Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-06-16

Upon Smiths return TO Eng
land, he carried out hIa mission,
and having gone once. went again.
She was a very young woman, and
very beautiful and Smith was II.
resiatibly attracted Her husband
lad been i seoundrel, and, after 3
decent lapse Of timc, she married
smith, For the FIRST four years d
their marriage they we're % intense
IL happy that Il is possible they
proved rather tiresome to their
friends. About that time, Smith
began 10 miss money and other ar
iisles u value and vas 1nally able
Is truce tho thafss 10 the bntlcr-
The man yainIy denied the charge,
and, although none Of the missing
yalpabIes we're found ID his posses
sion, he was discharged without 4
character. This mild measure was
adopted because II tho ntercessions
of my friend wife,
sFor some weeks smith enter
tanned no doubt that he had fasten.
I'd the burglarics Oh the proper
party, but On returning home one
evening he found bis wife ia the
library. She had opened higdeak
81 means Of ialse key, and in her
hands held a ron Of notes. Guilt
was depicted ID every feature; she
covered before him --she was abiecs
in her cowardice.
"Shc needed the money to save a
brother, /" | broke Id authoritative.
i.
No; for she had 40 brother nor
any near relative who might need
help KnoIlya said. a. he set down
his glass. "Thc man, anxious 10
iind some excuse Tor her, suggested
this; but ii was Tor 40 relative. Il
was for herself; Yet she had wanted
for nothing that MONEY could buy
81 love deyisc. ne might not have
conceived ben sin u u 80 fagrant
had she not permitted the servant
ii suffer IN ben stead 80 iar Al II
Wa possible. Smith made rostilu.
ton 70 the man bat by Der silence
siie had convicted herself 81 the
most helnous 81 Ill tFMnAgressions
in her husbands eyes. There was
ono way only in which bio could OK
pl5in thc matlss ii himself He
had never believed in kleptomania
until then, hps II was the one thing
upon which bis mind centred. And
she confessed shc had often felt inn
PEELED 10 take yaluablca for which
she could have no possible need.
Gle was a proud man, and he
waa tortured By his discovery He
had regarded his wife, his child, and
himself a. beng made * finer clay
than tho rest 81 mankind. Ills
disiIIusion was complete, The day
after she waa unmarked she came
into splendid inheritance, but
Smith vigorously refused to permit
the expenditure 81 any o. ii il the
household. lie dared not leave her
for an instant, thinking the desire
might comeback to her. He sacri-
Coed his pride by telling the true
state Of affairs 10 her maid, 4 trust
cd servant, and together they kept
vigilant guard over her, twas the
most insidious cruelty he could
contriyeone that must have
wounded her soroly She wasnever
permitted to lose sight Of her gins.
He was inaexible in his course,
keeping her always under bis re-
lentless eyes. nv FREUD Smith
thought himself, in those days,
quite capable az accusing and judg-
ing his prisoner, and seeing that the
sentence was properly carried ont.
When she seemed TO forget for an
instant her past error, Smith ever
so gently turned the thumb-screws.
All, he really devised modes Of ex-
quisite torture thar sho should pro-
perly expiate her crime.
f'No, she did not rebel; she drear-
ily accepted the penalty Of her mis-
step. AT first she lived IN deadly
fear lest he should send her away
from him; but when she found II
was part 81 his plan to be with her
constantly, she seemed content.
She could not rather would not,
grow accustomed 70 tho thought
that she had forfeited Smiths love.
During the first few days shehoyer-
ca arnllrnd him. hnninp II lure come