Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02

I AAASs SOuuSVu CIOWuCu uTHW.
Ing. rooms Scarcely had they paid
tnelr respects to the hostess, when
| MI. Palmer accoSted or rather. was
| accosted by Miss Baden. brilliant.
! confident girl. who tr ed to ensnare
MIN before his marriage; and at the
! moment a gentleman addressed Mrs.
rainier. She answered mechanically.
| unable to withdraw her attention
entirely from her husband and his
companion, until, seeing something
IN Miss Baden's glance at herself
when she did not like, her pride
| again awoke aud she turned as with
sudden determinations, to the gem
tleman at her side. He was a recent
conner To- the town-vcry pleasant
and handsome-and Nellie Palmer
forthwith hogan to try and make
! nerself agreeable to him. He looked
so pleased, and was himself 20 agree.
able that it soon cost her no effort to
converse; and then her old lively
/ spirits returned and to her surprise,
! sne found that she was enjoying her.
SELF Her husband didn't much no.
| lice TINS, but Miss Baden did and her
| Irritation with Mr. Palmer lost much
OF It's charm. now that his wife did
| not appear mortified and jealous and
! mat people couldn't see that she was
so. wherefore Miss Baden grew in
different, and Mr.. Palmer bcthought
himself to look after his wife. Not
1ndlng her looking over the photo
graph albums nor talking to deaf
| old MI. Brown, neither iE any of the
| "holeS and corners which she was
wont OF late to frequent, he became.
rather puzzled.
AT that instant little laugh at
his elbow started him and turning he
saw Nellie, bright and flushed, talk
ing to a vely handsome man. who ap
peared quite absorbed in her. Mr.
Palmer stared Il moment at the I'M
conscious couple.
"Why, the deuce" was his thought;
what on earth can they have been
talking about all this while??" Then
suddenly meeting his wfes eye, he
smiled and whispered, "Enjoyi ng
YOURSELF Nel1?"
''Oh, yes, dear, delightfully."-! Don't
- y O"AoNAA sACOuV play.
Nellie Palmer had never sung more
sweetly or danced more gracefully
than upon this evening.
Don't you think, Nell, you've
danced enough for one night" said
her husband, toward the close OF the
| evening: 'for married woman?" he
added.
perhaps So" she answered. cheer
fully; "but Pve enjoyed myself 50
much. Really, almost forgot that
was a married woman, and felt like
girl again."
"And behaved like one,"he said,
rather coolly. "Who is that fellow
that has been in attendance upon
you all the EVENING"" he inquired, as
they walkel down stairs.
''That remarkably handsome man.
with the expressive dark eyes, do you
mean"
Il never noticed his eyes or that
he was at all handsome," he an
swered, stiiily.
"Oh, ! thought you meant Captain
Lowell, of the artillery All! here he
is-just one moment dear-I quite
forgot
And Nellie spoke a few words to
the Captain in passing, OF which her
husband could distinguish only some
thing about that look
When Robert Palmer came home
next day, he found his wife, not cry
ing as before, in her bed room, but in
the parlor, practicing new song.
''Captain Lowell called this morn
ing" she said, ''and | have promised
to sing this for him at Mrs. Camp
BELLS"
"Ah," he answered, with an ex-
preston of indifference, and as his
wife struck UP with the first few
notes, he muttered 10 himself, Soon
found Captain Lowell"
At Mrs. Campbell's, Captain Lowell
was again in attendance upon pretty
Mrs. Palmer, and then other gentle
men discovered her attractions and
piquancy, and coquettishness, and
f1irtableness: and so in very few
weeks, Mrs. Palmer was belle She
her husband was attending upon. and
indeed, he could rarely get word
with her at all when at the gay as
semblies which they constantly fire.
quented. He sometimes gave her
hint that she was mo longer a GIRL"
and that he was her husband. but she
only laughed and said there was no
harm done, and that she was enjoy.
ing herself so delightfully."-, and felt
herself more belle than even when
girl--which was true. because she
had not flirted then, being absorbed,
heart and soul, in Bob Palmer. But
now it was Captain Lowell who ap-
peared chiefly to occupy her thoughts,
as we'll as good part OF her time.
She sang and danced with him; she
read the books he sent and so fire.
quent were his visits, so constant his
attentions, that at last Mr.. Robert
Palmer's wrath broke forth.
Ellen" he said, as he one day
closed the door on the departing Cap
tain, II really cannot permit this to
60 on any longer Your conduct to