The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-10-22

that days paper When he reached
London he left his baggage at the Euston
hotel and drove without delay to his so
licitor's Office There he was pleased to
learn that though his case was in the
next days list. still. As il was last, IL
would probably not come on until the
day following. I'm glad Of that, said
Mr. Greene to himself; lit will give
Maggie time 10 send ON the letters
The next morning. to Mr. Greene's dis
appointment Svendeleri's letters 1.
not arrive Most vexing. ] wua,:ti
how it is " grumbled Mr. Greene lisa
fortunate thing. though. that the c;ls -
not likely To come on today
Not only did the case not come on on
that day, but preceding day tailr'i oui
50 long that il became exceeding an
likely that it would come ON even ,Er
next day II was still third on the list
The next morning Mr. Greene nat
urally expected to find Syendeleri's L.
tiers awaiting him To his surprise n.
annoyance, however. they had not ar
rived, nor was there even a note from
Mrs. Greene accounting for their al
sence.
This is ridiculous" said Mr. Greene
20 himself She might either forwart!
them or tell me that she can't find them
I'm astonished at her taking Sd little III
terest In the matter. remembering that
all this bother is her own brothers
doing"
As Mr.. Greene ate his breakfast. he ~
fected angrily ON the absence of any
communication from his wife. Suddenly
IL occurred to him that she might not be
to blame after all. He knew the ways
Of railway porters, and it struck him as
being within the bounds OF possibility
that the one to whom he gave the tele-
gram might never have sent it. So the
moment he bad finished his breakfast he
walked of to the nearest telegraph Office
and wired his wife, asking her il she had
received his 6rst telegram, and if so why
she had not forwarded Svendeleri's let
ters He directed her to send reply to
him at queens bench court. No. vi
Then he marched of to the law courts.
Mr. Greene sat in court all day. wait
ing for his case to come on and waiting
for a reply to his telegram Neither
event happened. At o'clock the case
Immediately preceding his was inst dis
posed of. so his stood first for the next
morning At the same time the usher
informed him tn: no telegram had that
day arrived for Mr. Greene, or for any
person bearing a name in the slightest
degree resembling it.
Perturbed in mind Mr. Greene hur
ned to his solicitors Office in hopes that
Mrs. Greene might have sent the reply
there. But there he found neither re-
ply nor the Syendeleri letters. Mr.. Nor
craft, indeed. informed him that the alb
sence of the latter was not Of the slight
est importance to his case-indeed, coun-
sci had expressed his opinion that il
would be very doubtful policy to put
them in. This assurance had, however
very little effect in consoling Mr.. Greene.
for Just then he cared very little where
the letters were or what became Of his
action The only thought which occu-
pied his mind was why Mrs. Greene did
not reply to his telegram. Was il posi-
BILE that she was away from home! II
she was away from home for what pur
pose was itr Why should she take adj
vantage of his absence to leave her
house? Visions of military men came
into his mind. and all his previous wor-
ries and annoyances were as nothing to
the horrors those visions brought with
them To make assurance doubly sure
Mr.. Greene went straight TO n telegraph
station and sent off another message to
his wife. In il he entire her to let
him have an answer of s. re kind with
out delay. Then he went home to his
hotel and waited there. full of misery
and foreboding. for an answer. He did
not stir out the whole evening. but no
answer came.
The next morning Mr.. Greene rose
haggard and weary When he opened
his bedroom door to take in his boots he
found letter awaiting hiu- With
feverish haste he snatched il up and
looked at the superscription. II was in
a feminine hand, but il was not his
wife's Il was from his half sister. Rose
Briari Full Of terrible and unutterable
forebodings MIR. Greene opened the let
ter. His worst fears were realized The
letter ran as follows:
SSogroS. Thursday.
M DEAR Notwithstanding has come to
my knowledge which think that In fairness
you should know. Yesterday morning I re-
ceived q letter from your wife putting on an
engagement had to take tea with her this
afternoon As she gave no reason for doing
90. thought would call n the time fixed and
Just see what was the matter; II she was At
home, could easily SAY that hadn't received
her letter. When got to the house the ser
want who opened the door aroused my sus-
PIGEONS by the way she answered me. 30 made
q few inquiries. and found that your wife has
not been seen by one Of her acquaintances In
snctton since the day you left home. Worse
still. when got back Just looked again at her
letter 10 me. and then | noticed thai, though
o. affects 10 be written Al Snobton. the po~'
mark on q h Rottenborol You can draw ~
own conclusions.
iwrite this rs being yuur half sister, and In
terested in keeping up the respectabiiity OF the
family Yours affectionafely. RosE BRiAR
Mr.. Greene took no breakfast that
morning. he remained in his bedroom
till after 10 o'clock. Then he went out
and drove straight to Mr.. Morcraft's Of
6ce
In very nice time, Mr.. Greene" said
that gentleman cheerfully, rs he ar
ranged his papers to go over to court.
I'm going home by the li:3o." was
Mr.. Greene's reply.
The lawyer stared at him In amaze
meut
"well. IL you do. he said. ''it's al up
with your case
''Confound my case answered Mr..
Greene with q weak vehemence; lit has
been the plague and ruin Of my life.
Settle Il, pay the rascal his money, do
anything you like. I'm going home