Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1896-05-01
onoe more wended his way to the rail

once more wended his way to the rail
road depot.
A snug corner and CUP Of hot coffee
somewhat restored him. But he was
very tired, and pretty soon he was 90
sound asleep in his corner az his wife
had been the night before on her lounge
And how did his wife farep She
| awoke in the middle Of the night with
start, almost frightened out of her wits
by horrid dream, In which her hus-
band had appeared before her, wounded.
bleeding aud torn by huge bloodhounds
Pretty soon, however. she oomprehended
the situation. Her face bathed In tears.
she paced restlessly up and down the
room wringing her hands. "Oh, the
wretch To stay out all night Just to
think Of it'll Such man has the effron-
terry to talk to me Of love. Not content
to aot like villain, he even had to
make fun Of me last night by pretending
he would henoeforth be home ut II
O'Clock. Who would ever have thought
him 40 base? They close the beer house
after midnight hence he cannot pretend
to be playing cards there all night.
Heaven only knows where he Ia spend
ing the night, in whose company he Is
enjoying himself. while but he II find
that am not his dupe. l shall leave
him at once. There IL train at Z O'Clock
In the morning, which l am going to
take and go home to my parents. /"
At O'Clock she called the serving
maid, whom she sent to tho garrett for
valise, and commenced to pack. The
maid said nothing, but she was sur
prised that her master had not risen and
did not help his wife. However, she
made the coffee and then went after
cab.
The front door was wide open and
looksmith busy with the big lock when
Annie appeared In the hall The land
lady ran to meet her. exclaiming in
furry Of excitement: Ibid you hear
about 1t. madam? A thief was here last
night and made an attempt to enter the
house. Some one must have frightened
him off. He left broken key stuck fast
in the lock, and was unable to unlock
the door. had to call from the window
until l aroused neighbor, who ran for
looksmith. Now am going TO have a
patent lock put on and spoil their little
game. But you look very pale, my dear
madam. l am sorry to have frightened
You with my burglar story. Are you go.
ing to take ride so early in the morn
ing?"
Annie nodded and passed on. She
was glad that the woman had not seen
her valise, which her maid had already
put into the cab
What d narrow escape l had last
night How near came being robbed
perhaps worse - She was now thor
oughly angry. $50 much more reason
for leaving the fellow, no matter what
the consequences For the present shall
remain with my parents. Thus musing
she arrived Mt the depot
Before purchasing her ticket she In.
tended to leave her valise In the waiting
room. Annie entered and made for an
empty table, when suddenly she drop
pod tho valise and almost screamed
aloud. Wasn't that her husband. "her"
Gus sitting there in corner and snor-
ing loud enough to mako everybody In
the room smile at his nasal powersp Ho
looked tired and worn and his garments
appeared damp. How did no get here
and why was he in such dilapidated
condition. She stood for a moment un-
decided and unable to take her eyes off
his drawn. wornout features.
Suddenly the sleeper opened his eyea
Whatever the outcome, she must avoid
scene in a public room. Anything but
that The walters had more thun once
looked wonderingly at the man who
had drunk three cups Of coffee and then
fallen sound asleep hours ago. Annie
tried to appear quite unconoerned, and
took d seat beside her husband. Some
how her anger had suddenly vanished.
ooh, darling. what brought mel
mean rather what brought you-here?"
no asked, astonished at the unexpected
appearance Of his wife, dressed for q
journey.
Never mind. dear. Don't bother
about that now," she whispered.
Come, let MS ride home, where will
explain all "
Gus acquiesced in silence. His feet
felt heavy and hardly able to carry his
weight He was sick. AL he could do
was to drag himself to cab
And then explanations were In order.
Annie had no reason to doubt her hus-
bands narration of his adventures dur
ing the night, and what the landlady
had told her about the broken key tend
cd to corroborate and exonerate him.
But he could not quite make out from
her explanations what had taken her to
tho railway station. He was. however,
too Ill to ask many questions
Arrived at home, she simply told the
astonished servant that they had
changed their mind and would not 90
away because her husband, who had
preceded her to the depot, had been sud
denly taken sick, and sent her after
physician.
Gus was very sick. For two weeks he
could not leave his bed. A complicated
and aggravated attack Of influenza was
the result Of his experience during that
i'll fated night
Annie never left his bedside, and now
ii was her great care and tireless, de-
voted nursing that opened his eyes an to
the depth and unselfishness Of her great
love for him.
At last Gus got well, and, though be
would now and then go to have social
game Of whist, his wife never again
doubted him, even il he staid out later
than ll.-From the German
WIdener's Advice.
According TO a veracious Pittsburg
contemporary, p. A. b. Widener Of this
city was holding ON to strap as Broad
way cable car In New York swung
around the Fourteenth street curve The