Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-09-30
THE OTHER WOMAN
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Au7' fieneu NFh pinglethWaite, =
must admit that my Bdsband is one o.
these men who always proceed alonl
the line Of least resistance"
| Npeeeq," rfpHed the other woman
then that atcbunts for It."
The other woman was still young anC
sun ialr to look upon. Moreover, she
\ was a heroine. She had been divorced
Oh no, no, no! She had not been h
Dlamet Why, she was asrinnocent as a
child. How could She heib It If men
would turn to look at her and make re.
marks about her beauty? But the man
me nad been married to was inordinate-
lay Jealous. and, being SO he wanted to
keep her shut up al home. with the cur
tal9s "a avn, as if he were a grand Turl,
and she his harem. Was 1t to be won
pdered at thatshe rebelIed ana went home
to her mother?
But Mrs. Dinglethwaite elevated the
TIP OF her nose in the presence Of her
friends and made careless remarks that
were not complimentary to the other
woman. Mrs. Dinglethwaite even hint
ed that she knew more about the other
woman than she cared to tell
lt was all very well for the other
woman's husband to get his divorce on
the grounds of desertion. That was An
easy way out Of it, Pouf!" NJ
Now, 1t was but natural that the thinos
which Mrs Dinglethwaite said ga
hinted at should have been told by her
loving friends to the other woman
wherefore the other woman, of course
whetted her tomahawk.
what was it you said?" asked Mrs
Dinglethwaite, after she had studied
the other woman's answer for mo-
ment. c-urir'-..- ~
sald your husbands habit of pro-
ceeding along the line of the least re-
sistance accounted for-well, no matter
now" t =
s{lt'What do you mean?p Mrs Dipgle.
stnwate asked, allowing her magazine
70 tumble to the floor. There was a look
In, IN her eyes that the other woman did
not mistake. For a moment they gazed
at each other Mrs Dinglethwaite's
Hands opening and closing spasmod-
,ically. .,
9;,s,i II $ nothlng-really nothing at all .
the other woman answered. 81 merely
spoke before thought.pt n 93nrfFy !
RnTtt was Saturday, and Mrs. Dfngle.
rt4hlWaite's husband was coming out on
an afternoon train. from the city. Mrs.
Dlnglethwaite, alone In her room. went
rapidly from one emotion to an6tber
]tDr three weeks she had b6en7 Urging
her husband to come out and stay over
Sunday at the lake. but he had found it
impossible to get away. The the other
woman had arrived, and the next morn
ing Mrs. Dinglethwait6 received a Lett
ter from William, who informed her
that ne had made arrangements to run
up Saturday and remain until Tuesday
evening" l-r IS 9.bl b
t5fWhat fool she had been not to have
seen through it all Immediately! Oh
how could she wait for the train to come
in? The letter she had received that
morning from William was torn to
shrreds, and her fingers twitched so
eagerly did she long to sink her nails in
the other Ysman's race.
What's the matter with you, Eliz
abeth?" William asked, after he had
greeted his wife on the station plat
form, Aren't you feeling well?p-
she closed her lips tightly and looked
him in the eyes.
Heavens, what hardened sinner he
was!3 He never finched. He even re.
turned her look as frankly as if he had
never committed a sin in his life.
DO you think it is necessary" she
replied, 'for you to ask me what is the
matter?" 4a
William DingIethwaite's jaw dropped
and his expression of frankness gave
way to shifty, hang dog look.
The other woman was in hiding when
the bus arrived at the hotel but Mrs.
Dinglethwaite was not slow in hitting
the trail 1. .f-
Come" she said to her husband,
well go over to the golf club. There's
somebody over there that you'll be glad
TO meet.3
See here, Elizabeth. he demanded as
sHS WAS huFfylnS. MIN along; WHAT'S
the trouble? Something's gone wrong,
Have done anything?p --- r'-7 &
Have you done anything? Hmm
OH mol, or courseyou haven,t!"
There was a fash in her eyes, how
ever, that caused him to vince and want
to run away l.1 s ssh .~I
The other woman, was sitting alone on
the shaded bench near the first tree.
Her back was turned toward the APP
preaching couple Suddenly Mrs Din
grasping her husbands arms
50 that he might not escape, appeared
IN front Of the shameful creature.
IA William Dinglethwaite and the other
woman bowed and said 1'How do yous
do9'5I Thencthey looked, with wonder
at the sgeptieman's wife, who seemed
suddenly TO have realized that she must
awe made amistake. n. -.-i,
What" she managed to ask, address,
ng the other woman, did you mean by
hat-that remark youmade about my
husband this. forenoon% gCr l-Cit-
II had forgotten that | made a re-