Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-10-18

trouble YOU 90 close the door, said
she. when to servant had withdraws
I closed tho door
i've come she began. without
seating herself. to make yoa IS I'M
happy l fear. as l am. I've hesitated
long before coming Hat am desper>
ate. The one hope / have left is that
you snd between MS may be able
to--to--that YOU and may be able 10
help each other.
I waited
Il suppose there arc people, she
went on. who have never known wrhat
Il was to--reaily 20 care for some one
else They would despisc me tor
clinging to a man after he has shown
me that--that his love has ceased
Pardon me. Mrs. LanGdons" ! In
terrupted. You apparently think
your husband and ! are inumate
friends. Before you no any further
l must disahuse you or that idea
She looked at me In open astoniah.
ment You do not know Why MY
husband has left meg"
Until few minutes ago. did not
know that he had left you" | said.
And do not wish 20 know why
} Her expression OF astonlshment
, changed to mockcry. OH" she
! sneered Your wife has fooled YOU
A into thinking II one-sided affair
D Wen. | tell you. sho Is as much to
!. blame as he-more, For he did love
r me when he married me; did love me
:, until she got him under her spell
e again"
n thought understood You have
r been misled. Mrs. I.angdon, said
r gently. plying her as the victim of
II her insane jealousy. You have"
q Ask your wife" she interrupted
', angrily. Hereafter. you can't pre-
tend ignorance For IN at least be
N revenged. She failed utterly to trap
N him into marriage when hhe was n
e poor girl. and -"
n Before you go any further" said
10 coldly. "iet me set you right Ny
~ wife was at one time engaged 10 yoni
husbands brother. but"
'Tom7" she interrupted And her
laugh made me bite my lip so abe
told you that don't see how she
dared. Why. everybody knows that
she and Mowbray were engaged and
III that he broke It OF to marry mo.
IN All In an instant everything that
had been confused Ia my AFFAIRS ri
III home aud down town became clear
MI understood why | had boon pursued
II relentlessly in Wall street: why | hae
III been unable TO make the least i'm
IN preston on the barriers between
iii Anita aud myself You will imagine
III that some terrible emotion at ones
All dominated me. but this IL not
WI romance; only the veraciuua chrnni
Gle OF certain husman beings NJ
III first emotion was-rciief that IL wa
r. not Tom f.angdun II ought TO hAs
M known she couldn't care for him.
VA said | TO myself. |. oontendlng wit
VII Tom Langdon for a womana love ha
LH always made me shrink Hut Mov
AI bray--that was vastly different N
lll respect for myself and FOR Anita Foa'
lN NO" said I to Mrs. Langdon. IN
w wife did not tell me. never spoke Of /
What said TO you was purely guea
OF my own. | had no interest In til
matter-and haven't have abAolnl
confidence in my wife. feel aahame
that you have provoked me into "A.
ing So" opened the door.
II am not going yet. aald she d
grily. Yesterday morning Mowbra
and she were riding together In II
Riverside dfive. Ask her groom
what OF it7" said I. Then. Is 81
did not rise. ! rang the bell. Mhs
tho servant came. | said. Plea
tell Mrs. Blackjack that Mrs Langde
is In the llbraTy--and that Am her
and gave you the message
Az soon as the servant was son
she said: mo doubt she'll lie to 20
These women that steal other vol
ems property are usually clever
foollng their own silly husbands
Il do not intend to ask her.
piled. ITO ask her would be az
suit
She made no comment beyond
scornful toss of the head. We BE-
had our gaze fixed upon the DO
through which Anita would snt,
when she finally did appear. I. Aft
one glance at her. tuFned-lt mt
m have been ttiumphantIy- b
accuaer had not doubted. /
DnIy where IL the faith that ID not |
pose stronger for confirmation And o
hite firmation there VAS in the very
be- mosphere round that stately. y
her figure. She looked calmly. nrHs
OF Mrs Langd0n. then NJ me
Is a II sent for you. said /. .beeansa
thought that ron. rather than I. shot
Iont request Mrs LAnsdon to leave %
And house.
Al that Mira Langdon Naa On !
40 feet. aud blazing. -FoSit# she aal
I'll me. oh. the fools women make
ri men," Then 70 Anita. s.Yau-~y
per - But 40, must not permit ]
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