The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-04

Mrs Norman made the beg. Of II. end
let him bring the young wife to lire WIKI
her
She hoped the marriage would steady
him Berries young wife, Esme was n
singulariy bright. attractive girl: slen.
der, alert hrune;te-quite a typical French
girl in fact. with all the fascination OF a
child and grace OF a woman.
She soon suhjugatet her mother-in-law.
but Hert!s was not long IN firing OF his
new toy.
He plunged more rnadly than ever. and
a bad time the little wife had when in a
1T OF delirum trsinens he ran after her
with "a knife. threatening 10 kill her.
But the end of his sad selfish young life
was not far of.
Driving fariousiy down the Bois de Rou.
logne. bis brain muadled with drink. he
forgot he Was in France and took the ief.
side
The resui. was horrible collision and
unset. The pretty young widow wept a
little waen she saw the shattered remains
I Of her hoy husband. but when all the grue-
some part CT The funeral was over could
not somehow but feel relieved that THIS
chapter In her life WAS finished
Bur fer his mother TO whom Bert.e had
been ss ar IDOL. witch no fault could ma r.
81 was rs II dag had turned into an endless
night. she was elaj Esme seemed To care
SO little Z; made her dead boy mere her
own. fer she Was Jealous o. her grief. and
woai1 have much preferred 20 return 10
. England alone.
Hut the girls earnest pleading had pre-
vailed, aad fortnight later found the pair
in London duly Installed in poorly fur
nished rOosns at Brixtca.
Mrs Norman was very I'll for some me
after this, and had cause 20 congratulate
herself in having yielded 20 Esme's an
-
daughters devotion.
And wsth all her failnks ESme loved
this fragile. srlstecyatic htfis sa1y wh-
she knsvg belonged to another NoriG Than
bars
Poor Esne "a. one morning n the stab
~ paslnr trying 10 make up accounts
Money was fwtndiing away with Mrs
Norman's expensive Illness. fer thai lady
had very; little ieft from tae wreck of her
handsome fortune.
TT coed thing sold those isw
els" zaA4 f.srne 10 herself. ''or We wcali
have been tn terrible sx. must get
some work 80 10"
Her brew WIS puckere;. and tears stood
In her large gray eyes.
Bah sha exclaimed brushing thsr
away she WAS rieht: This IS tris;e. and
no Roax has appeared yet
Tic pss,nsAn knockei at the door sn'
an uniidy mala servan; appeared. grasp
ing letter paeke, III her wrimy hands
put IL down" saif Esrne. sharply She
hated the Scrfi3d Surroundings
The giri threw the letter down and
went ous ~ the roara with n ding
Es;s,o rushed into an adjoining apart
n,aut where Mrs Norman MAS lying down
cn very ricksty sofa
Il perfect budget Ter yea. ma belle
naeYp. An perhaps something gcns "a so,
Ing to hapaen AT last We reed II sadly.
dear for I have ssetn trying 70 make ur
accounts and cur excheaasr - nos flourish
iu<
MIS- Norman sighed YEARLY ani opened
the packet About ave or six letters writ
ten ;n tee saue hand 3reprei cut They
had heen forwarded from Paris
II wonder how shsy foaad eat oGr al
srsSs~ sass Mrs Norman vaguely.
or | wrote the other dss ans asked
sAera - sarwarf any letters that might
have csyue for ~ Hut who IL your corre-
seenaeut eseTie -
They sre ali frosn Tsaey-TSscy Ser-
iran Yaa knev As means kindly. = d.
.feSxcei a. not sryoesng ear wsercss~sssss
sua en:rrats ne - 40 Fer a long visit 70
Me~3gsts
''And msIl you~'
Nothing will snssnee me-
Es.nes facs eicuslct ever q: ssss de-