Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-07-18


anxieties Of mine are going to end before
we are any of us year older. Shall /.
like you, be separated from nv WHEAT
he. request: oh not ut minei Or. shall /
be locked up in PRISON. And what Win
become of you, Do you take the hint.
doctor?
CHAPTER Xx1v.-IRIs TO MRS. vIMPANY.
'Entreat Lady Harry not to write to me.
She will be tempted to do SO, when she
hears that there is good hope of Mr..
Mountjoy's recovery. But, even from
that loving and generous heart, l must
not accept expressions Of gratitude which
would only embarrass me. All that
have done, as a nurse, and all that may
yet hope to do. is no more than an effort
TO make amends for my past life. Iris has
my hearts truest wishes for her happiness.
Until can myself write to her without
danger. let this be enough"
In those terms dearest of women. your
friend has sent your message to me. My
love respects. as well as admires. you: your
wishes are commands to me- At the same
time, may find some relief from the fears
of the future that Cypress me, If l can
conf1de them to friendly ears. May l not
harmlessly write to you, if / only write or
nv own poor self
Try. dear, to remember those pleasant
days when you were staying with us, in
our honeymoon time, in Paris.
You warned me, one evening when we
were alone, to be on my guard against
any circumstances which might excite my
husbands jealousy Since then, the trou-
bic that you foresaw has fallen on me;
mainly, am afraid, through my own
want of self-control 1t is SO hard for a
woman, when she really loves man, to
understand state Of mind which can
make him doubt her.
have discovered that Jealousy varies.
1of mo toll what /
Lord Harry was silent and sullen (ah,
how well knew what that meantO while
the life of our poor Hugh was in jeopardy.
When read the good news which told
me that he was no longer in danger, 1
don't know whether there was any change
worth remarking in myself-but there
was q change in my husband, delightful
to see. His face showed such sweet SYM
pathy when he looked at me, he spoke SO
kindly and nicely of Hugh that l could
only express my pleasure by kissing him.
You will hardly believe me when l tell
you that his hateful jealousy appeared
again at that moment. He looked sur
prised, he looked suspicious-he looked, l
declare, as if he doubted whether meant
it with all my heart when l kissed him!
What incomprehensible creatures men are!
We read in novels of women who are able
to manage their masters. wish l knew
how to manage mine.
We have been getting into debt For
some weeks past, this sad state of things
has been a burden on my mind. Day af-
ter day, l have been expecting him to
speak of our situation, and have found
tirely occupied with other things. Or is
ne unwilling to speak of our anxieties be-
cause the subject humiilates him? Yes
terday, could bear it no longer.
Our debts are increasing" / said.
"Haye you thought of any way of paying
them."
Ihad feared that my question might ir-
ritate him. To my relief, he seemed to be
diverted by it.
1.-The payment of debts" he replied, "is
Q problem that am too poor to solve. Per-
baps, got near to it the other day."
asked now.
swell, !" he said. II found myself WISH
ing had some rich friends. By-the-by,
how is your rich friend? What have you
heard lately of Mr.. Mountjoys'
81 have heard that he is steadily ad-
vancing towards recovery"
Likely. l dare say, to return to France
when he feels equal to it, !" my husband
remarked. He is a good-natured crea-
ture If he finds himself in Paris again,
wonder whether he will pay us another
visit?"
He said this quite seriously On my
side. was too much astonished to utter a
word. My bewilderment seemed to amuse
him. In his own pleasant way he ex-
planned himself:
Twas in Mr.. Mountjoy's company the
night before he returned to England. We
had said some disagreeable things to each
other, here i'll the cottage, while you were
away in your room. My tongue got the
better of my. judgment In short, spoke
rudely to our guest. Thinking over it
afterwards. l felt that ought to make an
apology. He received my sincere excuses
with an amiability of manner and grace
of language which raised him greatly in
INV estimation"
There you have Lord Harry's own
words! Who would suppose that he had
ever been jealous Of the man whom he
spoke Of in this way?
explain it to myself, partly by the
charm in Hugh's look and manner, which
everybody feels: partly by the readiness
with which my husbands variable nature
receives new impressions. l hope you
agree with me. In any case, pray let
Hugh see what have written to you in
this place, and ask him what he thinks of
it,
*NOTE BY Mrs. VMPANY.-I shall GER
tainly not be foolish enough to show what
she has written to Mr.. Mouutjoy. Poor
deluded Iris Miserable fatal marriage!
Encouraged, as you will easily under
stand. by the delightful prospect of a re-
Cancellation between them, l was eager to
take my first opportunity of speaking
freely of Hugh. Up to that time it had
been hard trial to keep to myself so
much that was deeply interesting in my
thoughts and hopes. But my hours of
disappointment were not at an end yet.
We were interrupted.
A letter was brought to us-one of many,
already Notwithstanding on immediate
payment of a debt that had been too long
unsettled.
The detestable subject of our poverty
insisted on claiming attention when there
was a messenger outside, waiting for my
poor Harry's last French bank note.
'What is to be dones' said, when we
were left by ourselves again.
My hIsband's composure was something
wonderful. He laughed, and lit cigar
1--WE have got to the crisis" he said
into corner at last Ny darling, have
you ever heard of such thing as a prom
issory note"
Twas not quite so ignorant as he sup
posed me to be: said l had heard my
father speak of promissory notes
This seemed to fail in convincing him.
Your father" he remarked. used to pay
his notes when they fell due"
betrayed my ignorance, after all.
Doesn't everybody do the samef" ]
asked
He burst out laughing. 1--WE will send
the maid to get a bit of stamped paper" he
said: '.I'u write the message for her, this
time"
Those last words alluded to Fanny's ig.
norance of the French language, which
made it necessary to provide her with
written instructions, when she was sent
on an errend In orr domestic affairs I