The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-17

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alton. and. as be confessed 10 me. felt nm
comfortable when he turned down the
light at nights and remembered that the
mortal remains of the late Mr.. Wendover
were so close at hand. From the moment
that be made the discovery of the use TO
which Mrs. Tyreli had placed his dressing
room he was devIsing some new scheme for
ending his wifes thraldom and breaking
this last link with the past" tie deter
mined to bring about the desired result by
degrees.
one night he returned from the city.
bringing with him a pair of magnificent
vases. In shape not unlike the round burial
uTDs of the Romans. such as may be seen In
the British Museum, but it must be con-
fessed more fragile. as they were richer
and more ornamental In design. Mrs. 1y-
rel was enchanted by possessing two such
artistic ornaments for her drawlng-rOom
mantei-piece. and when Jack began to eX,
pound the meaning of the mathematical
figures with which tho vases we're decor
ated her enthusiasm knew no bounds.
l have been told by an expert that the
figures on the vases were intended to rep
resent the loves of Venus and Adonis, but,
as Jack. with a great air of knowledge. ex-
pounded the meaning of the symbolism to
his wife, Mrs. Tyrell came to believe that
the artist had designed TO set forth the
passage of O spirit through crematOry fires
TO the abodes of bliss. How much Mrs.
Tyrelrs belief was due to Jacks magical
tongue l am unable to say. / believe o
few words from him set matters in train.
aud Mrs. TyrelPs imagination did the rest.
Her face grew penslye as he concluded the
exposition. and after q few moments given
to consideration 1t was manifest that she
had fallen into the trap.
IL had long been q cause of grief to Mrs.
Tyrell that the ashes of her departed hus-
band reDosed in q receptacle of common
earthen ware. Here, then. was q golden
opportunity for providing his remains with
q resting-place more worthy of his super
eminent virtues. She no sooner proposed
that the sacred dust of Mr.. Wendover
should be transferred to one of these urn
like vases, so richly bedizened with what
she called suitable imagery" than jack
consented. STIMULATING only that when the
transfer should have been made both vases
should remain to adorn the rawlng-room
mantel- piece. The exchange was duly ef-
fected by the loving hands of Mrs. Tyrell.
who allowed no one to be present at the
operation certainly not jack
jack was fairly contented with the sue
cess of his plan. He had succeeded In re-
moving his predecessors ashes from the
precincts of his bedroom, and the creepy
feeling that he formerly experienced when
he went to turn down the light was one of
the things of the past; so that In process of
knowledge that Mr.. Wendover's sacred
dust was ensbrined within q capscious
chimney ornament. He was helped to get
accustomed to the fact, inasmuch as neith-
er he Dor his wife could tell which vase
contained the ashes of the deceased. The
one flaw in his happiness was that some
times when ne entered the drawing
room unexpectedly he would find Mrs.
Tyrell performing her Osculatory exercises
on both vases. with the evident object of
insuring that the late Mr.. Wendover
should receive the attention to which she
deemed him entitled. Jack would grind
his teeth In 1mpotent wrath on such &C.
c~asions, but comforted himself with the re-
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wife of her folly. and induce her TO consent
to give the remains of Mr.. WendOver decent
burial.
Matters went on In this way for some
months. until the catastrophe now to be re-
lated, which completed the change in Jack
of which / have spoken, and which began
when he first discovered that the late Mr..
Wendover had accompanied him on his
honeymoon.
One evening in December of the year in
which they were married, Mrs. IyTell had
an engagement from home. She had
promised TO dine with some of the late Mr..
Wendover's relatives, and Jack had given
his promise to accompany. her: But at the
last moment he pleaded headache and de-
clared that he could not 90. He thought
out being bored with Mr.. Wen.
dover's friends abroad, though he diplo-
matically RETAINED from saying SO. Mrs.
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tndo over this sudden attack of illness. aud
offered to put of her Engagement and re-
main at home to sooth her husbands ach-
ing brow with toilet vinegar eau de Co.
logne. and other feminine remedies. But
Jack manifested so much concern at the
prospect of his wlfes pleasure being de-
stroyed that she agreed to 60 alone. on
condition that the brougham was sent for
her ct 10 o'clock.
Jacks headache vanished miraculously
aa anon ma tho aOnnn of RhealS nvlnp ay av
told HIM hat his wife was gone. Unfort-
unately, dinner had not been prepared at
Fair Lawn for that evening. but after con-
sultinR the cook to see what she cOnld give
him on the spot, he was able to satisfy the
requirements of clamorous nature by Q
hearty meal, after which he retired behind
O novel and forgot his cares under the
soothing influence of q Cigar.
The FUCKERS were emoothed out of his
face whilst he was thus employed. and he
soon began to feel at peace with all man.
kind. He even thought when he took up
the next volume md found it's pages IN
cut, that he could venture into the draw
ing-room without q light in search of a
goose-tiesh at the reflection that the draw
ine-rOom mantel contained all that was
mortal of the late Josiah Wepdover. Rash
experiment.. Little did be know the risks
he ran until a sound of falling pottery
crashing on the firearms smote on his
startled sense. Hastily striking q light he
saw tc his dismay that the vase containing
the remains of the lamented Wendover
was q hideous ruin. and the hearth was
%sprinkled with the deceased gentleman's
ashes.
Though the fire in the CRATE was low it
was not out As Jacks glance alternately
fell on the havoc he had wrought. and the
white ashes in the crate. behind which the
I'm bers were still glowing red. q brilliant
idea took possession of his mind, which he
lost no time In putting into execution. He
rushed hastily from the room in search of
the housemaid's closet, and, after much
trouble in finding what he wanted. he re-
q haDd-brush. Now or never" he ex-
claimed. giving the fire a vigorous soke. II
Will be rid OF this WendOver fellow, though
i am sorry it has to DO done in this way"
Jacks intention was to dispose OF the
broken vase, and having made q transfer
of the white ashes from the CRATE to the
companion vase that renamed intact. to
subjectinR him to n further process of
cremation. 1t did not trouble him that az
the late Mr.. Wendover had already been
reduced to al lnclnerated condition by a
tiercer heat than the draw-rOom CRATE could
supply, the dead mans ashes would prob.
ably remain unaffected by the fresh
fiery ordeal. He comforted himself with
the reflection that when the house.
maid had completed her cleaning up of the
drawing-roonl on the morrow. the mortal
part OF Mr.. Wendover would be disposed
of to his entire satisfaction. Nor was be
npprehensive on Mrs. Tyrelfs account. He
knew that 1t was inevitable that her sus-
picions should be excited. but he thought
aratiOns in time he would get ont of the
difficulty by calmly asking her to reassurt
her mind-if she doubted the account that