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u confess your aversion % me-. replied
Robert Carroll. frigidly. without gianc-
in- toward the woman whom be had
vowed 10 love and cherish. He rushed
from the house. and. hurrying % the
depot. jumped upon the train and was
soon speeding toward the neighboring
city Of "
Thus ends my dream Of happiness,
be mutteret. bitterly. Ethel Is evi-
IDENTIFY striving % excel Mrs. Edwards
in the ars Of managing = husband,
bat. pulling his blonde uustache
ferrclv. L 10 not choose 70 be man
agud-in that way" The words. Il do
hate you kept ringing IN his cara
e>he s~hallucver say such words 20 me
again. be muttered. Geterminedly-
Il am glad that you have made up
your mind 70 take that European "trip,
CARROLL said MIR Johnson, the senior
member of the firm You ara better
fitted to attend % business Of that sort
than a ulaa OF NV age When DO you
START he asked. a. he turned 20 leave
the Office
Il have engaged passage on a steam
er that leaves p. -. wharf early tO-nOr-
TOW morning
Nothing like promptuess in matters
relating 10 business said Mr.. Johnson.
approvingly-
During the hour that followed Mr..
Joansons departure Robert wrote a
number % business letters then penned
the following missive 70 his wife.
EcEEl- T~A=Il -raVr fur England early 10
Morrow m0rniu-- Nuuwll receive liberal a.
luwlncr lgrsnu my absence An Interview an
der tli. circumsfances Nuuld prove painful %
both % a. Goo,t nigh. aad ruod-hve
~RoBERr~
EtheI Carroll remained ~motionless
until the sound Of her husbands foot
steps died away IN the distance. At re-
membranes Of the words i 10 hate
you she shudiereL-
Those dreadful words she muir
INJURED b~rukenIy- She felt half tempted
"a follow Robert 20 his Office ard ask
h.aa 70 forgive her. She hesitased. nd
the next moment her evil genius whis-
pcred that Robert bad been very az
gravltin-. and also limited that her
own dignity would be compromised II
she yielded enc inch Of the advantage
gained
Mrs Edwards would call NE a weak
little fool. declared Ethel. emphat-
ically- she says that Mr. EIwards
would not talnk OF opposing her now.
Ethels brown eyes tNinkled and i sill
very iauEh echoed through the room
'kauey Robert behaving ike Mr.. Ed
waris- he L. 50 little. 50 meek AMI 70
- extremely insignificant A sober
expression crossed her eounuenanre
There are husbands and husbands
AMI also different ways Of managing
them, she concluded. medizatlvely.
The afternoon seemed very long TO
Ethel she roamssi rsstIessIy from
room 70 room and glanced a. the clock
every few minutes 10 assure herself that
the b1nds we're really moving towards
the hour Of Roberts home coming.
Seating herself in the commodIous
depths Of = great easy chair she elAsped
her hands above her head and mused on
the events Of the morning Suddenly
she bears b rUmbIin- Of 4 train OF
ca-~- d sees Ha3leys bridge in the
distance The train moves rapidly;
Is the evening express from " The
engine d1sbes against an obstruction
quIvers like 4 human being in distress,
and the next instant the whole train
lies wrecked upon the rocks forty feet
below the bridge that spans the ravine.
1t i Roberts train and I have not
taken back those cruel words walled
Ethel wringing her hands.
~Nou DO not care. you hate him, =
whispers 4 hooking voice.
Robert Is dead. and he will never
o cried the young wife. as she rar
towards the scene Of the accident. Shs
dashes down an Almost uerueudfsuIa,