Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-08-22

him the morning he started alone on
his homeward journey three months
before. The bloom Of her face had
faded with late hours and fretting;
her red lips were drawn down, and
the whole charm Of her blonde beauty
was gone
Almost her words we're complaint,
and nothing the doctor could do or
say pleased her from the hour they
left London behind them till he
handed her into the bay-windowel
parlor of her own house at Kenmore.
There her fretful reached its climax,
and, with a storm Of hysterical sobs
she told him he had blighted her
whole life, and 2lade her miserable;
that he never had loved her--he had
only married her for her money
Standing by the fire, with his arm
resting on the mantel and his face
turned to rhe shadow, Paul Leonard
heard her to the end in silence his
price too sorely hurt for him to de-
fend himself, his heart too keenly
wrung for him to feel anger against
her even then, for she was his WIFE,
the first and only woman he ha1
ever loved His soul shivered within
him as he stood there, and looked the
fruits Of his folly in the face. "A wife
who did not love him had been bad
enough, but wife who despised him
was more than he could bear, though
every instinct of his nature told him
she was unjust, and selfish, and un-
womanly. Presently her sobs ceased
but finding he did not answer. even
to upbraid, they began again, this
time made little louder by anger.
You want me to die" said she;
you brought me here to die. You
knew this horrible place would kill
me and you want to kill me right of,
that you may get my money. You do
Il know You do"
The last words rose in n shrill cry,
and DR. Leonard, with a closed lip,
rang the bell sharply. Old Judith, her
face almost as cloudy as her masters,
came up quickly, FASTENED by the i'm
peratiye peal.
"Your mistress is not WE'LL he said,
pointing to the now silent Pauline,
who lay in a heap on the couch,
quiyering like frightened child, and
gasplng for breath. ''Get her to bed
as quickly as you can, and then eau
me-"
He left the room as he spoke, and
the spoiled girl on the couch gave a
more angry sob as she heard him go
ing out.
PAUL" she cried, under her breath
almost; but i he heard he did not
heed, and the Indignant Judith was
not likely to repeat the summons.
Pauline went to bed of her own free
will. but she would not let judith call
the doctor
.She was almost we'll" she said.
''and would be better still after she
had slept"
Guessing something Of this, the doc
tor fingered by the gate for some time,
and, then. finding he was not sum-
moned indoors, he strolled off to the
beach.
The wind was high. and the sky
gloomy enough in parts. The waves,
all hecked with foam, rolled in with
an angry roar and Kenmore Sands
looked dismal enough in the cleaning.
Turning ON to them. the doctor saw
he was not the only one who had ven
mred out. In spite of the high wind
and the threatening storm.
"A few yards in advance of him,
where the spray fell over
her in showers, was young girl,
rather above the medium height;
slender and we'll built, without being
exactly graceful, you might see at a
glance that, though she was no longer
a child. she was not yet quite a
woman Her hat was off, and her
fresh young face was dimpling and
flushing with sheer delight as the salt
wind swept by her.
Even in the midst of his bitter
thoughts DR. Lennard could not for
bear a smile at the keen enjoyment
this wild scene evidently afforded the
stranger. for that she was one he saw
at glance lie stood still for a mo.
,nent watching her, the amused smile
still on his face and just them the girl
turned and saw him.
Fall Leonard was naturally
handsome man; the rare sweetness of
his smile added greatly to the charm
az his dark face tnd perhaps the
stranger young as she was, was not
altogether insensble cf this charm
for she b.ushed wildly as She saw
him
Feeling guilty Of seeming rudeness
the doctor raised his hat, and turning,
walked in the opposite direction. his
own troubles sweeping away all re-
Of the meeting.
Not So vita Lefty Leigh she had
10 sad thoughts to DIM her reeollec-
ton Of the handsome man she had
flnd observing her So iutently; and