Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-02-13
The Other
Woman's Hand
A Studied Offense and Its
Penalty.
~ owxNDoLEN ovERross.

THE young man who would make
for himself name and fame goes
east. BY the same token, he who
would hide those both betakes himself
west.
Henesly went west because the girl
he was In love with jilted him. out OF
hand, for a richer fellow, and he was
very hard hit. He went west and was
lost to sight, and the places where he
had been knew him no more. IL any
one chanced to mention him to the girl,
she smiled the smile of plying con-
tempt, which Is most women's tribute
TO the memory Of a man they have
treated sbominnbly, and said: Poor
Dick" She was as mean as she was
beautiful-which is not the fairy-tnls
formula; but she got her punishment
In the end-whioh Is.
This is how II came about:
Circumstances and physicians over
which she had no control sent the rich
man she had married--wbose name was
Kent--to spend season on the Pacific
coast. .Ksnt's fancy lighted upon sea-
port town, the only objects Of interest
in which were break-water, In course
Of construction, and spit OF land
upon which, tourists were assured. the
skeletons Of dead and gone pirates
might yet be dug up. Neither these
nor the adjoining shipping village.
which only awaited the appropria-
tion of delinquent congress TO
become the harbor Of the Pacific
slope, offered to Mrs. Kent that
variety and excitement which alone
could make existence palatnble 10
her. SO she decided that " there
were TO be any such. they must come
from within herself. Therefore, as the
most unlikely thing that she could
happen upon, she determined TO try
what Il might be like TO lead that
which Is known as normal and healthy
life-going TO bed when the frogs be-
gan to sing In the dismal marshes
about, and getting up with the sun. II
will take plenty of exercise" she sx-
planned to her husband; 81 will row for
a couple OF hours before breakfast, on
the lagoon. / think"
She experienced some real enthusi-
nsm about It at this point. Kent did
not. He foresaw the disturbance OF
his own comfort, which was not great
ly considered at the best OF times. and
he tried TO discourage her; but with
out success
AT day ybresk she made her way across
the strip of land that divided the la
goon and the sea. The hotels and cot
tagss faced the sea, but the lagoon was
the inner harbor, and there were upon
It only whnrves and rickety boat
houses and hshermsn's huts. II was
not exactly a picturesque outlook. or
dinsrily, but the sunrise lights cast
sort Of glamour over II now. Even the
deep, loose sand was cool aud tinted,
and all traced over with nne cnbalistic
lines where the lizards had dragged
their tails and no one had as yet
stepped. Later on, Il would be blister
ing hot and the marsh weeds would
give out choking smell: but this early,
their stuntsd yellow and pink blossoms
had q fresh and pungsnt scent.
She followed a path that led TO a rough
board shack, standing on stilts over
the sbb-tide mud. where a sign hdver-
tised that boats were buildsd and for
rent. When she stopped In the small
doorway, her figure shut out most OF
the light, and she could barely discern
the man who was moving about inside.
lie came toward her. Her back was to
the low rays OF the sun, so her face was
in the blnckness, and only her form was
as glistsning white as the Angel OF
Apocalypse.
Had he q row-bost. abe asksd; one
not too heavy. and with oars Of mod
crate swept He was tneiturn-a
long-shore character, probably-for
he did not even answer, only took a
pair OF spoon oars from their rack on
the wall. and led the way out TO the
landing pier, She followed. running
against strange shapes OF wood. and
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u's'' 'a' 'o''e was "Ae you"
hs mao hau 'ha' mueh warning but
she mao hau none al AL and II might
ha'e ossh iuii Two second, before
sne gov .on.ro, OF nsrssH. ihep the
u,eu.y VI VI. ','uauon ana III its pos
s'o.i'"s hoa''u upon her suddenly.
ahu sue oeeiusu 'hat her movement OF
Impulse mao pssh 'he best she could
na'e maos. 90 she Followed II up
shs snrahn paoh INTO the doorway
'ar'her sun aehardI abe said,
covering
lie $1,000 resting upon the oars and
soru''niHng hsr stoiidly' He hnttsrsd
himssif 'hat he wa, calm. not 70 say
surface sight. She knew that he mn.