Evening journal., 1900-02-13
Ra Fol 0 Bdd Period.

.Cally, it is too bad to expect man
D 60 TO work without any breakfast"
"The charwoman didn't come this
morning, you know Everard and"
Dorothy was desperately afraid that
lie would cry, and she was determined
,ot to cry, so she said no more.
why can't you find servant,
nenq" gfowed her husband. such
vretched mismanagement never
saw"
Perhaps you were more comfortable
In lodgings" said Dorothy, tainted In
10 speech.
No answer.
Perhaps you think it was a mistake
10 have married me-"
silence, so much recommended IN
cases Of this kind. is sometimes the
most cruel of all retOrts. II was so
naw. Yet Eveard Payn said MT
,rurd. He knew he was behaving like
brute, but he was cold, hungry and
haunted with corrodlng care. He
urned to the fireplace and tried to
poke the mass Of coal and coal dust in
10 a flame. hut his efforts were ill-di-
rccted. and the smodering heap re-
mained dead. He threw down the po-
ter in a passion and went out into The
han and into the street, closing the
tnnt door after him with a bang.
Hour after hour Dorothy sat at the
NrCtched breakfast table without NOV
mr. She was alone I'm the little house
md had no one to mind but herself.
The tears came freely enough now.
rney triolgled through her FINGERS and
dropped. one by one, on the soiled Ia
DIpclOth.
WAS It true, then" she asked her
self. "Di1 Everard regret already the
rash step that had brought them to-
! getherT He was only a poor writer
struggling for dear life in the cruel
battlefield Of London. She knew that
he was often pressed for money,
though he told her little Of his mon
ev troubles. Was il not a piece of fol-
ly in them TO marry?
At length she rose and mechanically
leean to clear away the breakfast
things. The kitchen fire had gone out.
everything was cold and dreary. And
Il it were all huge mistake.
She went upstairs and began to put
q few Of her personal belongings into
a Dortmanteau. One volume she
thought she must have-a copy Of
The Imitation of Christ" She found
80 after q little search. but then she
iomemhered. II had been n gift from
Everard-how long ago IT seemed
ia the days Of their Couriships The pet
name he had given her, and that no
ono hut he had ever called her by,
"Bodie." was on the fly leaf In his
handwriting. She could not take It,
She kissed it and put it away in a
irawer. Then she went on putting
h'ngs together. one by one, on the
bed
The winter afternoon had given
nlacc to twilight when Everard put
his latch ey into the door of the little
dwelling. He had long since repentet
~ his had temrer. and he had brought
with him 4 twoponny bunch of violet'
as a peace offering. Ii struck him, ~
he opened the door. that there was al
unusual echoing in the passage Clos
ing the door behind him, he shouted
"Iorothv!' There was no reply.
"She can't be sullzing stillT he sail
/. 20 himself. 'That is not like Dodie
Where are yOuT he cried again, push
ing open the door OF the sitting room
lie half expected TO feel a pair o
warm arms around his neck as he di,
So but there was no sound Of an!
lind. The room was dark and cold
With trembling fingers he lii the gas
The cold light fell on a black crate
} Evidently the fire had not beef
= touched since he left in the morning
re ran from room TO room. dreadinl
r. be knew not what as he threw opel
ca Oh door. Dorothy was not there. No
did he notice that their bedroom win
dow was open and that the draugh
, caused by his opening the door ha'
, sent scrap Of thin paper on whicl
2 Dorothy had written a farewell mes
o. sace fiutterinc TO the floor He gaze
p round the des rted bedroom. noting tn
Is signs Of packing and the truth burs
[ on him. lie felt as If she had DIED
J. Then suddenly revulsion of feelin
Y came upon him.
4 -She can have no heart after all, {
q leave me when she knew | was in sue
p trouble" he said. savagely. He turne
- left tie house and never entered
r. again. a month later the landlor
4 seized the furniture for rent and L
. the place to another tenant.
70 Dorothy woke next morning with
pa nful sen7e of something DIR ad I
D. hqving happened. and she instinctivel
D, 10 Itutu 10 ltulA NnfilAfA Mtl nNnDNN
- Nns up. Then she remembered. Sh
u Il been careful to leave her address
|, So that Everard might have no diff
y crlty in tracing her. and she had 4
I, doubt that he would turn up some tim
: hiring the day to scold her-she dete
mined that she would submit to III
sfolding without a wOrd-but, at an
u rate. TO take her home.
She did not 20 out all that day, LEI
e lhe should miss him, but he new,
Al ane. When night fell she would haS
t. been glad to 60 back Of her own a
~ cord. but her pride forbade her. an
Ii she remained where she was. Surel
IS She thought. he will come tomorrow
re But that day too, passed, and Doroth
g. began 10 realize that her husband ha
4. taken her at her word.
m As a matter of fact, on the mornir
IF the second day Everard had le
le word where he was TO he found at q
10 honse agents Office and inserted OF
e- lr TWO advertisements in the daily p
nc oers-hc could not afford many-ar
e. hen he told himself he could do I
more, Dorothy was dead TO him-lo
= In the great whirlpool Of London.
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