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It was just as Well, per-naps, um. In was so pro-occupied; he did not hear the footsteps that crept stealth- lly past his door, as Donald Gray, rho had gained an entrance by means afgthe front door key which 18 had quietly abstracted upon leavâ€" 4-- run-sued his Way back . to tha :3; ipurs-ued ms ”it; of rooms i o! the quers. m 3 Wu. The news that the general intended to sign over his entire fortune to Bernard Chesleigh brought him to a sense of immediate action. Long sitar the disguised young detctive Mt him he sat pondering the mat.- ur over. It was just as well, perhaps, that In was so pro-occupied; he did not t...- Hm footsteps that crept stealth- 1 Again tho young ‘ at the same door, 1::st as bgfore and “ECU. By this the detective judged them tightly to be mistress and maid. He had also made a startling discovery. Waldemar Waidron had married the eral’s daughter. “Ah- mv lady, you have been cryâ€" in; again,” said the girl, nenumg pitifully over the slender form buried In the cushions of the blue plush armâ€" chair. “Brides should smile, not, Coon There’s time enough for that "Yes, Waldemar is fond of me,” uld Reine, thoughtfully, as though persistently assuring herself of the 1.31:. “‘Do not forget to remind me to- ;gorrow morning to give this letter to my mishand to mail to papa?" a said, rising and _ placing the “aim-tinted mlssive on the marble wgep. There’s in me!- vent); a gun. Reine looked 11 nd ' her tears. p o. smlled through back on those at home for supljort again. There, there, now,” she con- tlnued, “I knew in my blunt Way I'd be sure to say something to ofâ€" fend you. I don’t mean anything amiss, though, Mrs. Waldron. Your husband will never prove fickle and false to you. He perfectly adores yolk" - - . -1 .1 LL_-___L Rite? 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I shall nqt, sit up 3' my husband to-night. Hours are so irregular of might not come in until , I may as well retire at young deteCtivo paused door, opening it noise- are and found himself L the presence of the rounz woman seated .in in the western wing 1t," of his scrap; for last week.) ' é??? LCIILU U u . For long hours he s'at by the glowâ€" ing embers of the library grate burâ€" ied in his own thoughts. Now that his meeting with Waldeâ€" mar Waldron was over and past, he wondered how he had so far controllâ€" ed his bitter anger against the man who had won Reine from him in so cowardly and dastardly a. manner, as to refrain from challenging him to a When Bernaz'd Chesleigh returned to Fairlawn he refrained from mention- ing to- the general the episode that had taken place at the club that af- ternoon. - . Q ‘kl‘ -1 Am- a“. you He had no respect for his young bride, that he dared return to his old vices before he had been wedded a fortnight? How Bernard's blood boiled with indignation as he thOUght of poor Reine's humiliation! “I could not endure remaining here and witnessing all that I should be compelled to see," he ruminated. “I must leave Fairlawn and this vici- nityâ€"at once.“ It was a. sorrowful parting between General Hastings and Bernard Ches- leigh, yet the general did not press him to remain. He well knew the tru geasqn that actuated his im- rm in+n departure for New York ass- vuzn -._. ......i father is a flueman: only marncu 1" back is turned. 11 it Wasn't for re- vealing his meanness before her, I'd tell him just what I thought of him in a. few sharp, stinging words. . It makes my Scotch blood poil to leg On the marrow a strange and un- locked-for event was to happen. to refrain from challengmg nun w a duel on sight. He had realized that a. blow struck been to Reine to have greeted him in the plight in which he had reâ€" turned home to her. With all- her love, how her pure soul must. have shrunk from him. ‘ ' '_ _-_.