St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07

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| pulling his mustache; tits case of
Canute and the sea-'just so far and no
| farther She's a ticklish one to deal
with. / don't quite make her out"
"She does bull fellow up pretty
short sometimes, that's fact; but she's
/ awfully jolly-nO eonfounded sentiment
about her-not like those old stagers
who run you IN before you know where
| you are. She's rare fun, by JOve!" and
he smiled with retrospective enjoy
ment.
For once the verdicts of clubs, mess
rooms and smoking rooms was just;
Mis-. Montgomery Swift's morals were
unimpeac.ahIe Without ostentation
she frequently alluded to her absent con-
sort, retailed passages fro,;,;; his CORE,
spondence, beWailed the long exile an.
frequent changes entailed by his profess
sion, wondered how long he would re-
main in those outlandish places where
wives were an impossibility, and oeca-
sionally reduced her admirers to frantic
despair by announcing her intention of
| joining Capt. Swift wherever he might
be sent next. When assured that such
self-immolation would be madness she
pensively concluded that perhaps it
| were wiser to await his return to civili-
ZatlOn ana England.
Sometimes-nOt very Often-Jessica
was alone, and then she would look at
herself in the glass and smile quantity.
isn't it funny?" she murmured, scan
| ming her features. Il am sure | am
not quite so fresh and pretty as Twas
] two years ago, and l don't think | am
nearly as nice. And yet-then nobody
| even looked at me, while now-"Her
| eyes sparkled. ooh, my blessed hus-
| band, what a service you have rendered
| me! And to think ] shall never, never
be able to repay you"
Towards the middle of August, with
| the abruptnesS which characterized all
| her movements, JesSica, without word
| of warning to her cOurtiers, accepted an
| invitation to spend fortnight in Scot
land with young married couple who
| had taken house Oh Loeb LOmOnd for
| two months. She had not been told
| whether or not there would be other
guests, but she knew that the Bullunes
| had the knack of making people COM
| Portable, and she felt just lit
tie tired of surfeit of devo-
ton and inclined to escape from
it and rusticate in comparative
solitude. SO one morning she found
herself at st. Pancras station, and when
her maid, previous to seeking her sec
Ond-class carriage, had settled her in a
| first-class one, with her books, rugs and
dressing bag. she prepared for her long,
solitary journey with restful satisfae-
ton. However, just as the hour for de-
parture, had struck the door of her car
riage was violently opened, military
looking pOrtmanteau and case were
thrust in, guard exclaimed. "Plenty
of room-just in time-jump in, sir
thank you, sir" and slammed the door
again upon tall, handsome man, who
had entered hurriedly, and who, as the
train streamed out of the station, looked
rather disconnected in finding himself
tete-a-tete with a young, pretty and
elegant woman.
Before reaching Leicester the travel
ers had already exchanged few com
mOnplace civilitieS connected with the
pulling up and down of windows, the
loan Of newspapers, etc. 1nStinctiyely
they recognized that they belonged to
the same social class; each discovered
in the other a certain independent, I'M
conventional originality, and like
strangers meeting by chance at some
dinner party, they soon began to con-
verse on every possible subject.
''Do you propose stopping at Edin-
burgh?" said the gentleman. when,
after NOrmantOn and lunch, they had
resumed their seats.
For the night, perhaps; but l am
bound for lnverSnald," answered JeS-
Sica.
'Ah" with slight start. 81 have
some friends about there myselt-rela-
TONS"
Il wonder if they know my friends
at the Towers?"
1.-The Bellunes?"
Exactly"
"Why, Dora Bellune is my cousin,
and | am on my way to see her"
"How very amusing! Well, 1 had an
intuition that we should meet again--in
fact. had quite mapped out your des-
tiny before reaching Bedford"
LET us hear the hOrOscOpe-past,
present and future. The first will, if
correct, be a guarantee for crediting the
last"
Il consent to tell you what l think of
you; but only If you tell me first who
you think | am"
would you be offended if 1 said
charming woman? Don't frown; have
not said it,
widow"
mot miss. certainly" with fine
contempt on the noun.
''Of course not, or you would not have
deigned to be even decently civil"
Frankly, am at fault now. Is it
wife? Is it widow"
II own there may be reason for
doubt. You see, it is difficult to be
widow without having been a wife, and,
as men don't marry girls nowadays, it is
equally difficult to be wife. How
ever, as no other status has been in
vented, | have husband"
"And no wife, although have been
married.
"a widowerl Hum! l should not
have thought 500
mo, not widower. was married
without my knowledge, by mistake, in
default. The newspapers married me
| heard of it in midland so persist
entity that got a three months leave
only to make myself free man once
more. left the p. and o. three days
ago, and am Oh my way to the BelluneS
to ask what they were about in allow
ing their nearest relative to be labeled
all over the world as booked and done
for"
"A hard case. and one deserving of
much pity. So the indignity Of we'd
lOCk lids D6ou puI upOu yOu' ACCCpI
my deepest sympathy"
You may laugh, but it was, it is obi
Gus. All the fellows out there affect to
believe it is true-that l am derelict
husband with a family. On landing
here found no end of letters of con-
graduation. dare not show myself at
the clubs. If at first was inclined to
treat the matter lightly, now | am de-
termined to sift the whole thing. sue
the libelers, and give public denial"
Ito the compromising accusation of
matrimony? | would, if | were you"
Il SHALL" he said, sternly.
They were steaming into the Car
Isle station. Jessiea remained alone
while her companion smoked cigar
on the platform. She took advantage
of the gathering twilight to rise, and
unperceived to examine the label on the
hat box reposing in the hat rack. She
had some difficulty Ill deciphering it,
and fell back into the seat as the owner
of it stepped once more into the car
rage. He fancied she looked very pale,
and asked her if she was tired. She