Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-21

yard or naotchuela containing cook.
inE range, where Maria pre-
pared The meals either 20 send
them tp the. hlfrucKa when her
mate was On duty o. 10 serve them In
their single apartment VIXEN boz was
franco and thus able 10 Doe nt home.
Doc spite of the crudeness or thoac arr
arrangements, The young couple rut un
very wen together and had lived DO this
way TOT four yeats without ever haN-
ins lunrfelpd ur having thought uf 're-
EulnrIHing their situation.
AN might h1eo continued 60 go on
welt Indefinitely had 10 not occurred GO
iho Sp1niHrl. Orrncu tu play u1 Euoch
Arden. Some few days uEu DE- arrived
lu the cts aud found Out where DIE
wife was ivinT Three nights ago be-
approached her vivlcnda atouithny aud
entered without hasing been seen by
hln wife She was ln the Kitchen intent
upon preparing her lirutcnHntH sup
per- whom her husband came up quietly
behind bee and said. "iyw goes 90.
Marluf"
The rlh dropped tho ola which she
h'ld in Der hand turned around and o.
htUp from falling HAD Go stay hgrHelf
ngalnst the hufCno. ciaapiug her
hands over her heart TO ease be- palpi-
tutiuuH. She thought the ghost % her
husband wHf before her.
lie soon showed her. however. that
be- was no ghost saying
Don't ho afraid You Thought mo
dead. oh2 Wen. here { am. alive. aud
prepared 90 uNouro MYSELF
Saying this. Do rushed az her ana as
d. charged. severely beat her.
The lieutenant arrived Just after thIf
scene aud Dc seems That Maria told him
nothing about her husband having
beaten her. THE situation was at FIRST
ON entire mystery % the young officer.
Tor ho had shared tho belief that
Mnfu'H husband was dead.
The 5paninui avoided % quarrel with
the officer but left the premises Vuwlug
TO avouge himself on Maria.
Midnight had sounded on Tuesday
night whnn Orrucn gllded Into tho teue-
meut house. The Lieutenant and Maria.
after supplnE together had retired Tor
the night. never Imagining that Orrlca
would return. a. they supposed that De-
would be- afraid that the Lieutenant
would chnHtiac him Tor beating Maria. a
circumstance which 10 was To- De- vx-
pootcd Hhc WOul0 relate Co her mate
after her husbands departure from hls
FIRST visit
The object OF Orracn was 90 obtain
positive proof " bis wlfe'H inhdrIlty.
and Hl DE- approached the viyiondn ou
tip.toe. ana when be- reached the door
tried % puih q open suddenly. but
contrary TO what he had expected be-
found % secured on the inside. tie then
began 60 thump and Kick upon the door
and Co Try Co force % open with bis
weight. as Il was not very securely
fastened.
Tho couple were awakened by the
uOlcU. and the Lieutenant approached
The door and commanded the Spuniurd
to gu away.
Az on the contrary Orraca continued
% shout louder than before and re-
ncwud hlH efforts with greater Virur 90
force The door open. the lieutenant took
his companion 90 the back yard lu order
that she mlrht be- out of the way in the
case " nn encounter between him and
her husband.
In the meantime Orraca. rccedinF FOR
some distance. rushed against the door
with all hla might and succeeded in
bursting into the room. Just then the
lieutenant had returned from the yard.