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wife, but then he would confess II all

freed Of all difficulty and be able to de-
scribe the scene with powerful realism.
He could not understand why the idea
had not occurred to him sooner. It was
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 a 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. 80 ~
1T is true, 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 F"
Yet somehow as he wrote the ad-
dress on the encyclopedias own address
"a sad feeling stole over him.
''Some things cause pain even in
joke,' he murmured to himself. 'How
thankful 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.
alter.
! While his wife sank with tired sigh
into an armchair and united her veil he
remained standing and ran his eye ove1
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, babe her COCO
! night and went abruptly into his stedy
The young wife observed him mar
r: rowly, drew a deep breath as her Gus
= tom was and shook her head She die
not ask him whether there were any let
tiers among his own, and he of scourst
! did not tell her.
Then she took her candle from thu
! servant girl and walked slowly toward
her bedchamber
Once in his worroom Frankindulget
in a contented ittle laugh. At last thu
goal was in sight. In a few moment!
| he would know all he wanted to know
Yes, all, and he laughed again. Their
! it would be easy for him tosdescribe the
scene from beginning toe end in mas
terly manner.
! Just little more patience, and bel
maid will have left her. Going up anc
down in his room, he calculates what
effect will be produced on the world by
his novel, drawn in the most realistic
manner from nature ITSELF
IT wonder what makes her so slow
tonight?'' he said to himself.
In the stiffness of the night he coulc
hear the sounds of their voices. Their
| he heard her lay down her rings on the
marble slab of the dressing table.
| Thereupon the clear sounds of her merry
/ laughter hoated through the air to his
ears.
! ''Today of all days she seems to take
so long," he nlurmured to himself.
A little while longer he walked uI
and down the room with excited brain.
| Then he heard the opening and shutting
J of the door and steps dying away in the
distance.
eat last!' he exclaimed, with sigh.
! Softly and with great caution he
pressed the door handle, walked lightly
through the toilet room into the sleep.
ing room and entered with such sudden
ness and violence that the young wife
cried aloud with fear and establishment.
How you frightened met Have you
gone crazy2''
He made no answer, but stood in ST.
1ence, watching carefully every gesture
that she made and every change of ex.
! preston that crossed her face.
Then in measured steps and with q
pale, earnest face he approached her.
J The fair young wife sat bolt upright
in bed
The night candle burned brightly on
the table beside her.
With trembling, feverish hands he
held out the terrible letter to her.
There! Read that1'' he cried in an
angry, panied tone Of the outraged, In
{ jured husband.
The woman turned suddenly to q
] f7oath1v r1al1nr She cof~od <l,o lo%to,,