Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-08

10 her husbands creditors without murm,r
an; anu went PACK to live with her mother, hop,
4h5 dsainst nope that she would hear some
lung OF Jack; that he would let her know
wnere ne was and give her the means of
m 1oonihg MN, But the weeks grew into
presently year had gone by and She was
whereabouts. nu
She felt that he had treated her very
cruelty; the shame was bad enough. the
terrible suspense was worse She didn't
even know II he was alive or dead. At
last las. she IN made up her mind that he must be
drowned himself, perhaps-and this was the
reason that since the day Of his fight the
silence had remained unbroken
she wondered often what could have in
ouced MIN to turn dishonest She had never
asked for luxury, though she had accepted
n \, wnen 1t came And Jack himself had
always appeared quite contented and happy
IN the days when they practiced economy.
Year succeeded year. and still no news
came and then Rose abandoned her last
nope and made up her mind that on this
SIDE OF the grave she would see her husband
no more Then she determined to accept an
offer which she had from an old friend of
ner family. wealthy widow named Mon
crleH, and accept the position of a COM
panlon to her. Roses mother had died the
year previous, and she had no one to con-
slider but herself.
Mrs. Moncrieff was about to take long
continental tour, and the change of scene
and the excitement would be the very best
thing possible for Mrs. Smedley, whose
health had suffered under the long harass
and suspense she had endured
On the evening that was to be her last
IN the lodgings she had occupied since her
boxes, when the landlady came up to say
that gentleman wished to see her
1t was SO unusual for any one to call
upon Mrs. Smedley that for a moment
wild idea flashed across her mind that it
was Jack. But the hope was slain the
moment it was born. for the landlady added
He says that his names Marlborough
ma'am."
tom Marlborough" said Rose to herself
whatever can he want? suppose he's
heard that I'm going abroad and has come
to say goodbye"
She came down stairs to the parlor to
see her visitor. and found Tom in state
of great excitement
II hope you won't mind my calling
you SO late" he explained "but I've only
just found out where you lived. I've some
news for you"
II know what it is" gasped Rose, you've
seen Jack"
eyes, believe have"
The next minute Tom had dashed out into
the hall and was yelling for the landlady.
Rose Smedley had fallen down in a dead
faint.
When the landlady and Tom between
them had brought her round and Rose was
camer, Tom told his story.
He had been dining with some friends
the previous evening at little town
some thirty miles from London, and after
to the local theater.
The piece was not up to much and the
company was only small travelling one, but
the voice of the man who played one of
the parts instantly arrested Toms atten-
ton. He listened and listened, and the
more he listened the more the idea haunted
him that he was listening to Jack Smed-
ley
He borrowed pair of opera glasses and
scrutinized the actor carefully, but the
"make-up'' effectually concealed the mans
real features. And yet there was look
about the eyes and upper part of the face
that confirmed Toms impression that he
was in the presence of his long lost friend.
The actors name was given in the pro-
gram as "Mr. J. Wilson" AS soon as the
performance was over Tom made an excuse
to his friends and went round to the stage
door. He saw the stage doorkeeper and
asked if he could speak to Mr.. Wilson.
"I'Il see, sir. What name?''
"Say Mr. Marlborough"
The man took the message and promptly
returned to say that "Mr. Wilson was en-
gagged with the manager and could not see