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taken her a more con- at I was the widow and I trust she has found Tam not sure t cause of her sudden departure; but I imag ine T had something te withit. I’m fully convinced that if matters had gone on much longer in the way they w there would have been a divorce ’enny- her family. The night after her c rophe in the water, we were all sitting on the piazza, and she was profuse in her thanks to.‘ dear Mr, ennyfeather ” for saving her lif Of course she knew, as well that she never was in t r; bat I could see that Herac- up by her remarks, in the slightest dan, litus was a Turning contemptuous expression on my count for she immediately said, f your phenomenal succes o-day, Mrs. Pennyfeathe t your husbanc id I, not noticing the insin- arning to y red.” . what is it,” Jo tell me.” Trep. ed, st thing to do ad with your husband. “Oh, Mrs. Pennyfeather, it would be im- possible for me to do that,” she answered, putting on a grieved and downcast look. “In that case you might easily get vexed with some other person’s husband,” said 1; “ there are always plenty of them to be found, particularly at a watering place.” | With this parting shot T left her to tain the distinguished partner of my j and went off for a stroll on the sands with Mr. Glover. We were not gone long, but | when we returned there were no signs of Her- aclitus and the ntle Dove,” and some of the gossips on the piazza informed us they, too, had gone fo lk. In the meantime | numerous clouds had arisen, and it began to lighten and thunder, Soon the wind com- menced to blow furiously, and finally down | came the rain in torrents. Of course they | | contdn' ‘tt come back in such a shower, a htning were terrifi glad I was not inthe It must have been nearly nter= | neaking and miseral had taken refuge in one of the summer houses when the storm came on, but it didn’t afford them much protection. ‘They were in- deed both thoroughly drenched, and I gu the glory has departed from her elaborate white China crepe dress and her expensive silk hose and swell ties. and Heraclitus—well, | may trathfully say he looked frightened. 1 merely remarked | and. she Said they | | ready scan THE JUDGE. t would not oily, truvo’ thunder and z. but also battle and murder and sudden death sooner than stay out ull twelve o'clock atenight with some ¢ any ot —whereupon she and I departed ‘oraclitus to ¢ c r for my room, leavin: her if he wanted to. Ile did not tarry long, and when he found himself alone with me, said 1 was hard- hearted and unfeelin and [don’t know what else—that the poor woman was to be pitied dof blamed, and she had done nothing aumed © Ttold bim that their conduct was simply abominable: that he was as bad as shez and that by morning he would find that they had furnished suf, ficient food for gossip for the rest of the sea- pit would bea merey if it didn’t the papers, and I dared’say I should be i viewed by a dozen reporters | ht. Then he went on to rey twas fault, anyway: if 1 hadn't 1 cha mean little speech and started off with that * serable little dude (meaning Mr. Glover) hould never have thought of leaving the piazza; he felt sorry for her on ac- count of what T said. 1 just told him t the dude not only knew en when it rained (which was more but was wise enoug nter the house fore it comm fq 1s for th * Dove’: feelings, he'd better more considerate of mine; her were unbearable, and he was a brute. He dic anoth bat in the morning bade me nd took an early train to the city. When the widow » in to breakfast not her eyes or said peeped out under my color come and go in her cheek feel sorry for her. Everybody (that is, the ladies) gave her the cold shoulder when she appeared on the piazza; but they were all wonderfully nice sympathetic to’ me Mr. Glover came ed me to drive: but I decline fi was al- | enough in the family without it. He looked somewhat em- , and the widow, who overheard my went indoor: 1 didn’t see her At dinner they told me she had left, », for New York. It was too for me to go to the city that night; but cious she and Heraclitus had n son n carly train the morning, ‘When I got up to the hous was informed that he had already gone down | town. [went upstairs, and found on the | bureau the ends of two Casino tickets. Idare | | nother 8 it was rema ark, again. say he took the creature to see “ Prince Me- thusalem,” and sat on the roof as long as the place kept open. I'll keep myeyes open, and sooner or later I'll find out who his compan- ion was. If it turns out to. have been the | widow, as I strongly suspect it was, Ill make him repent it to his dying day. Te'll | be down to the Branch again, and Ill find a chance to search his pockets. [dare say they have been corresponding: but woe unto him if I find other feminine letters than those sent to him by his loving wi NELOVE PENNYPEATIER. ne JupGE has been favored with a copy w paper, The Dairy, devoted to the ming interests. It isa neatly gotten up shect, and an early number contained an ar- tic ed “The Benefit to be derived from pure wate Such an unexpected piece of candor in a paper devoted to the in- terests of the dairymen, leads us to augur most hopefully for our contemporary’s future. ‘The trade dollar is THE TRADE DOLLAR. an infidel coin—it has no redeemer, is like It is like ing him, 8 like curren It is like honest while it bea It is like ir is with it, ea drunkard because a laundry a dude because it is lacking in because it don’t pass v his father is thrash- low par. it belo a boy wh zs to the sh stream —it will not a eanvasser—it tr a lie on heek—it is not a le- s to apy ts face a lawyer » deposits—it’s base ian’s promise—only taken 1 julep—it needs the mint to ss you have to do a doctor the better ve aq. Wows. No wonder the emig » lar every Charles says hisgirt is when there passenge simply irresistible.” SO.IS HER PATHE comicbooks.com