The St. Johns herald., 1891-04-30

Ie wanted some dinner brought to he e room. No sooner thought thar e done. To her releif, the boy dic s not look at all astonished, and said t "Yes'm !" with the same alacrity as ! if he were hourly in the habit of
 sending up stray meals to hungry , people.
 3 When he knocked at the door a } second time Olga forgot for an in- stant and jumped up delightedly ] to greet Marshall, as she fondly hoped. It is a painful confession, but true, nevertheless, that the we'll
 appointed tray of savory odorous
 edibles filling up the doorway, re-
 stored her equanimity and instant
 ly dispelled her disappointment.
 "Well, if he doesn't come, he
 doesn't" she said with stoical inco-
 herence, as she sat down at the
 table with an air resignation. This
 pretty plaintiveness soon changed
 it's character when o'clock struck
 and she was still alone. Ten o'clock
 came round all too slowly, but
 brought no husband with it. She
 was frightened, indignant. frantic
 with dread and anger, in rapid suc-
 cession. No one in the world could
 ever have had such a wedding-day as she had had. It was awful shameful-preposterous She wish ed she had never met Marshall, was furious with herself for having mar ried him; naturally, like other he- ronies of both real life and fiction, she wished she had never been born. No idea that some accident could | have detained him crossed her mind ! till II o'clock. When it did flash | across her she rose as if inspired, went to the door, came back again, put on her hat, and then walked boldly out to the head of the stair case. She preferred walking down to meeting strangers in the close confines of the elevator. She went down briskly the first flight of stairs then her pace slackened, her courage was oozing gently forth with each fresh step downward. The spectacle of lady, young and pret- ty, descending the staircase at that late hour, with apparently such measured, calculating steps, glanc- ing nervously from side to side, seemed to rouse deep interest in the loungers round the hall. They took their cigars from their mouths and gazed at her with a vacant open mouthed curiosity. Olga at last alighted on the mat at foot of stairs, and looked anxiously around, not knowing what to do next. A man leaning over the office counter whis- pered to the clerk, who looked up, and then instantly left his place and came forward 10 meet Olga. He almost electrified her with hor- . TOT by speaking to her, although he merely inquired, politely; "Can l do anything for you, madam?" l.
 "No-no, thank youp stammer- ed Olga, nervously; "that is-I mean to say-have you seen my husband2"
 The man tried to keep his coun- tenance, and succeeded admirably. "Your husband ,madam?"as though 1 pondering as when he had had the extreme felicity of seeing { him; "what name, may I ask?"
 "Hunter-Mr. Marshall Hunter. He came down to see-to see about" she could not mention dinner; it would be dreadful to let ( this strange man know exactly how ( long she had been waiting. "He came down to see about our bag I gage early in the evening.
 II saw the gentleman go out f about 6 or half past" put in anoth- ( CT clerk, standing near enough to catch the remarks, and who had 6 noticed MT. and Mrs. Hunter come T, VI, 1o,, 1lo1, orr;voJ frovo 4ha haot.