The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-03


 After the breakfast, VIII Godfrey sent maid to inquire if Mrs. Godfrey were stiil sleeping. Mrs. Godfrey re- piled through the maid that she was not sleeping. and had not slept through the night; and if Mir Godfrey wished to see her. he was very welcome.
 Well kindly give her this note" he now"
 Mrs. Godfrey received the note, sent the maid away. and prepared to read the confession of her husbands sin and repentance. Instead, with eyes dilated and brain bewildered. she read:
 "Edwina, you have nothing to fear from me. neither disgrace nor hatred have loved you too we'll Deeply have you sinned against me, against yourself against our child; but so far as man can forgive a woman who has done this, forgive you. But henceforth you are nothing to me. You may remain in this home which was once so happy and keep all 1t contains. l will see that you do not suffer but never never will I acknowledge you as my wife again. I shall live at the club. Poor child you have sinned greatly and great must be your atone ment. can not help you though I can pity you.
 "Edwina I have loved you so un- 
 "My girl good bye. Try to forget your mis,crdJ.e lover' or if you like, marry him. shall not hinder you if you wish a divorce. However, I want the boy. will"
 She read tne letter again, twice, three times, dozen times. Tn sheer despera- tion she then rose and dressed like nhadwoman, and in twenty minutes was starting outlo tho house, fastening her coat as she went gloves in hand.
 Oh, how long the way to wills office. She thought she should die with sus- pense. Every time the automobile was halted by crush of vehicles, or slowed up to avoid running down some pe- destrian. she clenched her hands till the nails running nearly went through the tips of her gloves.
 At last. The elevator was so slow that she had to restrain the impulse to seize the man by the thoat and grasp the lever with her own hands. At the door of Godfrey Brothers suite she stopped moment. forcing herself to be calm. an dentered.
 "Is MT. Godfrey in?''
 One of the clerks replied that Mir. Godfrey had gone out in response to a dispatch from Robert. asking him to have some matter attended to before his arrival.
 "Mr Robert is returning, thenT'
 'will be here at 'noon,"
 'T will wait in the private ofice,"
 "A lady is waiting there" said the clerk
 expected her" she said, and walked into her husbands private ofice.
 The days and nights that Alice had endured pass description. A hundred times she had thought of suicide; but | a~i hnf f. s fa hard; and the forlorn hope that all might come right yet kept her. alive. On the day that Edwina and VIII had | come to their final misunderstanding. | she closed the apartment in which she | bad experienced nearly all the joy and | all the. misery of her young. life, sent the key to its agent; and had gone | downtown with the idea of seeing | Robert once more, Of telling him that | she had loved and stiIl loved him. more tha nanything in life, even after the supreme wrong he had done her.
 There would be only one reproach-- that he had not been man enough to tell her when he was ready to- leave her. when she had bored him. instead of leaving her to light out the agony Of alone The interview would be very brief. she decided. only a lew minutes in which she would return to him the jewelry he had given her, so long ago. 1t seemed.
 Alice knew where his offlce was. though she had never been there, and without difficnlty she reached the firms ofices. She approached the boy at the i desk. R<
 .Is Mir. Godfrey inT'
 "JTe has just stepped out. We expect | him to return in half an hour"
 T will wait
 The clerk showed her to a chair in the handsome reception room, and she took 1t timidly and glanced around. There was an army of people, young women and men .industriously working. | Her eye caught the sign "Privats Off, Ace Her heart leaped--anything | rather than wait humbly for his ar rival
 ''Is there any objection to my walt ing in the private officer" she asked.
 The clerk hesitated.
 ,'J an, an old friend, relative, and | if was my desire to surprise Mir God | frey with meeting, as am on | living trip and unable to call at his 1 home. l would rather wait there. and | I am sure he would not mind in the | least"
 "Just as you please" said the clerk.