Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-05

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"There" she exclaimed.
them. "Just my style, you know-tall
and slim, with gray eyes and brown
hair; quiet little woman to look at, but
knows deal, my boy!"
Married, Dick, Eh!"
married? Ishould think so. Idon't
care hang for them till they're mar
ried. No bread and butter misses fol-
me-" continued the creature, who had
not hair upon his face. 81 like wom-
an with some nous about her and who
knows thing or two"
"Where did you meet herr"
"In the palace-irst rate place fol-
'mashing.' The residents make it a reg.
ular rendezvous. Why, I spend half my
time there now."
"She lives at Sydenham. then?"
eyes, but of course she can't take me
home with her. 1t would be too danger.
ous. She says monsieur is regular fire
eater. But she has promised to meet me
this afternoon without the children (she
generally has pair of confounded kids
with her), so I'm looking forward to q
high old time"
"And what's her name?"
ooh, hang it all, old fellow, you don't
expect me to tell you her name, do you!
"Oh, by Jove, that would be too bad
entirely. Kiss and tell, eh? That's not
my motto. No, by Jove." And the two
animals dug each other III the ribs with
their canes and chuckled with inane
merriment. Michael Denza listened to
the balderdash with fast beating
pulse. 1t recalled so painfully the un-
pleasant conversation he had held with
his brother Joseph. he took hatred to
the speaker, although he had never
looked at him before, and the instant his
train reached the Sydenham station he
Ieaped out and walked rapidly to his
own house. His first inquiry was for the
mistress Of it. The servant replied that
she was out
"Out at this timer" he said with q
frown as he consulted his watch.
"Why, it is nearly dark. Are the chill
dren with herr"
"No, sir. They are in the nursery.
My mistress wouldn't take them out to-
day. She said it was too cold" "
Michael Denza began to pace the room
in fury. He was naturally passionate
and jealous, like the race he sprang
from, but he had never had his feelings
reused in like manner before. The
words he had exchanged with his broth.
er Joseph, and those to which he had
listened in the train. all seemed to
rush back upon his mind like so many
flashes of electric light to disperse the
mist which had blinded him-perhaps
to his own dishonor. In moment
the twin demons doubt and suspicion
caught hold of him and worked him up
into state bordering on madness. Was
it possible Che asked himself) that the
words of that vainelorious, blatant fool
in the railway carriage pointed to his
wife? Was she the married woman he
had come to meet, and was her present
absence attributable to the fact Of her
keeping the appointment? A suspicion
which he would have laughed at as the
absurdest folly 10 hours before appeared
quite reasonable now, under the int1u-
ence of Joseph's sneers and Elias mys'
terious demands for money. He had
heard Of such things-of young, unprin-
cipied men feeding the vanity Of foolish
women until they had got them IN
their power and lived upon the profits
of their dishonorable knowledge. But
Ella-Ella, who seemed so gentle and
retiring and modest in her demeanor-
surely she could never be guilty OF such
double dealing. Yet the fact remained
that she had passed through all the hor'
rors Of the divorce court, and heaven
only knew how much her conduct may
have aggravated her first husband before
he treated her in such manner as to
insure her freedom.
Michael Denza had never considered
the matter in this light before. He had
always believed his wife to have been q
most injured woman, but the devil OF
doubt had been raised in his breast and
ne was ready to believe the very worst.
And if-as he said to himself with
clinched teeth-his brothers 8 suspicious
proved to be correct, and he found that
Ella had deceived him, there would be
murder in that house before the night
was over. He had been pacing the floor
of the dining room for perhaps couple
Of hours before his wife's step sounded
in the hall. She came in hurriedly and
nervously, and when she heard that hel
husband had returned home it seemed
to him that her voice indicated more
than surprise.
"Alreadyp' she exclaimed faltering
ly. "Surely, it is not 2 yeti Where IL
hep In the dining room?" She opened
the door then, and stood on the thresh
old, lovely picture by the freight,
in her velyets and iurs
"What has brought you home so soon,
Michael?' she inquired.
"Have I arrived too early for your
convenience, Mrs. Denza?" he answered