Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

his sherry and MIR. Severance came back in triumph,
leading his wife, blushing and smiling, with ner
eyes full of tears, and who took her seat, saying
You both know | am such simpleton That IL
doesn't signify; SO won't apologize Only IN
sure l never shall feel quite certain now tnat
Charlie doesn't grudge me the pleasure because
when suspicion has once crept H. it will keep put
ting it's head up; and Ii believed ne dld, Woud
certainly co. for never thought OF his wanting me
to stay at home for anything but because ne
couldn't bear to part with me, and see ne can
bear to part with me perfectly we'll" And perhaps
she would have ripped on In this way TILL the
Scythia sailed If her husband had not sent her
glass of the champagne which she usually refused,
and told her to drink it at once and steady her
nerves.
Il really think" he said, gayly, "that you must
have been sitting up nights with this notion OF
yours, 1t has SO unnerved you. OF course want
YOU to take the trip over, If you would like 1t.
IF would like it, Charles! AS If there was
anybody who wouldn't like to go to Europe
Especially with the holidays over and Lent coming
on, and the Carnival in Rome
well, then, I'm sure don't see why you don't
GO For my part had rather you would go than
not" Rash speech-for the tongue is fire.
THAT'S Just it! That's just what say!' she
cried setting down the glass untasted, and turning
on him with her cheeks burning like two great
roses. you don't see why don't go, and OF course
you want me to go If l would like to, and you'd
rather I'd go than mott pretty way to talk to
wifei Those your own words. You needn
contradict them. You can bear to part with me
perfectly WELL you see You have other ways, no
had rather I'd go than not! oh, never thought
never thought-and before two years And IT
was neither tears nor smiles nor blushes now, but
Mrs Severance was taken out OF the room IN a
kicking hysteric.
Great heavens, SARAH" said Harry. do they
go on this way every day at dinner?" The butler
began to grin. Poor Charlie Sevrance!' said
Harry helping himself to the lobster pate, which
was too delicately crisp and brown to be kept wait
ing. Jobs wife was nothing to her! What have
done to escape his lot? But she does give nice
dinner Let me look at you, you commanding
woman" he began again, after little TO think
that you never had hysteric in your life! Have
you failed in your destiny? or have achieved
greater fate than belongs to husbands in general?
And here feeble wall piped through the crack
of the foldingdoors into the room beyond "Oh, how
can you be laughing in that way when am so
wretched?"
Il wish Europe was in the bottom of the seal"
Cried Mr.. Sevrance opening the crack, and COM
ing back to finish his repast. when you are
through Sarah if you will try to talk little sense
into Sophy--I can't"
oh! oh! obi" cried Mrs. Sevrance, at the door
herself. her pretty bright locks all drenched In
Cologne water, and curling in rings round her face,
that was now as white as 1t had been rosy; 1.-THE
idea of your talking that way about me behind my
back! I know haven't great deal of sense, and
| suppose that's the reason you want to be rid OF
me. Oh! I'm going-Im certainly going now. You
will have your vacation and go to your club every
night and be just as gay the gayest bachelor
about town; only If the Serbia, or the CephGl0,fd,
or the Babylonid or whatever 1t is goes down,
want you to remember that you drove me to my
death"
"Sophia!" cried her husband in voice full OF
the potentialities of being able to endure no more
Come to your place and finish your dinner and
don't let us have another word Of this.
And to everybody's amazement and amusement
she obeyed him. and made very good dinner
after ALL saying little, but listening eagerly to
Sarahs account of the dresses that Helena and
Madeleine were going to take
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