The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-14
SERPENT
SUSPICION

Armand MartYne was perplaNot
ffe HuiY2 loved hls bride one
geaf. but he felt there aaH "a unEa
~ mye,ery nbout her whima. "a
whirh h. WAS 30 iudulreut FOR Ia
stance. the mament dinner was over
his wife let him read 81 smoke alone.
while she would vanish into hor own
toaln. Prom the day they had re-
turned from their honeymoon lt NaH
an agreement 90 which hn had
iaurhlnglF and thousbtiesriY neauis
rsesd that he was never 90 enter u
without EXPRESS permission.
1le sighed little sadly aud wan
dsfed into the study. remembering
ho had some letters 60 write. one
t.ttar with which he was dlFsatis=
fieta he relied up aud threw Ia the
waste basket Then. rhsnsina hiH
nhlud. he fiahed for II apd drew ap
Naa u paper whl1h he thought was
a. However. this was IN hts wtfTH
hanhwfilius a. ran
aNy pafiiaF eYrii Yes VIII
meet pau this enre mere nui it
must us FOR the last time There
4. 80 need f0f me to cell sea any
niore that ali my love II yours, snd
wili alpays be forever a. long "a !
tive"
II ended thus abruptly
All She cared foe saneone else.
There has been a FORMER sweet
heart. a poor man. probably. ani his
wife Wan "a EiKe him THIS one meet
Ing the last 81 many, q Seemed,
Hs aoaia not breathe indoors He
fen chakiHs anffecAted ana, open.
lns the long freuah window. he
stepped ont into tha garden. The
stars we're shining iu the skY Jew
uled points 90 serene. ~ far away
a rebuka 70 the feyerrd world be
Tow. To walked deep ia hfooainr
thought. beneath TIE avenue ~ rust
ling trees Its quick We uauEht a
woman's figure hitting IN and out
sfaonE the shrubs
Yes. u vas his wife. dressed IN a
white ffock Witch ne knew 30 veil.
beeaase ne had sela her a week ago
n aId Bat bscofne heF
Nov the ~yann ~ voices reached
hllu this voirsH ~ mHn ard ~ a
Nausn A man and a woman came
out Into the faint iiRhL The man
bent dawn and heia the WOMAN Ia
hiH armb. ktssinE her Iarsionatelg.
A passion u jealousy seised Mar
tyne. and he slipped si~aishliy into
The nouse when he emerged be
eiutehss a revolver
Marian Nartyns paced her room
with sparkling eyes. = cannot besp
my sxcfrs from hfm any longer she
whispered 'ils shall knsw q this
VERY Night Then she wrote upon
thr cover ~ q bulky uAnanctipt the
fnilauins words in her graceful
~ I'd To nf dear husband. with
81 my luss. ihta buok is dsdieatsd
~ the sutipF. has wife"
nAs seat eewn ths Side stairs al
ssacal dancing. Al the fest zass en-
asunlurua Mlnnsn. the Rald. booking
asine = hat abaahvd and faHt enter
lHW fraaa th~ garden To her she
SAVE shls saiid frhskes
That fuulafd aiik ] EaVs Ypu last
seek Is nof Suitable Tor 9ou b. b.
Msaring ai,aut the house. Miunle=
AENa H4Na - - 2 ~ 1870 ~ s#aH
spouse Ia TIE e4ftef. bat ne waa rot
there mr. IN he study SIR went
sat tafa ths nrsu calling her hus
bnud.s nanns. ana encountered him
uaAnainE ~ the Eteom like a statpr
IL thou9ht ] naW gau @ut here
4 frtofnsut aeu "a Ysgaf fusiiafa IN
sro~s BE- said. in a lusAY vniees
HNas Il n Affunia the suRfd y ho
l. nsariuK IL. l EaVe u % her
~ sone dim Nsy shr suspected
IAr truth. Ia = few hafrtea words
als tala him that the fea~aa slaa had
secluded herself often ~ her Fpem
lsM4 because Mne maR writing q
aossi The isitsE hs had found Vas
! fraKfnsut ~ manuscript
usfare shn could So anY mere
~ foft herself thhrn iu tte psfenE
arms OF her husband and pressed 70
sfa heart IN a grasp that almost
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