Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-12-20
The Creen-Eyed.
BY HENRY WALDORF FRANCIS


disguised hand, read:
The lady whom you found with
your wife upon your return 10 your
home yesterday. and whom she in
trodueed To you as Mrs. Delopard, is
not a woman at all. but a young man
In disguise, He will be with her
again tonight"
Jenreys had read the precious
epistle so times within the half hour,
lie was insanely jealous of his pref
~ wife. Possibly tie fact that he was
not immaculate himself partly &c
counted for his readiness to suspect
her
He went to the phone and called
up his wife.
Il am obliged to leave the city un,
expeetedly, but will be home tomor
row night"
"oh. Henry"
Don't cry. dear. and take good
care OF yourself. II is only for
day. Good,by. sweetheart"
He hung up the receiver and re.
turned TO his desk. At the same time
the Office boy who had brought him
the note. stating that he had received
i from a man on the street. took NJ
his hat and went out II Jenreys
had not been completely absorbed In
his wretehed thoughts he would have
noticed that the boy had been watch
ing him closely with ears strained 20
catch his every word
Night came at last. With feverlsA
impotence he boarded the train for
the suburb where he lived. His was
a pretty little cottage, just roomy
enough for two. almost hidden from
view by a mass of dense sauhhery
and tall cedars. He looked up TO the
window of her room. The shades were
drawn, but not To their full length
and bright light was burning in
side.
In the thick shrubbery. too far re
moved TO hear any voices inside the
house, he concealed himself and wait
ed in tumult of rage ami jealousy
Several times he was tempted to go
| right in and surprise them, but he
restrained himself. Perhaps after all
| no one was there with her and she
was innocent. His looks would be-
| tray him and she would ask him
awkward questions. Perhaps IL she
was guilty and she heard him coming
| she would find way to spirit her
| lover out of the house or to conceal
him-a thousand and one ways by
which his vengeance might be eluded
occurred to his fevered mind. No.
he would remain in concealment al
night and watch If any man came
out of the house-watch until she
came out in the morning to water. the
flowers, as was her wont, AM then : G
would know.
/ He felt the revolver he had taken
from his desk, and which was always
his travelling companion, in his inside
| coat pocket now, and 1t seemed to be
| possessed with q fever for action.
1t was fully a quarter Of mile to
the nearest cottage. 1t stood on an
eminence and he could see it dimly
outlined. 1t was there his friend Cal
win lived with his wife, whom-but of
that he was not thinking just now,
| did not allow himself to think. 1t
was an entirely different case. Many
things were proper, or at least ex-
cusable for man, which were mon.
strous and altogether indefelsible
for a woman-a curious code of NOR.
ais or lack of morals with which he
had been and was satisfied.
Suddenly the door of the cottage
was opened and in the doorway the
| figures of man and woman ap
peared. He watched them with eyes
on fire and blazing heart; he heard
| them exchange Goodnight, dear,
saw them kiss-and the door closed
Down the path the man came
quickly. Out of the clouds broke q
| vivid flash of lightning, followed by
roar of thunder and simultaneously
there was pistol shot, its noise
drowned by that of heavens artillery
He saw the man fall and then fear
took hold of him. 1t would be time
enough on the morrow to learn what
was the result of his crime The af
ternoon edition of the newspapers
would undoubtedly chronicle what
had happened.
He ran out into the road without
pausing to see whether he had killed
the man or only wounded him. II
was two miles across lots to the de
pot of railroad he never had ira
veled on, and where no one would
recognize him. He knew there was
midnight train to the city which
stopped there on signal. He lit a
match and looked at his watch. There
was time enough to make it.
He went to a hotel in the city
From there in the morning he sent a
note to the office saying he would
not be able to attend to business thai
day. If there was anything of i'm
portance he asked them to send
word to the hotel, where he would be
to receive it at four o'clock in the
/ afternoon. Then he nerved himself
| to composure and waited for the
newspaper to appear
He heard newsboy shout Extra