The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-02-18


The ground seemed to rock. caught ,
chair to steady myself Arthur's fac,
was suffused with deadly rage; hi
hands were olinched; he started for
ward as though be would have strucl
the man who had betrayed him. Their
he folded his arms and stood as il wait
ing for me to speak.
"'And you, Arthur-you, my hus
band, common theft cried. 'Ohl
cannot, cannot believe it. Tell me am
dreaming Tell me am mad-any.
thing but that, and I went to him and
seized bis hand. He turned bis face
away and did not speak. sank to the
floor in my shame, and the love had
borne him lay dead and in its place was
born passionate hate. My voice was
low when I spoke: Then your specula.
tions were burglaries Your last infamy
the robbery and perhaps murder Of my
father May never see you again
never hear your name-never remember
that I ever met you'll Tonight l leave
you, and will never again willingly
letmy eyes rest on your
"My wedding ring l flung from me.
Its touch was pollution.
"Iwould have passed out Of the house
as was without cloak or hat, but he
barred my way. Not so fast, Florence
You married me for better and for
worse, and you shall not leave me- Till
the gray dawn crept in he argued,
prayed, besought, threatened. His COM
panion had long since skunk away, AT
last, in answer to burst of threats, l
said, with all the determination of a
desperate woman: The up train goes
from the junction at 8 O'Clock. II you
do not let me leave by that train, ! will
arouse the house and denounoe you
both. You will be taken red handed.
You have reminded me that wife can
not give evidence against her husband,
but those things will be enough to con.
denim you. In vain be implored me to
stay and told me of his undying love.
Lowell cried. Such love as yours is
worse than hate. Words cannot tell you
how l despise and loathe you
All right, madam, he Kissed
between his teeth. You have said
quite enough. You have your turn
today. Mine will come before long,
and then you'll repent what you've said
tonight
"The 1850 train carried me to London.
Arthur Durant stood on the platform.
hat in hand. Oh, the ghastliness Of the
farrell His face wore look SO diabolio-
al that had I not been past all fear it
would have terrified me-
"By the newspapers learned that
both Glenmore and Abbinghall had
been broken into and a large amount of
valuables carried away. The Duke Of
Lundy, who was disturbed and attempt
ed capture, was hurt in the scuffle.
Mr.. Durant was away from home at the
time, but returned the next day. The
police had no clew. Oh, the bitter irony
of it ALL
II took rooms in this little house at
Hammersmith, and for weeks I was ill.
My landlady was kind, and when my
money was nearly all spent she made
arrangements for me to do fancy work
for her sisters shop"
The further entries Of that year dealt |
with her uneventful life in the Ham
mersmith lodgings Then came others
that Mabel read eagerly:
'"Today, as l came out of shop
where had taken my work, noticed
tall man watching me with interest
! looked at him second time 1t was
Robertl knew him at once by the scar
on his forehead and his dear red hair.
But. oh, how altered he was-and he
has lost an arm He scarcely waited for
my exclamation Of joy and surprise to
come to me. What meeting it wasl
Poor boyl How be must have suffered
since he left usl We walked about for
hours in the park, talking about what
had happened since we saw one anoth-
or. He was naturally much surprised to
learn was living alone and in such
shabby rooms. told him very little
about my husband. Robert rejoins a
theatrical company next week In Scot
land.
"Feb. 5.-We have had long day
together, Robert and I. He has told me
much Of his oheokered life since be left
Oxford. He was naturally curious to
know why had left Arthur. but did
not tell him anything more.
"Feb. Tile begs me to join this
company with which he Is playing. II
tboy will only take me, will do so
gladly. At least, it will keep me near
Robert and It cannot be harder than
Tho work by which 1 gained miserable
pittance so far. But ought to take it9
Robert and Arthur might one day meet,
and Roberts nasty temper might lead
80 violence.
"Feb. 9.-I am going with Robert to
Scotland tomorrow. He says there will
be no difficulty about my joining.
"Feb. Ill saw Mr.. Flannery, the
manager Of the company, today, and he
actually engaged me as super as
they call 1t. This is rare bit Of luck
for me. shall always be with Robert
and shall be able to look after him.
Poor boy, be has never known sisters
love. I was only IA when he left u.s.
"Feb. Ell joined the company to-
day. Ny parts are very trivial, but do
my best in them, and perhaps in time
Mr.. Flannery may promote me- He
oomplimented- me on my acting today,
but did not like the way he did it. I
forgot to say I have given my name as
Mary Western. Robert has for years
been known as Dick Lambert.
March 4.--Robert and Mr. Flan-
aery. who persists in worrying me with .
his unwelcoms attentions, had a quarrel
this morning, and Robert has been dis. ;
missed So have brought him nothing !
but III luck after all. would leave,
too. but am just getting bigger sal.
ary. and Robert thinks I had better !
stay. Begsars cannot be ohoosers.
April MY chance came last
night. We played The Lady Of Lyons. > )
Miss Hastings, our leading lady, was !
iii. and took her place as Pauline.
They all tell me ! was an immense suo"
cess. MI. Flannery was unpleasantly
I scarcely heard any ,
thing, but they say had an enthusi.