The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-08
NcGURRIN Sc DARLING, PROGRESS

tered carriage and was driven away with
her host.
Mr.. Merle was in quan1ary, and he
naturally took eccentric means to extricate
himself. He did not go to his own home
but directed the driver to take them to the
residence of a wealthy Hebrew friend, hop
ing that this friend would in some myster-
ious way understand his dilemma and en-
terrain his guests.
The perplexed man dare not go home for
he had not said word to his wife about
any visitors. 1t was too late when the note
came. He dared not then face her anger.
She is woman who has no patience with
eccentricities which she regards as mex
cusable, and she has spared neither words
nor brooms to cure him.
1t was about 10 o'clock when the carriage
stopped and Mr.. Merle took Mrs Bryce
into the house of his friend Its occupant,
Mr.. Hart came to the door in his dressing
gown and was sorely puzzled to receive a
call from the lawyer with strange lady
at that time of the night. All sat down in
Mr.. Merle to tell Mr.. Hart what was
wanted.
1t would take considerable Imagination to
represent Mrs. Bryce's state of mind DUR
ing this time. Her headache resulting from
an empty stomach and deprivation of cup
! of tea, was increasing. OF course she
thought she was in Mr.. Merle's own house
and she was wondering why she was not
asked to lay aside her things, and why Mrs.
Merle did not come in to welcome her.
But the wife OF the historian was lady of
such perfect breeding that there was moth
| ing in her behavior to indicate that she
| thought the proceedings at all unusual
More than all, she began to wonder at her
husbands absence. But she said nothing
about this.
In the mean while Mr.. Hart was cudge-
| ling his brain to find out the reason for the
strange visit. Had he known that he was
desired to be the host of this iIlustrious
pair, his hospitality would have been pro,
fusely offered. AS it was, he could only
take part in general conversation, and
wait for his eccentric caller to turn some
thing up.
Prof Bryce had been called out of the
hotel parlor for an interview with chival-
rous member of the Louisville bar, who
wished to entertain him. The caller feared
that the reputation of the city for hospital
ity might suffer, and so he urged Prof
Bryce to come with Mrs. Bryce and stay al
his home. This offer was refused for Tea,
that Mr.. Merle would be offended.
Prof. Bryce, after warmly thanking his
would be host, hurried back to the room
where he had left his wife. There are three
very large parlors in the Calf house. HI
was quite sure that he had left her in the
first, but not finding her there, he passed
through the second into the third in tim,
to see pair busy with the American
method of courtshlp fly apart as he ap
preached. The historian of 1.-THE Ameri
can Commonwealth" paused a moment t.
consider the energetic, whole-souled, pork
! and-beans way in which even the youn
conducted their love affairs. Everything
| in this country seemed rapid, nervous, vol
atile. He began to wonder if his wife ha,
evaporated He stepped into the hall an,
waited, but she did not appear; then b
sat down in the parlor feeling sure tina
| she had left for some necessary reason an,
would soon return. Twenty-Five minute
, passed without bringing to him the com
panion of his Joys
Professor Bryce is man possessed of
mind eminently calm and historical. H
waited patiently although his soul wa
racked with downright English and roast
, beef hunger; and. Esau like, he would hav
sold for mess of pottage almost all hi
earthly possessions with the exception o
Mrs. Bryce.
. Finally he went to the Office and cause
inquiries to be made, but no one knew wha
had become of her. He thought of every
! thing from hypnotism to Indians. Genera
, Miles red men were certainly on the wa
, path, and Englishmen had always locke
on Kentucky as wild scary state.