The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-04-26
CHAPTER 3.

Captain Ruthven and his wife ling
cred by the sea until the autumn was
over; and then he brought his wife to
London. where he intended TO reside
during the rest of his stay in England,
which would not exceed Il year and
half at the most
They had Il pleasant little home in
one of the streets leading to Regents
Park. How happy they wcre The
first trouble that came to them was the
death of Miss Brooke. 1t was sudden
Mt last. Her maid going one morning
to call her. found her dead, with Il
smile on her lips and look on her face
such as it had not worn for many
years She had left the whole of her
little fortune, amounting to two hun
dred year, to May.
If it We're not for you, Charley"
said the young wife, 81 should be IL
lone in the world. Aunt Bessie was
the only relative | had living
81 always WONDER" remarked the
captain, "at my own good fortune in
winning you. 1t seems so strange to
me that everyone did not want to mar.
ry you
"People did not see me with your
eyes" was the laughing reply.
Il was your first lover and your first
love? he continued, looking mt her
sweet face
"NIy first, last, and only love- Char
ley"
"That is some comfort / should not
like to have married n woman whG
had ever loved another man. | should
always fancy she was thinking of him
and wishing she had married him in
stead of me-"
Charley" said May quietly. you
have made one mistake. You said you
were not jealous. Now believe you
to be one of the most jealous men that
ever lived. Beware of the feeling"
~ begin to think so too. When |
said | was not jealous, l said also that
! had never been tried. Remember.
May, i have never loved or been loved
before; nul | know that my wife will
never arouse my jealousy"
NO" said May, simply, l never
shall"
SO the first six months of their mar
ried life passed away; and then Cap
tain Ruthvcn began to perceive Il
change in his wife 1t was so gradual
that he could hardly tell how it first
began. She seemed quieter than ever;
she had lost in some measure the
frank open manner that had charmed
him. Once or twice he saw her with
Il panied, preoccupied look on her face
as though she had some care or trouble
of which he knew nothing.
Ever since they had been in Lon.
don he had spent some hours daily n
way from home He had business to
attend TO, commissions to execute for
his friends Several times, when he
returned earlier than he had intended
she seemed flushed and agitated; her
face flushed and she seemed more
frightened than pleased at seeing him.
Captain Ruthvcn was a jealous man,
and he thought much of these little
things.
one morning, after wakeful and
restless night he made up his mind to
speak to his wife, She looked up at
him with n bright smile as he
entered the breal,fast-room. She was
arranging some spring flowers in the
vases and she looked so bright and
beautiful, so happy and loving as she
smiled at him, that the captains sus-
picions vanished into the air. Still he
had resolved to speak to her, and, both
in small and great things, he was n
man who rigldly adhered to his reso
lutiOns.
MAY" he said, folding the little |
figure tenderly in his arms, you have |
not seemed like yourself lately | can
not tell how you have changed, but |
you seem changed to me. Are you not
happyT
Happy she repeated, looking up |
with eyes that told how much she |
loI ed him. 81 never dreamed even of |
being as happy as am now"
"Then you have some secret you are |
hiding from me? Is there something in |
your life that l do not know of-some-
thing, pain or pleasure, in which |
have 40 sh=r"s"
(To BE Continued