Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-04-10
ORIWSBY
VERSUS
ORMSBY
Bv MARN RLOCkWtlDER


meant want 81 novelty For instance.
he said suppose II woman is living hap
pity with hVr nuShaud, II u man more
suited to HCl taste should come along
aud have access to her. her love for
the tnrmrr would tall before the at
fractions ot the latter AS To her lcav-
ing the IMAM she has married for the
one she hadn't married. that was a
matter Of principle Tier love she
could not voutrol but she could act
MS she pleased
lie went further than this lie be
HeNrd that Il woman might ne drawn
away from her husband by an ideal or
imaginary lover OruShy had married
q wife who seemed to love him as we'll
rs he could desire. Instead OF letting
well enough alone he concluded 70
experiment upon her Disgusting his
hand, he wrote her n love letter pur.
| porting to tie from one whom she did
not know tie told her that he had
loved her from the time when she was
| Il little girl though all the while from
distance He would not toy the
n course after having written her OF
his love would he tnrNcuSahle He
admitted that he had TIC right to even
Inform her anonymously Of his pas
sion lie simply couldn't help II,
| OrmShy matted the letter IL hts wife
SO that she would Eel II when he was
| not ut home tie argued that II she
were not vapttvntcd Ivy this unknown
| lover II woman dotcS on n mystery
/ she would NJ once turn the letter over
| to him TO read II she yielded to the
! siren song she would keep It to her
| self All depended on this first i'm
! pulse He hoped that she would show
! him the letter us soon as he arrived
at home, after she had received It. IT
she did not. she could gradually be
| brought uuder the spell
When Orushy went home that even
ing from business his wife met him ut
the door. as usual, tor the accustomed
marital kiss Hut she said nothing
| about the letter, lie felt sudden
chill about the heart II Is singular
! that we should wish To know whit viii
give MS pain when In ignorance we
would be happy Here was a man try.
| ing To win his wife away from him
self by means OF an Imaginary lover,
and when won he would be miserable
Mrs Ormsby did not appear embar-
rnssed or clnled or depressed or mys.
titled She was simply the woman he
had left In the morning
Ormsby wrote another letter to his
wife from her unknown lover, pretend
ing to be much cast down ut having
addressed her and begged That she
| would forgive him lie signed ticti.
tious nnme aud give an address where
n reply could be sent But II she did
not think 1t proper to send reply he
would be obliged TO be content, trust
ing to her forgivng nature
Mrs Ormsby did not reply TO this
note She simply ignored It. Her hus-
band did not notice amy change In her
She did not seem dreamy or lackndai
steal or depressed or elevated hut she
said nothing TO him about the letters.
He concluded to try her once more. and
If she did not yield to his persuasive
epistes he would abandon the attempt.
confess what he had done and tell her
how pleased he WINS that she Ind dis
proved his theory
One dny not long after the sending of
this third letter he received Il letter
from m attorney stating TINT he Uhe
Attorney was about To bring suit
against him on behalf Of client for
alternating the affections of said clients
a .tf,, hA
suit $4,000 damages would be accept
ed. and much domestic bitterness would
be avoided The nnmo OF the complain
ant was not given
Ormsby was thundcrstruck There
was Just one person In the world who
might have cause to bring such suit
and this affair had occurred before
Ormsby had been married Gould IL
be possible TINT the woman. having
quarroled with her husband. had said
things to him to make troubleI When
Ormsby went home that afternoon the
shoe was on the other foot lie and
not his wife WINS under fire He was
tnciturn and that night slept but little
One thing ne refrnined from dolng-he
said nothing to his wife about the
| threatened suit
The next day he telephoned the at
torney from whom he had received the
note asking what It meant He found
the plaintiffs counsel very reticent. the
man simply stating that the affair
would be better hushed up by II com.
promise OF damages Ormsby asked
the name OF the complainant. but the
latter would only give 1t In his office. so
an appointment was made for ii
o'clock the next morning
When Ormsby met the attorney he
was surprised 10 meet an old friend.
Whats the nameY' asked the de-
PENDANT.
"Ormsby."
"Ormsby. What OrmsbyT
"Frederick ID,
.