The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-11-09

hat and IS You Is WY I. good You shaill
come and Watch me lose III our money
IN the Casino. =.
ing or coqpettish s. their court ship
than she was during thatt eyening.
Far more plainly than the man him.
self she realized that ma had sfyal--S
though II might 81 -
land she put torth I'll .h1s ffofcess to-
Iannihilate her. Be6ntl I'LL, donbtlessp q
Jack would never have been captureds
BY 8 woman who ~ not rood look.
ing. And : woman of tn world falso1.
Jack hated school irlsl elqeverths.
less,'' unused Mrs. Maxwell, contem-
plating her reflection complacently in
one of the mirrors of the gaming
lEroons, 81 think ought 70 be. capable
Eof holding my own against the lady
Ireally Do!
E The wrong horse came 81 again. and
Iagain, undsterred BY Ill fortune, she
Idrews ticket from the bowl. III
A. she lifted her head abe fell her
husband beside her give s galyanic
start. The next instant, III blowing
1.-The direction Of his gaze, she knew
1.-The woman. ,ssss
"Plain," she meditated; evidently
fallen of! Now, wonder II she has
charm Of manner enough to make him
lose sight Of that, or If I dare venture
on q heroic course p .z s&*: : s.s@
my darling, don't you think we've
played this idiotic game long
enough?" said Jack in strained
voice. "Let us go into the terrace"
So he could not even trust himself
in the same room with her, couldn't
he? It was too bad; really. it was
humiliating. 5. = j.. e..
'You go, dearest" replied Mrs.
Maxwell, sweetly. II know you hate
to be here, and am much too In
fatuated to leave of yet myself. Go
and smoke your cigar in peace and the
fresh air, and come back for me when
you've finished it. shall be- perfect.
~ safe, and I@mean }toa.breaks- tho;
bank!'" . ~.2.. H.. 49, -
Jack departed obediently, and out
Of the tail Of her eye his wife watched
the other woman take note Of it.
"Now, will she follow him or not ?"
she asked herself. "Not just yet, I
suppose-it would be too marked.
Patienza!" r,- "'3z
! :. It was ten minutes. later when Mrs.
Jernygham sauntered carelessly from
her place at the table out through
the glass door, and Mrs. Maxwell
clasped her hands in her lap with sud-
den nervousness. After all it was .
heroic course. Had she been rash and
foolhardy r? There was moonlight out
side, and the tapping of waves. Fatal
adjuncts to such q matter! In tho
moonlight, too, the creatures appear
ance would be softened and refined.
She had made q mistake, perhaps
she had placed him in temptation she
would have avoided. Should she join
him-rescue him, while there was still
time? No! She would, not, she would
stand her chance. Moonlight or. no
moonlight, she would risk 1t. y =
Two francs more-and the devil take
the hindmostl -- =. - !.
! They came face to face-she had
planned it so-and her slight gesture
of surprise was perfect. "Mr. Maxwell
you? II it possible? 4:
"How do you do, Mrs. Jernyngham.
=" He was going to say he was
pleased to meet her, but decided
not to.
II did not know you were in Diepps.
Have you been here long?" IT,
II have been here, with my wife,
about a month";" he answered. @r
with your wife? Really!" She
gave faint smile-a smile he remem.
bered very we'll. $50 you are married
lam I to congratulate you?" -
"Thank you" he said; "you are very
kind. Your husband is"
"He's dead; so don't inquire about
his health. You were always making
blunders of that Sort" She laughed.
II used to correct you in that fashion
long ago, didn't I? You see, haven't
changed Well, well, well, and so
you're married? told you you'd
marry-you didn't believe me then!"
| "Ah. but you were right" !.
b"Of course I was right. Shan't We
sit down?-or won't your wife let
you? say, are you henpecked? You
used to be the sort of boy who'd be
henpecked. Perhaps you've improved
since those days" Il; -
! perhaps I have. There are two
chairs
Thanks. Do you know this is very
funny to me, to meet you in the capac-
ity Of a married man? Do you re-
member how you used to vow that
never, never, never She broke of
and burst into laughter again. "And
shall own something? After you
were gone-sometimes when was in
clined to be sentimental-I: used to
half believe you" .~
She leaned forward. and fixed her
eyes on him in just the manner he
used to find 20 Irresistible. Somehow
it seemed less distracting now. Tho
eyes had not altered perhaps, but her
face was older, and that expression
looked out of place on it. There was
even q sadness to him in beholding
the change that time had wrought in
her. The woman whose memory had
thrilled him SO was gone. He had
thought about her so much, and now
she did not exist. It was pathetic,
and-what was more painful still :
this wreck of Nora Jernynham could
: not join with him in mourning for
her. He wept alone. \. 5s.:z,. - (
you are not glad to see mel" she
said. H.. < 81. + d "a. .E s.; Hid: :z;
i He was not he was sorry. His very
1 soul was full Of regret, Of sympathy.
But he could not tell her %, and he
listened for ten minutes courteously