-nu When Waidemar Waldron received Reinefs belongings from Fairlawn he turned every available article into cash, and proposed to Reine that they should leave Waldron Towers at 5"“ 'M‘ VFW York city 9n" av. - -- He was not a block of marble nor an icicle in human form, such as we often read of in the pages of very prosy books. He was simply a. man, who had loved with all the fulness and passionate strength of his noble nature, and it was no light matter to look forward to meeting the wo- man he loved as the wife of his riVal. "Vac shall see plenty of life there,” 110 said, enthusiastically. “The me- tropolis is always gay in winter. "fie well knew. thét the. ngme of Gener 1 Hastings would be received into t e best and most exclusive so;- ciety. How unkind them here. They took up their residence on one of the most fashionable avetiUes; and there Waldemar Waldron com. menced in earnest the life Suited to his tasteâ€"a gay life and a merry one as long as the.cash lasted. Reine had not the faintest notion of where the money came from to furnish all the luxury they were en- joying. She quite imagined that her young husband must have some sort of an income. It never occurred to lun- that it urns the mom realized of fate to have brought neglect her. At last he spent whole nights, and sometimes days at a time, away “Om he“ ,_ . -. _..:5. - finn lark time, away LAVA;- “7-- He considered it quite n fine lurk it. was not to insinuate. wherever known otherwise, that he was single free to woo and win any fair maid who might p}case'his fancy. I- -..... tn Raina- told himself, complacently. He liked to see young girls’ eyes brighten at his approachâ€"to know that their hearts beat quicker at the sound of his voice; and that their blushes were for him. Of course. all this would be at an end if they were to find out he was-ma.rried; so, why inform them of the fact when the information was not called for? When they had no visitors at home, or had no invitations out, Waldemar Waldron spent his time as he liked. Perhaps it was quite as .well that Reine did not know how he spent the hours that she found so sad and lonely. ‘ ' - â€"----A. '-...| It was a sad thing for one so young to be so lonely, and to be so utterly neglected. Once or twice she had timidly gone to Waldemar, with tears in her lovely eyes, to plead sideration toward her. Luuan. Three months had passed; ‘and those months had made a sad change in Reine. She was thinner and pal- er. The lovely blue eyes looked as though showers of hot tears had dimmed their lustre. The fair, rounded cheek had lost its delicate contour; and if one came upon her suddenly, they might have seen tear! on the lovely, drooping lashes. But. she was so loyal to her hand- some, debonair husband; she would not even own to herself that she was disappointed in her marriage. She was so young ed for kind words and caresses. She longed for such expressions of fond- ness as Waldemar had shown her before she had married him. It almost seemed to her that the whole world knew that her husband did not care for her, and that she was ‘a neglected, desolate bride. A..- “A vouv- - v -â€" He caught up his hat and gloveS, looking at the tear-stained, grieved face with an impatient frown. ' “If there is anything I do detest, it is a crying woman,” he observed, angrily. “Do not repeat this scene again, Rgine. I really cannot enâ€" dure it, I shall not return home un- “If there is anything it is a crying woman," angri-ly. “Do not rope again, Rgine. I rcall; dqrq fig, } 5%.” not. {et 01 { iegl quue certain this weéping scene/:- tulD "Murillla --\- He strode cutnéf the room. and again the wretched girl-wife fell face downward on the yelygt carpet. There, long afterward, the servant found her, unconscious still. In vein they chafed the little white hands and blue-mined temples. 'l‘he fluttering breath grew fainter and fainter. Kindly hands unfastened the amber satin dress she wore, and took from the twining golden curls the pale roses that clustered among them, laying her on the laceâ€"draped couch, and a physician was quickly summoned. Av- â€"â€" â€"~°__ “Who could minister to a mind dis- ease-d?” He left her a quicting comâ€" pound, and recommended that her husband should be sent for. w u......v-" -. When he heard this moans and bit- ter sighs that quiverod on the pale lips of the miserable young bride, he knew perfectly well it was not a. case for drugs. --v-wwâ€".._ __‘v In vain messengers were sent here and there for him. Waldemar Wald- ron was not to be found. That even- ing, while strangers gathered around Reine's pillowâ€"who had summoned the physician again, for she was growing rapidly worseâ€"at the self- same moment the physician was gravely counting the strokes of Rein'e's pulse, solemnly shaking hi! head, while those around her were weeping silentlyâ€"at that moment Waldemar Waldron was seated at the head of a banquet table, odorous with the breath of roses, making a speech of welcome to the gay, piquant opera singer whose dashing beauty had taken New York by storm, and in whose honor he had given this elegant supper. He quite expected a storm of re- proaches and tears as he entered his wife's Bretty blue-and-gold mornin - roam. 