The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-10
Authors Of H'The Shulamiten 1--WE and the Law,
'Anna Of the Plains nThe Blue Diamond My
Lady Of the Ruins, Etc
hot fingers IN her hand ana pressed

lhot fingers In her hand and pressed
them gently.
"You love him." she said, "and lie
loves you. Mona, ALL that lie has done
has been because he loved you SO
dearly. What you have Just told re
| is no news to me. have Known for
the last four years that your husband
was In trade, though, l. mud no idea
where his place OF business was si'u-
ated."
you knew it7" The girl gave vent
| engage her hand: but Mrs. Pemberton
retained firm hold Of the trembling
fingers. "He has told you what he
has never told me, and I have spok,n
| about trade before you, as dill only
yesterday. Oh! am ashamed,
ashamed" There were tears in her
cyes-hot. burning tears.
They were nearing the station by
now. and Mrs Pembcrton Judged 1t
wisest to postpone telling all she kn.w
till they were comfortably ensco eel
In nrst-class carriage. The hustle
and movement of the station. tho re-
cessity OF self-control, would compel
| Mona at least to certain degree OF
! ca lmness
And so 1t was. For few minutes
after Victoria was left p.h nj. Mona
sat silent In her corner OF the carriage.
!! Mrs. Pemberton had seen to 1t :ha.
they occupied an empty compartments
Very discreetly she made no attempt
to argue or to interfere till Mona her
| self gave the signal. The girl yras
think.
Tell me all that you know" Mona
sat upright at last. and put the Ques-
ton directly.
1t was Mrs. Pembertons turn to
speak. Mr.. Drydcsdale told my hus-
band everything, dear she said. and
I don't think l am wrong in SAVING
that 1t was upon Johns advice he kept
his own counsel. The story is not
. without It's romance. anc when You
have heard 1t I think you vii cwn
that your husband acted ns he theud
have donee-in everything, at iet3t, tx
cept in not having told you, when he
paid court to you. that he hal any
connection with trade. Bat tt4. was
because he loved you 50 Gevo-e liy,
and wanted to win you a: all hazard.
You see, his connection with, the nusi--
/ ness, at that time. was very remote
indeed. quite as remote as the aseo-
citation OF your own peonle with Tie
soap Industry
Mona WINGED. and Mrs. o.mbetto;l
wished that she could have soo Cd the
girl the suggestion, but und.i. the c'r-
cumstances 1t was not to be avoided.
Nothing was ever said to YOU: his
band about the soap she won. n.l,
firmly. though he happenal to kntw
all about It, and SO he felt himself
justified in keeping his own confidence
about the drapery store, which iad
been purchased by his grandfather lad
worked up into most profitable al
fair Herberts father was put mo the
I army-for all that your husband las
told you is true-and the business was
managed by younger brotnct. He,
however, died about year before ecu
met with Herbert. who inherited from
him the whole concern Heroe.t AID
been called to the bar, and. III his
young days. never expected to be mica
up with trade at all.
$50 when he inherited tic Emoo-
rium-as ! suppose 1 must call 1t now
he put in manager Taon he .je
lieved to be an honest ina capatic
man. never intending to 10 mnr, than
to draw the profits, which were justly
his own. and from viii n ms income
was derived. This Sas he position
Of affairs Mona, when he met ard fell
in love with you. He was nc ,hop-
man them
Then how-why-" faltered the
girl.
She had been listening with keen
interest, her face flushed with color;
she was beginning to understand that
she had not been so cruelty decei,..i
after ALL
Seen after you were married 10
Herbert he found out that business
was becoming very bad; the manager
swindled him. and was allowing trin,;s
to go to rack and ruin. The employees
of the nrm called for the presence If
the actual proprietor. Mr.. Drydeslaie,
Herbert's uncle. had been Just CIR
among them. They wanted another
Mr. Drydesdale to be at their head,
that is the reason. Mona, why your
husband became what you are pleased
to call shopman.''
For a long while Mona was silent,
and Mrs. Pemberton wisely left her to
I herself Indeed. she guessed some-
thing OF the thoughts that were occu-
plying the girls brain. If Herbert had
not taken her into his confidence 1t
was her own fault that he had re-
Trained from doing so. She had placed
herself upon a pedestal to which she
had no right, and from that PEDESTAL
she had presumed to Judge her neigh
4 bors Now 1t was thrown from be-
meath her feet, and she was ashamed
a Of herself, bitterly ashamed. 1t was
all for love OF her, too. that Herbert
had kept his secret. How often had
she not told him that had he had any
connection with trade she could never.
have married him! How heartless and
i cruel she had been. and how the poor
!. man must have suffered! Separation?
! Divorce? Mona had long ago dis
carded such ideas; on the contrary.
Il she must do her best to atone to her
husband for the unhappiness which
her prejudices must have caused him.
and, which he had so patiently borne
with.
They were nearing Glentham. Mona