Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-08-01

must KNOW th0t tlmpany s plans are Al
tered. He won't any longer occupy his
Iris looked inexpressibly relieved. Go
ing away at lastw she exclaimed. "Oh,
Harry, II you have been mystifying me
hope You will never do it again. 1t isn't
like you; it's cruel to alarm me about
nothing. Mr.. Vimpany's empty bedroom
house when look into it tonight"
Lord Harry got up and walked to the
window. As a sign of trouble in his mind,
and of an instructive effort to relieve It,
the object of this movement was well
known to Iris. She followed him and
stood by his side. 1t was now plain to her
that there was something more to bs told
ode It to his wife.
60 on" she said, resignedly.
He had expected her to take his arm, or
perhaps to caress him, or at least to en-
courage him by her gentlest words and
her prettiest smiles. The steady self-re-
sign, as he interpreted 1t, Of suppressed 70
sentiment. Shrinking, honestly shrinking,
from the bare possibility of another quar-.
rel, he confronted the hard Necessities OF
further confession.
well, now" he said, tits only this
you mustn't look into the empty bedroom
tonight"
"Why mott"
"Ah, for the best Of all good reasonsi
Because You might ind somebody in
therer'
Il asked you. Harry, whether the per
son who is to occupy our spare bedroom
tonight was one Of Mr.. Vimpany's
friends5'
Say one Of Mr.. vimpany's patients
and you will be nearer the truth" he an
swered, with an outburst Of impatience.
She could hardly believe him. '"Do
you mean person who IL really i1f" she
said.
'Of course I mean II. /" he said, irritated
into speaking out at last.
"A mani or woman"
"A man."
MAY ask you II he comes from En-
giaadi"
"He comes from one Of the French hos
pitfalls. Anything more"
Iris left her husband to recover his good
extraordinary disclosure which she had
extracted from him had produced q stupe-
flying effect on her mind. Her customary
sympathy with him, her subtle, w0manly
observation of his character, her intimate
knowledge Of his merits and his defects,
failed to find the rational motive which
might have explained his conduct She
looked round at him with mingled feelings
of perplexity and distrust.
He was still at the window, but he had
turned his back on the view Of the garden,
his eyes were fixed In furtive expectation,
on his wife. Was he waiting to hear her
say something morei She ran the risk
and said It.
Il don't quite understand the sacrifice
you seem to be making to Mr.. Vimpany,"
she confessed. "Wfn you tell me, dear,
what it meansf"
Here was the opportunity offered Of fol-
lowing the doctors advice, and putting
-. ALI e. tlSot ysSl L
knowledge of Vimpany, would she really
believe the story which had imposed on
the strangers who managed the hospitalf
Lord Harry made up his mind to try the
experiment. No matter what the result
might be. it would bring the responsible
ties that were crushing him to az end. He
need say no more II the deception sue
ceeded He could do no more, II il failed.
Under the influence of this cheering re-
Election, he recovered his temper: his hand.
some face frightened again with its genial
boyikh smile.
.what wonderful woman you arer' he
crisal "Isn't it Just the thing that / am
here for, to tell You what MAINLAND my
clever wife sees through and through me,
and reminds me of what must dol Pay
my fee beforehand, Iris! Give me q kiss
and my poor meaning shall be offered in
return. Il WIN bolp me Il you remember
one thing. Vimpany and I are old friends,
and there o nothing eWont 90 70 Accom-
date each other. Mind that"
Tried fairly on its own merits, the stupid
fiction invented by the doctor produced
an eject for which Lord Harry was not
prepared. The longer Iris listened, the
more strangely Iris looked ut him. Not .
word fell from her lips when he had done.
he noticed that she had turned pale: II
oeemed to be almost possible that no had
frightened her.
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