Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-28

Mount1oy. She had pressed him tn ex.
plain himself and she made q discovery
which proved TO be the bItterest disap-
pointment of her life. Her husband sus-
pected her! Her husband was Jealous OF
her! II wa. too cruel; IL was an insult be-
yond endurance: AN insult e Mr.. Mount
Joy AS well rs TO herself. II that best and
dearest Of good friends was % be forbidden
the house. II ne was 10 20 away and never
TO see her or speak TO her agaiu, OF one
thing she was deteymined-he shonld not
leave her without "A kind word Of farewell.
he should hear how truly she valued hin:
yes, and how she admired and felt for
him, Would Fanny not do the same thing
in her placer And Fanny had remember
ed the time when she might have tone II
for such "A man a. Mr.. Mountioy. mind
you stay indoors this evening. sir" The
maid continued, looking aud speaking so
excitediy that Hugh hardly knew her
again. My mistress is coming 10 see YOU
and | shall come with her.
Such an net Of ~imprudeuCe was jncredi-
bic. lyon mus be out Of yOur senses"
Mountjoy exclaimed
I'm ont Of m self. sir. II that's what
You mean, Fanny answered. II do 50
enjoy treating a man IA that way. The
masters goiug out 20 dinner-heIl know
nothing abOut it-and. cried the cool.
cold won!au 81 other times, he richly de-
serves it,
Hugh reasoned and demonstrated. and
failed 10 produce the slightest effect.
His next effort was 10 write "a few liues
To Lady Harry, entreating her To rcmem.
Der that q jealous man i. sometimes capl-
BILE OF acts Of the meanest Implicitly. and
that she might be watched. When he
rave the note 10 Faunv 20 deliver. she ia
formed him respectfully that he had bet
ter not trust her 4 person sometimes
meant 10 do right lshe reminded him. and
sometimes ended IN doing wrong. Rather
than di>appOint her mistress. she was
quite capable II tearing up the letter, On
her way home, and "a ing nothing about
IL. Hugh tried q threat next: Your mis-
tress viii not fad me, If she comes here;
! shall 20 ou' tonight, The %impeuetra.
bic maid looked at bin with n plying
smile. aud answered: Not yOur'
1t was a humiliating r~eilectiOn-but
Fanny Mere understood him better than
he understood himself.
All nal MouuttOy md 1aid and done IN
the way Of protest had beeD really dictated
by consideration for the Young wife. II
he questioned his conscience. selfish de-
light In the happy prospect Of seeing lis
again asserted itself as the only view with
which he looked forward 10 the end % the
day. When the evening approached he
took the p%recaution Of having bis own dis
Greet aud faithful servant I'm attendance
to receive Lady Harry M the door III the
| hotel before tie ringing Of the bell could
I summon the porter from his lodge ON
calm consideration. the chances seemed
10 be in favor Of her escaping de ection by
Lori Harry. The jealous husband OF the
stage. who sooner tor later discovers the
innocent Tor guilty. couple, a, the case
may he, is not always the husband Of the
world outside the theatre. With this frag.
ment Of experience present Ia his miud,
Hugh saw the door Of his sitting-room
cautiously opened. at an earlier hour than
be had suticipated. His trustworthy rep
r~esentat.ve Introduced a lady, closely
veiied-and that lady was Iris.