New-York tribune., 1910-02-27


That is the door, straight in front OF YOU, she
said, pointing down the staircase to the le-t. It
will take you by the servants stairs 10 the
wants door. Shut 1t after you, please. and-g1.
But for long time after he did go, and the noisy
bang that told of his leaving the house had passed
from echoes in silence she stood there Iust ne had
left her. with head erect and lips tightly shut staring
straight before her and not making one movement,
not uttering one sound dim. still -g1-e IT dark
still house.
THE rectangle of sky1ight was rahrg dwindhng,
merging ike a dissOlving view into the ve.vety
darkness of the summer night. when she came lack
into the ROOM and Lessngton, rous1ng h1IlSe from
the gloomy reVerie into which he had fallen, heard
her hunning softly to herself she closed the door
and moved with rustic of sIlken things across ne
shado-ftll room 70 the table where the lamp stood
Is that vou Kit ;" he said peevishly- How long
YOU We're dear. Did YOU pack him of about his 1rs1-
ness?
Yes. certainly You couldn thinI, l would hesi-
tate after a thing like that. Fancy his telling YOU
such an outrageous fa1sehoOdi l dare say he has
found the atmosphere of sick room less TO his taste
than some other position that has offered And
after all the years YOU have had him, too. Four.
wasn't it. Ted. dear?'
Nearer five He Travelled all over Europe with
me before married, sweetheart. l used to
be a lot the go in the old days, you know. and
suppose he found the mOnOtOny OF this sort C -hng
too irksOr1e
Very likely. It's toe rad that the only other
male SER ant II the house should Re of Gu,v to-
night. But never mind III pet you another valet
in the morning Ted an only manage 10 get
along unit hen. Thee i've got the stupid thing
alight at la>t thank g dneSsi" as burst o- amp
light g1shed and fl ed the lovely luxurI0r~ room
with soft radiance that brought all its beauties and
all its stump luousnesS into splendid prominence.
I'm wearing a frOck that Just came home To-
dav and want YOU to tell me if YOU think It necOm-
ing. See How do look? Do YOU like It. Tei.'
He turned the silken rustic sounded across the
carpet again and his eyes lit he saw her sanding
before him. all mist of white and silver, with dIa-
mond flashes on the smooth skin of her throat, The
white rOundnesS of her arms and IN the Wa~u gold
of her abundant hair. She looked very young a5-
Surdy yo hg for her twentv-eight years ve-y rldI-
ant and very. very lovely.
on prettier than ever. he said enthusiastic
ally. pTett1er even than when first YOU. kIt,
and | didn't think that any woman IN the world
could be- You've had Your diamonds reset. haven't
yOuE The design of the necklace seems erer-.
somehow Oh, l was happy chap the DAY 1 was
able TO buy those things for youl Come and SIT here
on the side of the bed. It's an evening dress, IS
usual; but. the big pathetic eyes looking u ~ her
with yearning sort of entreaty. You gong
out tonight too, YOU, Kit
Goodness yes | must she answered gally
That's of the penalties of being a grea, mans
wife, YOU know. One has to go and go and So con-
tinualy, because one IS always III demand.
YES, suppose So he said bitterly: "but YOU
might chuck it for Just night; this night, for
preference. Always, always. always the same old
stOrv,-alwavs going out. always finding pleasure
elsewhere. and never one night never one Thought
for me! God! it's awful thing for a man to live 70
know that nobody in the world cares for him. that
even his own wife is glad TO get away from HIM.
Now, Ted dear, YOU mustn't say that. You
know very well 1t isn't true. You know very vel
that | love YOU that Id sooner be with YOU than
any place else in the world
You take queer way TO show it. then he
snapped out with hollow. Shaky. unhappy sort Of
laugh Every night the same old thing Every
night a dance or a dinnerl Not a thought for mel
which YOU are bound To the deuce with the orchard
after YOU We gathered all the fruit that's IN It! That