'lhe slemier, girlish form 0 expected to see was not. there. He ran lightly Up the stairs to her boudoir. She wal seated, in a. white cashmere wrapper, before the fire, gazin thoughtfully at the pictures the g owing coeds made. - .. .q . ‘j ‘ It was threé days ere the notion occurred to him that it was about time to return home to Reine. "w o--..--, She was looking wofully thin and pale and dull. She greeted him gravely, answering his questions when he spoke to her, in clear, steady . tones. A_ . A. n g “It was quite. an ingenious little story to greet him With,” he de- clared, “but she .could not make him believe it." after. wwwâ€"J --vâ€"--. He would not believe that she had been ill. * > . “I had i‘ntcn'ding taking you to u grant! concert toâ€"night, " he said. “_I secured the tickets already.” “We cannot go, Waldemar, because I am 8'0 ill, ” she said blaintively. “If you choose to stay at home. that will not alter my intention," he said. brusquely. “I shall go all the same.’ And, without a. word of compassion or pity for her illness, he left. the house againâ€"left her alone in her pitifulhespair. Only the angels knew what she suficrcdhn the hours that followed, while her 'husband was thoroughly.enjoying the lights and music at the' grand concert, amusing himself‘ by manning the prettiest faces in theâ€"audience, " ~ m“ He never did credit itâ€"not until the doctor sent in his little bill, days There was one lady whom Waldron had introduced to Reine to whom she had taken a decided dislike, much to im- husband's annovanco. her check r Waldron Ins quite right mine. The elite societz 0‘ are over d I “Hump” sneered Waldron. “that‘s I only your prudish taste. That's call- : ed decollette by women of fashion; I Ishould think you would know that." “I call it by another name, weldeâ€" mar." she replied; “it isâ€"immodest. Iâ€"Iâ€"think I should die of shame if I had to sit beside Mrs. Smith in that (*9 :-| l g Imss.» u," “Ben‘t make 0. tool of yourself, To Reine," he cried, seizing her arm ; roughly. "Don't dare tell Mrs. " Smith that; you would make an "lira. Smith wants to no um friends with you," he declared, with e frown one day,â€"“whnt's the rev son you ‘don't like her?" “I do not know, Waldemar," she returned, slowly. “there is something about herâ€"not quiteâ€"congenialJ: The frown deepened on his face. “She is not an educated lady." she “her manners are quite at that. “I do not like her lady iriends whom she brings here with her, any more than I like herselfâ€"they actuâ€" ally seem to have lived in a. diflercnt world from meâ€"I do not understand them." - . , .-.... “A 91 ' hm. since all) state; m. dug ”my" " Ind weak may a kidney! Igotsbox ‘- WV” 0 Again Waldron laughed loud and long, although Reine could not see anything particularly amusing in what she had said. “I have invited MrS. Smith to acâ€" company us to the opera," he said; “see that you treat her wellâ€"she don't like your cold wayâ€"mind, she's not to be slighted." uvv v' “It would not be agreeable to me to have her accompany us. Walde- mar,” said Reine; “you ought cer- tainly to have consulted me before asking her.”- “NonSense,” he declared. “She's the rage of New Yorkâ€"there's not a man butâ€"" he stopped short, and looked a little embarrassed, Reine thoughtâ€"“but," he added, .aitexj stoppin to cough slightly, "but would deli hted t9 have her in their boxâ€"wit his wife." Reine ei hedl telling kernel! silent- ly that t e “presence of Mr. Smith WOuId spoil her pleasure of hearing "Norma.” . “I invited her here to dine with us,” he explained, “thinking that would please you." ' Mrs. Smith arrived late, and when she had thrown off her wraps. Reine looked at her in amazement,â€"her style of costume was a little pecuâ€" liar. Mrs. Smith evidently observed it. She said, nonchalantly. LL- Lb Uni; aunu, .nvâ€"â€"---_._, "I came prepared to go to the opera,-â€"we must go early, my dear Mrs. Waldron. It is to be a gala night; there will be quite a crush of all the upper crust of New Yorkâ€"all the elite I mean." Reine did not reply. Very soon Waldemar joined them, and it almost seemed to Reine her husband actually forgot. her presence, he was so engrossed in bandying jokesâ€"yes, jokaâ€"wilh the golden haired Mrs. Smith. Heine's face flushed in dismayâ€"‘ ‘I should think you would see for your- self, Waldemar, she. murmured â€" "thereâ€"there is not much-toâ€"toâ€" the waist.