The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-23
LOVED HIM TOO WELL

He was very fond Of her still. But he
was tired Of her constant compAnionship,
go tired Of unintermlttent conjugal felicity
end constantly expressed affection that
he almost fanoicd himself tired OF her.
She, On the other hand, he'd fallen in
love with her husband. And this uncx-
peeted, burning, eager loyc had grown and
grown with every hour OF her wifchood.
Fred had boon intensely pleased at first
whom he sow tho big love grow up In his
wife's heart. He had had grave misgivings
once or twice before their marriage,
He know that Mabel had firted sadly
with Hyiard and with othey mon lie had
felt IA cold faint fear" shat bis prefera.
big bank account had had something to DO
with her preference for him.
But he had put tho thought behind him
as q man impruqently will when ho 10 in
love, Nevertheless It had been an mex.
prossihls relief 10 learn thnt Of a certainty
his Wife loved himr-lovel him with a love
that absorbed every thought OF her mind,
overy pulse of her heart
Tho frat intoxication Of love gratifled
had passed away and left him temporarily
disinclined for further drafts of the sweet
liquid
Ffed Duncan had become the center of
his brides being. She could net bear to
have him out OF her sight.
To have him In her boudoir, to sit on
his lap and train his yelloH ourls over her
slim brown fingers, to foed him on cream
and candied violetsl All, yes; then she
was happy
But he haa grown sicl: to death Of cream
and oandied violets and it made him al
most fancy himself sick OF hor.
Flo could endure IL no longer, and he was
going away--going to shoot with some
men In scotland And MGhel's heart was
broken or sho thought it was, which hurts
quito as much whilo it LASTS.
mabel, dear, do be reasonable, " ho said
"I'm going away for only two weeks"
"If you loved ME, you wouldn't go at
all. "
Duncan 1roanod. He was face to face
with ono Of tho great difficult Of mans
llfe--the difficulty Of teaching woman
that tho love which Is her whole exist
cnco' lis Of mans life but u part"-of
teaching her this without hurting her.
IT'S only . stag party, 'he began. The
girl spronH on to her feet, and her flash.
ing black eyes wcro 50 beautiful that ho
felt half Inclined to throw over tho hunt.
ing party and stay with her
only u stag partyl" she cried. Il should
hope so. If you were going without mo
to place where there werD otllor women,
I'd kill you"
He caught his pretty wife in his arms
He was going away In fivo minutes Hc
could stand q bit more lovemalting He
almost felt Inclined for 1t.
Mrs. Othello, Mrs. Othelloi" he whis.
pcrcd, lifting the lovely, tear stained face
to his. My jealous darlingl Now, for
...f r.
want you to havo the best possible time
while I'm away
Accept all your Invitations Spend
heaps Of monsy-you haven't bought a
now frook since wc'vo been married, have
your Don't you be dull, girly, because 1hvo
gone for u two weaks shoot ut tho begin
ming Of tho scuson. Go everywhere, see ey.
erything. ...
I'm suro Hylard will DO delighted to
play escort to you anywhere. You see, I'm
not Jealous. And haven't forgotten how
keen llylard was to marry you.
Mabel drew back indignantly. Then
she did what every woman does when 1t
comes to ar issue between her nnd tho man
she loves, She yielded-as Cleopatra yiold-
ed when Antony left hor at tho bidding Of
Caesar. She threw her arms about Dun
cans neck and kissed him.
Il hope you'll have lovely time, Fred
darling, she sud, And, OH" with a
half controlled sob, remember every mo-
ment you're away that Mabel loves you
Mabel loves you"
Then the butler came in with the lunch
basket, which Duncan did not want, but
which Mabel bad insisted upon having
prepared, and which she now insisted upon
inspecting.
She sent the servant for something she
thought was Necessary to It's completeness
When he was gone, she took from her desk
box of marrons glaces. II was n satin
covered box, and 1t was hand printed
she pressed it into tho wicker basket,
and Fred, watching her, felt very vicious
How was he to get rid OF the foolish, rldic-
ulous thing before he met Stewart Nc.
MILAN at Eilston'
Duncan staid in Scotland three weeks
instead of Two. Thon great sudden long
ing To sec his wife caused him TO catch tho
first train for London.
When ho entered his own hall the first
thing he saw was wonderful opera clonk
that lay across tho table
Thou Mabel came out of the drawing
room door Mabel, in marvellous yellow
Duncan diamonds flashed from every con
celyablc ami Uncomfortable pnrt of hor per
SON.
YOU" she cried. Pm afraid the din
ner is all cold But you cen tell them to
get you something quickly. I'm going out
I've three receptions and ball Don t
sit mp Lord llFluFd will see me home
Don't crush my flowers, F" she added, al
most eyolding his kiss. She held up mag
nificent bouquet
Wasn't 1t nice Of Lord Hylald to send
me such n hGAutyf Did You have n good
time, deurs Ism t my gown Incompatible
| hope you won't be cross when YOU see
the bill The carrlngof Yes, Blinks, I'm
coming. "
She handed Duncan her long elaborate
wrap, and no helped hcr into It in dazed
way.
Blinks, 500 TINT your master has some
ching to cat, she sold carelessly and
pnssed ont That was three years ago
Duncan ia u little laughed at now for
clinEing SO closely to his wife's side. She
on the contrary, is very gay and just tho
loust neglected. of him,
Often she stuys his kisses with the cry,
Don t crush my gown" He longs bitter
~ for the lavish, glrlish love he once
spurned.
Is she foolish to hide part of her love
from himf II he knew how much she
loved him he would love her less
is she unjIiat' He spurned the absorb.
ing love he had voluntarily eroGtod lie
deserves lifelong punishment New
Work Gun
Professor Lumpin's clothes are always in
such a tattefcd condition that recently
when he saw himself in looking glass, he
took out his purse In order to give himself