Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-25
You have Intruded yourself here attsp my forbidding it."
 "Forbidding it?" tk A

ing"
 Where did you send it?" "To the hotel address on the let. ter
 T am sorry. That letter was writ ten in the afternoon. Then your bro- ther came and insisted upon my spend- ing the night under his roof, as it Is my last in London. I have not been to the hotel since-'
 The woman groaned. She looked pleadingly at Geatrex.
 If you have any kindness left for me-" she said, leave my husbands house this moment Do not let us de- lay. Go at once" The woman's agitation was so evi- dent he took pity on her.
 Well, I take my leave.'' .!Agts "Yes, yes"
 "Good-by, Helen" He held out his hand. She hesitat. ed, every fiber strained in terror. The street door was thrown open. She dreaded to think that this might be her husband. If so, then her pun ishment was complete. {
 A sound of pain came up from the hall.
 Helen, Helen!" called the voice of her husband, in unmistakable agita- tion.
 Helen covered her face with her hands
 They will kill one another!" she cried.
 MT. Greatrex stood motionless. The terror of the woman took away, for . moment, his presence of mind.
 Helen, Helen!" called her husband. again.
 She wondered why he delayed com ing up.
 A groan came from the hall.
 Helen recovered herself a little. She looked up.
 Stay here," she whispered, trem-, blingly.
 The truth would now seem fictitious. What could she do? In her own mind she believed that the death of one of the two men must be the outcome of this meeting.
 Helen; is that you?" asked Regi. nald.
 "Yes," she replied, trying to sup press her agitation.
 Now she perceived that something had happened to him. He held his hand tightly over his left eye.
 Has anything happened?"
 Take me upstairs. I should think something has happened" he re- turned with groan- His pain was in- tense, apparently.
 What is it?" asked his wife, delay. ing him at the foot of the staircase, while she slowly took off his coat.
 "The beastly horse went down on a hill just as I was driving to Jenks & Co.'S place this afternoon in Hallwell The hanson went all to smash. The front window sash broke, and I was :, thrown on to it. I think it's ruined , my left eye. The doctor dressed il , and put cap on it" Helen's sorrow was as great as her husbands pain. But in a moment the feminine quiokness. of thought caught at 8 means of salvation for her own and her husbands happiness (what. ever might be the effect upon his left , eye).
 , "The gaslight is terrible" she cried , If the sight of one eye is injured il , will endanger the sight of the other il , left exposed to gas light. Let me bind , it."
 |, Without waiting for permission, she swiftly drew out her handkerchief. IT , another instant she had bandaged his
 right eye, and he was completely
 blind.
 Now, dear" she said, taking hi,
 arm, "let me lead you up to oul room"
 He stumbled upstairs beside her ' Without hesitating she led him into
 the room where Greatrex stood ii
 wonderment.
 As she passed over the threshold U Helen made sign indicating that h, Il must leave the room at once. Greatrex moved past the husban, and wife to the door. Who's that?" querulously demand cd the husband. "only Jane," replied the wife. witl
 her hand upon her heart, as if sh, feared the terror within would burs
 1t
 : "oh," said the husband. satisfied. U Greatrex went slowly down tn staircase and out of the house. whicl " he should never again enter
 The wife, who had led her husban, ie to a sofa, now stood with her han, still upon her heart. at the door of tn le room, watching the other man till tn 'T hall door closed behind him. Then sh burst into tears and, returning to th .e sofa, knelt at her husbands feet. Diplomacy.