The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-10-09


healthy surmises and fears. / could
testify to the language in a court OF
justice, and am positive that his ref
erence was to your possible recovery"
mo more" The mischief-maker was
scared out of her gloomy eXultation by
the altered face turned toward her.
please excuse me from going down
to dinner today am very weary, and
shall spend the evening alone" pur-
sued Mr.. Withers, with pitiful shsw
of his old and pompous style. He arose
as further signal that she must go,
when she threw herself before him
and clasped his knees.
"Elnathanw the beady eyes strained
in excruciating appeal, do not Danish
me from you in this your extremity!
Who! Who should be near you to sus-
tain and weep with you but your poor
devoted Harriet-she whose life has
but one end-the hope that she might
serve and aid you; but one reward,
your smile, and so much of your love
as you may see fit to bestow upon so
worthless an object?"
But in the honest sorrow that bowed
| the listeners proud spirit to break
| ing, her Fictitious transports met no
! response beyond weary impatience. The
= cajolery that had flatterel the unworthy
complacency of his prosperous days
rang discordantly upon his present
mood. He wanted pity from no one,
/ he said to himself, and, in his rejection
Of hers. there was touch of resent
ment, the consequence of her unspar-
! ing denunciatiCn of Constance. He
! might come to nate her himself soon.
Just now he almost abhoTred the one
who had opened his eyes to his own
shame. you mean well, | dare say,
Harriet" he said, in his harshest tone,
"but you are injudicious, and your Of
fers of sympathy are unwelcome. |
am sure that I shall shortly receive a
satisfactory explanation of this mys-
terious affair. AS 10 your gossiping
friends, | can only regret that your
associates have not been chosen more
wisely Now you can CO."
She made no further resistance, but
hers was one of the chamber doors
that Enclosed stealthily when. at mid
|
ed through the front hall, and was fol-
lowed by the entrance OF the two sup
posed voyagers. There were more
Yakeful eyes under that roof that
night than the master rocked of, and
bevy of curious gazers peered from
the obscurity of the third story into
the entry, where Mr.. Withers had or
dered the gas to. be kept burning all
night.
"You see we are expected" said Ed
ward to his companion.
Mr.. Withers met them at the head
of the staircase, clad in dressing-gown
and slippers. "Ah here you are. How
did you get back?"
"The obliging captain hailed fish
ing yacht and put us on board.
answered his brother. Have you been
uneasy about us?"
only lest you might be carried
some distance out before you fell in
with a returning vessel. You look very
tired, Constance. l shall not let her
go with you again, Edward unless
you promise to take better care of her y
Tell him just how it happened
Connie" laughed Edward, and the con-
ference was over.
"They played their parts we'll all oil
, Them" muttered Harriet stealing back
to her sleepless pillow. But they need
not hope to gag people now that the
scandal has taken wind; murder will
; out"
, Her sagacity was proved by the ap-
| pearance in the next days issue of ar
/ extensively circulated journal of a con.
spicious article headed Scandal in
[ High Lifey' setting forth the elope.
ment, per steamer to Europe, of the
} Junior partner in a well-known bank.
ing house with the beautiful wife Of
his brother, the senior partner of the
} aforesaid firm. The intimacy of the
/ fugitives, the chronicle went on t.
say. had been much talked of all win
ter in the brilliant circle to which
they belonged. The deserted husband
r was a citizen whom all delighted t
! honor for his business talents, hi!
probity in publis life, and his private
{ virtues. "This affliction falls upor
him with the more crushing severit,
l.
1 been for some months an invalid. HI
! has the sincere sympathy of the entir'
{ community"
4 The editor of the humane sheet, al
$ belt not unused to eating his owl
words, never penned more humble
e and explicit retraction of the "unluck.
: error into which, through no fault
J. ours, we have fallen" than graced hi
columns the following morning. II
8 could hardly have expressed himsel
more forcibly had Edward Wither
J, really horsewhipped him, instead
@ threatening to do 1t, and to bring a.
: action for libel as we'll
J. Constance breakfasted in bed, at he
Y husbands request, on the day succeed
: ing the Pynsents' departure. The pop
r ular daily, above referred to, lay a
e usual by Mr. Withers' plate when h
r went downstairs, folded with wha
Q was known to its constant readers a
II the naughty corner outermost. Ha-
: riet was engaged In concocting he
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