El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-25

they had played and he had lost. Now
he meant TO kill himself So he said
at least; but she saw that he had de-
ctded nothing, and that he was in de-
spair and ready TO catch at any straw.
She listened till he had finished, and
then said: All this is absurd and dis
gushing. 1t is impossible to lose so
much money accidentally. 1t is too
iditOtic."
Reproach me if you like-do what
you wiz with me"
7 am not going to reprOach you or
make scene. Can't you understand
that I want to save yOu-as I have al
ways done, no matter how pitiful OF
despicable you have seemed to me %
The Wife's Plan
Go on-oh, so on! It isn't for long
"Listen-this is what I think YOU had
better doh how mean, how cruel to
torture me sol I'm III. and you know
it. 1 have been dosing myself with
and now this surprise-and your silly
helplessnessi You want to know what
TO do-Well, il Is very simple. Go now
immediate ly-it's o'clock already
to Freem and tell him"
Just as though Freem IS likely to
spare me! It is impossible to tell
him"
How stupid you are. Am I likely to
advise you to tell the director OF the
bank that you have lost the money en-
trusted TO you at cardsl Tell him you
were driving to the NicOlaevsky sta
ton. No, better: 90 at once to the DO
hce-no. not now. go about 10 o'clock.
say you were walking along the Mech
aeVsky lane, when three men sDrang
out, one with a beard, another quite
young with a revoiver-and they got
away with the money. Then go on at
once to Freem and tell the sane
storyi"
Yes. but" he lighted another ol-
garet- They might find out from
OH q
and tell him first-Iu manage all
right.
Mischa grew calm. and by s o'clock
was sleeping like a log. At 10 she
woke him.
All this happened early one morning
in an upper flat. In a lower flat OF the
same block of buildings in the family
OF the Ostrovskiss the following hap
pened IN the evening at o'clock. Din
ner was just over, and young princess
Ostrovsk beckOned to the butler who
had just served everyone with the des-s
sert-an orange jelly. She, took clean
plate and turned to her children. They
We're two, the elder a year old boy
Boka-and the younger, a girl of ~
Taniachka-bOth charming children
Boka was a serious, healthy, solemn
little man, with a DELIGHTFUL SIN lie
which showed his uneven teeth. and
Tanla, dark. lively and energetic.
child; talkauVe, amusing and merry,
always good tempered and kind.
Now, children, who wants to take
nurse some jelly2"
ITO nurse2" asked BOka. 81 do"
NO, me! met shouted Taniachka.
and jumped off her chair.
Who spoke first-you, BOka ," said
their father VINO invariably spOilt Ia
noia, and. therefore, always welcomed
an opportunity to prove how fair he
could be. Come, Tania, YOU must give
in to your brother" he said to his IA
vorite
"Au right. Bolza, go-Tm glad to let
him. Come on, BOka, you take it.
never mind giving BOka anything
Usually the children thanked their
parents for the meal before rising. and
now everyone remained at take drink
ing coffee and waiting for BOka to re-
turn, but some time passed, and he ala
not appear.
The Child of It.
"Tania-run to tne nursery and see
why Boka's so slow"
Tania jumped off her chair knocked
a spoon off the table, picked Ii up and
pushed it on to the edge of the table
The spoon fell down again. Tania be-
gan to laugh, and. picking it up once
more, flew off on her stOckinged little
legs down the corridor to the nursery.
beyond which was their nurses room
She was running through the night
nursery when she heard a sob behind
her. She looked around. BOka was
standing by his cot, looking at a toy
horse. In his hand he held a plate, and