The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-12-30

Lucy, If yoa don't part company
with your absurd jealousy you viii in
time have to part company with me.
No man will stand such an annoy
ance."
And If you don rart company with
the women TO whom you are so devOt-
cd you Will have TO part company with
ne"
Whom are you especially suspicious
of AT PRESENT.
I'm suspicious OF no oce- know
that you are attentive to-Margaret
Gray"
What my old friend Mag"
You mean your Old fame Mag"
Lucy. you are a foolr' And the
husband stalked out of the room and
the house
Cne morning q telegram came to the
house addressed 20 Mr. Bradford Bow
en-. The messenger on learning that
Mr.. Bowen was not at home declined
70 leave the message. and the maid
went to Mrs. Bowen TO ask when Mr..
Bowen would return. Mrs. Bowen
went to the door 10 speak to the mes
senger herself and found him obdurate
in clinging TO his instructions. She
asked him to permit her to look at the
address on the message. and he held it
up before her. Snatching IL from him.
she tore off the envelope and read:
Take O'Clock train for Hastings to-
morrow afternoon. Disguise. NJ. G. :
The dreaded blow had fallen. Her
husband was about to desert her for
Margaret Gray. The stricken wife did
not for moment realize that she had
brought il upon herself She crumpled
the telegram convulsively and, rushing
upstairs to her bedroom. locked the
door and gave way to weeping and
wailing. BY the time her husband usu
ally came home TO dinner she had
grown comparatively calm. She would
not reveal her discovery. She would
announce that she had tired of living
with q man in whom she had no conf
dence and that she would on the NOR
row go TO live with her mother. But
when dinner had been placed on the
table the erring husband did not ap-
pear. 8. 8. 10 O'Clock came. but not
Mr. Bowen The deserted wife sat up
till in the morning waiting, then
went to bed. but not TO sleep. There
was one ray of hope In the matter.
She knew OF the appointment for the
next day and would be on the train.
How he would tremble at her fury!
And how the shamefaced hussy who
had led him away from his lawful
wife would cover before her just in
dignation.
But during the morning she began to
realize how desperate was the sitCa-
ton. She remembered her husbands
warning and thought that perhaps.
after all. she might have driven him to
what he was about to do. She changed
her plan. She would 20 on the train.
but TO implore him TO return with her.
She would promise to do better in fu-
ture. But the telegram said, Dis
guise" Would she know him or the
woman he was to eIope with? At any
rate she must do her best.
At 4 o'clock she was on the train.
Beginning ut the first car. she walked
through to the last. peering at every
one she passed. In the last car every
seat was occupied but one. and that
was beside gentleman who moved
aside for her. and she sank into ii.
with a sigh The train pulled out of
the station. and the man beside her,
turning. said:
You seem worried about something
Are you looking for some one on the
trainT'
Mrs. Bowen at first declared that she
was not, but after awhile admitted she
was. Then when the man asked If be
could not aid her she said hopelessly:
1.-THE one L seek is disguised"
in that case / can do nothing fol
you. Shall / telegraph ahead for the
policeT
"Oh. no! For heavens sake. don't"
Before reaching Hastings the sym
pathetic gentleman had gained her con
fidence and permission to go with bel
10 Browns, the principal restaurant
and hotel in the place. where the elop
ing couple would doubtless put up. HI
also went through the train for her
looking at suspicious persons, ant
when be returned he said that the old
German and his frau sitting opposit,
looked as if made up. When they lief
the train they followed this couple
who went directly TO Browns.
You must have something to sus
tain you" said Mrs. Bowen's friend
and without her knowledge or consen
ordered supper in private room. A
soon as il was announced he led he
there. Scarcely knowing what she did
she sat down at the table, but refused
TO eat burying her face in her hand
and weeping bitterly. Suddenly tn