The weekly examiner., 1891-01-17
How He Vas Cured.


 that woman who has come between us,' and ruined the peace and happiness of ours home ? You prefer to risk my alienation, possibly my hatred, rather than cease your visits to that house2 Speak frankly. Heaven knows that 1t. is the time for perfect candor on both, sides now. I must know what have to expect-to endure. Ellis, answer me P' The speaker-a fair and pretty woman of some thirty five years, with regular features, blue eyes, and abundant raven hair. paused In her rapid walk up and down the elegantly fu1llished drawing room, and looked at her husband, as she waited anxiously for his reply.
 He was, man apparently ten years right figure and face as regularly hand-' some as thatsof a statue. Perhaps his exceeding beauty had been his ruin and yet Ellis Grove was by no means vain man. The eyes of women, old and young, had followed him with open ad- miration from his earliest bOyhood, and not much harm had come of it. For five and forty years he had been a dutiful son; for fifteen faithful and attentive husband. in spite of all the attention layished upon him in so ciety by married and unmarried belles. Now, just as he; was beginning tosdescend the hill of life, sudden change had come over him. for. which his wife. his friends. his family, were unable to account. ass4gs { A Jersey lady of wealth and respects biiity. a widow of thirty. who had as1 tired of the seclusion of San tate, arrived In London Hfo1i three! years LEevious to the time of which 1l write and estatablished herself there in Portman Square. StilL-in the bloom of womanhood, this lady was as beautiful as dream, and as generous as a princess
 
 rag the fashion. Her receptions were always crowded with the magnates of the West End her carriage, in the Park. was surrounded three deep with admir- CTS her opera-box was filed, on the evening when she designed to occupy it. IA chaperonez of unblemished rcspecta- bility accompanied her wherever she went In public, and occupied the post of sscompanion" In her beautiful home. Not a breath had sullied the fair fame Of the lovely widow until now. And now there really seeIned to be some danger of such thing. 'stts s'S Y ' 1'~e !
 For Ellis Grove, one of the handsomest and most talented men in the fashion Rble world. was now in pub biic forever at her side. A public man, and a Member of Parliament, his movements were of course, watched by those who knew him, and great WAS the. striumphy and delight of .s Mrs. Grundy z when shrst those two names fell scoupledf together, by : ai slanderous remark. upon her greedy
 aEllis Grove and Mrs. Norton What conjunction And what on earth VIII Mrs. Grove say2 Nv dear, I have been assured on the word Of one who knows. that he spends three evenings out Of every week st her house. and that during the rest of the time he Ia generally her escort to some place of public amuse- msnt. Isn't 1t terrible? Poor Mrs. Grove. who Worships the very ground her hand some husbanda walks on lIsOh, it. is. q wicked world, my dear And as for widows, II think they ought to be burned alive when their husbands die, after the fashion of the Indian suttee What an immense amount of trouble Mrs. Grove might have been spared If they had only placed Mrs. Norton upon her husbands
 Ana then Mrs. Grundy logged her neighbor,s elbow, with wicked laugh. < So itwas not ssSrange,s on the whole. that the explosion had come, and that Mllicent Grove, stung to the very soul with that deathly pangs whose keen ins tehsitysonly a loving and jealous wife can know, should stand upon her rights at last, and Dassionately cry out to her husband that this thing must end in one way-or another--that he must choose, at once and forever, between this woman and herself. -,
 '.One Of us two 1t must be Ellis. and only one!'' she said. bursting into tears you cannot love us both. Vii, you give her up. or shall go and leave you?" MT. Grove rose from the easy chair where he had been 1ounging negligently. and took up his hat.
 "Milicelt, this discussion Is in very bad taste, if youwill forgive me for say- ing so.ssfasez i5 s57 .HssssfaEf.a 'ta t<ztfsn His voice was calm. unmoved and mus ical as ever. She gazed at him wildly.
 Bad tastei Good heavens! Ellis, it is not question of good or bad taste that am discussing. This thing is more than life or death to me r
 He shrugged his shoulders, and a slight smile played around his beauti- fully chiseHed lips.
 ''So much the worse, Milicent. For I really cannot consent to call that lady's name in question between us two. She is my friend. Make her yours also.
 Then all will be well. You will see that this foolish jealousy is entirely uncalled for and it will cease"
 She drew herself up haughtily and laid her hand upon his arm.