The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-05-17

caught her poor son. She, wa. not
young when abe married-not very.
She was "a years old. It wasn't like .
young girl fresh from home. How did
abe know she had not been an actress,
or . dancer. or In the State prison for
murder. Perhaps she law q detective
officer pass. Perhaps-Oh, who, knew
what? And may be Adolphus had
hidden his wrath from her, and was
going to follow, and kill her. And
and him-if there was a him.
The old lady was all in a CULVER Of
excitement, but Adolphus came to tea
as usual and eat with an appetite.
A day passed-no Rosa Maria. Two
days-no news of her. Three days-
then o Geographic message came:
Rosa will not be home until Satur.
day."
"Are you going to bear this?" asked
Mrs. Lobb Of Adolphus.
Adolphus laughed the laugh Of dis
pair, his mother thought. Saturday
would she come Saturday? If SO. she
should have q greeting-one she might
not expect. She should explain.
Saturday arriyed-another message:
Rosa must stay longer"
sMust she!" cried old Mrs. Lobb.
II thought she would" said Adolf
plus.
Old Mrs. Lobb felt that the world
had turned upside down. Dolly car
ried the news about the town.
Young Mrs. Lobb's enemies began to
declare that she had eloped. Her
friends declared that she had lost her
senses.
People went to Mr.. Lobb's store and
bought cologne water, und soap, and
g%um-drops, in order to see how he
looked-how he bore his trouble. Mr..
Lobb seemed to have no trouble ct all.
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-
day, Thursday-young Mrs. Lobb still
absent. On Friday morning, however,
while old Mrs. Lobb was busting the
parlors, the front door opened softly and
timid steps smote the hall. The old
lady thrust her head out of the door,
saw her daughter-in-law-trembling in
the hall. and flung up her hands in a
pantomime of establishment and glared
upon the audacious young woman with
the eyes of u virtuons matron.
Rosa Maria Lobb crept forward and
timidly sat down upon the sofa.
$50 you've come back, ma'am," old
Mrs. Lobb said.
@Yes, ma" said Rosa Maria.
"Don't ma me-" cried the old lady.
3Don't come near NEEDN'T touch me.
I've lived sixty-seven years in this
wicked world, but I never have had any
thing d~isgraceful happen in my family
before. Where have you been Rosa
Maria Lobb?"
ITO Boston," sobbed Rosa Maria.
sAnd why did you?"
Something happened that made il
necessary"
"And what was that?"
sThat I will never tell"
@Not your husband?"
"Him least of all, " sobbed Rosa Maria.
@You have o secret then from youl
husband?"
ooh, dear, dear!" cried Rosa Maria,
Don't be SO cruel to mel Yes I have
q secret. If he knew it 1 know he'd
detest me. I can't let him know ii,
Do believe it's no harm-do ma."
"Never call me ma again." said Ole
!, Mrs. Lobb. "Your husband must have
a divorce-at once! He can get one
you've given him reason, and"
just then Rosa Maria gave a shrek,
for Adolphus stood in the doorway.
"Ah, there he is," cried old Mrs.
Lobb.. aMy son, do your duty. Re.
member, too, that your respectable
mother cannot stay in the house with
that person any longer"
Adolphus only grinned. He leaned
his back against the door, and lifted
his eyebrows.
II thought I'd let you carry your plan
out. Rosa" he said, sbut if you had
known I helped to make 'em. ~you'dhave
been saved considerable bother. Why
don't you tell ma? She has a full set.
Yours were only uppers.
i, "There's no need of tragic, ma. Ross
Maria broke her plate of false teeth,
biting IN apple. I've expected them to
i, go for some time. I never said any.
thing about it, but the first I aver saw
of her, SO to speak, was the wax i'm
preston Of the roof of her mouth. Be
fore I went into the drug business ]
dabbled q little in dentistry, and wher
, Jack Bean made your set. Rosa, I wa.
. in the laboratory. He told what apretty
girl you were, and I peeped through
the little window where the curtain twas
and saw you. I made up my mind Il
get an introduction then. II was a very
artistic plate. No one could have
guessed you wore it, but you see yor
took q good deal of trouble about moth
ing"
: "Why didn't you tell me what it wa
9 9 all about, you ~ungrateful boy?" criet
= old Mrs. Lobb.
. why didn't you tell me you knew
asked young Mrs. Lobb.
!. "Whv didn't Won tell mo Won hai