Evening star., 1896-12-05

gives me chance to rectify my fatal mis-
eahe' II you Will assist me. have discov-
ered that my belief was wholly wrong, and
That have done a terrible'-the girl put
her hand to her eyes, and seemed over
come at the thought for a moment-"a ter
.lDie injustice to one Of the finest men that
1t was ns sturaIly a very trying confession
10r devoted wife to make, and that she
snouid feel the greatest reluctance to it
s was 70 De expected. Her narrative was
Iui. % OF panses, hesitations and difficulty
But when she would master this repug-
nance she went on quickly. and her speech
was not only fluent but full of feeling. The
yTung s,n 3 man respectfully waited in silence
cons;dersh1n S GHTio ] recover her control. though
L know him better than any one living "
she resumed. IF he were to find out what
bo1 nave of done, dns even If 1 returned with the
specious grounds for my suspicious con.
tessed my fault and plead for forgiveness
ne would drive me from him. and never
tTo Ion at o. speak to me again. He is one of
ose e s'ern unyielding men who cannon
fault wv eoou u forgive
. here Is where you can be of greater
nns.soance nnrsaa TO me than 1 ever dreamed
to the very place from which I took II m
.ore he returns tonight he will never know
.hat IT has been touched Tomorrow
sohe PACK after this visit. apparently to
has no idea that 1 ever entertained a donh,
u MN: dare not take it back myself for
lear, IN some way. he should discover
Nhat l nave done. If his distrust were
alouseo IN the slightest degree he would
get the whole thing out of me. desnits ny
sell. And this worry and prostration from
the heat would make me afraid to at,amn,
II: iest should be overcome again. / am
nerved me. You must see with wbat az
tort 1 am letting you know the situation
AFTER ruin had fallen on him. I meant r.
declare myself. his wronged wife, as It's
autnor: On, IL was h:deous wrong. You
must despise me almost as much aS az
spise myself. Ths only excuse is that i,
was the mad act of a woman who loved
her husband to distraction and felt thai
M que nao oeen cruelty wronged by him. But,
as say, you can make this dreadful state
Oh things right once more You can rra
vent my life from being one of constant
misery. VIII you do this? Heaven has
purpose 1 assure you solemnly, 1t involves
no peril for you. Will you save me-"
She spoke the words with intense feeling
turning her brilliant, greenish eyes on him
Win tne look or hunted fawn. The young
sitv. III a'en-
If l can do anything to relieve you 1
certainly will, he replied. little nervous
ly- But You must see that 1 can not
promise absolutely till l know what you
wish me TO do"
Simply this" returned the young woman
quickly, but in low. excited tones Take
return before 10 this evening. We live On
the top floor of No. - East - street. NV
husbands Lame is Wheeler-William
Wheeler There is no one else in the house
AT present. The care-taker comes in the
morning and leaves at in the evening
when the private watchman comes on duty.
II Is only the fear that somebody might
see me with the box and 1t would reach
give you my latch key. Go there at 4
open the door with it, and go at once to
his rooms In his bed room is a tall. up-
right folding bed. Take the box-you will
nave TO get in chair to do it-and put 1t
on the shelf made by the foot of the bed
when it is turned up, about two feet from
the right hand side. and with the lock
!urned |! 10 the wall. That is exactly where
II was taken from, and it was placed in
that way. IL you knew how keen an OBJ
server my husband is you would understand
why l am so particular about these petty
details 1t will not take you ten min
uteS to do it. Then bring me back the
key. There is no danger. To secure YOU
perfectly against even the remote possi-
biity of it, L will give you letter saving
asked you to undertake an important
commission for me to my husband But
If you can go at the time l say. it is the
rnliEeliest thing in the world that there
will be any need of it.
oh, l know what favor l am asking
wife with great feeling. But | am work
ing for my life's happiness. and you are
securing il for me, if you have the noble
generosity to aid me in this way. If you
man who was only suffering from sun
stroke, to whom can 1 look for help? | do
not want to appeal to anything but your
heart. but l swear to you that If you re-
fuse will kill myself sooner than face the
consequence of my own reckless act On.
will you not do this, for the love Of heaven,
for a helpless, distracted woman?
She bent her eyes imploringly upon him.
cinating eyes. 1t was the absurdity of
the thing which the young man had most
in his mind. But the woman's precautions
would secure him, IL worst came to worst
1t seemed cruel not to render the assistance
to frail. sweet woman nervous to the
brink of Irostration over the impending
loss of her lifes happiness. The final threat
of self-destruction, moreover, had such a
ring of determined purpose that it decided
him to accept this strange commission al
any cost.
Il will do it, he said. with a delibera-
ton that argued better for the accomplish
ment of the task than a prompter, more
enthusiastic assent
''rhen, If you will tell the cabman to
drive to No. - Lexington avenue. 1 can
tell you anything else on the way she
said with deep sigh Of relief. Il cannot
repay you for your kindness, but God
may.
On their way 20 the number indicated
she asked the young man to call at the
Lexington avenue house at quarter of s
that evening and she would have The latch
key the letter and the box ready for him.
1t was the residence. she explained. of one
Of her most intimate woman friends. Be
fore they arrived at the house. which
proved to be one of the respectable, nom
committed brick ones abounding in that
section of Lexington avenue, she slipped
IS bill into his hand to pay the cahman
with When ne had set him down where he
wished to go. She also begged him to give
This address to the Cabman before they ar
rived at the house and 20 Did him drive on
at once IS she got out. since her
friend knew all of her men acquaintances
and might make curious inquiries if she
saw her drive up with stranger. OF
course, her coming back in hanson would
excite no comment. All of which was very
reasonable and most b=cominsly circum-
spect. SO that he readily did 1t. When the
"cabby" had taken him to his club he paid
him for his part of the drive.
He dined at his club, fortifying himself
for his mission of the evening by bottle
of champagne. At the appointed time he
presented himself at the Lexington avenue
house. The lady answered the bell herself,
did not invite him in. but gave him art once
the latchkey, the letter and the box of
documents. She told him she would open
the door for him on his return. and begged
him to hurry back as soon as ne had re-
stored the oox to its place. A rubber tired
cab stood at the door, which she had pro-