Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-31

Eve viii wait Just i've minutes, re-
/ joined Eugene, and if they are not here
! then, not minute longer,
Every well, and the minister turned to
! answer remark Of the brides aunt.
4 The i've minutes passed; still no Ray
I no Meta. They must give them up.
/ Eugene, who had been to the door for the
/ twentieth time, closed it once more and
went up stairs to fetch the bride.
The ceremony was quickly over; the
Clergyman, as In duty bound, kissed the
bride, and the happy couple received the
/ Warmest congratulations Of their friends.
And now other guests began to pour in,
and the house filed up rapidly.
Presently, while Eugene and his wife
were surrounded by and were couvsrsIng
with a number of their guests, the foot
man who had been engaged for the Occa-
sion made his way to him and placed a
sealed note in his hand.
Urgent the bearer requested me to
say, sir, ne said, with a bow, and then
| djscreetly withdrew.
Excuse me, said Eugene, and won
! deFingly he opened the note.
His wife, who was watching his face
with eager interest, saw strange look OF
fear, remOrse or alarm settle there, and
was about to speak, when he hastily eZ-
claimed:
Il must leave you for a little while,
dear; 1 am very sorry, but it can't be
helped. I shall be back in ample time to
take the train. Don't let it be generally
known that I am gone" And with a
hasty glance at those about him, he left
the room.
A strange sense of impending evil
weighed upon poor Mildred's heart, and
she even thought that those around her.
who had seen her husbands hasty with
draWal, partook of the feeling.
Fifteen-twenty minutes passed. She
thought she would find her aunt, and ask
her what it could possibly be that had
called her husband from her side at such
a time
She had just reached the hall when
some one pulled the bell.
A sense of dread seized her, and, clasp
ng her hand to her side, she leaned
against the wall for support
The footman opened the door. A mes
senger stood without; he handed in a
letter, and Immediately departed.
The solemn mental glanced at the ad-
dress.
For you, ma'am, he said, and placed
the missiYe in Mildred's Outstretched
hand.
A sudden impulse took. possession of
her; and gathering up her skirts she
fairly few up the stairs and clOseted her
self IN her own room.
To tear open the letter was but the
work Of an instant, and it hardly took
longer to deVOur its contents.
This is7what she read:
Poor innocent and betrayed one, where
do you think the husband you are
waiting for is at this moment? Would
you know the truth? Then 90 to the
home of her whom he loves but too we'll
the sister of his friend.
do you doubt? Think for a moment.
For whom did he disgrace himself and
lose his situation in the bank? Her
brother. Who procured him another and
better place? This girl herself.
tell you again you are betrayed. She
has summoned him to her, and he has
gone-even before you are the bride of
an hour!
This warning comes from
"A FRIEND"
With a groan Mildred crushed the
COwardIy letter in her hand, and abstract
eddy thrust it in her bosom. AS she did
so, something white on the carpet at
tracted her attention.
She picked it up and saw that it was a
note. Quickly she remembered that
Eugene had left his hat and OvercOat in
that room, and that he must have come
there for them when ne went out. This
must have been the very note he had re-
ceived, and he must have dropped it then.
She opened it with trembling hands.
One glance was enough. She uttered a
sharp cry Of pain.
-Oh. mother! oh, my poor mOther!" she
mOaned; and, Selling hat and shawl,
threw them on any way, and stealthiIy
leaving the house, fed in the darkness Of
the night.