The Florida agriculturist., 1889-09-11

panion, Crush, had called his attention
to Mrs. Ketelle e
She was the sister of tho man of whose
murder he had been accused. This fact
was sufficient to inspire him with ami
mostly against her He had never seen
her before. The only member of the
family with whom he had ever come in
personal contact was Jerrold Nolen But
he owed them all a grudge. If it had
not been for them he might have had a
successful career. He was prepared,
therefore, to do her whatever ill turn
came in his way. 1t was an additional
motive that the i'll turn to her could be
made of advantage to himself Crush
had suggested this, and though he had
turned aside the suggestion he considered
it none the less. There was no need of
letting Crush into the affair In secret
councils was safety Besides Crush had
no claims upon him-quite the contrary;
he, too, was associated with whatever
was disastrous in his life. He made up
his mind to carry out his purpose with
out saying anything to Crush about it.
Several days passed One afternoon
Fourth avenue car uptown. She left it
in the neighborhood of Harlem, walked
across town a couple of blocks and en-
tered the door of small flat that formed
part of an unfinished block on a side
street. She remained there for upwards
of an hour. Twilight was beginning to
fall when she came out.
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heard step behind her, and voice
said, Good evening, Mrs. Ketelle. How
is the judge todayT'
She turned and saw at her side we'll
dressed man of dark complexion, who
fixed his eyes upon her in a manner she
did not like But his knowledge of her
name and of her husband led her to sup
pose that she must have met him some
where and forgotten him. You must
excuse me. sir, she said, "but you have
the advantage of me"
Indeed. believe you are right" he
answered, with short laugh. 1.-The ad-
vantage is all on my side But tell me,
Mrs. Ketelle, how does married life suit
you? Does the judge come up to your
expectations? For my part | should
think twice before marrying woman so
much younger than myself. By the time
you are coming into full bloom the judge
will be in the sere and yellow leaf.
But I suppose you know how to manage
him. He hasn't betrayed any symptoms
of the green eyed monster yet, has hep
This speech produced such astonish-
ment in Pauline that she could not find
words to interrupt it, But when the
speaker paused she stood still and looked
him curiously in the face
"You don't seem to be intoxicated"
she said at length. ''You may be crazy
Whatever you are, / advise you to 60
do not want you"
mo, suppose not" he replied, re-
turning her glance insolently. II am
not the lucky man. The judge has no
cause to be jealous of me. But. on the
other hand, may be of some use to him.
Of course, it will be pity to spoil your
little game You have managed it all
so nicely, even to providing him with
lodgings; and he is such fine looking
young fellow, and it is all so lovely and
romantic. But, you see, have high
regard for the judge, and can't bear to
see him made fool Of These billings
and cooings in the park and designations
in fats-they must be stopped. Society
won't stand it. And the best way to
stop it that | can think of is to tell
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