Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-21

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slept and had then gone to lie down on the
sofa in the sitting room.
She was 10 much better that towards tho
middle OF the day, when the doctor came.
he allowed her to get w.
Then she and Rose talked the situation
over. and little by little the young actress
She had been playing with a company In
America when she frst met Wilson. who
was then taking to the stage. He was not
a good actor. but he was "A gentleman and
made himself agreeable, and people liked
him. They saw a good deal of each other
ana they feli IN love. He asked her to DO
his wife and she consented and they were
married, Soon afterwards she heard that
her mother was seriously Ill In England.
and she wanted to return and see her. AT
first her husband objected, but at last. up
on thinking IL over, he consented. but she
noticed that he seemed very nervous as
soon as they landed upon English soil
their funds had been exhausted by tho
journey and she proposed that they should
get engagements IN England. At last she
succeeded In obtaining one with a travel
Ing company for herself and her husband.
one night, in a little town near London, "A
message was brought to her husband that
n gentleman named Marlborough wanted 10
soc him, He was terribly aglthtcd, and
exclaimed, MY God, they've recognized me.
I Thought inter all these years / was for
gotten"
That night he told her his story. He
confessed that some years before he had
been In an oince in London aud had been
accused Of embezzlement. Ic assured her
tina, he was innocent, but could not prove
IT, and that II he were taken he would be
sent TO prison for years. She was terrified.
and they left the place at once and came
to London. Jack after that rarely went
recognized. They were very poor, and she
had had to pawn to pay their rent. Then
they saw the advertisement for an actor
and an actress to go to the Cape with a
company. Her husband said that would be
the best thing for them. and he had sent
her to try aud get the engagement. Rose
knew the rest.
49, thought Rose to herself. "he has
deceived this poor girl, and she really be
lieves that she is his wife! What am l to
say to her, What will she do when she
A grea, pity welled up in the heart of
Rose Smedley for this poor girl who had
been SO loyal to the man she loved. She
upon her only as a fellow victim.
But now more than ever she felt bitter
against her husband. and determined to let
him see that his baseness was known to
her. Then he might go TO the Cape II he
liked. She would not raise a finger to stop
him; But no mercy she might show him
would enable him TO atone for the wrong
he had done Kate fillmore.
The doctor had still forbidden Kate to
leave the house under any circumstances.
Leaving her at home. Rose went out. She
Smcdlcy that day. She looked about her
to make sure that the house was not
watched ana Fh" me detective NJ inc lOp
OF the street, lie had resumed his watch.
But as she came out his back was turned
for a moment. A few doors below was a
corner Of the atr"'t-roun this Mrs. Smed-
ley dartcd. Then she stopped well out OF
sight and waited. II the detective had seen
her ne would come after her al once.
She waited a f'w minutes and he did not
come. Then IA" was sure that he had not
seen her leave the house. but was stili
watching It.
She was safe now. She went up the side
a. tF,.t 4 n ~. tIV- sHI ta,lx Al. uhnHt atf and
made her way into HOlborn there she took
a cab and drove to the address given by
Kate ElmOrc.
II was a poor, mean, little house, with
dirty blinds and a general appearance OF
being let off in lodgings to people who
were not too particular.
She knocked At the door and the land
lady. an un,idy person with an untidy baby
in her arms and a small. untidy child cling
Ing to ca h1g i ,tnm y 2pens w,, the door %;,b , uos.
"No, he ami, ina 'am. Hes gone away"
Gone away" exclaimed Rose. In as
constituent.
Yes, he paid me my rent and went away
last night. lie left a letter for Mrs. viii
son, which was to be given her when she
came in"
She Is staying with me. III take tho
letter to her"
Certainly, ma'am. and welcome"
the letter and gave 1t 70 Rose She looked
at IT. and a chill feeling crept over her
heart.
The last doubt was removed. II was her
husbands writing. She had always be-
lieved that Wilson was her husband, but
the certainty was II shock to her. none the
less.
She took the letter home. She was bound
to give II to Kate. 1t might contain some
thing that 1t was necessary she should
know at once. !,
Kate opened II. read It.. and then let It
fall with q cry OF anguish. The next
moment she buried her face in her hands
and burst into tears. Read It," she
sobbed.
Rose picked 1t up and read II,