The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-09-09

choiCCE dinners. and her house wal r-l-
ing q lew weeks ugo, was pronounced
marvellous for its blending Of elegance
and discretion.
Quite soon after he had entered her
handsome home with his sister, Alonzo
met his brother-in-layv and shook hands
with him just as he had done hundreds
of times bcfore- But on no occasion,
however, had the incident OF either
meeting or shaking hands with Hector
proved It all agreeable Alouzo-s heart
had no gloomy lairs in which hates could
Turk comfortably, but it is doubtful IL
he ever came nearer to detesUing any
fellow mortal than he DID Ia the case of
Kitty's husband Hector was TO him a
cold, hard, bright animal, openly vOlup-
tuous and secretly cruel 1t was easy
! to see how any sentimental young girl
might have fallen madly in love with
his heroic figure and his chiseied face
and his large eyes of diamond darkness
/ But to Aiouzo the man was so brutally
Philistinc that he offered constant
personal explanation Of his raulrest
fOllies. He had murdered all that was
finest IN his wife, and those who knew
him best were well aware how strong a
thrill of triumph had passed through
him when HIitty's own iEnprudences had
svveIIed into a striking Offset against
! those which he himself had committed.
Il can hit back now, if she tries the
divorce game he had once brazonly
said in an Assem- blugc of intimates- Tho
ribaldg.y reached AlonEo's cars, and did
not tend to deepen his regard for its
author.
On his own side Hector greatly dis
/ liked A1onzo. He considered him a per
son besotted with many pambyisms and
fit only to lOl at the feet OF women
siIlier than himself. He thought that
his pranlSs and capers were the most
/ pointIess bits of buGonery, and that he
] was never so much in his element as
[ when the recipient OF reluctant giggles
I from disgustod Observers More than
once, during yvrangIcs with his wife, he
] had aired opinions of this cutting sort
| as to her brother, and Kitty, "fOr the
sake of peace" as women often put 1t
/ to themselves. refruined from breathing
| a word of these savageries to Alonz0.
I Meanwhile, as at present the two lrns-
/ men continued to interchange civil
/ greetings when accident placed them in
/ each others path
/ Dinners been waiting ages," Hector
/ Van Santvoord now said, following his
/ VIE and AlOnzO into a small reception
room of the main hall, q nook that was
/ all one tender bloom of rose color and
| silver. Hector himself wasi in full even
/ ing Dress the white at his throat be
/ came him, as it does most dark men
/ with features clean cut
His wife rested an arm on the mantel
and stood there gazing downward, in
mournful apathy. Alonzo began 90
/ draw Off his gloves, and said, while do
/ ing so:
q think that-IIitty had perhaps
suppose yOu-a-wOuld dine out this
evening"
He retained 40 idea of what words
/ had escaped him moment after he had
thus spoken. 1t seemed necessary TO
break the awkward silence, and he had
employed, with this purpose, @ mechau-
ical monotone.
Hector looked at his wife and shrugged
| his shoulders. Il told You, Kitty he
grumbled, ''that I would dine at home
i might have sat down alone" he
went on, still more ill-naturedly, after
pausing for an answer and receiving
none. But it occurred to me that you'd
possibly bring some one home with you
not AlOnzo, but Jack Pettigrew, or
some one like that" The sueer was
/ evident and Is she perceived it Kitty
raised her eyes. While she did so her
husbands look swept her face, and he
plainly started.
You've been crying" he said.
/ You're crying still. What's happened?"
Kitty, as if for answer, threw herself
on sofa and buried her face. AlOnzO
went to the open door and quietly
closed it,
AaI-Fl- ttttHlL mao lFs-A-ssa-s Az
to his brother-il-ia-v- And thcus with
his discourse broken by his sisters audi
/ bic tears, he spoke for some time
The end of what he said left Hector
extremely pale. Good God" ut length
fell from him. cts the most damnabie
thingl It's il1e-lil5e a nightmare II
dare say saw the suicide in the even
ing paper, but I always avoid reading
those nasty things unless they're about
1 people 1 know And that fellow,
Chichester-vvhy, I'd forgotten he was
in the firm at all"
Ills names been conspicuous there for
a number Of years." returned AlOnzO,
with grimness-
'-IIe was never tit to be Uncle Craw-
ford's partner" exclaimed Kitty, lifting
] her head and ctV-tching q tear-staiued
handkerchief in both hands. HE
wasn't a gentleman, as Two often
said. And now he's ruined us. For,
even supPosing we could save five or
six thousand a year apiece, what would
such q pitiful little sum be to me? What
would ten thousand be-Or even UvYentyi
Oh, wonder my hair isn't white al
: ready! Perhaps 1t may even come to liv-
ing in the countryl And don't doubt all
my diamonds viii have to goi And
? and my gowns will be sold around "a
anybody who'll take them, as Grace
! Hackensach's were when her husband
! went to snash!''
, You'd better wait till you know how
/ things really are" muttered Hector
S with lowered head and hands in his
pockets. 81 dare say they'll turn out
! beastly enough" He glanced, here, al
1 Alonzo, and with no gentle gaze
Money neglected is apt to be money
s lost"
! ''Uncle Crawford never neglected his
! affairs said AIonzo.
/ Perhaps he didn't. But he's beer
/ getting on in years You were a part
/ ner in the concsrn-as well as he But
2 You only turned up there once q fort
night, and sometimes not even that"
81 never found myself wanted wher
! did turn up said AlOuzo, with indif
ference rather than good temper
THAT was because you took no in
! / terest in the concerns Of the 6rua.'
! At this the brother-in-lav OF Hector
slightly frowRed. But he said, without
the least harshness: Il could never
q master matters Of business, and thinl
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