Telegram-herald., 1890-09-18


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ElaalIy there e@uae another Sziier 80
tha Blaak cottage. S1e cane pp hSs
ene beat 81 b4s.aess ta4t ! elstes ssi2A
bat nzst 30 Soas sas sas. by sas vay,
tie person - shom EAe letter hs1 sse2
addressed
ny asar shs saia. without PsFley,
'',@hsre i yoaF husb&BdF
War. be k4s gone - sing sag, re-
Piled tie hcssess N0ndesiaz a. Der call
es's manner. she wzs stIl more sur
prised 4t ~has she he@Ed next
''Nnen l ~as girl ~e we're taught 20
BE trathfal above al saiags foa are
Younger thaA /. and perhaps tines have
en4ngedi lat prefer that ny daughter
shoult not meet Yoa after this
And then she swept away. fall Of dig
nifty. % lAy sef0re Bay Grove the prob
len nos any one nzn, 40 matter hew
wicked he might BE- eoald be in
AabaFn. klusirA and Sing Sing within
month As for Mrs Blank, she vas
very indignant and then she sept and
thea she Vas indignant again. Then
she wrote letter.
The letter brought an answer in the
shape OF . young nan in q slouch hat,
who came down by late train and went
directly 80 the Blank cottage. lie sat
with Mrs Blank on the piazza, and
they talked earnestly for long time.
IL VAS 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 the post for two or three
minutes IL was beautiful clear moon
light night and anybody in the neigh
borhood eoald have seen the young man
kiss Mrs. Blank when he went away.
he caught very late train for the city.
Now nobody in BAY Grove would will
ingly play the eavesdroppcr or the spy.
That goes without saying. But as
matter Of fact. several pairs OF eyes saw
the parting in the moonlight, and "a
many pairs of ears heard the man say:
"Well. dear, I'll be down here in a
week. and then IL won't matter what
these people say or do"
pretty woman, with . husband in
three isils in month and a mysterious
midnight visitorl Bay Grove was scan
dalized. There could be no doubt after
that that nobody in the village knew
tho offender. She seemed 10 have
gained invisibility Nobody saw her
vhea she went out; at least, nobody
give any sign OF seeing her. Even the
scapegrace gave her up which meant q
great deal, for he believed that he had
only his wickedness to pride himself
upon.
Six days passed and caller again
rang the door-bell at the cottage. He
noticed with a 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 prop
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.
lie stammered, but was firm. Mrs
Blank was amazed, but loquacious. He
explained that the cottage must be
vacated at once. She declared that
such proceeding was unheard of. She
tried TO break down his resolution, but
failed. Then she showed signs of get
ting hysterical.
''Oh. il my husband were only here"
she walled
'Yes, madam, il he were, but he
amt" That was as near TO sarcasm as
the landlord ever came. He was phi
- II
of the village morality by necessity.
.'TIullo, what's all this?" said some
body in the doorway. Landlord and
tenant turned like fash. Mrs. Blank
gave a shrek OF delight and threw her
self into the newcomers arms. The
landlord looked disgusted. He merely
saw a young man in slouch hat, no
doubt the midnight visitor.
Il think you had better go as soon as
you can, both Of you"
We'll. that's cocl I've paid the rent
OF this house and l mean to stay, es-
pecially rs 1t suits my wife, or did until
the neishbors went crazy" This was
from the young man.
Tho landlord looked dazed. "Your
wife?'' he said. why. thon. you're her
hVsband?"
Naturally" said tho young man.
dryly. 'And now" he added, whats
ali this to-do about. any wayP"
lie heard all about IL in the next ten
minutes, although it was q sadly discon-
nected story. Still be got the gist OF 1t
pretty clearly. Then be addressed the
landlord:
Look here; you don't deserve an ex-
PLANTATION. but I'll give you one. Ny
business ia to see things and TO vrits
about them. have been employed by
a magazine to describe certain features
OF prison life in New York. To see
them have had 20 study tho prisons
carefully. and IL has taken six weeks
OF hard work In that time I've had
just time enough 20 spend one evening
at home and thon hurry back TO work
And now como down here fer rest
and fnt that you people have goue
mad and treated ny wife disgracefuli =.
( Somebody is going 20 smart Tor this
As \ matter OF fact good many
/ persons did smart. but only mentally.
and. therefore. they survived and we're
anxious to mako amsnds. Tho land
lord withdrew his demand, and agreed
F 70 pat in a rev weil-cnrh Those who
knew him say he suffered enonEh over
ibis 20 atone For al he had done. Then
Z cane 10Cks e feminine visitors % the
[ cottage, fall cf tears and explanations
and contrition. The Blanks had de-
termined to 90 away. but these good
T ..,-.,,f.. -,s.f fsvfs h..r - Il -Vlo- ,-~-
cred the cottazsrs with attentions, and
+ tben thsJ dd something that settled
81 that the Blanks would continue in