The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-09-30

probably, such women always have"
Agent: II can't cay % 70 that, 1 im
not al expert In such matters
Sybil: did she impress you % Z
person OF breeding. . lady, 10 shorti"
Agent: IA lady. Why bless you. yss,
. regular high stopper"
sybil: "Ah. thank you" (she turus
away from the window How horrible,
how horrible and how disgusting. just
the usual sordid. nercenary wrecker Of
homes; common woman who has to
beat her way In the world. and wants to
do 1t easy" (She sinks YEARLY into tho
chair.) Somehow. whenever have
thought Of this past life, I have never
thought Oft ss being cheap and com.
mon. thought he had more imsgina-
ton. suppose, though, there is only
one way to be bad, and that is the
common way. All! common enough.
God knows. But to think O: bis send.
ing for her now, when was hurrying
to him with q heart 90 full Of love-
Alb. Reggie. you will never know how
full! No, you will never know that now.
This feature Of It is something that no
woman could bear without debasing her
womanhood. How all those dreadful
things the girls used to tell me about
him come back to me now. And used
to think it was all envy, because they
wanted him ghd couldn't get him.
Why, I used to pity them! They'll be
plying me now. No, I cant endure
that. Twill not bsatitied! Margaret
Villers used to toll me about bis horrid
sQapes at college; and bbout his keeping
an uptown fat With aSsky terrier and
things for some person. and a coupe
with dark blue upholstering to set off
the creatures blonde loneliness. Why
this creature 10 blondev' (She rises
and begins pacing the aoor.) She may
be the same; Of course she lie. No man,
not even the most rapacious. ever want
cd two alkaline blondes In succession.
Perhaps he has never dropped her at ell;
perhaps 1t was on her account thai he
cut our wedding trip short and hurried
back to New York. o horrible! My
life 10 all going to pieces under me,
there is nothing left. She even has
terrier like mine, the agent said 90. I
suppose he has even given her the same
jewels, bought duplicates probably.
And that 10 Why he works 90 hard; the
expense Of two establishments, and 90
forth. Perhaps she knows oil about me,
and they. discuss our household affairs
together, % people do in Balzac's
novels. She may even have read all the
letters I wrote him--no I can't be.
lieve that Of him, he couldn't be 90 base.
I shall have to get used to thinking Of
him in this way, ! can't do it all at
once. Why only yesterday how happy
I was yesterday! used to toll myself
that I was too happy and that I would
have to pay for it some day. l even
told him 20 once, and he said, OF course
you will. BY seeing your husband more
bewitched with you every minute.
That 10 your everlasting punishment
What nice msnful things he did cay!
He was never maudlin or patronizing.
somehow he always seemed to respect
ones intelligence. All! know he did
love me, for aHttle while any way.
Why even used to wish that I could
suffer little for hin In some way. and
used to be 90 selfish before loved him.
All Reginald it 10 not only yourself that
you take away from me; you take my
conscience and my better self. and the
briOhtnAaa ont of tha ann and tha hin.