The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-10-20
A TEMPTATION.

M. and MIA Henry Silvsrton. nuns
and child"
so he is married" she muttersd. Real
NI must endeavor to make the scQuAint-
ance Of Mrs. Henry Silvertonr' and abe
smiled - . 6end might, - her eye fell
upon . brief paragraph In the advertising
columns
"a housekeeper for Silverton place,' she
nused Il think the place might suit me. "
And Cedar Heights lost its assistant matron
Mat very night.
The level shafts Of sunset were shiverins
into diamond atoms among the glitterins
glass and silver ON the dining room table Il
Silverton place, where the English wife sat,
with her blue eyes gazing out on the sylvan
landscape.
~wh.s lovely spose' she murmured.
DO you like il, dearests"
He bent to press his lips to her forehead
with the loveriike devotion which two
years Of married life bad not banished. Al
that moment the door was opened. and the
servant announced:
..NrsA Auli6e."
TAN and spectral, she advanced into the
room. Alice Silyerton rose.
The new housekeeper. ] believe Be
seated, Mrs Auliffe. You look wearied-
allow me to give you glass Of wilma"
MrA Aulife did indeed looked pale q
her eyes met the startled, strange gaze OF
Henry Silverton's dark orhA
"A glass Of water, Henry; quick, she is
fainting."
Nor she said coldly; II never faint.
You were about, presume, to inquire 10
specting my references I have two excel
lent ones-frst, from the superintendent Of
the Cedar Heights asylum, and secondly,
from Mr.. Silverton's first wifet'
Henry Silverton's face was CHASTITY.
Mr.. Silverton has not been married pro
viously, Mrs. Aulihe," Mrs. Silverson said,
smiling. You are miSinformed"
Am l misinformed, Mr.. Silverton," she
inquired In words As smooth and cold as ice.
she Is right, Alice. Though l never
told you, dear, I have been married before,
when I was very young. and my wife''-
"Diedt'- interrupted Mrs. AulifYe
"She died he said, looking appealingly
At the stern woman in black.
You see, Mrs. Silverton," said Grace,
with an almost diabolical smile, these
husbands almost always keep back some
little chapter Of their hfe's romance even
from the most cherished wife. May con
sider myself engaged,"
"Certainly-by all means" returned Sill
verton eagerly. His wife looked at him
with . surprised face.
Alice did not question the matter furt her,
but she was BY no means satisfied
What are you writing," she asked q
abe passed him half an hour later He was
bending over a table hurriedly scribbling
some words on the back of an old letter.
Only O business memorandum, dearest :"
But she did not see him drop tbs 'busi-
ness memorandum" among the sable folds
| NJ Atrlf a. L..
before the open window.
Grace unfolded it quietly and read:
BE at the foot Of the pine glen 1t Q 70
night; must speak with you"
Alto Mrs Silverton rose to lull her blue
eyed baby to sleep with her own cradle
song.
You will come with me, Henry" she
said coaxingly. Harry always sleeps soo,.sr
when papa Is by his side,"
Not tonight, Alice" returned the hus
band evasively ~ think | shall take \
cigar and stroll in the moonlight"
The young mother went mp stairs little
disappointed
Has Mrs. Auliffe retired 50 early," she
asked the nurse
Il believe 50, ma'am- Anyway the lights
out In her ROOM" said the woman.
The golden moonlight slept in delicious
calm on the little dell beyond the pine glen.
Just where the turf sloped gently down, O
fallen tree lay imbedded in moss and tall.
scented ferns Mrs. Aulife sat there a
4enry emerged from the glen.
| "Gracer'
| "Henryg'
Hsground his teeth - he looked At her.
| "Womani what mystery Is this, Why
do you come here to torture mel"
Grace smiled
Il disturb your second edition Of Eden.
II That IL pity But you see have
sworn to be revenged"
| For whati What harm have done
you, Gracef Iswear to you that have b.
lieved you dead these 10 years.
And you think shall credit that taler'
Listen to me, Grace" he said feryeutIy.
| uplifting one hand II swear to you that
| am telling the truth. When my uncle first
| told me that he was cognizant Of our boy
and girl marriage, was In Europe. The
next mail brought tidings that you were
dead / believed him. Grace, you should
have disproved this assertion. Why did
you let me mourn you a dead without
sign"
She smiled coldly.
DO look like person who sues a rec
reant husband for his gracious recogni-
tom"
Why do you come here when 1t L. too
late for A.7aration'" he reiterated
TO be ~senged"
Grace, fend though you are. you would |
never
Would / notf she exclaimed fercely.
He saw the resolution written in every /
line OF her adamant face and turned away.
nick with horror.
All that night he paced his chamber, 70
voiTlng In his mind the various aspects Of
bis hideous bondage, and when morning
da"ned, gray and cool his resolve wa.
taken
The earliest eastern train bore him avav
ana as the cars giided past the pine thick.
cts that edged his own estate he saw that
tho stateliest tree In all the glen wa. .plin.
erred TO its heart by the destructive hand OF
lightning
And then he remem bered how the angry
storm had burst at midnight a be waiksd
up and down In the solitude Of his own
room.
You here, silver.on, Why, wha. On
sarth--
The dabbler in occult sciences looked "a,
In mute surprise as his old college mate Cd
tered his sanctum-
To hear Henry Silverton chat Of old times
and laugh over various European expert
ences, one would have imagined that trou-
pie bad never cast a passing shadow on his
heart Moftmain thought he had never
known his friend 10 brilliant.
BY the way" he said a. be ruas TO do
part, did you not once tell me Of Q subtle I
poison you bad distilled which left neither