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had proven himself to be very obtuse,
indeed The idea that a spark of
! jealousy would ever find Judgment in
, the noble heart of his beautiful wife,
| and above all improbable things, that
| she was jealous of Miss Bennett and
| himself, never once occurred to him
| when he was harrassing his brain to
, find solution for her strange con-
duct.
CHAPTER XVI.
GOV. MURRIATTE DISCOVERS THE Sc
CRET OF HIS wIFE'S UNHAPPINESS.
The golden beauty of June had
glided into the mature beauty of July
! and the family at Beaumont began to
! make preparations for its annual sum-
| mer outing to either the sea-shOre or
| the mountain resorts, and as usual
| the choice of the place for the sum-
mer sojourn was left for Mrs. Muir
riatte todecide.
1T is immaterial to me'', she said
| iistlessly, when her husband consult
ed her wishes in regard to the matter,
''For my part 1 should as soon remain
| at home as to go any where
! '.This you know, you cannot do
without injury to your health. You
have remained at home too long al
ready, as your nervousness and de-
! preston of spirits bear Witness"
Governor Murriatte said, half impati-
lenty."
sit will take more than the mere
change of scene and climate to make
me happy" she said almost tear
| fully.
''Will you tell me what would re-
store your happiness, my wife?' he
| asked eager for her confidence.
''To have the perfect confidence
restored to me that / once had in
your love- she answered frankly.
sit certainly has been through no
| fault of mine that you have lost that
confidence he said. sit must be
that your love for me has weakened,
| and that this is the cause of your lost
| confidence
! Il would to heaven that this were
| the case, but alas. l know that it is
not" she said turning her face from
him, and gazing with unhappy eyes
| upon the beautiful landscape outside
| her boudOir windows.
Governor Murria;te sighed deeply.
| This was the first conversation he had
with his beautiful wife, in regard to the
estrangement which to his most in
expressible grief. he felt was spring
ing up between them.
Every effort he had made to dis
| cover the Gauss of the trouble had
ended in defeat, and he felt the utter
uselessness of pursuing the subject
| further at present. He walked to-
| ward the door as if to leave the room
and then turning said:
eff you will not decide upon the
place where you prefer to spend the
summer, Alva, l must perfOrce de-
J decide for you; because the season is
advancing rapidly and it is time that
we were off,
Perhaps, it might help you to
make your decision if you were to
| consult Miss Bennett in regard to
her wishes for the summer outing.
| The proud, beautiful face with its
| lips disfigured by sheer, had turned
from the window with the words
and was now confronting his own,
while the jealous light which shone
in the wife's eyes would have been
obvious to even an Indifferent and
| uninterested behOlder.
| He looked at her a moment in
amazed silence, and then a wave of
| indignation mounted to his broad
| forhead.
! "My wife dares insult me because
she is my wife, although one would
| naturally suppose that above all
] sources on earth, man might expect
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