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

JACK lYIe1a il al tCACO "oh' liz hohu-
some face no longer beams with smiles and
good humor. but wears C weary, hunted
look.
His aspect of universal ~benevolence is
changed TO sullen gloom. From being ev-
cry where regarded as Tho king of good
fellows he has become something of an
.misanthrope.
The change which a few short months
have served TO work in Jack TyrelPs out
ward mien was first observed at the club.
which he suddenly began 10 frequent more
than his won't. He took his meals there.
and. it was noticed, he often slept there.
This was q remarkable alteration
in his usual habits. for until some
thing happened to sour him Jack
might have served as the model
of q Gomesticated Englishman. Men whom
he met in his daily business on the Stock
Exchange suImised that he must have
been hard hitn in South African gold
mines. So many cOnjectures have been
made as to the mysterious change that has
crept over him that Jack who has given
me his confidence from the beginning of
his troubles) has granted me permission to
make the facts known; not from vanity. as
though his troubles were of Importance to
the world at large. but purely out of love
for his species. Jack thinks. in fact. that
others may learn q timely warning from
his experience.
Everybody who knew Jack Tyrell
thought that be was an u~ncommonly lucky
fellow when he won pretty Mrs. Wendover
for his wife. Perhaps 1. alone of all his
friends. was of another opinion. Certain
~. Mrs. Wendover was q very pretty wom-
an. with remarkably high spirits tshe
called herself ''high-strung'), who brought
q good deal Of money into the marriage
settlements that were drawn up within q
month of their first meeting. But l did
not like to see the hurried way in which
Jack plunged into the treacherous sea of
matrimony. and though 1 was compelled to
acknowledge Mrs. Wendover's charms Of
person, the old proverb about marrying IN
haste and r~epenting at leisure rang in my
ears with the mournful emphasis of o pass
ing bell
The marriage was brought about in this
way. Jack. who was q member of the City
Volunteers, went with his regiment to
Brighton to bear his part. like the true
Briton that he Is. in the annual review and
sham fight. He was strolling down the
Kings Road. after the Easter Monday re-
view. when his attention was attracted by
o pretty woman driving in a low phaeton
drawn by q couple of spirited bay ponies.
The sight of q pretty woman was always
an attraction to Jack, but on this occasion
there was something s~uperadded to kindle
his interest to fever pitch. The pretty
woman. who was wearing the daintiest of
rufAnuvJa hnnnara waa IN danger The
ponies had taken fright and were evidently
unmanageable. when Jack rushed to the
rescue. and with q skill that MIR. Rarey
might have enyied. brought them to q
standstill and soon rendered them as quiet
as lambs. Jack, after rendering the lady
this trifiing service. would have bowed and
passed on. but by this time q crowd had
collected. n as the lady was evidently
unnerved. and looked at him with an ap-
pealing glance frem her beautiful eyes,
which were liquid with unshed tears. he
heeitated o moment. and then took his
seat and the reinS. and asked whittier he
ehould drive. The fair %enslaver managed
barely to ~articulate her address before
fainting away. Jack drove at q
furious rate TO Herculee Mansions. q
fashionable boarding house. near the Old
6teyne. where. handing the ribbons to
o street idler who came up at the instant,
he bore the limp and dropping form of the
lady in his arms to her apsrtT eDts, where
assistance was immediately forthcoming.
jack having discharged his duty (which,
as he parenthetIcalIy observed to me when
every man to do"l, was on the point of re-
tlfing when Mrs. Wendover opened her
eyes. and hot another glance OF her de-
lliversr. as she called him. which set his
furiously that he thought tho sound
must be heard by every one In the
apartment like the strokes of q muf-
fled drum. 1t was a case of love
at first light on both sides. So Jack said,
and so no doubt he honestly believed.
though have my suspicions about Mrs.
Wendov6r. The acquaintance thus begun
ripened IKE fruit in o tropical cline.
References were exchanged to the satIsfac-
tion of both parties, aud though Mrs.
Wendover had only been six months q
widow. they were married. a month and q
day after they first met. was another
feature in the business that / did not like.
Something about Tho funeral baked
tables" occurred to my mind. and troubled
me.
Jacks troubles began when he was mar
ried. 1t was then that the change began
TO creep over the honest face of my friend.
Not immediately. of course. There was an
interval of blessed sunshine. I~haveJack's
authority for saying so. Otherwise /
should not have believed it. though to do
Mrs. Tyrell justice. / thought. as L wrung
Jacks hands ct Waterloo station as they
set out for the Isle of Wight, where they
had arranged to spend the honeymoon, she
looked as though she had been made ex-
pressly for Jack. remember the side crossed
my mind at the time that her union with
the late lamented Wendoyer must have
been one of those curious mistakes that
often occur and which rarely in real life
get SET right afterwards. though | have OBJ
served that in novels. whore the writer is
able to arrange every body's lot to his own
liking. q different result usually prevails.
But my NJ of Jacks felicity w q
made In O moment of weakness. As eveuu-
turned out. the unfav0rable opinion | had
formed when first told of the match was
correct. Jack never made q greater mis-
take In his life than when he ave the
relict of the lately deceased Wendover the
right to bear his name.
HIS eyes were soon opened, and the Op-
GRAFTON was brought about in a curious
msnner. entirely unknown TO the respect
able branch of the medical profession
which has made a special study of the hu-
man eve. / do not think 1 have mentioned
that Mrs. Tyrell was accompanied on her
journey by an extravagant amount of lug
gage. Her l~mpedimenta were numerous,
various and costly. But there was one ar
ticle of luggage that attracted Jacks at
tention at q very early stage of the blissful
Journey The train had just cleared
Chaplain Junction, and the driver had
Just begun TO turn on steam. when
Jacks eyes were rIvered by a queer-look-
ing ackage. 1t looked like an obIong box.
though. as Ii was encased with the thick
lieve. ladies call crash" he was unable TO
divine whether the package was made of
leather or wood He noticed that it had q
handle for convenience of carrying,
Jack could not help observing Mrs. Ty-
relPs eyes,. which were constantly directed