Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-07-31
to Philadelphia. l advise you to come

to Philadelphia. l advise you to come
with me-"
Mrs. Cadwallader felt that if she did
not comply he would walk off and leave
her there, which would be most I'M
dignified situation for her.
Il will accompany you, sir, for the
sake of appearance, she. said, but
forbid you to speak to me"
Mr.. CadwaIlader obeved her to the
letter. He lit a cigar, and Henrietta
walked by his side in dignifed silence.
Arriving at the station he inquired
when the next train left for Philadel-
phia.
"In three-quarters of an hour, sir,''
replied his friend of the lantern.
"Did you find the wilder, sir, or
ma am ?"
Without replying to the question the
husband and wife entered the waiting
room. 1t was empty. How could Mr..
Cadwallader stand three quarters of an
hour alone in the room with that
sphinx-like figure, who, he felt,
was regarding him with reproachful
eyes from behind her veil? If he only
had newspaper. Stay, there was
Cynthia's letter, which he had put in
his pocket, thinking he might read it
on the train. He could consume if
| teen minutes over that. He moved
over to the other side of the room I'M
| der a lamp and took out the letter.
Henrietta sat motionless as before.
Then Tor while there was no sound but
| the ticking of the clock and the rust
| ling of the paper as Mr.. Cadwallader
turned the pages
A whistle from her husband caused
Henrietta to start. He stood up and
came toward her. No, she would not
| speak to him.
"My DEAR he said in dry tone. 81
think that never before during the eight
wears of our marriage have [ had oc-
casion to remind you that you had a
| predecessor. Though there is nothing
to regret in this fact, it is, think great
| ly to be deplored that sister OF my
first wife still survives. Will you kind
| ly glance over this page OF letter | re-
ceived this afternoon which [ have read
for the first time this moment?'
| Henrietta thought TO herself 81
shall pay no attention to him." Then
she took the letter. Mr.. Cadwallader
had opened it so that the passage about
! the little sole leather trunk was upper
most. Henrietta read:
"While looking over some sacred me-
mentoes which have long been cherished
there | found this note from dear Helen
to you which / thought you ou2ht to
have. | we'll remember the day when
she and Annie Brown went down to
Short Hills. 1t was the very day old
Mr.. Widgeon had his stroke Of apo
plexy, coming SO sudden as it did. The
| two girls were there at the time, and
Helen returned alone shortly after, and
l remember hearing her tell how Mrs.
| Widgeon carried on"
why, Hiram. this note was from"
eyes, this is the note Helen wrote me
at the time, though | don't remember a
word about it. 1t must have dropped
out of Cynthia's letter."
"And to think of the base suspicious |
harbored Hiram, can never forgive
| Cynthia Odds for this. l believe she did
it on purpose. | can't tell you how suf-
fered since | found that letter on your
table,"
Don't wrong Cynthia, my dear.
I'm sure you must have been very much
upset t. apply such epithets to your
| husband as bigam-"
''Hush, hush 20 she said soothingly,
laying her hand on his lips. "Oh,
Hiram, forgive me If were sure that
nobody was looking, I'd-"