The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-11-07
ALL DOUBTS DISPELLED.

Come to me. Robert, if you over loved me
in he old days, when we were SO happy to-
9cther in the quiet home that | shall never see
again! All, if had never left it-Or YOU! You
loved me best after ali; but, then did not be-
And the child. Rob,rt. He bears your
name and he has our eyes, your smile! For
the sake of the child, at least, come to me, for
] am dying, and l must leave Him in your care.
Your unh4tppT ..t, Hrsr -
This was the note, written in a faint
and faltering hand-a woman's hand
mind you!-the note that pretty little
Mrs. Robert Strong picked up off the
carpet of her drawing-room. where it
had been dropped by her husband, in
his hasty passage toward the hall and
front door.
She picked it up, carelessly enough,
ct first. She was an honorable little
lady, and would never have dreamed
of ransacking her husbands private
papers. or desk, or diary, as so many
women would not scruple to do, if the
occasion offered. Even this letter
would have been laid aside till her hus-
bands return, unread, bad it not
chanced to open in her hand, as She
lifted it from the floor.
Her eyes fell upon the first line, and
the red blood rushed instantly to her
face. What woman was this, who
asked Robert Strong to come to her,
l,v the love he had once horne her
Years before, in the haypv home She
had Iefr forever win a,iotLcr9
Little Mrs. Sir0n" had Il long, hard
battle with herself before she could
make up her mind to read that note.
But she did read it at last, and hav-
inr ..eaten of the anp}n u like hrr .ruid-
rn-haired ances,rrs, in The o1rti.a Of
Eden. she INSTANTLY became 1s un,ay,,y
AS She deserved TO- he. i
She had been ! roycruoss in 4 family
where Mr.. Strou.g visited. Ij,;i. in-
fluentia!. and s,iI wondrousIy Iand-
some, though he confessed to titty-
seven ve,r, of ,rr i've .,,t..,v l,,chuln1
the yrr,t ..c,tcnn of t.e s,.t-on ,,,,snI
bv All the fashionable bellies Of lis an-
uuaiutauce, and ari,;nlly offered his
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naho' MS heart, ana ms 1oF''Ae' ioF Che
acceP'ahce Oh tle litI'e @teN-'l ed SoN-
ernesS whom he haG seen 10" ana lhen
1t odd moments only, us she passed.
with her pupils up and down the Grand
staircase, OF through the hall o. ms
trlenas mouse IN - street
VI COURSE s!le TOOK hIni' ana became
MIS-. honert otron% as soon as po"Sioie.
Yes, Mrs. Grundy was rlGht there.
Within month OF the mIihonalres S
oner came MS weddinS-day; and then
after snort trip to the continent. the
happy PAIR est finished themselves IN
DelgraVla under the 1tlil glare OF MIS-
drhnays sharp ana stony eye;
but one thing Mrs. Grundy never
Knew ana would never nave belleVed'
mad you told her tn you were gray.
Of course the bridegroom was deSpcr-
ateiy In TIC love with the pretty httie
prlde. lhat MIS-. Nrundy was qulte
willing to allow.
But 1t also happened that the BRIDE
was even more desperately IN love with
the brslegroom. strange as 1t may
seem. She was twenty. and he was
ilft, t,-seven; and every one would have
1t that she had married him Tor his
money and his luxurious home. IN
reality, she thought him the hand
somest' stateliest: and most agreeable
man on earth. But the severely classic