The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-30
IA JEALOUS WIFE.


by INONA ~ lSlNlNE
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The conversation fell dead when Mrs.
1 Trudon entered the drawing pom. Ih .e
silence was almost visible Mrs Irude af
IT, recognizing 1t, and shrinking from It IN
acute paln--not with sudden shock, not IN
surprise, that was the most pathetic part
4 sincaiion Of. habitual pain.
They were talking of Dick again, her
| heart cried out and In the last word lay
tho sting, but. she was tho first to dlspeil
II had to wait twenty-five minutes ut
4 Chaplain Junction.. and lost my way
| twice coming here" she said gally. She
lips. and sat down deliberately in very
l.confortablo chair.
mus. have had prophe affair ins qea
eaaety sa tme mrs fo y ara G'u as tho
servant entered. What were you talking
about when came In, Maimic7"
Mrs. Ballanger was equal to the occa-
| slon.
As a. matter OF fact, Alice, we were
talking about you." she said.
well confess sho said. confess the
1 worst in any case shall have to forgive
II was saying" said Mamie Ballanger,
"well-it was horrid Of mo, Alice, and not
true n bit, but was saying that you
at Balkan now you live at Cainpden Hill,
/ All In the room were Intimate and old
acqualntances; all but ono simply gazed
IN ara at Mrs Balangery H,ey had
enough to Justify the sudden silence, and
4 yet pardonable. si I'LL /. 3
oh Maim!e, when you know .Ss how ess,, care
\ IT was n brute cried Mamie. and
deserved to have you come Just ut the
moment and make me feel a 1end.
myself in draughty streets on my way to
land that IN itself Is enough to kill
any woman, not to speak OF you Just n now.
4 you more good than tca-do, dear. - s "
II will, / think. It will feel 30 disrepu-
table to sandwich a glass Of wine between
same st thing as being smart I've always
longed ali my quiet we'll behaved life here
TO so to those dinners that were SO smart
that they begun with a slice Of melon and
i stopped In the middle to smoke cigarette
4 believe the chief reason why I married
asked to. dinners Of that sort.
said to hi her: WHY aid + you you think be-
then you could have done without the
II has pqHte p Rsleb6 XIV
4 s It was like the throbbing OF the pulses
in her head, only 1t hurt 50. Why In the
world should It hurt SO much noIw-she had
i 50 she drank the wine. talked gaily
with the little group OF old friends and
|school-fellows for quite as long a time
as any one who had to change ia at Claphan
and started for the station.
4 3lS She was not alone in the compartment.
betray her. SO she retained the smile on
her face and sat stiff and upright In the
middle Of. the seat
~ know no more now, then I've known
4 this long while" she tried to say in her
Il heart. @ 5s Il # WA ies 81! III
But 1t Was not so. She did know more
for now she knew that she knew.
4 Dick, did not care II they knew. And
|sDick's child was coming X to a heart
broken mother and a father who would
to him-plead with him? Had ounging
and pleading ever yet held man when
mo, let her keep her pride. It was all
I And than suddenly tho amazing pitt full
1 ness swept over her face like a flood. It
u was as II she stood apart from herself and
!. saw the whole story
The young wife proud and happy; the
young devoted husband with good means
and good prospects and a luxurious home.
n 1.-The young tired drudge with homie made
clothes and roughened hnger-ends, desert
4 ed for a well-to-do middle-aged demie-
Z mondaine.
4 a few monals after their marriage Dicks
Z aunt had died suddenly, Just as she was
4 about to settle a. fortune on her nephew,
4 rather than let him inherit In due course.
a and when her affairs came to be looked
Suspicion pointed at her trusted e & man man
4 Of business, who had had a long interview
: with her on { the morning preceding the
night of her death, and had gone home.
4 buying a revolver on his way, and been
A found shot through the heart in his study
Il next morning. 8 5553 r
No INQUIRIES threw any light on What
4 had become OF old Miss Trudon's money.
hs had Sy peea 9nS nae
4 Of supposed interest, until the time came
a when she wished to make settlements
on her. .nephew-.but In any case It was was
4 their prospects and their llowances, and
fell from poverty to struggles. Z, 7, !,
was hard l for both OF then1-p Pr; dld "a
( tie battle is always borne BY
the same appearance on bare
third Of the means-be her own cook.
+ ing to be tho social success that had made
Z other men so envlous OF Trudon's good
fortune. It takes a certain amount of
ea b b as spask n
hostess. When q woman does tho two for
long 1t kills her. Il
Il Alice had done ait for O. year ana now
child was coming, and her husband was
q ceaslng to love her.
7, For months she had watched the thing
grow. She remembered the first time
Dick had gone out after dinner to see a
client.
She had been pleased. ~
The thing had happened again and
d again. She had still been pleasant. PA
Then she had found out 1t was always
the same client. and that the client was
a lady. =
i Z She had been silent,
j How long tho time seemed between the
first torturing doubt and the later tortur-
Ing certainty. III
a But she could still BIO silent.
dinner, All was as 1t should be, and In ten
minutes she was In the drawing groom IN
q pretty demie-tolette and with n bright
8 L face and even the roughness of her finger
ends discussed with a little violet powder.