Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-10-13

lug ar tchO with the ELtu lldlhSs Oh hei
husbands return; but no Emmellnt
could a.. find We came across Janet
dishrvtlled, distracted. at every corner
We sent down, at her instisatlon, mes
sengers To the post iiice, to MIR. Max
wells. 10 the c ur-h, To our usual village
haunts, bur without success. NOBODY
had seen Fmmeline since half pas
eleven, when Eliza the hou,emaid, after
dusting the spare-rOom. lad beheld heI
seated at the lobby window, the red rose.
dropping in er hair, .,er blue eyes fixed
longingy upon the high road along
which the postman came. 1t WAS unac
countab'e. inexplicahle.
At last. think it must have been fully
twoo'clock. sank exhausted on a Isl
chair, beg ling for grass If water. Phi
brought il to me. held the tumbler u my
lips. and drank deep AMI long.
well. you haven't found her yeti"
shook my head, ard | think wantet
to kiss him, and think lie wanted u
kiss me; but we only looked at each
other. As he thus stood beside me, TrUi
came in in "A worse plig than even ]
wss-as regards heat an irst. that is
for her headache had myst-rl"usly dis
appeared long ago-and he held til. glass
to her lips, too, with another sarca slis
inquiry,
~Trot. my little fri.n he said. 1T
never forget the devotion you have
shown to me at this tern lie crisis. IL
similar light ould he all you'll youi
husband should disappear IN! sterouSly
any m"ruing-oh, trust m, my hand
viii! be { first To sou.d the bottom OF
the we'll 10 drag the
"Phil!" she it; and the next mo
mcnt the glass was /, ing shattered on the
fig and they We're IA each others arms
He carried her into the dra" my room
CLOSED the door behind him. and | mndt
rush at lletty and D,tty, VINO were
coming in.
~Ne;ty. Netty, Mat do you thinb
about Emmrine--"
"Oh. bo,her-no, bless Emmeline
Well-wellY"
II ey say Emmel1e went off TO Lon.
don in the ~ IS train. They say-ai
least the boy in the yard. Who's just
come back from his dinner, says she
went out OF the house 10y the back douI
when 2 il arrived. dartel across the
lawn. and overlook Pulls fly returning
which toJk hex at once u the stat,oh.
Our dear boy tol us the story II tie
last few trying bat triumphant months
of his residence in Austria ia. On his way
up country to purchase the property lac
had written % his mother about. at the
begi inning of tl,e ,pr1g, lac had had "A Sc
we're attack of sunstroke. followed by
long and dangerous fever, which kept
him unconscious for months in "A rough
and very shady establishment, half hotel
half gambling-house. on the road to a
new mining camp. During occasional
returns of consciousness lie had asked
the people about him To make his condi
ton known TO us. They had assured
him they had do e SO; then, the mo-
ment he WAS fit to travel. he had contin.
ued his journey. and thanks To the gen.
crosby Of his partner, who had advanced
him his share of the purchase money. the
property had become their freehold, and
promised. 10y the sample OF the return II
was already making, to turn them both
into capitalists before the end OF a year.
After that. not hearing from us. he had
telegraphed. received reassuring reply.
had begun letter warning US to look
out for MIN before Christmas. when a
second telegram from Mr.. Maxwell urged
him TO return home At once.
He had started by the mail that was n
carry his letter. and arrived To find Us all
apparently in Bedlam, and . wife-s
wife
a wife." here two or three OF II.
broke in excitedly. 90. Phil, do you
| mean to say you really haven't the faint.
est idea who she-Emmeline is2 Oh,
you must have! Why. she knew lots oil
things about yoI."
Here is her picture. Phil. "cried Hetty
triumphantly, handing him a photo ii
her aud Trot taken together by an anna
teur artist some few eeks ago. -lt''
not very good. still"
Polly Cunningham. shouted Phil,
the moment hts glance fell upon the pic.
ture-"Polly Cunningham heref What
does it meanY What WAS the gamer"
"The game was-was- o., Phil
Trot. I'm sorry for you. dcarsi" broke III
| Doity, covering her face ith her liza ds
q The game WAS you. r."ney, your thou
, sand pounds in { e Funds, Phil And
she has got 1.-THE mink! Mr. Maxwell
realized the second five hundred yester'
day. aud gave it--at least. sent IL out foI
her. That was ". at size was waiting
for"
~W-ll. well. no nee CRYING over spilled
milk. cried Pill ch-erful'y. when -
Lad given our disgust and sstonishnen
ample vent. 1T can't be helped. an
would scarcely pay trying to Get IL back
] fancy. But. by Joye. what . game
Mas-whst n game! / begin - see bov
IL WAS worked-I begin to seei She
PLY. Was in the house where fell i'll
she and whole gang Of her relation
and accomplices. her mother, . YER
willy customer, and her fsther-at less
her mothers husband. for he wasn't tel
wears older than his rrputed daughter
joe Bradley, a ticket-of-l-ave mab, first
class forgrr, beard"
"for-er? Then, Pull. IL was he VII,
wrote the letter announcing your mar
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