Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-09-20
The Green-Eyed.
BY HENRY WALDORF FRANCIS

(COpyflSht, 1910, py Dally STORY Rup. SO')
The brief note, addressed but UNI
signed, written in a scrawly, plainly
disguised hand, read:
The lady whom you found with
your wife upon your return to your
home yesterday, and whom she in
troduced to you as Mrs. Delopard, is
not a woman at all, but young man
in disguise. He will be with her
again tonight"
Jefreys had read the precious
epistle SO times within the half hour.
He was insanely jealous of his pref
ty wife. Possibly the 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.
81 am obliged to leave the city I'M
expectedly, but will be home to-mor'
row night"
ooh, Henry!"
Don't cry, dear, and take good
care of yourself. 1t is only for a
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
1t from a man on the street, took up
his hat and went out. II Jeffreys
bod not baou oOv,nIotaIxy oboOrhad In
his wretched thoughts he would have
noticed that the boy had been watch
ing him closely with ears strained to
catch his every word.
Night came at last. With feverish
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 mass of dense shubbery
and tall cedars. He looked up to the
window of her room. The shades we're
drawn, but not to their full length,
and a 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 a tumult of rage and 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 If 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 all
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, and then he
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 it seemed to be
possessed with a fever for action.
1t was fully quarter Of a mile to
the nearest cottage. 1t stood on an
eminence and he could see it dimly
outlined. 1t was there his friend Cal-
vim 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 a man, which were mon
strous and altogether indefensible
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 a 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 a
vivid flash of lightning, followed by
a roar of thunder and simultaneously
there was a 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
to see whether he had killed
the man or only wounded him. 1t
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
a 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 hotel in the city.
From there in the morning he sent
note to the Office saying he would J