Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-09-12
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I'VE WIN not reproach each other. Har-
Why-what else do you do all day long
bat reproach me with your gloomy looks
and your silence"
W., "Ws!l J., end e, f: Il you can. Find some
'.Be gracious for a little. and listen Ito
my plan. have made plan. Listen. Iris.
me mad"
And me, too That Is ono reason why
We should not desire to change 1t. Mad
people icrget. They think they are some
where else. For US to believe that We
were somewhere else would b in itself
II am resolved to change Ito change
It. say-at any risk We viii leave Lou
vainw
1--WE can. dare say" Iris replied. cold
ly, find another town, French or Bel
cian. where we can get another cottage
behind high walls in a garden, and hue
"No. I will hide no longer. Tam sick Of
hiding"
go on. What is your plani Am to
pretend to be some one else's widowi"
I'VE will 20 to America. There arc
glish people ever go-neither tourists nor
Settlefs-places where they have certainly
never heard OF us. We will find some
quiet village, buy a small farm, and settle
among the people. / know something
about farming. We need not trouble to
back to mankind again. Perhaps. Iris
when We have gone back to the world
you wilr'-he hesitated-"you will be able
to forgive me. and to regard me again with
your old thoughts 1t WAS done for your
sake"
at was not done for my sake. Do not
repeat that falsehood. The old thoughts
will never come back. Harry. They are
dead and gone. have ceased to respect
you or myself Love cannot survive tho
loss Of self-respect. Who am / that
should give love to anybody Who arc
you that you should expect lovep'
Twill you 60 with me to America-lovo
or no lover lcannot stay here-I viii not
stay here"
"l will go with you wherever you please.
Iehould like not to run risks There are
still people whom it would pain to see Iris
Henley tried and found guilty with two
others on a charge OF fraudulent conspir-
acy;"
II wouldn't accustom myself, II I were
You, Iris, to speak Of things too plainly.
Leave the thing to me and will arrange
1t. See now, We will travel by Q night
train from Brussels to Calais. We will
take the crnss-coun;ry line from Amiens
TO Havre; there we will take board for
New YOrk-Do English people ever travel
by the Havre line. Once in America, we
will push up country-to Kentucky or
somewhere-and find that quiet country
place; after that | ask no more. will
settle down for the rest Of my life and
have no more adventures. Do you agree,
Irisf"
Il will do anything that you wish" she
replied. coldly.
''very we'll Let us lose NO time. feel
cboked here. Will you go into Brussels
and bry q Continental Bradshaw or a
Baedeker, or something that will tell us
the times of sailing, the cost Of passage,
and all the rest of it. We will take with
us money to start us with; you will have
to write to your bankers. We can easily
arrange to have the money sent-to New
York, and it can be invested there-except
your own fortune-in my new name. We
shall want no outfit for fortnight at sea.
have arranged it all beautifully. Child,
look like -FOUR old self" He took an unre-
sisting hand. 81 want to see you smile
and look happy again"
You never WILL"
"Yes-when we have got ourselves out
OF this damnable, unwholesome wav OF
life: when we are with our fellow-creatures
again. You will forget this-this little
business-which was, you know, after all,
an unhappy necessity"
"Oh! how can ever forgeti"
'.New interests will arise; new friend
ships will be formed"
Harry. it is myself that cannot for.
give Teach me TO forgive myself, and I
WI forget everything
He pressed her no longer.
"Well, then" he said, Ego to Brussels
and get this information. II you will not
try to conquer this absurd moral sensitive
pess-which come too late-you will at
least enable me to place You in healthier
atmosphere"
by the next train"
''There is train at quarter to two
You can do all you have to do and catch
the train at five. Iris"-the chance of q
change made him impatient-''let US 60
tomorrow. Let rs go BY the night ex-
press. There will be English travellers.
but they shall not recognize me. We
shall be in Calais at one In the morning.
We will go on by an early train before the
English steamer comes in. viii you be
ready"
"Yes; there is nothing to delay me.
suppose we can leave the house BY pay
want"
"Let us go this very nighti"
IF you please; am always ready"
mo: there will be no time: It will look
like running away. We will go to-mor-
after going to Brussels and back. Iris. We
are going to DO happy again-I am sure
We are" He, for one, looked As II there
was nothing TO prevent . return Of hap
piness He laughed and waved his
hands "a new sky-new scenes-new
want"
She put ON her thick veil and started ON
her short journey. The husbands sudden
return to his former good spirits gave her
. CLEAN Of hope. The change would DO
lad foA
about among other men, and to her if it
gave her occupation. Az to forgetting
how could she forget the past, 20 long As
they were reaping the fruit OF their wick
edness in the shape Of solid dividendsf
She easily found what she wanted: The
steamer OF the Compagnie Generate Trans
atlantiaue left Havre every eighth day.
They would go by that line. The more she
considered the plan the more it com
mended itself. They would 1t any rate
60 out of prison. There would be .
change in their life. Miserable condition.
Punishment and coucealment; NO other
prospect than that OF continual fraud re-
newed by every post that brought them
money.
When she had got all tho information
that she wanted she had still an hour or
two before her she thought she would
spend the time wandering about the streets
OF Brussels. The animation and life OF
the cheerful city-where all the people
except the market women are young
pleased her. 1t was long since she had
seen any Of the cheerfulness that belongs
. q busy street. She walked slowly
along, mp one street and down another,
looking into the shops. She made two or
three little purchases. She looked into .
place filed with Tauchuitz Editions. and
bought two or three books. She was be-
ginning to thing that she was tired and
had better make her way back to the
station. when suddenly she remembered
the postoffice and her instructions to Fam
ny Mere.
written to me"
She asked tho way to the posto6lce.
There was time II she walked quickly.
At the post restante there was . letter
for her-more than letter. Q parcel ap-
varently Q book.
She received Il and hurried back 70 the
station.
In the train she smused herself with
looking through the leaves Of her nec
books Fanny Mere's letter she would
Rad after dinner.
At dinner they actually talked. Lord
HaSrv vaS excited with the prospect OF