The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-02-20

injured where he was goinE'
IL II essential" she said Ironically
$50 come in ~ all? Your visits are
so brief that il seems to me you mus.
find II an inconvenience 10 make 'ne"''
"What do yos mean:
81 mean said Mrs CapeL "that
am monins myself TO death. mar.
ried you for your society, Harry anu
need not remind you that am not
getting much Of it,
lie was hlpped angry. out oil SORTS.
He had lost at race meeting 'h"'
day.
Il am sorry" he said savagely. "'ha'
You regret my marrying yon' u Eo"
were single again. you may take my
word for IT, ! wouldn't
Ii was the first occasion that any
thing like plain speaking on the sun
iect had occurred between them. he
seized his hat. and left the house III
rage: Myra sat still with tears III
her eyes and mutiny in her soul.
why should she be left to eat out
her heart like this. she demanded OF
herself. Better the distractions OF her
old life thousand times He regret
ted their marriage. and she, TOO re-
GREETED it. Well then. he could lead
his own life. and she would lead hers.
She would go to the "Audacity the
very next morning, and try for a re-
engagement. She would 90 tonight
now. The sooner the wiser. To-mor-
row might be too late.
She ran into the bedroom her hus-
band had just vacated. and hastily
proceeded TO don her cloak and hat.
In fastening the latter, she dropped
the pin. and STOPPING for 1t. found
that 1t had fallen on the jacket he had
exchanged for a dress coat.
She picked them both up together,
and a note fell out Of the jacket peck
eta note in woman's handwriting,
which began MY Ducky."
She was not heroine. only a very
natural girl and she read the note
through from the address to the sig
nature. When she had finished the
perusal. she took the cloak and hat
off again and sat down in the armchair,
thinking. until Mr.. Capel returned.
1t was o'clock when the street door
was unlocked and his steps were heard
ascending the stairs. Mrs. Capel stood
up. with the note in her hand.
"You should be more careful" she
said, "or perhaps. since you regretted
your marriage so deeply. you were
anxious should assist you to regain
your freedom. | promise to do my
best"
Are you mad:"
NO" she said, Il am very sane
We have both made a desperate mis-.
take and my eyes are open to 1t. Six
months ago | should have been pros.
trate with misery to find you false
to me. To-day thank heaven for my
chance Of escape. can divorce you
and mean to do It,"
You are mistaken" he answered
sullenly. Il am sorry to dispel an illu.
: son. but you cannot divorce me.
. may have been false to you. but
have never been cruel. You are ms
r wife, and you will have to continue
so"
q will not live with you another
| day"
, "Oh, that may be, but my wife yor
I are. and will remain. Any lawyer
/ will tell you as much"
? She broke down then and wept pas
slonately; and clumsily. because he
I was ashamed Of himself. he strove I,
, console her. His efforts, however
were quite unavailing, and after aban
doning the attempt in despair and seek
{ ing refuge In pipe. he left her to her
self and turned into bed.
? When he woke the next morning sh,
was gone. He must have slept sound
ly. for her box was packed and he
? preparations had not disturbed him.
A letter lay on the table beside him
aud reading ii he saw ths she ha,
b left him forever. On the whole. h,
was relieved to learn it. and he wa
. not surprised. in the course of three
b or four days. to see her name announc
T. ed as a member Of the forthcomin,
? Audacity burlesque. Well. the episod
was over. He had tried most thing
and found them a failure before es
saying matrimony. and marriage ha,
proved as empty As the rest. Their
was nothing now 10 prevent him re
suming. without restrictions. the NOR
h unfettered life he hat forsaken NJ IN
temptation Of little Myra Bromley.
: pertty face.
He would clear out of t'e Maddo.
street lodging and take counla y
rooms somewhere en- gar IN. II p hal
ancec his cash and decided thar h
E was justified in treating himself IN
i well-chosen little dinner and mns,
| hall afterward. As for Myra. he n,
j not want any more to do with her Sh
: had left him. and he did not intend ,
+ think Of her again. 1t was his "r.
: ward he told himself bitterly 70
marrying her-her recriminatlons an
L desertion. He felt that he had hoo
guilty OF a certa'n King Copheua II,
biliiy In making her his wife N al
when No. he could not dime hin
/ self about that. She had been no,
est enough, but 1t had been a mesau
+ ance. and when man made a mesall
ance the least he had a right to loo
Tor In return was gratitude and dev,