The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-08-08

| Catching cold.
The town clock struck the hour Of a.
1T is still too early to get into the
house, T" he said. 1.-THE front door is new
er unlocked before o o'clock Will they
be able to unlock the door anyway? a
piece Of my key sticks in the lock- The
women are imprisoned and cannot get
out. But now l can stand this no lon
ger. / must have something hot to drink
and sit down somewhere. There is a
train at 4 O'Clock. - And forthwith he
once more wendell his way TO the rail
road depot.
A snug corner and a cup of hot coffee
| somewhat restored him. But he was
very tired, and pretty soon he was as
sound asleep in his corner as his wife
had been the night before on her lounge.
And how did his wife farel She
awoke in the middle Of the night with a
start. almost frightened out Of her wits
by hOrrid dream. in which her hus-
band had appeared before her. wounded,
bleeding and torn by huge bloodhounds
Pretty soon, however, she comprehended
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 il Such man has the effron-
terry to talk TO me of love. Not content
to act like villain, he even had to
make fun Of me last night by pretending
he would henceforth be home at IL
o'clock. Who would ever have thought
him SO base? They close the beer house
after midnight hence he cannot pretend
to be playing cards there all night.
Heaven only knows where he is spend
ing the night, in whose company he is
enjoying himself, while but he'll find
that l am not his dupe. / shall leave
him at once. There is train at o'clock
in the morning, which l am going to
take and 60 home to my parents "
At o'clock she called the serving
maid, whom she sent to the garnet for a
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 a
cab
The front door was wide open and a
locksmith busy with the big lock when
Annie appeared in the hall. The land
lady ran to meet her, exclaiming in a
furry of excitement: did you hear
about it. madam? A thief was here last
night and made an attempt to enter the
house Some one must have frightened
him of Ho left a broken key stuck fast
in the lock, and was unable to unlock
the door. had to call from the window
until l aroused a neighbor, who ran for
a locksmith 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
4 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 narrow escape | had last
= night How near l came being robbed
. perhaps worse - She was now thor
oughly angry. $50 much more reason
, for leaving the fellow, no matter whai
. the consequences For the present l shall
I remain with my parents " Thus musinp
she arrived at the depot.
Before purchasing her ticket she in
: tended to leave her valise in the waiting
II room. Annie entered and made for al
% empty table. when suddenly she drop
> ped the valise and almost screamed
y aloud. Wasn't that her husband her
q Gus sitting there in "A corner and snor
II ing loud enough to make everybody il
q the room smile at his nasal powers? HI
J. looked tired and worn and his garment
u appeared damp. How did he get her
10 and why was he in such a dilapidateC
u condition? She stood for a moment un
q decided and unable to take her eyes of
: his drawn. wornout features
Il Suddenly the sleeper opened his eyes
Whatever the outcome. she must avoid
q scene in public room. Anything bu
% that The walters had more than ono
"a looked wonderingly at the man VIII
had drunk three cups of coffee and ther
J. fallen sound asleep hours ago. Ami
tried to appear quite unconcerned, ant
K took seat beside her husband. Some
u how her anger had suddenly vanished.
"Oh, darling. what brought me
q mean rather what brought you-here?'
y he asked. astonished at the unexpecte
appearance of his wife, dressed for
y journey.
y "Never mind, dear. Don't bottle
y about that now" she whispered
- Come, let us ride home, where L vii
VI explain all.
Gus acquiesced in silence. His fee
u felt heavy and hardly able to carry hi
weight. He was sick. All he could d
was TO drag himself TO cab.
y And then explanations were in order
Annie had no reason to doubt her hus
/, bands narration Of his adventures dur
y ing the night. and what the landlad
~ had told her about the broken key tend
ed TO corrobOrato and exonerate him
But he could not quite make out fro1
7 her explanations what had taken her I
III the railway station. He was, however
too i'll to ask many questions.
y Arrived at home, she simply told tn
astonished servant that they ha
III changed their mind and would not 2
III away because her husband. who ha
AZ preceded her TO the depot, had been sue
"a denly taken sick, " and sent her after