The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-10-12
Mountjoy. She had pressed him to ex.
-nlain himself-anl She nude q diecnrarr

plain hiInself-and She made a discovery
which proved to be the bitterest disap-
pointment of her life. H.r husband sus-
pected herl Her husband was jealous of
herl 1t wac too cruel; 1t was an insult be-
You'd endurance: an insult to Mr.. Mount
Joy as we'll rs to herself. IL that best and
dearest of good friends was to be forbidden
the house, il he was to go away Il never
to sec her or speak 10 her again, of one
thing she was determined-he Should not
leave her without a kind word of farewell:
he should hear how truly she valued him:
yes, u how she admired and felt for
him! Would Fanny not do the same thing,
in her place. And Fanny had remembers
ed the time when. she might have done it
for such n man as Mr.. Mouutjoy. Mind
you stay indoors this evening, sir,' the
maid continued, looking and speaking so
excitedly that Hugh hardly knew her
again. My mistress is coming to see you,
and shall con with her.
Such an act of imprudence was incredi-
Bile. You must he out of your seuses!''
Mopntjoy exclaimed.
Pm out OF N self, sir, il that's what
yon mean,h Fanny answered. II do so
enjoy treating Il man IN that way! The
masters going out to dinner-he'u know
nothing about it-and.'' cried the cool.
cold woman of other times, The richly de-
serves it."
Hugh reasoned and demonstrated, and
failed to produce the slightest effect.
His next effort was to write a few lines
to Lady Harry, entreating her to remem,
Der that a jealous man is sometimes capn-
BILE of acts of the meanest duplicity, and
TINT she might be watched. When he
gave the note to FANNY to deliver, she in
Horned him respectfully that he had bet
ter not trust her. A person sometimes
meant to do right (she reminded HIM, and
sometimes ended in doing wrong. Rather
than %disappoint her mistress, she was
quito capable Of tearing up the letter. on
her way home. and saving nothing about
1t. Hugh tried n threat next: "1our mis-
tress will not find me. if she comes here;
I shall 20 out tonight" The impenetra-
| Die maid looked at him with II plying
smile, and answered: mo yon!'
1t was Il humiiiating retlection-but
Fanny Mere understood him better than
he understood himself.
All that Mountjoy had said and done III
the way of protest had been really dictated
by consideration for the young wife. If
he questioned his conscience, selfish de
light in the happy prospect of seeing Iris
again asserted itself rs the only view with
which he looked forward to the end of the
day. When the evening approached he
took the precaution of having his own dis
Greet and fnithful servant in Attendance
to receive Lady Harry at the door of the
hotel before the ringing OF the bell could
summon the porter from his lodge. On
calm consideration, the chances seemed
to be in favor of her escaping detection by
Lord Harry. The jealous husband of the
stage, who sooner (or later) discovers the
innocent (or guilty. couple, as the case
may be, is not always the husband of the
world outside the theatre. With this frag-
mcnt of experience present in his mind,
Hugh saw the door of his sittiug-room
cautiously opened, at an earlier hour than
he had anticipated, His trustworthy rep
resentat.ve introduced II lady, closely
veiled-and that lady was Iris.