttingly. Your
behavior has been inexcusable. But |
have come to put an end to your disre-
gard for conyentlonalities. | will take
you home with me Tomorrow
She left his side suddenly. and went
cropping about the room in quest of
matches When she found one. she
lighted the gas and came back Il him
She appeared feverishly restless now.
Eric" she said. II can't explain,
but 1t will b. impossible for me to go
home so Give me another month
here. and afterward ! will never leave
you"
He had spoken harshly to her. but
something in her manner softened his
mood for the m
Try 10 explain" he said
81 do not wish Julian TO be away
from his physician. In q month DR..
Deering will return . o the city. and
then
You will be ready TO accompany
him." His face was so terrible that
she shrank from him. You want TO
give credence to the story that you are
still ~infstua ted with this eoxoomb.
You have not the slightest desire to
accede TO your husbands wishes. You
would make the shallow prctense that
Julian must be lear his physician and
you in attendance upon the patient,
Yet you know hat Julian is not de-
pendent upon DIR. behring's services.
There are thousands Of better physi-
clans han he. And you consider me
such an imbecile that / will submit to
your outrageous proposal! l require
you to go home with me tomorrow or
not at all"
ID you mean that. Erice Would
you not receive me il | came TO you in
another month";"
He caught her wrists in his hands
and pushed her back under the pas-
light. where he could scan her face.
His ~countenance was so stern. so re-
ientless. 80 nearly contemptuous. that
she could not bear { look into his
face.
You ought toCknow by This time
that ! mean every word l utter. II
you refuse to go with me. I shall never
respect you nor think OF you as nv
wife again. will crush out every bit
of love for you. and shall despise you
as you will deserve"
She struggled to free her hands. Her
eyes were humid. and she wished TO
V them, but he would not release
her.
Look in my face" he said. land
make your choice. Will you go with
me tomorrow or not?"
NO." she replied. almost inaudibly:
Il can not go so soon."
He would have been glad to have
left Newport that night. but there were
no western-bound trains before the
morrow. He had left his wife without
a word-had almost cast her from him
had strobe out of the cottage with
I nfIf nnR1 arlnnnin1 haaE- ~ h ~.--
whom he intended never to acknowl-
edge again. There was n hotel next
door. and he took a room there for the
night, but he did not enter it at once.
He was tramping for hours on the
rocky shore and trying TO keep from
thinking of the wife he had lost
~Thorndyke was exhausted at last.
and sought his room. kven then he
was too restless, too wretched 10
try to sleep. He threw himself into a
chair before a window and looked at
the cottage text door. There was no
light in his wife's room. Had she
turned it out and gone to sleep? was
she absolutely Indifferent to the loss
OF his love and confidence?
1t was after midnight when a man
cautiously crossed the grounds OF Mrs.
Thorndyke's cottage. He went silent
ly up the steps leading to the balcony
and stood a moment at M OF the win
lows He turned a Stat in the blinds
and peered into the house. As he did
so a light from within shone upon his
face. After a few seconds Of waiting
he opened the blinds and sprang light