Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-01

ton; and knowing that you must feel
lonely, l fastened to offer my sympathy,
trusting that you would excuse the in
truSiOn'
Our heroine drew herself UP with con-
siderable dignity. as she replied:
ALLOW me to say that you nave been
quite mlsdnformed. This is the first time
that l have heard of any quarrel. and the
separation was caused by some business
which has called my husband away for
a few days"
Mrs. Ainsbury FASTENED to apologize.
and soon after left the house.
Then came honest little Vivian Love-
joy, who threw her arms around Adele's
neck and exclaimed in a tone OF sincere
sympathy:
My poor, dear Mrs. Irving. how sorry
I do feel for you" p,
why do you feel sorry for me. Wy
ian" asked Adele, in a calm voice. ,as
.Oh, because-beeause-of this dread
full rumor.' said Vivian. hes%itatinglyrl ;,
THAT my husband and I had guarded
and separator" said Adele. ,ol
You have heard of it then, and it is
not true?"
"Oh, yes, 1 have heard of it, and I have
also been condoled with, but I cannot
imagine what gave rise to such an Idea.
Vivian did not hurry away as Mrs,
Ainsbury had done, and Adele found i q
comfort to have a friend with her. She
was obliged to receive visits of condo
lence all the afternoon, and in the even
ing her gentlemen friends came ito offer
their sympathies,' as they said. but
Adele thought it was to satisfy their
curiosity.
Everyone expressed sue deep sorrow
for her that she almost began to think
she must be a very unhappy being, and
she became quite wrought up to a state
of wretchedness.
This state of affairs continued until the
return of Mr.. Irving, which took place
rather sooner than his wife had antici-
pated.
Adele ran to meet him, and throwing
herself into his arms. burst into tears.
"What ails my Det?' he asked, as he
kissed her affectionately.
"Oh, ST. John!' sobbed Adele. "there
has been such a strange report circulated
throughout the whole place. They said
that you and 1 had quarreled and that
was the reason you had gone and left
me-
A quizzical look came over Irving's
face as he replied:
"What very strange reports. my dear,
gain credence' How could this have
arisen. do You know?'
His wife answered:
Il have not the slightest idea: l am
sure it could not have been from any
thing that | said. this time
st. John Irving passed his hand
thoushtfully across his face as he re-
arked, slowly:
Gould it haze been from a remark that
I madao on the morning I left YOU? l rec
ollect meeting one of the n%eishbors, who
inquired how you were? l replied thai
You We're very we'll when / last saw you!
but that we had had a few words TO-
gether and separated. l noticed that he
looked rather surprised at y answer"
ooh, st. John! How could you?" ex-
claimed Adele.
why, y dear, it was only in fun, and
then it was strictly true; but people are
so NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. might now
that | would not lea you, no matter fol
how short a tie, without having a few
parting words with you" q
But it has placed me in a very strange
position. l did not think that of you, st
john"
Mr.. Irving folded his little wife in his
ars and asked to be forgiven.
Adele had generosity enough to see
how much trouble she had often beensthe
cause of bringing upon him in a similar
way, and now, in her turn. she laughed
heartily over the modification she hat
suffered.
Her husbands remedy proved a MOS
elfeCtual one. and from that time ,sll5
was more careful to preserve truth III
the spirit. as well as in the letter. o1
what she said.