The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-02-10


sponse, laughing in a half-hysterical
little way to conceal her agitation
Then she looked back at Hurlbut
again; he had stopped talking, and
Russell almost jumped at the sound
of his wife's clear. controlled tones.
DO tell lis all about it, Mr. Hurl-
but she was saying, "a romance like
that is too rare not to be interesting."
There isn't really much more to
tell, he answered, smiling, "that's
where the trouble comes in. Evans
was always more or less gloomy, al
most acknowledgements at times:
then he was unpleasantly hilarious.
One day. he got confidential and told
me all about his trouble, but withhold
ing the names of the parties. A
month later, he was stricken with a
fever, and they sent for me at his re-
quest. In some way, he made it
known to me that I must look up
these people and make things right,
now that he was going. But he was
too far gone to talk distinctly, and
never could get at the names. The
story. in brief, however, is this:
He was staying with some friends
in town two weeks prior to his we'd
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house, and Evans-man-like-f found
himself making love to her in spite of
himself. One night, he kissed her in
the rOse-garden. In some way, it has
| never been discovered how, the fact
| came to the ears Of his fiancee She
wrote an immediate letter, dissolving
their relationship. Evans replied, as
! severating his innocence. He could
not do otherwise. But the girl refused
| to bulge. He confded in his friend,
| who, like a brave Don Quixote, took
| the affair into his own hands and
went to see the girl, and. in order to
| prove to her that Evans was innocent,
| himself took the blame of the whole
thing, and swore that he it was who
kissed the young lady in the rose gar
den. And in turn, the young lady who
| was kissed, betrayed the man to his
! wife. and the wife took French leave"
But did the girl-the one who was
! kissed-did she uphold the husband in
! his deception. to protect the other
girls fiancee?'
"Just exactly
"Then l should have thought that
| the husband would have explained
| everything to his wife!"
| HE tried to-pleadings were
vain.'"
! Il don't much blame her, do you?'
'Well--I hardly know
! "A mans reply. We're there any
| children?":
! II don't think So"
THAT was lucky. So many women
have to endure continual flagellation
OF their souls if there are children"
But the man-think of him! He
| loved his wife; he must have suffered
! terribly when she turned on him.
If he loved her so much, why did
| he place her in such position?"
He thought he could explain;
| thought that she would trust and be.
lieve him. And he loved his friend,
| and couldn't bear to see his life
| wrecked all on account of little non.
sense"
Mrs. Russell laughed then, the ten
sion had to give way somewhere, and
when she looked up again. her eyes
were, calm, with a new light in them.
"Quite little DRAMA" she. remarked.
'tand> so: it has" fallen to your lot to ar
range climax?'
'In way, it has,"
"And do you think the woman
| would believe"
:"On the oath of dying man? /
! think so. Don't you?"
She nodded. IT think she would
! like to, at any rate"
II gave Evans my solemn PROMISE -
why did he wait SO long to set
| matters straight?"
HE never knew of the estrange-
| ment till year ago. He went to In
dia, You see.' <:<$* :* .. =
| After that; there. was. A. silence, and
soon the hum of general conversation
was resumed. i g.: = !. -..>. :
Half an hour later on emerging
from the smoking room, Russell found
himself being presented 70 his wife: 4.=
At the sound Of his name, she look
+ ed III. startled & and the olor faded
swiftly her face and is sz \ '5z 55