The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06

VIII tell you the truth. Rayleigh. read NJ.
Jounroy's letter. by accident. finding II in
your tooacco jar. I know all It was ha.
cause of-of-Fairy that you went to Paris.
He Interrupted her with q strange Wild
cry. The sweat drops started OUT snon ~" ~.
temples. he dropped heavily into tho naar,
est chair '' 'iie near
She knows all-everything!" he said
noarsely and brokenly. "She"-h his voice
Iaiied him. he lifted the goblet OF Iced
, Waeer mat ne had filled. and put it to his
prevented his swallowing, he shuddered
an over, and dropped the glass Has it
oegun already" he asked himself boarselv
he looked at his wife-he spoke to bimsalf
again: She's afraid Of me, though She
tries TO hide 1t; she thinks"- He buried
terrible to hear o quo
The tears forced their way through bts
myers and dropped glistening upon her as
she threw herself at his feet as she chung
ABOUT him, weeping, too. That Lyndon
ordinarily 30 calm. so selfcontained,
i Hnouiu give way to such emotion! 1t was
nexplicable-terrible!
And In the midst of this scene q, ono-
tlon came knock at the door-Jaryis fol.
lowed upon 1t. He presented a salyer tn
ms mistress. The letter lying upon it was
directed IN Laura Chartress big. hold
handwriting Lady Lyndon took Il and
broke the seal. telling Jarvis to wait there
might be an answer She read the la,,ar
aloud, In defiance of the trembling of her
own voice:
Dearest Mag-The little LADY who ac.
companies this epistle was Responsible for
great deal OF alarm IN Sunninghill a few
weeks ago. She behaved, must saw, very
much after the fashion of a mad dog. and
wouio as such. have met her fate at the
~
my OLD Michael-who knows nearly as
much as a professional vet, though he Is a
farm iaoorer-rescued her, and brought
heT TO me- II proved, as he thought, TO be-
no case OF rabies; our small friend had
Simply swallowed a wasp, been stung In
.he tnFoat. ana became, for the time being,
frantic with the pain. shall take the on.
portunlty of sending the case to The Field.
%nlch ~lil welcome 1t as the biggest goose.
oerry OF the season, / am sure Kindest
REGARDS TO your husband, who ought to be
unooundeo!y grateful TO me for sending
MS beloved Fairy" back 10 him. have
oeen On the point OF mentioning her To
you huhored times and always missed
oolne SO. Yours ever sincerely,
M Il. CHARITIES"
mere was deep gasp from Lyndon, OF
surprise-relief-joy don't know what,
he came quickly to his wife and caught her
In his arms.
QOR-FAtTv
wasn't mad after all. Do YOU hear7 on
IL seems too good-too good to De true she
DIT me down at the kennels-the men had
called me 10 look at her; every one OF
them said It was clear case OF hvdronho.
pia And what ! have suffered. heaven
only knows. I'm no coward-I have faced
oeath half dozen times. but death like
that. wrote to Jouffroy: went over
70 Paris, and saw Pasteur He iuoculated
me- but he never guarantees safety. YOU
know. And when I came back didn't dare
70 tell you. though you found out after
ward"
And Margaret confessed to her husband
then no far. how very wide from tho
truth her guess had been; and the re.
united pair went out together into the
hall where Miss Chartres's invaluable
Michael stood. holding the small cause OF
al! this disquiet in a leash And when
Fairy had been patted and the invaluable
one dismissed with a reward-he never
understood until long atterward the mean
Ing OF that ten-pound note-the husband
and wife kissed again with tears" un-
der the hall lamp; yea. even in the pres
ence OF Jarvis. All this trouble and dis.
quiet had come about because small
dog chose TO swallow the wrong sort of
fly But better that the ending should be
farcical than tragic.