The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-11-15


Fame's thnnderin' appreciation fur the thing
I've said an done.
I'm willin' to be sighted by the crowd tina
stomps an roars
1 reckon I'm a genius in the way O. doin' chores
CIRCUMsTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
The Carews had quarre1led. There
was no doubt about it. A prolonged
fit of "sulks" INDUCED in by Mrs.
Carew because her husband had for
gotten a certain commission she
had charged him with had culmi-
mated in verbal warfare following
the removal of the cloth after dinner,
and this was followed shortly after
by the removal of the master of the
house. The act had been prefaced
by statement on Harry's part that
if she was going to sulk all the even
ing he would go out and amuse him
self, and then, hardly giving Millie
time to get in last word Mr.. Carew
had dashed into the hall, snatched
hat and stick and quilted Laburnum
Villa, closing the front door behind
him with vigor that shook the whole
house.
When perfectly convinced that she
had driven him off the premises, Mil
lie repeuted with the thoroughness
that marked all her actions; she ran
into the hall and opened the front
door, in the vague hope that Harry
was within calling distance, but there
was nothing but darkness to be seen,
and she reluctantly closed it again.
And Harry had gone out without
his great coat-he would catch cold,
be very i'll, perhaps die, and she
would be responsible; the tears came
into her eyes at this train of thought,
and she felt herself the wickedest
woman in London.
AS she stood remorsefully gazing
at the garment Harry ought to have
been wearing she saw it lacked the
top button, and remembered during
dinner Harry had said something
about button coming off his great
coat. Millie carried the coat into the
dining room and fetched her work
basket. The button should be put
on at once. She laid the coat on a
table for greater convenience, and as
she did so letter slid out of the in
side breast pocket.
Millie picked it up. Henry Ca
rev, Esq, Acanthus Club, Earl
street, w. c., was the inscription, in
a feminine hand, and the postmark
was on that day, and Harry's excuse
for forgetting his commission had
been pressure of work at the office !;
yet he had found time to visit the
club. Who was his correspondent?
"He certainly ought to tell me; it
doesn't look like business letter"
said Millie to herself, and then some
how the letter came out of the enve-
lope. She was only looking for the
signature, but the heading first caught
her eye, and it was, my Darling
Harry" After that it is needless tc
say she read the letter. The address
was 6, Queen Anne Villas, Yelling
ton Road, Kensel Rise.
"My Darling Harry Your brace
let came by this mornings post it's
just lovely. But you mustn't be SO
extravagant. Be sure and come this
evening to be thanked and scolded by
your loving sweetheart,
"DoRIs FORBES"
Millie turned very white and held
her breath. What did it mean? She
looked again at the address, at the
envelope, examined the postmarks.
There could be no mistake the let
ter was genuine, addressed to Harry,
received and read by Harry-Harry,
who had married her little over a
month ago.
Presently she rose to her feet, shak-
ing with emotion. That was where
he had gone, to see this Doris Forbes
well, she would follow him, expose
him to the innocent girl to whom he
was obviously passing as a single
man.
Sternly repressing longing to cry,
Millie went upstairs and put on her
hat and cloak she would not let her
self think of the future, but keep
firmly before her the thought of ex-
posing Harry to the girl he was de-
ceiving. With the evidence of his
double dealing in her pocket she
came downstairs, and leaving the
great coat still lying on the table,
lacking its top button, she opened
the front door and slipped quietly out
of the house.