The Forrest City times., 1906-08-10

btitt duuItSStu biA signed, written in scravly. plainly disguised hand. read:
 The lady whom you found with your wife upon your return 10 your home yesterday. and wtom she in troduced to you as Mrs. Delopard, is in disguise. He will be with her again tonight"
 Jehreys had read the precious epistle 50 times within the half hour. He was insansly jealous of his pret- ty wife. Possibly the fact that he was not immaculate himself partly ac- counted for his readiness to suspect her.
 He went to the phone and called up his wife.
 T am obliged to leave the city un- expectedly, but will be home to-mor. row night"
 "Oh, Henry,"
 Don't cry. dear. and take good care of yourself. It 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 man on the street. took up his hat and went out If Jeffreys had not been completely absorbed 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 impatience he boarded the train for the suburb where he lived. Ills 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 were 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 tumult of rage and jealousy. Several times he was tempted to go AShN 'A1 anu SUI RAiSt lICut, put ut 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 nina thousand and one ways by which his vengeance might be eluded occurred to his feyered mind No; he would remain in coneealment 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 fever for action.
 It was fully quarter of a mile to the nearest cottage. It stood on an eminence and he could see it dimly outlined. It 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. It was an entirely different case. Many things were proper, or at least ex. cusable for man, which were mon strous and altogether indefensible for woman-a curious code of nor. als 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 a vivid flash of lightning. followed by roar of thunder and simultaneously there was pistol shot, it's noise drowned by that of heavens artillery. He saw the man fall and then fear took hold of him. It would be time enough on the morrow to learn what I 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 tra. yeled 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 not be able to attend to business that day. If there was anything of inn pertance he asked them to send word to the hotel. where he would ba