The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27

which SO often follows the lifting OF burdens
hes an aos % Ts'shsa 9g Rs
sspss1a1I1y , afTsetsd BY IT. quick feeling Of
ssex ptne9
to drive home IS quickly as possible, for twi-
the trees the darkness felt oppressive.
The little fire on the hearth and their belated
not until they had retired to a small parlor
and TyrreI had smoked cigar that the tragedy
W Pe subject ns az
ton as to whether ''he ought to have gone with
Dora to London. -
y Dora opposed the idea. strongly when named
IT to herr answered Ethel ''she said it would
give opportunities for ,Mostyn to Islander both
herself and you, and I think she was correct
Every way she was best alone" So
Perhaps. but feel as If I ought to: have
gentleman; in fact, as IL had been very un-
gentle.''
There Is no need: answered Ethel little
coldly. = i,
IT IS terrible position for Mostyn.''
He deserves it, zsS
'He is SO sensitive about public opinion"
In that case he should behave decently In
Then Tyrrel lit another cigar, and there was
another silence which Ethel occupied In irritat-
ing thoughts OF Dora.s unfortunate fatality in
trouble making. She sat at little table stand
ing between herself and Tyrrel. It held his
smoking utensils, and after awhile she pushed
them aside and let the splendid rings which
adorned her hand fall into the cleared space.
-
She looked up with smile and then down
at the hand she had laid open upon the table.
II am locking at the ring Of all rings. See,
Tyrre1, It Is but a. little band OF gold, and yet
it gave me more than all the gems Of earth
could buy. Rubies and opals and sapphires are
only it's guard. The simple wedding ring is the
ring Of great price. It is the loveiiest orna-s
nent happy woman can wear
Tyrrel took her hand and kissed It, and kissed
the golden band and then answered: Truly an
ornament If a happy wife wears it; but oh,
3 Ethel, what is it when it binds woman to such
misery Dora has just fed from?'
Then it is fetter, and "a a, woman who , has
IF s ef sne w ase aa as she
lifted the rubies and. opals and slowly but smiI
hgIy encircled the little gold band:
woman said Tyrrei. ''She viii be with her
mother in few hours. Mother love cure
all griefs It never fails = slames ant
warm and true. Dora will be comforted Let
us forget; we can do no more"
For couple of days this was possible,
subject, was perforce opened. ut was a bad
case,'' she said, but it is being settled as
quickly and as quietly as possible; Z believe saie~
nizance to keep the peace and has disap-
peared- No one win look for him The gen
any way, sand and this affair they don't want
men. i isn't te BE- expected, IS ita Justice
1ad5, bat he Vs said Ss Also S bad
| dent, and ought not to be discussed And
SQUIRE Bentley said: II English gentlemen sa
on. None Of them think It prudent e approve
up fof her. Did you ever hear ANYTHING like
hrs Mostyn had sown seed that would be seen
Lucy neo suspect had more to s' Do With the
move than she will confess She got lot OF
ii my ,4 heart she set the moor woman M to the
business. John Thomas, Of course; says not a
word but he ioeks ~, at !, Lucy IN a very proud
object lesson he'll remember as long as he lives.
/ So has Nicholas tho he blrffs more than a
dear, they are an Formulating their laws on the
subject, and their. wives are smiling queeriy
at them. and holding their heads bit higher
than usual n ths I've sa Sesn doing IT myself SO
Thus, tho very little was said In the news
papers about the affair. the. notoriety Mostyn
nr1ate t %as Of IL every house,
hold. Men talked it over in all the places
| where men met, and women hired the old Mostyn
! servants in order to get the very snrest and
latest story Of the poor wife's wrongs, and then
compared reports and even discussed their. cir
At the court. TyrreiF and Ethel tried to forget
and their own interests were SO many and 6
ally after a few. lines from Mrs. Denning as
sured them Of Dora's. safety and comfort. And
sufriced; there was the hay to cut in the
meadow lands. and after it the wheat fields
i to harvest The stables. the Kennels. the farms
/ and timber the park and the garden kept TYRE
constantly tusy. And to these duties were added
the social ones, the. dining and dancing and en-
/ tertaining, the horse racing. the regattas. ant
I the enthusiasm which automobiffng in its frs
fever engenders
i And yet there were times when Tyrrel looked
bored, and when nothing but Squire Percival'
organ OF Ethels piano seemed to exercise tn
unrest and ennIi that could not be hid. Ethe
i watched these moods with wise and kind curl
osity, and in the beginning of September, whel
1 they perceptibly increased, she asked one day
fare you happy Tyrrel? Quite happy?'
81 am having a splendid holiday" he an
II swered, "but -
4 .sBut what, dear r.,
i zone could not turn life into long holida
Il that would be harder than the hardest work.
4 She answered "Yes," and as sh
was alone fell to thinking, and in the mids
I Of her meditation Mrs. Nicholas Rawdon en-