Dodge City times., 1890-06-13
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CHATTER 4A--flRSI SUSPICIOUS Or IIsI0.
From the last memorable day, on which
Iris had declared 10 him thai he mght al
ways count on her as his friend but never
rs his wife, Hugh had resolved TO subject
his feelings To a rigorous control As TO
cOuQuering his hopeless love, he knew but
too well that il would conquer MIN on any
future occasion when he and Iris happen
ed to meet.
He had been true to his resolution, at
what cost of suffering he, and he alone,
knew. Sincerely, unaffectediy, be had
tried to remain her friend But the na-
ture of the truest and the frmest man has
its weak place, where the subtle influence
of O woman is concerned. Deeply latent,
beyond the reach OF his own power OF
sounding. there was jealousy of the Irish
lord lurking in MountjOy and secretly
leading his mind when he hesitated in
those emergencies Of his life which were
connected with his Ignorant of the in
nuence which was really direct ng him,
be viewed with contempt Mr. IIenley's
suspicious of secret understanding be-
tween his daughter and the man who was,
by her own acknowledgment, unworthy
Of the love with which it had been her
misfortune to regard him. At the same
time Hngh's mind was reluctantly in
search of an explanation which might ac-
count (without degrading Iris) for her
having been traced to the doctors house.
In his recollection Of events at the old
cOuutr- town he found motive for her
renewal Of intercourse with such n man
as Mr.. Vimpany. in the compassionate
feeling with which she regarded the doc
tors unhappy wife. There might well be
some humiliating circumstance, recently
added to the other trials of Mrs. Vimp-
any's married life, which had appealed to
all that was generous aud forgiying in the
nature OF Iris. Knowing nothing of the
resolution to live apart which had latterly
IL L. 4 I. t.,
Joy decided on putting his idea to the test
by applying for information to Mrs. Vimp-
any ut her husbands house.
In the nature Of u sensitive man the
bare idea of delay. under these circum-
stances, was uncomfortable. Hugh called
the first cab that passed him, and drove to
Hampstead
Careful-morbidly careful. perhaps-not
to attract attention needlessiy to himself,
he stopped the cab at the entrance to
Redburn Road, and approached Number
Five on foot. A servaut-girl answered the
door. Mountjoy asked if Mrs Vimpany
was at home.
Tho girl made no immediate reply She
seemed TO be puzzled by Mountjoys SIM
pie question. Her familiar manner. with
its vulgar assumption of equality in the
presence OF a stranger, revealed the Lon
dOn-brcd mnid-servant of modern times.
did you say Mrs. Vimpany?" she inquir-
ed: .yes SHARPLY.
''There's no snch person here"
1t was Monntjoy's turn to be puzzled.
els this Mr.. Vimpany's houses" he said.
Yes. to be sure it is"
And yet Mrs. Vimpany doesn't live
herei"
mo Mrs Vimpany has darkened these
DOORS" the girl declared positively.
Are you sure you are not making .
mistaken
Quite sure. / have been in the doc
tors service since he first took the house"
Determined to solve the mystery, il it
could he doue, Mountjoy asked if he could
see the doctor. No; Mr. Nimpany had
gone ont.
There's a young person comes to u.s."
the servant continued. II wonder wheth-
Vimpany! The name she gives is Hen
ley."
"Is Miss Henley here now?'
You can't see her-Sne's enga red"
She was not engaged with Mrs Vimp-
any, for no such person was known to the
house. She was not engaged with the
doctor, for the doctor had gone out
MouutjOy looked at the hat-stand in the
passage. and discovered a mans hat and q
mans greatcoat. To whom did they be-
longi Certainly not to Mr.. Vinpany, who
had gone out RepellaLt rs II was, Mr
Henley's idea that the explanation of his
conduct was TO be found in ne
renewed influence over her or tho irish
lord. now presented itself to Highs mind
under new point of view He tried in
vain to resist the impression that had beea
produced on him. A sense of injury,
which he was unable to justify to himself,
took possession of him. Come what might
of it, he determined to set at rest the
doubts of which he was ashamed, by som-