Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-20

MA 50 X PROVED 10 he.
My Dear El>ir-~On my return home.
vhi.t yuu Vote out this evening |
fou:.h n telrS.,t.. My husband will be
al l.iyrrr>'ul t. ..".rrow. and have. of
course. IL Inject him. just caught the
ni=HtMAil- ann writing as we fly
THROUGH space. 1t is not very probable
thai shall return To London. in
tended TO have l.tt YOU g. for my share
OF ,hr expenses at Museum street. but
forgot il: will send Z. .. tomorrow.
Now You must let me give you Il little
sound advice. Hitherto YOU have
sc"rnrd it: but YOU must heed it now
tina, can no longer remain With YOU
for projection. Pray. pray return to
your husband: YOU have not treated
him Mrll. and there can be no doubt
that he loves YOU. and will welcome
YOU with open arms. If You do not
owe This duty to him. think Of your I'M
horn child. You have no r"lt 10 de-
I,rivr il Of its father. T!.:S is the
heartfelt advice Of one who is Il loving
ami uhrliirn1 wife and one who loves
You.
'iour ever loving friend. l.. r"
Elsie hurst into hy Stcric:l tears.
Judy" she cried. pitifully. Il should
have returned the Claude the very first
day but for her. When LETT the hotel
l meant to have gun" to Oracle: but
remembering that Claude would look
for me there. l Went to Mrs. Barclay
who has spent the money l had. be-
sides making away with my jewelry.'
You promised me just now to re-
member that your husband loves you
When he is better tell him every
thing. unreservedly: he will forgive
you. AS to Mrs. Barclay. forget her
don't suppose you will ever see her
again
That was so: but her evil influence
over Elsie Townshend was to do far
more harm that Judith dreamed of.
But not vet would her friends under
Stand the hardness that was to be no.
ticed now at times in eye and tone:
not Yet would they realise that what
had once been innocent couuetry was
now Il bold demand upon mems admir-
alton. nor that her girli>h wilfullneSs
had become callouS determination to
have her own way. no matter what the
cost might be to others.
At present Judith SAW that Elsie ap-
pearrl pale and rather thin. that she
was ncrvously irritable. Judith was
not surprised at seeing that her eX-
perienceS of the last tire months had
not been exactly pleasant however eX-
citing. and that she had the ordeal of
meeting and seeking reconciliation
with her husband still to 90 through.
besides the new anxiety Of his illness;
then she was not in the best of health
herself. so Judith was infinitely gentle
and tenderly loving to her, taking care
of her in way that Elsie vastly ap-
preciatcd.
Going along in cab to the Syca,
nOres Elsie related how it was that
she came to be in Oxford street on tho
day she met Oracle at the hairdress.
er's.
We had only come up from Ryde
the day before, because we had so lit
tie money left" she explained. Mrs.
Barclay was worrying, so | went out
by myself for walk. We had bathed
in the morning before leaving Ryde,
and you know how unpleasant ones
hair is after that. Well, l thought
would go in and have it shampooed,
and while there Oracle was shown in.
After she had given me Il talliing-tO,
She begged me to go home with her
and let her send for Claude. However.
we arranged 20 meet there. and talk it
oNSl hSdlu tHc lOllON llle week, anu
was very much surprised to get her
letter. making fresh plans. because YOU
had found us out
Il am not so clever as you think.
darling Judith returned. laughing:
''for. until your mask fell off, | never
dreamed how near you were to me last
evening"
1T was fun" said Elsie Frightening
up. do you know. | even waltzed
once with Captain Herbert. and he did
not appear to have the slightest notion
that it was ~
Are you sure:" asked Judith, look
ing at her smiling face and asking her
sell, IN amaZement how it was that
the thought Of her tickle former ad-
mlrer had more power to move Elsie
than anything she was told of her huS-
band. who loved her SO fOndly.
"Oll. Iuite-fOr he seemed to eniOv
dancing with me. and asked me nv
name, that he might be able TO distin-
guiSll me from the other powdered la
dlpS III the room. Remembering that
had TO run away before supper told
linn 10 put me down as Cinderella.
One would have thought she added
III sudden. SmilelcsS pique. that he
would have remembered my voice. DO
YOU think you would have recognized
1t if had spoken to you: | thought
you had once. you stared 50 ut me: as
you passed.
THAT was because thought Won
were Miss Herbert. As to YOUR voice
! am sure | should recognize il any
where. | was not sufficiently familiar
with Miss Herbert TO seek TO identify
her in that way. or there is 10 doubt !
Should have found you out
Elsie next asked questions abou the
TAI lily al home: and: to keep her
tho ,lghtS from other things, Judith
m;i!laged to spin out her answers until
they had nearly arrived Il, the Svca-
noreS. Papa was rcStin" on his la,l-
rclS at present. Mamma WIS, as uS,-
al. neither quite well nor ILL., Ana .Iu-
ditll said nothing Of how invrlcra,r
Mrs. Hatfield was agains, claudc hay.
ing no doubt lllHt. as soon as she knew
Elsie was rrcUncilcd to him and what
prospect there was Of lhcii. being hap
py together. provided he rccnvrlrd her
mother would forget she had eyer dis
trusted him. Then Judith went on 10
say that John was rather stronger
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