Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-08-16

so simple and so natural, and there
seemed to be absolutely no other escape
from his difficulty.
Thank goodness the time was now
approaching when he would be able to
hear the bitter protest of the innocent
and illuminated wife.
Forthwith he was anxious to execute
his design, but his heart beat little
faster at the thought of it With diff
Guilty he wrote q few lines in an al
tered handwriting which interpreted
in a pitiable way the accusation of the
wife whom he adored and loved And
in order to make the deception more
complete he added thereto the initials
Of the name of her supposed lover and
traducer.
For this purpose he selected the name
of the young apothecary who had only
a few minutes before come to his house
on visit.
"It is true, I know, that my wife
cannot endure him, he said to himself,
"but what of that? The scene will be
all the more natural and powerful.
Yet somehow as he wrote the ad-
dress ON the envelope-his own address
"a sad feeling stole over him.
"Some things cause pain even in
joke" he murmured to himself "How
thankful I am for my wife's stainless
characterp'
And with trembling fingers he finish
ed the writing. Then he weighed care
fully in his mind what the next step
should be and finally carried it to the
postoffice himself.
All was going splendidly. In the
evening they intended to go to the the
alter, SO that she would find this letter,
on which so much depended, among her
other papers and letters when they got
home again. The whole scene would be
acted at night just as in real novel. 1t
was splendid.
When they came out of the theater, it
was already late.
"After midnight" remarked Frank
as they passed the tall clock in the hall.
He asked the maidservant who open
ed the door for them if there were any
letters, and she gave him those that had
come while they had been at the the
ater.
While his wife sank with tired sigh
into an armchair and united her veil he
remained standing and ran his eye over
the addresses.
Suddenly something seemed to strike
him. He raised his eyebrows slightly,
and casting stern glance in the direc
tion of his wife tucked the correspond.
ence under his arm, bade her good
night and went abruptly into his study.
The young wife observed him mar
rowly, drew deep breath as her Gus
tom was and shook her head. She die
not ask him whether there were any let
| ters among his own, and he of course
did not tell her.
Then she took her candle from the
servant girl and walked slowly toward
her bedchamber,
Once in his workroom Frank indulget
IN contented little laugh. At last th'
goal was in sight. In few moments
he would know all he wanted to know
Yes, all, and he laughed again. Thel
it would be easy for him to describe th,
scene from beginning to end in a mas
terly manner.
Just little more patience, and he
maid will have left her. Going up ant
down in his room, he calculates wha
effect will be produced on the world b.
his novel, drawn in the most realistic
manner from nature itself.
81 wonder what makes her SO slov
tonight?" he said to himself.
In the stiffness of the night he coult
hear the sounds of their voices. Thel
he heard her lay down her rings on tn
marble slab of the dressing table
Thereupon the clear sounds of her merr,
laughter fioated through the air to hi
ears.
"Today of all days she seems to tax
so long," he murmured to himself.
A little while longer he walked u
and down the room with excited brain
Then he heard the opening and shuttin
Of the door and steps dying away in tn
distance.
cat lasti' he exclaimed, with sigh
Softly and with great caution h
pressed the door handle, walked lightl
through the toilet room into the SLEEP
ing room and entered with such sudden
ness and violence that the young wifi
cried aloud with fear and astonishment
"How you frightened me! Have 20
gone crazy?"
He made no answer, but stood in 81
lence, watching carefully every gestur
that she made and every change Of e1
preston that crossed her face.
Then in measured steps and with
pale, earnest face he approached her.
The fair young wife sat bolt uprigl
in bed.
The night candle burned brightly o
the table beside her.
With trembling, feverish hands b
held out the terrible letter to her.
"There! Read thatp' he cried in a
angry, panied tone of the outraged, il
jured husband.
The woman turned suddenly to
deathly pallor. She seized the lette
hastily and cast rapid glance over it
For q moment she raised her ewes
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