The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-25

else. Truth TO tell, he had felt not little
anxious when, after searching the house 1t
was found that L0uie-WhOse inYaTlable
custom it was to remain at home on sun
day afternOops-coUld not be found any
where.
II have heen to church." she explained,
in answer to his TepT0acheS. y ala not
think / should be so la,e. Order dinner at
once. Will not be TWO minutes Shipping on
q teaEOWn," and, running mp the STAIRS, SHt
re urned in a very short time beam'Hg ana
COod-humored, and began to chatter gayly'
But her husband temDor was not 10 Oe ap-
peased lie was, moreover, decidedly aO-
sent-miuded and kept wondering 10 hlm-
self v hat could have put his wife IN such
good spirits under circumstances IN when
She had been used to treat him with marked
GOODNESS: and nc began TO question II she
really lad been TO church, ana, II not, what
she could possibly have been dong.
The following morning when Bertle Fors-
ter went to his club, instead Of tie letter
he had half hoped to receive lie found
enc which eau ed him the utmost astOnlSh-
mpDt and dism7y. After reading ana re-
Iya ling it several times, he lett the cluD
WIKI a pre0cculied and detected air, and,
with gait from which al elasticity ha1
gone, turned his steps in the direction OIL
Scotland ard.
The next dav. and for several weeks
afterward, Louie told the servants that she
was not al home to any one-an order
which was rather SupeTliuouS, lnaSmuch as
she never was at home. She spent all her
time shopping or caTeerlng about IN nan
SONS. She would 90 in at enc door OF a SHOP
and out another. She would walk swiftly
up an EN- ~ street AMI jump into the only
visible hanson, hardly waiting Tor IL TO
stau 30 take her up; then, diving II to the
wIlds OF EeusinGtOn, would Pay tue QHYef
through the trap, a q, springing down.
would disappear into some shop. fly up Tie
back stairs into the maZrS OF g htunT room,
whence she would emerge, radiant aud
smiling In au entirely new suit OF clothes,
and walk .eisurcly down the street
As his vile spent more ana more OF her
time out of doors, Berthe Foster stayed
more ami more in the house, as she be-
came more cheerful, he became more
mur0se. He looked with suspicion al her
letters, and he found himself sitting all
day long in the smoklug-room, with the
door ajaI, in order that he might catch the
sound of every bell that rang and every
note that was slipped into the letteI-boX. At
length all this strain and worry began TO
tell upon hi, health, and after long inter
view with u mysterious person from Scot
land \ ard. from which he came back look
ing more M SCRABBLE than ever, lie told his
wife that he had been to see doctor and
had been ordered to 20 abroad immediately.
Louie couiC scarcely contain her y When
lie made thls announcement, but controlling
her voice as well as she was able, she asked
If he Intended his destination for the winter
to be Monte Carlo. Paris or Rome.
NY doctor" he replied, mas ordered me
10 most Ont OF the way place, where l shall
have absolute quiet, and where ihete Viii
not he "a soul We KNOW
VERY y. DEAR" said his wife cheer
fully, Il UiI give orders for your things TO
DE packed, SO Tia youcau tart morrow
BeIUe twisted the glove lie was holding
r1u-d and rlund his EnEpr until il looked