The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26
A O1LA TKAGED1.
Showing How One of the Great Men of the
Empire Met His Complete Undoins.

BY Claude Askew.

portant to tell me, dear" he answered,
but am rather busy this evening"
Il wonder when you are not busy"
she retorted bitterly. "Wel, George,
will be as brief as can. want to go
home to England. May go?"
MY dear Kitty" (his astonishment
was obvious), 'why on earth do you
want to go home? You feel well?'
with quick anxiety.
"Oh, dear, yes. 1 always feel WELL
L want to go home because-oh, be-
cause" she added reckessly, after a
long pause. you would not miss me-
and another man would"
"AnOther manw he looked at her as
one who does not hear Alright.
She stood her ground, though she
would have given worlds to revoke the
lie.
Yes, George, another man. l know
you are absolutely Indifferent to me
but, well, he loves me-"
"He-who?"
"Ah, that l will never tell you" she
cried, playing her part finely and with
certain amount of artistic skill. "his
name must be dead letter. But we
have both been true to you in word
and deed, George"
ALSO in thought. suppose?" he in
terrupted, with low, mocking laugh.
Il always remembercd--I was your
wife. George"
How you must have cursed your
GOOD lao.
livid. when did you first begin this
platonic gamer" he added, sternly.
Il VIII not answer any more of these
questions" she said with a rush Of
desperate courage. THAT is my secret,
and his. You have only yourself to
thank for the situation. When we
were first married l adored and almost
worshiped you. 1t Is your cold neglect
that. has killed my love, and only my
own self-respect that has kept me
straight. Do You think wife is only
n toy. who can be kissed and petted
when she is new and put to one side as
soon as her novelty has worn off? If
so, you have made the biggest mistake
In your life. A woman once awakened
TO love needs love. and she gets it by
fair means or foul"
She ended her speech by suddenly
bursting into q passion of tears, and
covering her face with trembling hands
ran out of the room.
George Gascoigne leaned back In his
chair.
THE biggest mistake in by life" he
mutteced between his clenched teeth.
1.-The biggest mistake"
He put his hands up to his burning.
throbblng forehead. and wondered dim
ly why all the furniture in the room
seemed dancing around him. He be-
came conscious of the roaring noise of
loud waters and it puzzled him whence
the sound came. Then for few Sec
onds George Gascolgne saw red. Only
for moment, for suddenly with Il
laundering roar and crash the mans
house of cards fell to the earth. and
with bable of empty words and silly
Laughter George Gascolgne Joined the
ranks OF the foolish, the men of 10
understanding. merry phantoms cf
their dead selves.
SO the servants found the great white
sahib, the man who was to have ruled
province. he who understood the
beating heart of the strange brown
land and the complex mind OF its pco-
pie.
A man who laughed shrlll at them
and made ugly mouths, keeping his
eyes fixed on the door. shaking n
trembling finger In their fearful faces,
babbling vaguely
1t was to see this man they sum.
moned Kitty-Kitty who sitting In her
bedroom, was beginning to wonder
when the handle would turn and her
husband enter, ready indeed to throw
up her part and confess her deception,
plead for forgiveness on her knees.
| George. Georger'
A sharp. wild cry burst from her
when she entered the drawing room
and came face to face with the appali-
ing thing who stood there laughing.
laughing. but she got no answer to her
ag0nized cry. no return to her frenzled
caress.
George, my darling. my husband!
1t was lie; l never loved any one but
YOU. 1 only spoke as l did to make
you jealons-to win your love back to
mew
The wretched girl flung herself on
her knees before the man, pouring out
her confession.
Kitty. Kittyw
He put his hand on her soft curis
She caught and kissed his fingers hope
fully.
! "Yes. darling. yes.' she answered