The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27
CEOFFREY'S WIFE
Case of Where Mistaken Identity Turned
Out Well.

MIS-. beohFeg speedily won nef way
into all hearts Geoffrey's mother and
sisters adored her, his old friends adj
mired her. and even those most mercl-
less Of critics, his former sweethearts.
could find no flaw in her. She was
an emphatic success.
Maurice was devoted to her. They
discovered that they had all their
tastes in common They were both
musical; they liked the same books,
the same songs, the same 0musements.
Maurice wondered a dozen times a
day how Geoff, plain, plodding, COM
monplace Geoff, had managed to win
such a girl.
1.-THE attraction Of opposites, I sup
pose" he thought savagely. "Geoff
was always a lucky dog"
Mrs. Godfrey did not often speak Of
her husband. Neither did she write to
him.
HE hasn't any address," she said
frankly when Mrs. Longworth asked
her for it. Dear me, don't you know
he is simply buried in Central Amer
lea? He can't write to me or l to him
until he gets back to the coast. Anx-
ious? oh, no, not at all. Geoff has a
chronic habit Of turning up safe and
sound"
ITO think that I should have hated
you once"' said Maurice to her one
day.
Il knew you liked me against your
will at first" said Mrs. Godfrey. "Why
was it,"
Il never liked your Photographic
isn't it a good ne?"-demurely.
Good? Well, suppose it is as far
as features so. But it isn't you. The
expression is altogether wrong"
Mrs, Godfrey got up and turned the
photograph in question toward the
wall.
There! Let it stay SC. I never
liked it myself, but Geohl thought it
was excellent"
One day Maurice made a discovery.
It was at Mrs Anderson's garden
party, where Mrs Godfrey carried on
a rather marked Irritation with Charlie
Scott. She was somewhat more given
to such an amusement, people thought,
than a young woman who had a ihus-
band exploring Central America ruins
ought to be. But Mrs. Godfrey was
serenely Indifferent to public opinion.
She smiled at Charlie Scott with eyes
and lips, talked to him in her velvety
! undartones, and finally disappeared
down a shady path with him.
Maurice had been watching them
with a scowl When they passed out
of his sight he went home. It was Of
no use to pretend to himself tn&A he
was angry at Mrs. Godfrey
tons on GeOffrey's account.
that he loved and he was hon6$Ssg4ap-
palled. He shut himself up in his room
for the rest of the day and tried to
think the matter squarely out Even
tually he came to q resolution ana by
way of keeping it he began to avoid
Mrs Godfrey whenever it was posi-
bic and to treat her with grave, cold
politeness when it was not.
That unrepeutant young person had
come home from the garden party il
radiant spirits. At first she looked
upon Maurice's chilling attitude as the
result Of pique. When she realized
that it was something more serious
she held a council of war with herself
This won't do. Oh dear what {
mess I might have known some sucl
predicament would result from my
folly. What will he thinl, OF me
What will they MI think Of me? AuC
! oh, what will Godfrey say when III
, finds it out-for of course he viii fine
: it out now? He will be DREADFUL.
5 angry"
And Mrs. Godfrey cried n little
0 not very much-for she wanted to lool
S her best that night, ard it would reyc
: do to spoil her eyes
= Il must go home next week" sh
announced sweetly as they rose from
= the dinner table that night. ooh. YES
|, it is more than time. I have staye
t too long already. Geof will soon b
5. getting back to civilization, and l mus
be home before he is"
/" Maurice followed her miserably int
7. the music room. Mrs. Godfrey 81
e down at the piano in the mingled dus
Is and moonshine and sang tender oil
E ballads in allurlng succession unit
o Maurice could endure * no longer. II
I, came up behind her and pat his hand
O. on her shoulders.
d ooh. Muriel. Murlel, I love you!