Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-14
A SUBURBAN SCANDAL.
LII a. ST. IOHN ADCOCK.

E0inunu Dolby vent nome IfolH Inc
city that evening by an earlier train
than usual. and Mrs Dolby was out.
do you know where Mrs, Dolby is.
Martha| he called to the girl in the
Kitchen.
The mistress went out sir. abouS zen
minutes ago, and said she'd be back IN
l'alf IN hour"
Edmund returned to the sitting room,
and lay back III the low armchair by the
fire in gloomy meditation. He had been
uneasy in his mind all day, for, the
night before he and Lefty had quarrelcd
and it was because this had been fretting
him and he was wiStful Of making his
peace with her that he had cOntrived to
get nome SO much earlier Than usual
And now she was ont.
The fact that this CHANGED to be his
birthday gave Il keener edge to his suf-
tcringS, and made her absence. when he
came yearning for reconciliation. So
much the more ineXcusable. lie sat,
hunched in the armchair, brooding until
he began to see a sinister significance in
her not being there to welcome him; it
became rs clear to him again as if it had
been last night that he had been justi-
fed in the complaints he had made anu
that her Indignation had been assumed
simply to blind him.
The facts in connection with that quar-
rel were, chiefly, these; Edmund's one
particular friend in Watford was Al
fred Hilbert and Ietty'S one particular
friend was Nelly Hilbert. his wife. Once
4 week the DoibyS went round the cor
her and spent an evening with the Hi
berts, and once a week the Hilberts
came round the corner and spent an
evening with the Dolbys. Moreover.
thpV fInounutiv tlrnrOaI N ~, .a,.b 1T
er informally; the wives occasionally
shopped together, the husbands took
Sunday strolls together, and their friend
luess would have been absolutely ideal
but for one jarring circumstance.
There had been Il time when Alfred
Hilbert was desperately in love with
Lefty. Twice she had rejected him,
when Edmund made her acquaintance
and they fell in love with each other ut
sight.
Alfred resigned himself to the in,
cvitahe SO completely that, few
months later, being a breezy young man
whose heart was too well seasoned to
break easily, he transferred his affections
To Nelly. who was already Letty's dear
est friend and had remained so ever
since.
Edmund knew all about this from the
beginning. Alfred treated it as Jest
After they were AL married, he would
speak of his past n'atuati0n openly at
their weekly meetings, and laugh about
IT, never seeming To realize that nobody
enjoyed the joke but himself.
lie was that sort of man. Instead of
growing Injured to his Factions dcscrip-
toms OF his extinct passion, Edmund
more and more resented them, even re
hukmg Lefty now and then, as if she
We're to blame for having been pas>ively
responsible for Alfred's fascination.
Last night after the Ililbcrts were
gone he had rehukcd her with unreaSon-
able irritation, for he was et a naturally
jealous temperament, and had gradually
persuaded himself that Alfred was much
too attentive to his wife. and that ictty's
manner toward him was unnecessarily
gracious. He told her so in no unmeas-
nrcd terms, magnifying his grievances
and saying more than he meant, as an
angry man will.
Lefty was disposed at the outset to an
>Wcr him laughingly, hut her flippancy
eNoSpuated him. Finally. he so lost con
troll of himself that his prep0SteruuS hints
and mnuendoeS stung and inSulted her.
Her cold dignity was undated 10y break
taSt time this morning. and, a. he could
not humble himself and surrender. he
had gone off 10 the city sulcnly. without
kissing her.
Away from her he remembered all her
sweetness and was ASHAMED that his zeal.
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