The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-12-12

a low deck.chair and gasped and
looked across at the two.
'sWell," she said, this now is fear
full"
There would be good half an hour
before Henry returned, and in that
good half hour it was necessary to de-
eide what was TO be done. What was
quite clear was that the creature must
have had some encouragement to in.
tiuce her to write such letter, and
.'why, she is taking his arml' she
cried.
Indeed, Miss Constance Bagge was
resting her hand upon the arm of Mrs.
Stewards husband, Henry was carry
ing her banjo, and, looking back,
laughingly waved it at his wife.
"Does this mean," asked Mrs. Stew
art, distractedly, that they will
never come backp"
The letter seemed 10 explain his
slight difiidence in agreeing to the
lady's dismissal; 1t explained also why
when Miss Bagge had that morning
made her unexpected appearance on
the bank hailing the boy with shrill
.Hiln Henry had only laughed very
much.
Mrs. Stewart summoned the boy.
"yes, mem, there is trine up liter
than this. 1t leaves Thames Ditton at
eleven fifteen, and you get to good old
Waterloo at about ten to twelve. And
/ wish to Gawd,n added the boy, pious-
ly, that ! was there nah. This plice
is lump too quiet for me-"
That would give half an hour to
speak her mind to Henry (if he did
come bacll, just half an hour to ex-
tract from him confession, and then
a rush for the last train up. At Water
loo ,she could take cab to Uncle
Georges; and If Uncle George couldn't
see her through, why, nobody could.
Uncle George was an agent general.
He was stern man, and he treated
everybody as severely as though they
were his fellow-countrymen
! The white-fanneled figure came back
to the riverside.
.'He has managed to say good-by,
then?" said Mrs Stewart, tiercely. ~
should like to have seen the parting. "
Henry came on board and went
straight to her, and, with the assur-
ance of new husbands, kissed her neck.
"She's an impossible creature" said
Stewart He sat down beside his wife
and took an evening paper from his
pocket. Il believe she took the extra
away with her. I've had to buy an.
other"
/ There was something in little Mrs.
Stewards throat that prevented her
for the moment from starting her lee
ture.
"She wasn't so bad, you know" he
went on, ''in the old days, OF courss
was a mere youth then. But now she's
too terrible for words l suppose il
girls don't get married they get warped
and changed"
~ want to speak to you, Henry" sht
said, steadily.
''Oh, bother that boy" he exclaimed
"We must get rid OF him, dear; he's 1
nuisance"
1T wasn't about the boy"
''Not the boyp Well, then--Hullo
Here's funny case"
She went on very quietly:
II want to speak to you seriously
Harry, about matter that has, by &C
cident, come to my notice. / dom
want to seem to bother too much abou
it, and l suppose If were as free q
some women are ! shouldn't mind i
in the least But my mind is quit
made up"
He was not listening, but her hea
was averted, and she went on.
Il have left the keys in the bed
room, and my account book is totale
up to date. with the exception of th
bill that came in to-day. There is n
!. reason why we should have any hig
words"
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