The evening world., 1893-10-11

| 81 tell YOU, boys j Sail W ] was
not "A married man, ! should go To tho
races on Monday and put all I'm worth
OH Eazzle Dazzle"
why don't your" asked Tom Muir
ply.
why" said I. "Oh, I'm q married
man. and my wife has n horror of tn"
races. I've promised her to keep away
| from them A promise Is promise
"And good enough you've made It,
SIR" said our old porter. Honest Jim
we called him. MANY n man has gone
down 10 ruin and degradation on &c
count Of them races. Th" badly IN wise.
She Is wiac. I'm telling You what l
manc. obey the lady, ani youlI never
see yourself In difficulties"
! Honest Jim was fond ur giving al
vice. and he broke NJ our chat with
| these words. Murphy aud WIggna went
away to got a glass of bC"r before they
parted, and took the train home.
A hrooling storm broke just as !
reached my cottage, aud glad enough
was I (" escape It. We had supper to-
| gcther and went into tho rnrlur as
usual. What night It was to he sure
\ wild night. bitter niGht, niShl
vhcn there seemed to- hc strange N"ic"S
| In the wind, and those within ia" h"us"
+ veto likely to fancy knocks upon their
doors aud unhar and uni olt them ana
cry: "Who is there" when 1t VAS only
! the bias, that had caused thcm io rat
tie. Yet II VAS on this night thht my
/ wife, my littlc. delicate, beautiful wife.
! l'lcha, arose from the hrosiie ana '"W-
/ ing me that she wodld return Sh"r''\'
loft the room
TO leave the room was nn,hiiIs' hht
when | heard her leave IN" h"nfo
could scarcely h'li"N" my senses. "h"'
| who was 9" 'in'd she "h" MY
no. 1t could not be. Wen, ah"nt IN"
hons" calling her, ] gre" alarmed ana
fearing to find her lying In s"""n
somewhere. carried the lamp low ana
! lee kcd N the garnet INC c''"f' IN" ~
tie Kitchen where cooking was zone III
Summer In TACT
! She was gone, and 80 was the cloak,
that usually hung in certain place,
end II hood she wore about the grounds
On cold days. WHAT could have taken
her out? Had she heard our pony
iidrcting in his stall or the peep of some
stray chicken Was she anxious about
| tne day-old calf? We had all these
rura, belongings in the small boundary
of our little summcr-h home.
IL SO. why did she not mention 1t to
me: II was, no doubt. that cold OF
mine. which | hal made too much fuss
at out. She went herself rather than
to expose me. | tossed on my water
proof coat, pulled an old hat over my
cars and went out upon the porch
The lantern was gone.
| "Elcds-. I cried. lifting nv voice:
"Ilcda. ! saw, Where arc Won, Fletla 49,
! heard no sound. but shortly. far
along the road. I spicd n yellow blur
! waving ncar the ground and know
whom 7 had watched II for some time
ono IA light her stcps along the irreri-
lar fo,,.na,b I saw "bor" boc,uee
| .hor,,,, ,o,,a 600 Tho dr,,or,. ~ &.
w,man,s dress II was nv wife re-
| turning home I was certain OF tina,
nhtv and I called "a her at opco:
| "Irl.da WHY IN earth mr.. you stray
c,,nc ,hou, in IN. storm WHY didn.,
| Inu scnd n,c IN do vba, vou xa,tad
| lhnc, rho wind i, stro,,, orou,b IN
c,rrv yo,, ,,or tho nile Tyo hoo, n.ud
about v,, Z"
| al ana M. know tho u.i,d r.o, On
stronr,'
And I asked M moro ouce,,o,s NJ,
! anxiety for Fledp swullov.d nm eyor>,
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