The evening world., 1893-10-11
THE WORLD. WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER II, 1850.
HONEST JIM'S GAME.
Il Wife's Dcrotion Which Made Her an
Easy Tictim.

more comfortable indoors thar out.
And ye', Just Ms ! was in the middle of
| par igrnph ] was reading to her from
the c~,cning paper. | looked up and saw
that Floia had vanished. Again I
s"urcncd the house. Again | found
that she had left 1t. Again the yellow
hight Of the lantern told me Of her re-
turn She was not out of breath this
time. but she was pale and tremblc n
little, She shook her head when ! asked
her wncro she had been, and said:
nowhere. The house felt close. !
wanted n little air. That is all"
you did not ind what | was reading
Interesting p" said I.
81 assur. YOU she began, then
broke OF suddenly. Don't talk about
IT, she cried. Don't! Don't! I pray,
don't talk about it,
| did not talk. but I thought n good
deal. and | la reason to think. Day
by day | noticed that Fleda was grad
ually gro wing thinner and paler. Her
spirits were deserving her. And when
the same day of the week came around
she left the house as mysteriously as
before. The presence OF n guest pre-
vented me from following her: but !
discovered that, in order to keep the
knowledge of her absence from the
house from me, she entered the store
room. climbed out OF the window at
the risk Of her neck and returned In the
same manner Moreover, l discovered
ON the sill a few scattered coins-a ten
cent piece and two pennies-which told
me that she had dropped n portion of
some mCney that she had taken with
her All this made me very unhappy.
detestcd mysteries, and 1t was evident
that one Of the sort which had always
thought unnatural when introduced into
the pages of novels had arisen in my
quiet little home.
I remembered that had me, my wife
by chance: that our Introduction was
bro,pht ,pout by n chance acuunIntance.
VIII, really knew nothInr of either of
us. thar she was alone I'm the world.
without any living relative, or claimed
to be SO: , music Of teacher. with few
nunIIs making n hard struggle for life.
Very possibly a disrepu,able father or
brother had turned IN. to whom she
was obliged ia give assistance and
whom she ala not wish me- ia know. 1t
was , nitv hut wouid have no
u,rn os This would get at the truth
and holm her ~ 7 could. Then a terrible
,bouph, occurred IN me What If II
should nr,v. that she had married co-Iy
II, ITO. thar n worthloss husband had
ro,rr,,l and that she w,s irving ,o
,., ri, ~ him, I, thu, c,so what :,
,,oso w,uld no IA mnidls and force
49,, ,,..o,, , ,,,r,,,o Lp,r.,a1,o uhio,
migbt Gold
I, ,os cow,r1,, rorb,ne hu, 7 ,oyed
Lraao 90 d.,,,y that 7 Ind r,ther no
dac,iyed In such II wov-I mayor doubted
nor u,,,r truth for one uoment-than
10 H., ,rdocoir,d To wv misorv Aud
boriny AGAINST hon. ncrmittcd
,u,, NOR, ,,,L, 20 ,,ss H., vi,hou, do
Inc ,nv,h,nr wh,,ov.r Tben mo IN
hour whom gr,ver doubts nossossed mo
Nv ,,tf, b,d ao,d tho d,,nona oorr,rrs
,,h,oh =, o,s,,r nod ,,,or ,,r ,non
her weIdin, dav c,m. hv th,.
..au,a. ,u .,.
for letters and 7 believed that she in
,a,,a, :. ,-. . $780,.
IN. my.tari,u. nerson ubo had ,ho
powe, :, call her from bor oros,d. r,hon
bo r,,,.od
The night on which 7 fo,,owod b.,
u,. no h,,u,i,r, as ,iob, oa,,a ,o ,rto
mir vas warm ord ,rI -, ,ho hro,,, -,
lowers Nv wife wor. II wbi,o dra..
and , pre,,y hat win d,is,.s ,rorrd