‘ ' n-uâ€"r-- ‘ ‘- For aâ€"iéfi moments after dinner, Reine found herself alone with her husband,â€"she hurried to his side with a pale, pertuArbgd face. A:â€" “Oh, Waldemar," she cried in dis- tress, “I cannot go to the opera. with Mrs. Smith in thatâ€"that dress. Iâ€"Iâ€"shouid died of mortification." “What is the matter with it?" he demanded. “I thought it was some- thing stunning. ': ‘ ' ‘ JIA 7. M (if meta}! of hci' :2» life." . " ell, what if I do?” the waiver- ed, spiritedly. “You would has it to the last day of your life," he hissed. “You shall go to the opera. with her and make yourself as agreeable as you know how." ' ' . LIV". Reine went, but it was with orie oi the heaviest. of hearts. As she had expected. all the lorgncttes in the house were repeatedly turned to their box. Reine shrank behind the silken curtains. Mrs. Smith seemed to enjoy this close scrutiny hugely. It was a great relief to Reine when the long eVening was over. and they «were on route home. run-J - v- - “I never enjoyed myselx so' well in all my life," declared Mrs. Smith, enthusiastically, as she parted from Reine. “It was a. grand social: triumph for me." - n -‘ 0;, ._____ w-vâ€"-â€"â€"r_ __ Those words puzzled Reine for long hours afterward. She was to know' the meaning of them all too soon. On the day following this event ; lady pulled. whose frlcndship Reine prized highly. - She greeted Reine with a grave face. and during um course of the conversation, the lady brought. around the subject of the opera of the previous evening. l, .‘ . ‘ - ‘ W ---.~...- F- “I saw you in your box, 1m: Waldron," she said, "but-for the moment, I could hardly persuade my- self 'that it really was your box." . uwhvr' naked Rein. mm ‘ no more kidney trouble of an! I y mks this statement be- ( benefiting child has zoo-ind in dis- you, close your Do you comprehend me?" Paine w” .tOO shooked for utter- Reine "I told my first I did n0 said. ’ Iladune E8 and beauty envy, but 1 they would “Is her name mrs. a Madame Eglantine, Walden asked, firmly, “and how come to know her?” vvu-v “I do not recollect now." he re- plied, adding, “She is to go with us to the concert to-night, again." "‘If she goes, I stay at home,” said Reine. “I am amazed that you should expect me to associate with one against whose fair fame there in even the slightest stain." With a muttered imprecation, Wal- dron strode from the room, vowing that he should take Mrs. Smith to the concert that night in spite of all the prudes in Christendom. and if she would not go with him. that he should go alone. “I have never been among amm- gers, Waldemar," she said. “I must see a. few familiar faces about me." Her husband had demurred at first. [In could not endure the girl who was so devoted to his wife, and who seemed to have such a cordial dis- like of himself; but in the end Heine's maid went with her. And the time came when she was more like a. counsellor and trusted friend to the desolate little bride than a. paid companion. She had seen from the first how this ill-star- red marriage would turn out. She was not surprised that Mr. Waldron had gone to the grand concert leav- ing his sick wife at home. 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She crept up nnarer to Honora, clutching her hands gasping sop: .n-u- U "He would not care if I v.- die," she said, despairingly. would not miss mo. No 5‘, could be more cold’ and more less to me.” she W011! 021. ' growing . frightened at myseig nora. I cannot 1»-Hâ€"â€"X dam thinkâ€"how it “will um}. I 10m better than an tho “mid, \V'! married him, but how-X am ning‘ to dislike him. 11 has a that at last." “Oh, my dear 1m wrongâ€"very wrong- should never dislik. “Should a husba wife?" cried Rein.- cause my husband am frightened at for, if matters go longer, I shall hat That» night no slm-gu came 10 She was thinking, hour air what was she to do. She sa‘ light in the dark clouds W11"? soured the futureâ€"no hope 10‘- The years stretched out dafi gloomy. And this was the IL‘ whom She had thrown away: love, which was as wide as tender and devoted. 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