The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-10-19
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When they parted he had fallen at her
feet and kissed the hem of her dress.
How ridiculous demonstration it ap-
pcared to him today, and yet he Dreaded
to meet her again. She had treated him
atrociously he had considered at the time
EnSlished, she had amused herself with
him, and then given him his congo. She
was a married woman and he had been
a boy.
lie recalled every incident Of the fare
we'll. a youthful passion it may have
been, but-he could not dispute it even
now-it was passion that left it's mark
There had been a conservatory open
ing out of the rooms she occupied. 1t
was in the conservatory that he had
made himself the most absurd-there,
and for a moment at the piano, at which
she had seated herself indifferently, and
where he had knelt to her like a lover
in 1.-The London Journals She had
strolled along, shifting at the flowers, say.
careless voice, and he had followed her
wistfully like whipped dog, pleading to
be rcadElitted to favor. A spray Of fern
that she had dropped had been captured
by him passionately-she had touched it
in their last moments together. She
shrugged her shoulders with sheer, and
his eyes filled at her cruelty.
'What do you suppose there was in a
boy IKE like YOU H5o to hold woman like me-"
It was the harshest thing she could
have said, and he remembered that at
that he had broken down altogether
Good heavens, how preposterous he had
been-how wrongly he mad gone to work,
always being pathetic and reproachful!
ST la jeunesse savait, 81 Ia vicillesse pou-
wait!
However, it was over. He had not
found balm for his wound in six
months as she had prophesied, but in
nine years he had married, and forgotten
her existence entirely until it was re-
the visitors list
Now the recollections rushed back to
him. and while he laughed at his former
self as fool, ne was conscious of q
strange tremor at the prospect of seeing
her once more.
He, loved his wife sincerely. Twelve
months ago he could have CONTEMPLATED
meeting Mrs. Jernyngham without mis-
giving. But he had been married twelve
months. The time had not lessened his
love, but it had naturally dispelled the
romance. After all, to be Sin love" with
a woman is greater safeguard against
others than to ''love her, He was bound
to- acknowledge to himself that he was
frightened at the thought of seeing Mrs.
Jernyngham again. He had, as q mat
ter of fact, avoided the Casino since he
knew she was in Dieppe.
he put down his paper, and looked
across at Nellie reading Tauchnitz nov.
e.. How pretty she was, and how trust
full! What would she say, could she d.
vine his present mood? Sinless as it
Was 1t would cut her to the heart. Bah.
ne was fool-why should that make
HIM afraid to venture out of doorsl Ho
was not fond of her still-of course hc
was not. ~
n The l1e;,a Tauchnitz novel dropped to Mrs.
"Mhat are you thinking about, darl-
ing?' she asked.
i was thinking how charming YOU
look IN that frock, my DEAR" he an
swercd. He preserved the habit of max
ing graceful speeches to his wife. Cvni-
cal bachelor friends said he forgot who
she Was-that 1t was the force of habit
She shook her head doubtfully.
Ihere was nasty black wrinkle be-
tween your eyebrows, Jack, and YOU
were tugging your mustache, as You al
ways 90 when you're put OUT I do
look charming in this frock, admit it,
but you weren't thinking so.''
He obeyed a sudden impulse.
"Nellle, come here. Do you remem-
Der, soon after we were married, Won
asked me question? You asked me if
| had ever cared deeply for another girl
II remember" said Nellie. "Yes?"
Il told you what an Internal idiot 7
had once made of myself over married
woman. l asked you, too, never to use
a certain scent because it reminded mo
Of her. You know all that?'' 0
-! know; ! know; go onv'
"Well, she's here, that's all, and-con-
found tim rather sorry"
"Oh!" said Nellie And then there
was a pause between them. She was
the one to break it,
it-it's quite. all over. Jack? She
COULDN'T, she daren't, attempt to?
You're married-you would simnlv h,vo
to bow and pass on. Besides, by your
own account she was-well, she didn't
care for you any more. Why should you
mind seeing her?''
IT DON'T know" he muttered, irreso-
lutely; I'D rather not that's all. Anv-
are leaving Dieppe the end of the week:
never come across herr
Mrs: MAXWELL however, was not salts
fed. For one thing, she wanted to re-
maj in longer in Dieppe than they had at
first proposed, and for another, she OBJ
jected on principle to her husband be-
ing nervous Of rencontre with any WON
an in the wide, wide world.
Come for walk" she said, land
don't be such stupid boy One would
think you were in love with her now. to
hear YOU talk. You'll make me jealousv'
And she made a mirthless pretense at q
laugh which would have deceived no liv-
ing soul but a husband. "Get ready,
I'm going to put on my hat-and if
you're very good you shall come and
watch me lose all our money in the Ca
sino'
She had never been more bewitching or
coquettish in their courtship than she
was during that evening. Far more
plainly than the man himself she realized
that she had rival-though it might be