The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-27

sOh. Tom, she cried suddenly,
leaning forward and liiding her face on
his shoulders You will not speak 30
kindly when you know the truth. Yet
must tell You my-my husband. You
have been so kind and gentle that l
cannot deceive you any longer but try,
Tom, -pleadingly-"not TO DO very
angry with me
There 10 no fear Of that" said Tom
epcouragiDgly Come, little woman,
Let US have the murder out.
1Ah, you do not know what ii Is, she
went on 10 remorseful toncs, -else you
would not treat IL 80 lightly, Oh, Tom,
Tom, I--I-haye lost my fortune.
4How did you manage thatY he
asked quietly.
"You may well put such question"
she continued in q voice broken by FREE
auent sobs. "You may well fail to un-
derstand my folly and madness. Oh,
Tom, Tom, although used TO set you
ut defiance in the matter Of gambling.
yet your open remonstrance and silent
disapproval in time began to vex my
impatient heart And when discoy-
cred a secret gambling club. where /
could indulge my Unsuitable passion
without your knowledge, at once be-
gan TO frequent IT, The game was rou-
lette--the one Of all others in which l
had always longed to Join. gave my
self up TO its fascination, and stalking
wildly incurred heavy losses day after
day. Then, as my fortune rapidly d.
minished, and time went on, aud
thoughts Of the little one whom I was
soon to bear were brought home to me,
a chord Of motherIy feeling was touched
within me, and hated myself for my
wicked follyin having robbed my child.
II vowed would win back oil that l
had lost, and with that intention (for
my strange gamblers craving was
somehow dying away staked heavily
at the tables But my endeavor was
nothing else than throwing good money
after bad. / st-lost--lost-un my
whole fortune was gone Do not"-very
piteously--"do not reproach me, Tom.
My own heart is reproaching me al
ready, almost more than can bear.
:" My darling" he replied, Il have no
thought OF reproaching you. If | had
meant to do that | should have done it
before this, for have known all about
it long while. you have known
all about it long whilelp she cried,
raising her fearful eyes wonderingly to
his. "Oh, Tom--how did you find out?"
"yery easily, my pet he answered,
kissing her forehead, seeing that the
founder and proprietor Of the gamb-
ling club where you lost your money is
no other than--myselfl"
She regarded him in speechless
amazement He went on to explain
himself further:
@Yes. 1t is quite true. When |
found that advice and remonstrance
were lost on you, my dear, had to look
about for another method Of saving you
from the effects of your folly. And the
starting Of that private gambling club
was the method which occurred TO me.
IT took some working out Of details and
the employment of good bit Of capital
TO get the thing properly ahoat. But
enlisted the services Of competent
agent, whom paid we'll, and under
took to indemnify in case the club were
found ont by the police. IL had not
been discovered, nor now ever will be;
for, its object having been gained, the
establishment is finally closed. There,
Ada, that is enough to enable you TO
sorry IL esiiaat b BIT tel nHieeK
you lost has passed back into my
hands?"
Sorryl' she calculated, raising her
self in bed and wreathing her arms
round his neck in a joyful, fond en-
brace. "Oh, Tom. how kind and good
and clever you arel can never love
or thank you enough
Tom Darlington gave the most con-
vincing proof that he could have given
OF his belief in the sincerity of his wife's
repentance. He handed back to her the
whole of her money without condition
or reservation, aud has never had cause
to regret it. Boston Courier.