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Nevertheless Mrs: Hardenburgh w atl
i dear iittle1woman, kind hearted, I've
able and popular with. all who knS6y<s;
her. The only trait. that interfered
With her :getting on NTH az the worn
was that; II told anything to ones dis-
advantage she would mot stop to quee-
!: ton 1.-The truth Of the information, but
proceed at once to. strtkesths culprtfs
name OF her list. i. "a
r. NOV, there are persons lii the world
who think. nothing Of making trouble
between, other. persons. even to the
members o. families :: A woman one
day gave, Mrs, ,Hardenburgh intorna-
ton about her husbands dotngs which
If true would have marked him for
very dishonorable and scontemptihte
person. The informer had got tie
news from another: who had got It
from some one else! Her ground for
telling Mrs. Hardenburgh Of it was
that she: thought she ought to know
it. 1t did not occur to the tale
bearer that It might not be true. and
IT, it were true it was just the. thing
of all Others the guilty mans wifS,
should not know Nevertheless the
above named reason. is the universal
excuse of those persons. who carry
such information: :.
Mrs. Hardenburgh was thrown into
Mysteries by the story and, instead Of
giving her husband an opportunity to
defend himself Of the charge, ran
away to her mother as fast as she
could 60. Being an only child. her
mother was used to humoring her and
on this occasion gave her unbounded
sympathy. Whether the good lady
doubted the truth of the story and in
tended later to pave the way to a rec
onciliation does not appear. For the
time being she comforted her child as
best she could. When the latter had
recovered her eQuantmiy her mother
suggested that she send her husband
the reasons for her flight. The young
wife did SO. sprtnkling her note with
such words as ''perhdious," disgrace
full" ubiquitous" and the like.
t.. When Hardenburgh returned home
In the evening and found the letter,
instead Of running right around to his
wife to explain matters he sat down
to think. It was certainly not pleas
ing that he had married wife who,
when firebrand was thrown into the
family, instead Of picking It up and
tossing 1t back at the thrower had
proceeded to set the house afire with
1t. II be were going to live with his
wife 1t was certainly necessary that
be eliminate this trait In her. and If
he could not eliminate it it was per
haps better that they should remain
apart.
he had for some time meditated
| going to distant city to settle a long
standing matter Of business. but had
put the trip of from time to time on
account Of having just been married.
| Within. an hour after his return to
his home he had announced to the serv-
ants that he was going away and start
ed for the railway station.
The young wife meanwhile was pass.
ing through the transition common to
all persons who act hastily. When she
had been somewhat Gained her mother
| ventured to suggest that the charge
might not be true. To this the daugh-
ter responded that the informer had
no object in giving false information
| and had done it only since she thought
the wife ought to know 1t. Neverthe
less Mrs: 'Hardenburgh began to be
worried. She noted the hour that her
husband usually returned home and
| gave him time to come to her. After
several hours had elapsed and Mr.. Har
denburgh did not appear she could not
! conceal her trepidaton. She gave her
mother as a reason for It that she
feared something might have happened
| TO him.
When 10 o'clock came and there was
no news from the culprtt husband the
butler was sent to the house to recon
hotter. He returned reporting that Mr.
| Hardenburgh had gone away. :.
The result of this information which
Mrs Hardenburgh's friend thought
she ought to know" opened with the
most frightful night the young wife
| eEVA opCuI. FULL ACA tPASSAVuS COA
demnation Of her husband she swung
/ to the other. extreme:' and it rushed
! upon her With overpowering force that
! the really good man who had, mar.
ried. her could not possibly have been
guilty OF any such conduct as had been
imputed to him. After sleepless night
she went home. hoping to learn some
thing Of her husbands movements.
She was disappointed: The servants
only knew: that he had gone away the
night before. me disconsolate wife
went to her husbands ONCE. but elicit.
ed no information there ).
And now Mrs Hardenburgh BE-
thought herseifato make inquiries Of
he1informer as tofwhere she got the
information. The dear woman who had
go great an interest in her friends at.
fairs said that she had heard it as
I coming from And Mrs. Harden
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