The Jasper weekly courier., 1890-08-01

narrow lane. wooden porch with
The paint chippsi On. a little chilly Sit
ting room. where woman sat embroii :
ering by the falling light
This was the picture Mrs Estes car
ried away with her when she went back
70 town.
~ne Was woman whose nerves we're
iron Had they been less. they might
have quiyered little now. A II
was, Laura Estes thought only: what
| fool.~
what fool had Beatrice fiaslitt been
20 give up every thing 10 which she
was entitled as Arthur Haslit.-< wife.
~ course, IL had been done to show her
husband that money was as naurht 70
her. after all But i, was Laura Estes
opinion that she might as we'll have
spared herself such a self-sacri.ice.
Arthur Hasiitt was not % easily won
back. No. nor 50 easily won either: And
here the wonan's eyes grew dark. Was
az her schcming 70 be IN yaine Two
years she had been In Paris now. and
HASN'T bad been there also But she
was no nearer TO her goal. And what
vas her goal? Her divorce had been
pending when she first met Arthur Has
lit She hsd then and there deter
mined that 20 soon as She was free shs.
would marry him She had never loved
any one in all her cold. selfish life: but
She loved him. When he married Bea-
trice Rowland IL had been blow which
she had sworn to herself nothing would
ever make her forget or forgive. She
would separate them she would force
him 10 love her. Women there arc as
unscrupulous a. this. and We meet them
every day They wear smiling face.
and who suspects theme
Mrs Estes was going 70 the ball
that night Her maid dressed her az
carefully = usual She ~ore Jewels in
her hair Her eyes were clear. her
color lovely There Was no prctticr
woman present.
One mans gaze watched her care
fully. ceaselcssly. as she moved about
the rooms lie did no. approach her
yet: he biied his time. and toward the
close Of the night il came
Mrs. Estes looked up TO see tall.
grave man standing before her For an
instant the lovely color fucfuated.
Prank Gordon. Ny dear cousin.
you here? The world thought you in
Patagonia Or heaven knows where
II have returned Will you not give
me little of your society,"
lie stood waiting Laura passed her
hand under his arm. Beyond the sup
per-room was small conservatory: he
led her directly there. She faced him
with steady smile.
Dear me. how dramatic You look.-
she half sneered
Gordon paid no heed He was stlll
very young man: but there were thoss
lines in his face that come only from
suffering.
six months ago he began. II met
In South Africa friend of-Arthur
IIaslitt From him heard OF his sepa-
ration from his WIFE The case was un-
derStood 70 be discovery on Haslitt's
part that his wife had married him for
money. Magnificent fellow as Haslitt
Was no one was surprised. for that one
sensitive point of bis. amounting al
most 70 mania was well known. On
returning home month ago. it became
necessary for me 10 look over chest Of
old papers had left behind on going
to South America Among them was
little bundle OF letters very precious to
me. There were only three or four
shcrs notes and one letter. 70 he moro
accurate. That one letter was gone-
bu, this was too unexpected Her cous-
in looked into the hasgAri face and |
read the confirmation OF his suspicion /
there
And you he went cn-.you took il. |
No one. they told me. had access 70 the I
house but you. And yon sent IL 70 Ar |
thur Haslitt- The remembrance flashed u
upon me that his friend down there in \
South America had said something
about letter II was . clever plan
Laura--you always we're clever
He turned and left her crouching.
derce-cycd creature. the delicate touch
of rouge on her lips looking ghaStly in
contrast with her livid cheeks. 4
M Haslitt has just returned from
Europe. lie sees no one said the
Jerk. except on very particular busi-
lcss-~ II.
This i particular business
A few moments later Gordon was
ishercd into Arthur Haslitt's presence.
ie knew him by sight. though the
was not mutual. Could TWO
ears have made the change in him he
aw? Why not What had the last
hrcc years been 10 himsclf2
My name i Gordon" said the
onnccr man II an cousin of Mrs
ssfe~- II.
Ha>liff bowed.
Prank Gordon amended the other.
a fash Of light went over Arthur Has
tits face. Az
Then ] think We can have nothing
much to say 10 each other
stay. We have Much. You re-
eiyed letter once addressed 70 me- II !
but right yon should see this one as
ell. II has never left me for three
ears II was written, observe. after
be first
The second letter Law before Arthur i
Iaslitt's cycS--thc second letter in his r
ifc's handwriting addressed 10 the h
lme man. For an instant there was II
lvaga impulse upon him 20 spurn Il,