Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26

the room.
"Miss Southwich has faintedl' cried sew
eral.
Then the figure, which the stranger
claimed as that of his wife, remove the
mask, revealing the dark, snappy eyes of
Miss Walcott.
The stranger looked dumfounded, theu
gasped:
at isn't herr
The principal, addressing the stranger,
demanded sharply. "Who are you, sir, and
what do you mean by causing such n dis
turbanceS"
Leander, for the stranger was Sophro-
MAS husband, swiftly reasoning that an
expose might cause S%ophronia's expulsion
from the seminary, faltered;
81 am very sorry, sir | didn't mean
what said. | ami
He did not finish this sentence. Instead
he fed from the room precipitously
On the following day Sophronia was
missed from her seat at table.
She was suffering from mental rather
than from physical distress. Until now
she had never experienced the pangs of
jealousy, At the same time the horrible
suspicion possessed her that Leander was
a bigamist.
"Oh, what Il fool wIs," she sobbed.
Nov | know why he didn't want me to
come here. | shall tell that Miss Walcott
just what | think of her"
Sophropia finally concluded. however. to
take her departnre from the seminary
without creating a scene.
She went directly to the railway station.
While she was purchasing a ticket she
felt "A hand upou her shoulder, and turn
inc beheld Leander
"You herer'
His conservation was no less tbnn hers
and he also said,
"You here!'
"Oh. how could Won. LeanderS"
Evidently she was prepared for a con.
fessiou from her spouse.
Imagine her establishment. therefore,,
when instead of making a confession he
began to load her with reproacbes.
IL now see" he said. "whv YOU were so
crazy to 90 to n boardinp school never
dreamed that nv wife was a natural born
hirt. Think how must have felt hearing
those seminary cubs talking about and dis
putinp over my wife. Miss S%outhwick
didn't mean"-
"Oh. that's a pretty way to get out of
It'll You pretended Won wasn't married.
For pity's sake talk m if Won
can't sense said Sophronia rcsentfully.
at the same tiue drvinD her eves and glar
ing at him contemptuouslv.
"Never mind the grammar. How about
them fellows"
''Nevpr mind those fellows How about
your other wife9"
my other wife?"
Yes. your other wife. Miss Walcott. as
she calls herself"
..Miss Walcott, Who the deuce is Miss
Walcottg"
~ know and Won know who she Is - ra.
nlied Sonhronia "but far nitv,s s,ke don;t
make 50 much nnjsn The whole tnyrn viii
ham, ne and I want to cor ou, IF tbis ,Iona
md novor set my foot in If ,roin y
"You don't want to ga, ont of II any
mora tb,n do U.r.,s fbe train now ~ Leo
nIJnl ns rho ebriu whistle of +ho Iocor,o
tive ,vos brnrd in the distance
When tbr train stonned Lander took a
sa.t i'm tbos rnoL.r and Sonb roni, or+araJ
tbo roar car
Tins they nroceeded on their wovtovar ri
Northron
They had not made MANY miles when
Sonhronia GLADLY would have ioine1 ber
Iu,ehard bnt tn oo into the smoker was of
cour.e ONT Of the ouestion
II was with , fneling akin IN ior tbero.
fore. that She beheld him return to her
aide
Vet she did NOT yreet him with INV nrot.
.stations of affection for h shirt Of Miss
Walcott WAS still hoycriur near
II don't see how any one could he ne
mean as Won have been" was her greeting
"Wbat ails Won ~ he askad .JJava vo,,
got another fit of Miss what's her name,'
Miss Wulcott-von know her name
Won needn't pretend van don,tn
81 amt pretending ANYTHING. You've
done all the pretending, Miss Southwick."
81 never said my name was Miss South.
wick. That was a mistake of the secre-
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