The daily Alaskan., 1912-05-10
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 By E. A. MTrqIEL
By E. A. MTTQEL

lovers, but ATr. Mortimer had been q
 gay boy In his time. and it was hard | for him to settle down tO an Interest
 in one woman. He was an affection nte husband and would have scorned
 Co deliberately prefer any woman Go | bis wife. But he was human, and l there were times when lt appeared
 that polygamy would have suited his
 especial makeup better than the single
 wife plan. For a number Of years
 after his marriage his family were In
 danger of a breakup. for there are | few women who VII forgive a bus 1 band criminal iuCeUsfgHC- Nevertheless NIT NH.i4nr s.as very much in love with 1's r'so His os- capsdcs were 0u'fc fTaJ From .T1'na'- ] fly, and thorO was r.' u., n. .nn ! women whom ho fava~ri win H.~ 9t. ] tentiCus that hr wnU'1 hrra av,....--.d for his wife Igu v.- ~.a.N N "-.n .e ciatIve or the Gau-,. Hs ~ ....E- for the indUlCcnrr nf au u.."~..""I
 whim or breaking Hr his Nne- N
 must be admitted that he rcaaaai 'h'
 pain these induIgcUcrs would g.ye i.~ wife should she discover o0r @. tnnm. Mrs. Mortimer employed woman
 to come In before she wen, out to dinner or other functions Co dress Ter. Nile. LCCvoiN was her uamv. and she
 was very pretty. Mir. NnrltmaT.s peccadilloes had thus far UCeu so trivial, bis wife had been so surc "f
 bis affection. he was SD devoted ,o his children. that she had had Do uunaS..
 ness about him. But uu incident hap.
 pened soon after Nile. Iccro.N began to make I'D the .g Y for ,bn outside
 world to Iook at that seemed to cast 6 lurid light on tho situation. The Frrn.h ladys hour for her ma
 ulpuIaiious was ahuut the time that Mr. Mn-,mrr lat home from down. town aT,cr business. He would let him l self in aI thr iron, don- wIlh his latch key. hans up his roal anI bal iu lhe hall CIe~.r. then ro upstairs fn his wife'S h,rlroJu Co give @a1 re.o.re the marital Kiss. Oug gtlrrn.u when he came huLC Co find Nile i.a r.lE Fl. hoV ! decorative work hC advanced 'o da The | kissing Mr> Mortimer usual. snt .e. ! fore a large mirror uu t.usr o...-Iau> and could sec Ter husband rr.r.fed u | it as be appVuGybed Ue. -..| ...~ sH attractive .u aUpeaIaE.c ll.. .." lady. not oycrcuufdeut Ia hcT uu~...H. ot- ten kept an eye on his ima-c from rrc time he entered the room. with View to discovering any cSppCia. greeting ! that might pass between the two. But on this occasion the day being warm Mrs. Mortimer was sitting before
 window. and instead of using jHe mir Tor she he'd a hand glass.
 When Mir. Mortimer entered the
 hand glass was resting ou u.~ vi.ss lap. The French girl turned as hn
 entered. aud at the same time ,hr
 wife raised tho glass It was only for ! 8 second tbat she caught tHo reflection
 of her husbands face Nut It WIS enough
 Neither Mr Mortimer un~ rhe mold saw the vuuyulSiyc o'ut.h Mrs. Nor timer gave the mirror. unr dta rlny s.n her lower i1 She had rnrrr so.rrU
 but they dii not have hrr~ Nr. Mwr timer came around beside her and kiss
 ed her. rrs,iyiuE tue usual Ucswuu~r
 though he thought her H.., vrge triae cold
 "AuythiUg uvw downtown. dcas4 asked the wife Casuglly.
 Nothing spc iaI Stocks have been
 better today
 Well youT tud rac thf~es in the
 sfdehoard. wouldn't take nn-o than
 one today You know we're going 'o
 the Spinurrs. and they have a great deal of win. on thr .anr"
 Right, dear S,nu | Jrns you up one
 No. thanks Uu h1yc ,o rnEc aue
 before dinuos"
 Mir Mortimer went Ca the s.doboard
 never drcaumE that be had been found out Later h, and hiS wife diucd out
 and he remarked that be hrl seldom seen her iU .ugh good spirits A few days later Mrs Mortimer was
 being decugstcd for another function,
 when the latch key was uuard in ths lock below The decorator stood bn
 hind the ady'S chair dressed in spot-
 less white, and the lady herself was on this occasion also in white They were not far frnm the same height aud build. AS soon as Mrs. Mortimer heard the sounds below she SnraaC out of her chair and ordered the maid tu get into
 it- Miss LcCroiy woudeTiugIy oheyed Mir. Mortimer came up and entered the
 room, the woman standing behind the chair keeping her tRre turned from him. Going to the side of her whom he supposed to be his wife he bent down to kiss her. The scream that greeted him and a burst of laughter from the woman behind the chair Caus ed him Co look up at his wife He knew at once that the conditions between him and Miss LeCroiN had 1 been discovered Without a word he 1 left the ruOm.
 When the couple were st dinner, the
 children having gone up 10 bed, NIT, | Mortimer said