Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-04
A DESPERATE WOMAN.
A'of way OF Winning Back g.
Aecroant Spouse.

Ill. 10 uusll of her smooth
S Nntun betrayed that it WAS any sur
prise or annoyance TO findl,ne tbcrc 7
1iau considerable curiosity 10 500
whether Rex would ovince the same
i ,nlni and quietly resumed nv
o0oS after the first greeting.
hex uiu not come to his appointncnt
PunctuaIy, or perhaps he had scented
my espionage. ''' 'eN
The widow, after one or two +rrns
across the terrace, approached me and
seated herself on one of the steps at
my feet owl 10 ~
is that something very interesting
you are reading, Mr.. NyePo she asked
presently. o
Not absorbingly So" I responded,
partially closing the volume and smil.
ing down at her; l felt no malice to-
ward the handsome widow.
Yet you keep finger on the nlocc
as much as to say you did not like be.
ing interrupted. l wish | could find
anything worth reading these stupid
days"
You arc welcome to this" I said.
extending it toward her. II was n
copy of the revised statutes.
She glanced at the title and back
at me.
Inc next instant she snatchcd the
book from my knees and threw it as
far as she could into the bushes.
gazed stupidity after the vanished
volume. Mrs. Warburton laughed al
most naturally as she rose from her
seat on the step,
"Thcre is Rex, now" she said,
sweetly, and floated away to meet him,
superb in sang froid and cffrontery.
She whispered him something as she
took his arm, and he looked over his
shoulder at me and laughed immoder-
atcly. He had not felt in the least
like laughing when he first saw me.
His face flushed uncomfortably and he
frowned, but he was merry enough
under Mrs Warburton's beguiling.
REX" said l, entering his room an
hour after, unannounced, what is the
meaning of this? Did you not promise
me-"
Bother the promise, Uncle Nye,"
blurted Rex, "a fellow isn't RESPONSE
bic for promises or actions when a
pretty woman is in the question"
There is but one pretty woman in
the world for you'll"
"Amy?-Oh, Amy is an angel; love
her to distraction"
"The deuce you do?" said /. II wish
the widow was man. I'd shoot her,
by George"
''rhere wouldn't be any need in that
case"
'"I'll disinherit you and marry Amy
myself!' he said angrily.
"Oh, you will, will you?" said my
nephew, grinning, at is very fortu'
nate that the widow has handsome
income, as in that case / should marry
her."
"You-why, she is old enough to be
your mother"
"Six months younger than your UNI
worthy nephew, uncle. We made the
calculation not half an hour ago."
''She's a false, maneuverlng hirt az
ever lived, and l believe on my sou
there's pair of YOU" screamed !, as
banged out of the room, leaving Re1
in commissions of the most unaccount
BILE laughter, and running agains
Beatrix-that is, the widow-in the
passage.
If she had not been one OF thos'
gliding creatures who seem to move
on air; if she had not gracefully re
ceded before my onset, there is no con
occurring what the consequence would
have been. AS it was, she recovered
herself at once, or rather did no
seem to have ,st herself at all, ant
stood smiling swcetly at me.
II was just coming to ask you t.
lend me the charming volume yo'
were perusing this morning." she said
in the most matter-of-fact manner pos
sible.
"Ah, doubtless you wish to examin
that portion which treats OF the legal
ity of marriages contracted unde
false" l began, tartly.
PRECISELY" she interrupted me
"thot was lust what l wanted to dc
Women are so lamcntably ignorant o.
all legal matters. Poor me, have N
idea whether bigamy is considered
crime or not"
She smiled again with an air OF DC
ing the simplest of creatures instea
of the most artful, tripped me tn
most charming of courtesies and glide
away.
Gould it be she was in earnest abou
Rexp | had my fears about him.
had not been free from anxiety les
She should SO far entangle him in he
meshes ms to induce total forgetfulnes
of the claims of the lovely girl to whol
INV nephew was already betrothet
hit that she could herself mean any
thing beyond defying and provokiin
me 10 the utmost had not dreamed
II she persisted in her course VIVA
should doY What could do at the las
but the very thing had so often an
solemnly vowed to myself l would nc
do-aclsnowledge the truth concern
;ng the so-called Mrs. Warourton'
fonc;ed the flash of Beatrix's mas
niflcent eyes when she saw me force
70 this extremity. the triumpnal
curve of her scarlet lips at my discon
future.
A bright thought struck me- iwoul
have Amy up here. 1t was al mo-
sense her staying at a stupid iar'
when we were at gay watering plac
wrote directly an odd sort OF
on;stle and one that showed ! had ne
sp much sense as Rex, if l were h
senior by almost twenty years. an
bodv but Amy would have refused
obey sych a peremptory and unreaso
oble summons from merely prospec
i've uncle-in-law But She good cnil
came at once. My worst anticipation
were confirmed when Rex and AN
met. .,oa from, ,,
I had purposely concealed from u
H foc+ that his betrOthI