The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-22
Our Daily $bcrt Story

Iumbied carefully In a corner for pair of slippers
 saw plainly every move. my heart I oeatinS so violently that almost ex- ' was awake and conscious of her per fidy."
 | 'Deftly she opeena the door and
 passed out, closing 1t softly" rose. dressed quickly, and leaV- Ing my shoes behind, passed down the
 stairs and into the night air. kept within the shadow and followed Mar Jory to the waters edge. l The silence was intense, with only
 the gentle lap Of the water on the
 sand. She stopped hesitatingly and l bery.
 "A few moments passed and as
 peered from my place of concealment
 l saw dark form coming rapidly Marjorie saw and called softly, 1 Jaekf
 Yes. MarjJory." came from the
 shadows, and saw my wife clasped | in anothers arms. | T sprang forward, determined to avenge that cruel wrong, but my more
 sober judgment brought me to sud
 den stop, and back went to my hid
 ing place. fearing that they had dis- | covered the presence of a third party and a witness to their clandestine meeting @ 1 T lived years. 1t seemed, in those few minutes. crouching in the shelter
 of darkness. I decided upon a plan of
 action and hurried back to the hotel.
 When my wife returned I was, to all appearances, sleeping soundly. Tho next morning at breakfast she was silent and preoceupied and eat ing was a mere pretense. As we left | the dining room I suggested that she so into the city that morning and do
 some shopping she had planned.
 escorted her to She train.. T hastened back to our quarters, packed my trunks. settled cur indebt-
 ednass at the clerks desk, and wrote a tiote telling MarjJjory of what I had witnessed the preceding night that l intended passing from out her life. Il l enclosed the note with half of my available cash in an envelope and left it with the hotel people to be delivered upon her return. I boarded the next train for Chicago and within a few hours was speedin eastward toward New York.
 Carefully he fecked the ashes from the end of his cigar, struck match and held the flame againEt the half- burned stump. I noticed that his hand trembied as he did so. And that, Jim" he continued, lis the cause of this," and<he touch the gray strands at his temple. And have you never heard of her?' asked.
 T received two letters. returned them unopened" Going to a trunk in the far corner of the apartment. he returned with a
 photograph. which he placed upon the table.
 Tier photograph" he explained The face was that of a young wo- man who possessed more than ordinary beauty. A wealth of brown tresses covered a shapely head, and frank eyes gazed at one from the face of a woman
 of refinement.
 The telephone slgnaled and Gordon l took down the receiver. "MailT' Send it up.r he ordered | He stepped outside the door and TO- turned bearing a single letter. Silently he held it out to me and said briefly, | Its from her."
 The envelope was addressed in
 rather a pretty girlish hand and bore
 Chicago postmark, "Open it."sI suggested. | He looked steadily at me for several
 seconds. took the letter from my out
 stretched hand. turned 1t over, and then broke the seal.
 | Eagerly I watched his face as he read. His hands shook and his fade paled As he finished. the letter Hut
 tered from his fffngers and fell to the | floor.
 "Jim," he said, and his voice trem-
 bed with emotion. I'm fool" Tears glistened in his splendid gray eyes. as
 he gathered the note from the floor and
 placed it in my hands ''Read it," he
 requested.
 Mechanically took tho letter. spread
 out the pages and read: l Chicago, -.
 Twice, Roy. have I mailed letters
 to you. only to have them returned unopened. You have given a loving heart small chance of explaining what you deemed my unfaithfulness Roy.
 why did you reach such nasty con-
 clusion? meant to tell you that day when returned from the city, but you
 had gone. Can you imagine the grief
 of a wife who idolized you? You left
 a note in which you accused me of violation of our sacred ties. Roy, my husband, if you had but given mo chance to tellere this what write be- low! The day you were called to the
 city I received a message from my
 brother Jack, of whom had never told you. for reasons that follow. He had
 been a trusted clerk in the ofice Of
 a wealthy Chicago concern. A fellow
 clerk fell i'll and Jack in order to help his friend. who was aoon penniless,
 took a small sum from the firm, fully
 intending to return 1t before hls short age was discovered. Circumstances
 prevented and he was a fugitive. He asked me to meet him on the beach under cover of darkness, as he dared
 not meet me in the light of day.
 met him. as you saw, and gave him
 what money had at the time Roy, do you not see how you have wronged me? Marjory."
 As I finished I turned to the win dow, that I might conceal my emotion. 1 "Jiml"
 1 left the window and grasped his
 hand.
 A llght rap sounded. the door open
 ed and a waiter stood smiling on the 1 threshold.
 l Dinner waits, gentlemen" I I