Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-01-26

anteroom to the PROFESSORS study. You
will hear something to your advantage.
The professor will not be there alone.
(Signed) A FRIEND.
well. you are born casuist, Jenny
Will not be there alone That's good
He won't be there at all. He won't be
home from the faculty banquet before
Top. m
At p. m. sharp Thursday evening
Mrs. Potts turned the latchkey in the
hall door of her home. Stsaling quietly
In and creeping from the hall into the
anteroom noiseIessly, she put her ear to
the keyhole of the study door.
Her bosom heaved with a tumult of
emotion. She was torn with rage and
jealousy. In the paroXysms of anger TO
which she had been used to give way
and which had begun to become chron
ic the accusations of unfaithfulness
and her own jealousy were simply in
vented and feigned as a scOurge for her
husband ana rs Il weapon of offense.
But now she felt the punes Of that
most frichtful of all sufferings and
the tooth of the serpent was deeply
buried in her bosom.
A confused murmur was all that was
at first audible but as her breath and
pulse, accelerated by the exertion OF
hurrying from the depot. Gained some
what she heard these words in the
voice of Potts:
My love" -ba IA" Stil a moment
--ba-a-a. woman's voice between
sobs. you've disgraced me"-ba-a-a.
Potts again, "I'l get divorce or any
thing you like if you'll only let me-
She could stand it no longer, but,
bouncing into the room, screamed:
ooh, you faithless heartless scoun-
drel! And as for you, you shameless
wo''-
She stopped transfxed There was no
one there
But "the photograph played on"
Br-r-r-r-r.
Two pairs of eyes peeping through
the door of the conservatory marked
her stand for a moment stunned, then
sink into a chair and listen open mouth
ed to the photograph as it completed
its record, then arise slowly. adjust the
machine again, wind and start it, then
listen attentively to the strange med
ley it produced, paling and reddenng
by turns and ending her performance
in storm Of tears and sobs
After time she Gained, rose, wiped
her eyes, adjusted her hair and, taking
up newspaper. sat down to wait. The
first thing that struck her eye was the
announcement in fiaring headlines:
Lecture by Professor Theophra stus Me-
lanchthon Potts, Ii. d, on the False
Conclusions Of the Evoutionist
She read with interest the excerpts of
the lecture and what, in the argot Of
the newspapers, "he said in part" mean
ing. of course part of what he said
and for the first time in her life felt
pride in her husbands learning and re
morse for her want of appreciation of
him.
AS she sat there reading the conclud
ing lines the door opened and Professor
Potts stood. astonished, on the thresh
old. A moment, and then he stepped
forward briskly, greeting her with a
smile and n kiss
why, what delightful surprised
But you must be hungry Let me order
you some supper"
Mrs. Potts. wondering at the cor
diality of the professor, replied;
"Wait moment dear Before we do
anything else | want to ask your par
don for the past and PROMISE
"Oh cut that short. dear! That's just
what l was going to do myself, only
you forestalled me-"
1--WE been listening to the phono
graph
"Sove |, and see we've reached the
same conclusion, so enough's said. Give
me a kiss
A smothered "Ha, ha!' from the con
servatory brought the professor with a