Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-25
NUMBER 81.

enangeut Dub prefer bhab my uaugnEer
should not meet you after this"
And then she swept away, full of Dig
NIFTY, to lay before Bay Grove the prob
lem how any one man, no matter how
wicked he might be, could DO in
Auburn, Elmira and Sing Sing within a
month. As for Mrs. Blank. she was
very indignant, and then she wept, and
then she was indignant again. Then
she wrote letter.
The letter brought an answer in the
shape Of a young man in SLOUGH hat,
who came down by late train and went
directly to the Blank cottage. He sat
with Mrs. Blank on the piazza, and
they talked earnestly for long time.
1t was nearly midnight when the con-
ference ended. Then the young man
started for the gate. Mrs. Blank fol-
lowed him, and they stood talking to-
gether by tho post for two or three
minutes. Il was beautiful. clear moon
light night, and anybody in the neigh
borhood could have seen the young man
kiss Mrs. Blank when he went away.
lie caught very late train for the city.
Now nobody in Bay Grove would WILL
ingly play the eavcsdropper or the spy.
That goes without saying. But, as
matter of fact, several pairs of eyes saw
the parting in the moonlight, and as
many pairs of ears heard the man say:
well, dear, I'll be down here in a
week, and then it won't matter what
these people say or do"
A pretty woman, with husband in
three jails in month and mysterious
midnight visitorl Bay Grove was scan
dalized. There could be no doubt after
that that nobody in the village knew
the offender She seemed to have
gained invisibility Nobody saw her
when she went out; at least, nobody
give any sign OF seeing her. Even the
scapegraee gave her up which meant
great deal, for no believed that he had
only his wiclsedness to pride himself
upon.
Six days passed and caller again
rang the door-bell at the cottage. He
noticed with shudder that the wire
seemed to be getting rusty for want Of
use. That touched him, for he was the
landlord and he hated TO see the pgop-
erty depreciate. He had come TO tell
his pretty tenant that she must seek
other quarters. She paid the rent regu-
larly, but pressure had been brought to
bear upon him-and his family had So
cial aspirations, and he couldn't afford
/ to disregard pressure.
4 He stammered, but was firm. Mrs
+ Blank was amazed, but loquacious He
1 explained that the cottage must be
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such proceeding was unheard Of She
tried to break down his resolution, but
failed. Then she showed signs OF get
ting hysterical
"oh, If my husband were only herel'
she walled
Yes, madam, If he were, but he
amt" That was as near to sarcasm as
the landlord ever came He was phi
lanthropist by nature and a prcseryer
Of the village morality by necessity.
'Hullo, what's all this?" said some
body in the doorway Landlord and
tenant turned like fash Mrs. Blank
gave Shrek of delight and threw her
self into the newcomers arms. The
landlord looked Disguised He merely
saw young man in SLOUGH hat, no
doubt the midnight visitor.
81 think you had better 60 as soon as
/ you can, both OF you"
| "Well, that's cool Two paid the rent
/ OF this house and | mean to stay, es-
I pecially as il suits my wife, or did until
the neighbors went crazy" This was
from the young man.
The landlord looked dazed "Your
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husband?"
Naturally" said the young man,
dryly. And now" he added, whats
all this to-do about, any way?"
He heard all about it in the next ten
minutes, although IL was sadly discon-
nected story. Still he got the gist of it
pretty clearly Then he addressed the
landlord:
Look here; you don't d serve an ex-
PLANTATION, but FL give you one. My
business is to see things and TO write
about them. have been employed by
a magazine to describe certain features
of prison life in New York. To see
them have had to study the prisons
carefully, and 1t has taken six weeks
OF hard work. In that time I've had
just time enough to spend one evening
at home and then hurry back TO work.
And now | come down here for rest
and find that you people have gone
mad and treated my wife disgracefully.
Some body is going to smart for this"
AS matter OF fact, good many
persons did smart, but onl mentally.
and. therefore, they survived and were
anxious to make amends The land
lord withdrew mis- demand, and agreed
to put in a new well-curb. Those who
knew him say he suffered enough over
this to atone for all he had done. Then
came focks Of feminine visitors to tho
cottage, full Of tears and explanations
and contrition The Blanks had de-
termined to 60 away. but these good
people couldn't hear Of it They show
cred the cottagers with attentions, and
then they did something that settled
it that the Blanks would continue in
Bay Grove They played their trump
card. They gave Mrs Blank dinner,
and Mr.. Blanks determination to de-
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