The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-01-24
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
From New York News.

was no doubt about 1t. A prolonged n
of ''sulks'' indulged in by Mrs. Carew be
cause her husband had forgotten a certain
commission she had charged him with hat
eliminated in verbal warfare following thu
removal of the cloth after dinner, and thi
was followed shortly after by the remova
of the master of the house. The act haC
been prefaced by a statement on Harry
part that if she was going to sulk all the
evening 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 anc
| quilted Laburnum Villa, closing the front
door behind him with vi sor that shook
the whole house.
When perfectly convinced that she haC
driven him off the premises, Millie re
pented 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 dis
tance, 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 respon-
sible; 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 a button coming of
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 table fol
greater convenience, and as she did so &
letter slid out of the inside breast pocket
Millie picked it up, Henry Carew,
ESQ.,, Acanthus Club, Earl street, W. c..
was the inscription, in feminine hand
and the postmark was on that day, anC
Harry's excuse for forgetting his commits
sion had been pressure of work at the Of
fee; yet he had found time to visit the
club Who was his correspondent?
''He certainly ought to tell me; i
doesn' look like business letter, salt
Mile to herself, and then somehow tn
letter came out of the envenlope. Sh
was only looking for the signature, but tn
heading first caught her eye, and it was
"My darling Harry After that it
needless to say she read the letter. Th
address was 6, Queen Anne Villas, We'll
ington Road, Kensel Rise
"My darling Harry-Your bracele
came by this mornings post; it S just love
ly. But you mustn' be SO extravagant
Be sure and come this evening to b.
thanked and scolded by your loving sweet
heart Doris FORBES.
Milly turned very while and held he
breath What did it mean? She looked
again at the address, at the envelope, ex
amined the postmarks. There could b.
no mistake; the letter was genuine, ad
dressed to Harry, received and read b,
Harry-Harry, who had married her
little over month ago.
Presently she rose to her feet, shaking
with emotion. That was where he hac
gone, to see this Doris Forbes well, sh
would follow him, expose him to the limo
cent girl to whom he was obviously pass
ing as a single man.
Sternly repressing longing to cry
Mile went upstairs and put on her ha
and cloak she would not let herself thin
of the future, but kept firmly before he
the thought Of exposing Harry to the gil
he was deceiving. With the evidence o
his double dealing in her pocket she cam
downstairs, and leaving the great coat stl
lying on the table, lacking its top button
she opened the front door and slippe
quietly out of the house.