Dodge City times., 1890-07-04

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tress-if she might say SO without sem
ing to praise herself-Fanny was trnlv
sorry It would have been q relief to her:
If she could have freely expressed her
opinion that my lord must be to blame.
when my lady was in trouble. Being !
man. he was by nature cruel to women;
the wisest thing his poor wife could do
The maid was sorely tempted to ofter q
| little good advice to this effect: but she
encouraged them by speaking out boldly,
1t would be better to wait for what the
mistress might say next.
Lord Harry's conduct was the first sul,-
ject that presented itself when the CONVEX
satiOn was resumed.
Ny lady mentioned that she had noticed
how he looked, and how he left the room,
when she had spoken in praise of Mr.
MOuntjOy. She had pressed him to ex-
plain himself-and she made a discovery
which proved to be the bitterest disap-
p0intment of her life. Her husband sus-
pected her! Her husband was Jealous OF
her! 1t was too cruel; it was an insult be-
yOnd endurance: an insult to Mr.. Mount
joy as well as to herself II that best and
dearest OF good friends was to be forbidden
the house, if he was to go away aud never
to see her or speak to her again, Of one
thing she was determined-he should not
leave her without q kind word of farewell;
he should hear how truly she valued himi
yes, and how she admired and felt for
himi Would Fanny not do the same thing,
in her place? And Fanny had remember
ed the time when she might have done it
for such a man as Mr.. Mountjoy. "Mind
yon stay indoors this evening, sir" the
maid continued, looking and speaking SO
excitedly that Hugh hardly knew her
again. MY mistress is coming to see you,
and shall come with her."
Such an act of ifnprudence was incredi-
bile. You mus. be ont of your sensesr'
MountjOy exclaimed.
'I'm out of M, self, sir, IL that's what
yoE mean." Fanny answered. Il do SO
eujOy treating man in that way! The
masters going out to dinner-heli know
nothing about it-and." cried the cool.
cold woman of other times; "he richly de-
hug reasoned and demonstrated, ana
failed to produce the slightest effect.
His next effort was to write few lines
to Lady Harry, entreating her to remem-
Der that jealous man is sometimes capa3
that she might be watched. When he
gave the note to FANNY to deliver, she in
formed him respectfully that he had bet
ter not trust her. A person sometimes
meant to do right (she reminded him). and
sometimes ended in doing wrong. Rather
than disappoint her mistress, she was
quite capable of tearing up the letter, on
1t. Hugh tried threat next: Your mis-
tress will not find me. if she comes here:
l shall 90 out tonight" The impenetra-
BILE maid looked at him with a plying
smile, and answered: mot your
1t was a humiliating reflection-bat
Fanny Mere understood him better than
he understood himself.
All that Mountjoy had said and done in
the way of protest had been really dictated
by consideration for the young wife. II
he questioned his conscience, selfish de-
light in the happy prospect Of seeing Iris
again asserted itself as the only view with
which he looked forward to the end of the
day. When the evening approached he
took the precaution of having his own dis
Greet and faithful servant in attendance
to receive Lady Harry at the door of tho
hotel before the ringing of the bell could
summon the porter from his lodge. On
calm consideration, the chances seemed
70 be in favor OF her escaping detection by
Lord Harry. The jealous husband Of the
stage, who sooner Tor later) discovers the
innocent Tor guilty. couple, as the case
may be, is not always the husband of the
world outside the theatre. With this frag-
ment of experience present in his mind,
Hugh saw the door of his sittipg-room
opened. at an earlier hour than
i,c ,.o'. anticipated. Ills trustworthy rep
introduced a lady, closely
veiled-and that lady was Iris