Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-18

horrid cankeF that gnawed Into II.
heart and brain. 1's
Day and night he writhed in s,,..
agony. prey to the savage iealon.N
that grew and grew until it ahsorss
all other emotions. Scandal, divorce
dishonor, murder. swept before ~
mind Of this man who had been Of ~
people and who could not condo.
The people kill.
For a week he waited and wa,oho,
and suffered. What he knew Of n.y.
told him that they do not devote them
selves to the wives Of others with No.
orable motives behind them. He con-
vinced himself that he knew the wor,a.
he had seen so much Of it. The m.r
aged years in that single week -
Jealousy and suspense. His face wsr.
haggard; his eyes took on a stran.s
CLEAN; his manner was that Of a me~
in grave trouble.
Day after day this piteous, fren,,.A
man who swayed thousands with hi,
hand stopped to deal with the sma,as.
movements Of one man and one W.
| man. Despite his most intense des,r.
to drive himself into other and hiuhor
| channels. he found himself sku,Lir.
and spying and conniving with but ono
low end in view.
He employed every acute sense IN
the effort to justify his suspicious
Time and again he went home at mil
usual hours. fearing all the while that
he might incur the pain of finding Ran.
semer there. He even visited the msnl
In his Office, always rejoicing In the
fact that he found him there at tbe|
time. He watched the mail in tb,I
morning; he planned to go out oil
nights and then hurried home delhi
erately. but Unexpectedly. Through IT,
all he said no word to Frances Cable
or Jane. He asked no questions, but
he was being beaten down by appre-
tensions all the while.
His wife's manner convinced him
that all was not well with her. She
avoided being alone with him. keeping
close to her. room. He detected hun.
dred pretexts by which she managed
to escape his simplest advances.
At last, overweight by the strain.
he began to resort to cunning-this
man who was big enough to have gone
from the engine cab to the presidents
Office. 1t required hours of struggle
with his fairer, nohler nature to bring
himself low enough to do trickery.
but the natal influence mastered he
despised himself for the trick, but be
would know the truth
The late afternoon mail one day
brought to Mrs. Gable a brief letter,
typewriter both inside and out. d.
vid Gable saw her open and read the
misslve, and he saw her trembling
hand 60 to her throat and then to her
temple. Her back was toward him
He could not see her face until she
turned. full minute later, Then 1t
was calm and undisturbed, but her
teyes were brilliant. He ground bis
teeth end tore upstairs without q
| I'D. David Cable had stopped low
ieaough to write this letter. and he
lN-cs payi@g for it. : g'r- e. .- est
I He LneW the contents far better than
he knew ;lem. The letter purported
fto be an urgent appeal from James
/ 2anseDler. asking her to meet him at
Is O'Clock that night. 1t gail:
/ must see, you tonight Leave your
hrme At s O'clock for a short call on.
Mrs. W.. just around the corner. will
f!"eet you across the Drive. near the sea.
/ van. 1t 10 quite dark there J.
David Cable did not know that ear
f,.er il the afternoon James Panseler
Id Gale. her up by phone to say that
ne intended to speak to his son the
following day. unless. word came u
him from her. nor could he have Pos.
lsibly known that she was now deter
mined to tell the whole story to he1
Husband and to trust to his mercy
lie only knew that he had written thu!
letter and that he had told her Of bis.
intention to 60 downtown immediatel;
after dinner.