Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-07
BETRAYED:
A DARK MARRIAGE
MORN.
4 Romance Of LOUe, Intrigue and
Crime
By MRS. ALICE P. CHARLESTON.
By MRS. ALICE P. CHARLESTON.
CHAPTER V


| in front of the house.
/ A light in the basement attracted her
/ attention.
! After an instant's hesitation and hasty
/ glance about her she entered the gate and
/ knocked on the window.
| The servant girl came forward, and
/ pressing her face against the glass, peeFed
/ out at her CuriOusly.
The woman made an eager gesture, indi-
/ eating that she desired to speak with
/ her.
Grumblfngly the girl left the window,
/ and moment later opened the door.
/ The stranger stepped into the entry,
/ and quietly removed the shawl in. which
/ she had been mufHed. The servant gazed
upon the face now fully revealed, with a
/ look of unqualified establishment.
/ The strangers hand quickly sought her
| pocket and then was extended toward the
! guileless daughter Of Erin.
| 4 am making you some little trouble, ."
! she said; please Oblige me by taking
/. this"
Bless ye for a perfect lady, as ye air, 3"
/ burst out Bridget. Sure, thin, can't
/ find it ia me heart to take-welI, we'll, if
/ you will have it sO-an' PLAT can L do for
| ye now, darlint?"
do you know the gentleman who left
! this house only a moment ago? Please
| tell me that?"
Know him, is it? do, thin, an phat's
more, it's no good av him know"
There is a young lady here, whom he
calls to see, is there nOt2"
There is.
Isis she very pTetty?"
She's purity enough, sure" Then see
ing an Understandable look Of pain, or
annoyance on the others face, she has
tened to add, in soothing tone: But,
| darlint, not half SO purity as yer own
sWate self"
sIaq he I,aav oor,ir,cy J,sre -,=ts7, r., gaa
| herr" asked the stranger, hesitatingiy.
often, is it? Sure, thin, it's wearin'
out the carpets, he is, Wid his cOmin's an
his COINS. Why, till Widin wake or so,
he's been comm almost livery night, to
say nOthin' about Sundays"
But the lady's brother is his friend
Might he not come to see him?"
Och! I say frind to ye. Plat was he
here tonight for, thin, wild niVer a soil
tary soul in the house, barrin' the girl
herself up there, an me down here? It
wasn't the brother he wanted to see, I'm
thinkin'"
and so she is all aIone?"
She is, an she's hardly been out of
her rooms these three days, but has kept
by herself up there a-CTyin' aV her eyes
out, so she has. But sure, miss, it's sick
ye air. Och, hone, an phat's the matter?
God send the spalpeen az man<is moth
in to ye."
mo, no, "gasped the poor creature, "he's
nothing to me. He was my husband
for an hour, but-oh, God! that I might
die"
yer husband! Lux at that nowl" ex-
claimed Bridget, with an expression Of
blank amazement on her face. Then
feeling of pity Selling her, she quickly
added:
"Sit down here, darIint, sit down, I
say. Here, take this glass of wat6er.
Phat in the wurruld can do for ye,
say?"
IF I might trouble you to getme a car
riage, poor Mildred murmured.
~ThrOuble, is it? I'll have carriage
here for ye in less than no time, and
snatching up q cheap but gaudy shawl,
which she threw over her head, the girl
hurried from the house, cOuscience-smit-
ten not little, yet not we'll seeing how
she could retract any of the absurd state
ments she had made.
She was nearly as good as her word in
the matter OF time, however, for three
minutes had scarcely elapsed when
carriage was in waiting before the door,
and, after refusing a further offer from
poor Mildred, the cOntrite girl helped her
in, and saw it roll swiftly away.
LUX at that now, she muttered to her
self. What diVilment there is in the
WUrruld. Who cud behave that wild so swate
a face she carried so sad hearth Sure, I
wish / hadn't thOld her all did; but the
name spalpeen av a man, he niver gave
me Their worth ay clint, an as good as
AKIN him, too.
Thus quieting her conscience, Bridget
returned to her kitchen, while the car
rage containing the broken-hearted Mil
dred sped onward toward FOrty-second
sire It.
Meanwhile, Eugene Cleveland had re-
turned to the Vernon house, and, after
letting himself in by the same way he had
made his exit, fastened upstairs, hoping
to gain his Wife's room unobserved.
But he was not to be so fortunate. AS
he was passing through the main hall,
Mrs. Vernon herself suddenly darted
from the back parlOr, and, Selling him
eagerly by the arm, exclaimed, in a voice
quite loud enough to attract the atten-
ton Of all In the adjoining rooms:
Where in the world have you been for
the last half-hOur or more, Mr.. Cleve-
land, and, in mercy's name, what has
TAX n your wife aWay?"
My Wife?"
yes, indeed. It seems to me you both
left us very UnceremOniOusly.
Mildred is not here then? You mean
TO tell me that she is gomez"
Certainly; that is exactly what say.
missed her suddenly, and, having some
thing wished very much to speak to her
about, I hunted for her high and low.
But it was all of no use; she was gone;
and at last I noticed that her hat and
shawl were gone. too"
A feeling of unutterabIe dread-of ter
rOr- entered the bridegroOm's heart, and
he looked around him almost heID1essly.
At this moment enc OF the gentlemen
who had helped to form the group that
had gathered about Eugene and his wife
at the mOmant the forged note had been
handed to him stepped forward, and said:
at so happened, Mr.. Cleveland, that I
particularly noticed your wife after your
own somewhat abrupt withdrawal, and L
am able to tell you this much: She re-
msined with her guests for about twenty
minutes after you received the note which
as though she were i'll at ease. at length
she stepped into the hall, and seemed to
hesitate whether to go upstairs or to re-
EuEn 10 the narlors Inst .han the haLI