The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-10-01

Wanlng, ana drove her TO DOtSDOrO.
Cadman Green, posted at his club
window, looked down upon the sight.
"The poor chaps losing his head"
he Uttered. Woman, too, / guess.
If was one of Wright's clients who
come to him to invest their money for
them. I'd draw it all out before the
/ inevitable-yes. sir, the inevitable
elopement."
From her window Miss Susan Min
turn watched Daisy drive up with her
| employer.
| tits disgrace to the neighborhood,
Robert" she said to her brother angri-
~. "And it's going to be stopped"
Il can't stop it," Robert muttered.
| II know you can't" said his sister,
mimicking him. "But I've done It, |
wrote an unsigned letter to Austin
Clark yesterday"
Daisy had hardly got home that eve
ming when Austin Clark appeared be-
fore her, hot, indignant and declama-
tory.
| II want to know who the fellow isl"
he Numbered, after he had launched
| forth in bitter accusation against her.
See here, Daisy" he continued, lit
tie more mildly as he realized that he
had aroused her spirit, this thing
isn't right. You and / are engaged,
and you are seen driving out every
| morning with this fellow, and he
comes home with you at night. I
know who lie is, too. can put things
together. He's Wright"
He looked at her triumphantly, as II
he had made wonderful discovery.
eff you had asked me in the begin
ming I should have told you that it was
Mr.. Wright" said Daisy quietly.
"But that makes it worse" snarled
Austin. See here, what business
have you to let your boss drive you
around town and make talk of you
in this way? It reflects on me, too.
You ought to have seen the letter !
got this morning"
From whom?"
81 don't know from whom. 1t isn't
signed. People don't sign that sort
of letter."
"And you dare-you dare to make
such accusations against me on the
strength of an anonymous letter, Aus
tin"
She would not dream now of telling
thought that he should have listened
to invidious gossip instead Of trying
to protect her was maddening. She
drew his ring off her finger.
81 think we made mistake, Aus.
tin," she said.
He swung upon his heel. 81 think
so, too," he answered with bitter en-
phasis, and slammed the door behind
him.
Daisy, with compressed lips, sat
brooding over his treatment of her
She was stunned by the malignity that
seemed suddenly to envelop her. But
she would fight 1t down. Her anxiety
over her employers affairs, her de-
sire to be loyal to him forbade any
other course. And never should he
know what she had suffered because
of him.
She let him drive her to and from
the office for days, even after she
was able to walk That was youths
unwise reply to envy. And daily Cad
man Green, seated at the club win
dow, watched and waited for the elope
ment. Gradually, too, the news per
meated the gossipy little town
Wright alone remained serenely in ig
norance of what was being said. All
he knew was that his wife's headaches
were more frequent than usual, and
his business worries overshadoweG
that fact
In two or three days her father had
promised to place substantial
. amount to his credit That would en-
able him to meet his obligations
, Daisy knew it and rejoiced with him
Miss Susan, watching like cat fol
her return each night, had to admit
, that the girl did not look like the vic
tim of designing scoundrel.
Maybe l wronged her in my
| thoughts, Robert" she said "But
there's evil in her-and you'll remem
Der it,
I'm sorry you think that, Susan,
, answered Robert, because, now thai
she has broken with Clark, l mean tt
ask her again to be my wife"
Heaven help you if ever you marry
her." Miss Susan answered
It was strange, but not even the
lynx-eyed watcher at the window de
tected the frequency with which Ger
tain woman was to be seen passing
and repassing along the street, morn
ing and evening. For five days Mrs
Wright haunted the neighborhood
mad with jealousy. and each time she
: saw her husband driving Miss Dear
to her home she hurried back, biting
her lips and sobbing, to fling herself
upon her bed and indulge in the bit
terness of her self-immolation.
She felt the universal suspicion, she
felt that she was an object of scorr
and pity. On The last evening of these
automobile rides, when Daisy had a
length recovered, Wright returned t.
his home thankful that matters at the
office would thenceforward assum.
their old routine. The following DAY
his wife's father would deposit thu
, sum to his credit, and all would bt
plain sailing.
He came home to find the fiat empty
and his wife's belongings gone.
CHAPTER III.
/. Miss Susan Minturn smacked hel
!, thin lips as she read the item in thu
evening newspaper.