Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-11-11

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tered Mrs. Johnson's crowded draw.
ing rooms Scarcely had they paid
their respects to the hostess, when
Mr. Palmer accosted, or rather, was
accosted by Miss Baden, a brilliant,
confident girl, who tried to ensnare
him before his marriage; and at the
moment a gentleman addressed Mrs.
Palmer. 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
which she did not like, her pride
again awoke and she turned, as with
sudden determination, to the gen.
tleman at her side. He was recent
conner to the town-VerY pleasant
and handsome-and Nellie Palmer
forthwith began to try and make
herself agreeable to him. He looked
so pleased. and was himself so agree
able that it soon cost her no effort to
converse; and then her old lively
spirits returned and to her surprise,
she found that she was enjoying her
SELF Her husband didn't much no.
tice this, but Miss Baden did, and her
filtration with Mr.. Palmer lost much
of its charm, now that his wife did
not appear mortified and jealous, and
that people couldn't see that she was
so. Wherefore Miss Baden grew in
different, and Mr.. Palmer bethought
himself to look after his wife. Not
finding her looking over the photo
graph albums, nor talking to deaf
old Mr.. Brown, neither i1 any Of the
''holes and corners which she was
won't 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 very handsome man, who ap-
peared quite absorbed in her. Mr..
Palmer stared a moment at the un-
conscious couple.
"Why, the Deuce" was his thought;
''what on earth can they have been
talking about all this while?" Then
suddenly meeting his wife's eye, he
smiled and whispered, Enjoying
Yourself, Nell?"
"Oh, yes, dear, delightfully."-! Don't
trouble yourself about me, pray"
Nellie Palmer had never sung more
sweetly or danced more gracefully
thap upon this evening.
Don't you think, Nell, you've
danced enough for one night?" said
her husband, toward the close of the
evening; 'sfor a married Woman?" he
added.
perhaps So" she answered cheer
fully; "but I've enjoyed myself 50
much! Really, 1 almost forgot that
l was married woman, and felt like
a 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 walked down stairs,
THAT remarkably handsome man,
with the expressive dark eyes, do you
mean?"
II never noticed his eyes or that
he was at all handsome" he an
swered, stitfiy.
"Oh, / thought you meant Captain
Lowell, Of the artillery. All! here he
is-just one moment dear-I quite
forgot"
And Nellie spoke few words to
the Captain in passing, of which her
husband could distinguish only some
thing about "that book"
When Robert Palmer came home
next day, he found his wife, not cry
ing as before, in her bedroom, but in
the parlor, practicing new song.
'Captain Lowell called this morn
ing" she said, land l 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 TO 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
piquancX and coQuettishness, and
flirtableness; and so in a very few
weeks, Mrs Palmer was belle She
did not seem in the leaet to care who
her husband was attending upon. and
indeed, he could rarely get a word
with her at all when at the gay as
semblies which they constantly fire.
quented. He sometimes gave her a
hint that she was ''no 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
a 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 APP
peared chiefly to occupy her thoughts,
as well as a 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 ne one day
closed the door on the departing Cap
tain, 81 really cannot permit this to
go on any longer Your conduct to