The age-herald., 1899-07-09
Some Interesting Gossip
Of inc Summer

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 The realists oS>today probably know af- ter all what they are talking about when the say that the old ending land so they were married and lived happily ever afterward" Is not orthodox It is not of- ten either that one hears for the first time of tragedy week or two old for by that time the papers have told all there is to tell But the papers have not printed the story which was told me one evening the past week. While sitting with some friends on the balcony of their cottage at a mountain village the conversation led a woman in the party to speak of a sensa- ton which had disturbed the summer still ness.
 It was not summer girl who futtered off the train, but bride of a week, who, with her husband, walked over to the hotel. They had come to spend their honeymoon there in the village, and the week passed without any unusual comments about the bride, who gowned in the coolest of sum mer frocks, went on daily strolls with her husband along the country roads. The wo- men in the village called upon her, but she was either just going out or just com- ing in, and they saw very little of her. ex- copt as she walked through the village, or sat on the balcony of summer evenings.
 One afternoon the pretty bride, in a white tucked organdie, came through the garden gate and ripped along the village path. She was returning calls, An hour later she strolled towards the station. She said to some one who passed that her hus- band was at the office in the station and that they would walk home together. The station master came forward. She smiled happily.
 "Tell my husband" she said, "that am waiting for him."
 The man looked at her for moment cbo for +c
 My husband" she said presently, "is there in the office. Will you please tell him that I have come to go home with him.
 The man regarded her steadily, and then he spoke to her quite seriously.
 Your husband is not in the office" He left on the train twenty minutes ago. In fact" he added. The has been arrested, and two shef1ffs have accompanied him."
 Inc woman smiled, her grey eyes full of contentment. She was silent a moment. and then she said in her rich cordial voice:
 II would go in myself, but he will be out l am sure, in a moment or two"
 She let her white length sink slowly into one of the wide, rough chairs on the plat form, raised her parasol and smiinglv turned her face towards the man who was watching her intently. She spoke of the summer weather, of the roads that the rain had washed, of an express parcel she was expecting from the city.
 Madam" said the man. 'it is true; your husband has been arrested upon charge" He paused. The womans trustful eyes were unwavering. He then went on to tell her that the warrant charged her husband with biga- my; that the sheriffs were willing for her to see him. but that he did not request it {; | that he denied the charges: that he had | been married only two weeks; that he l was spending his honeymoon there in the l village.
 | The woman walked towards the office. I "IIow absurd it all is" she said. | Have you seen my husband?' she asked l of a young fellow in the doorway The man had seen him handcuffed a half hour | ago, but he did not tell her this. 1 Thrsugh an open window she heard a woman's voice. "I am not surprised" she l was saying; "I thought there was some l thing wrong about the man." l "I could not understand" said another,
 'what brought them hero for a wedding 1 journey"
 1 The woman, after a euivering pause | came out on the platform again. | 'There is some one," she said. "who is | in trouble" q do not doubt that; but | there is some mistake. It is not my hus- | band"
 l She walked towards the hotel, and there
 on little balcony she watched the sta
 ton, so stupidly dull, and the line of freight l It was not until the next day that she was | convinced of the mans arrest. She would not speak of the charges made against