im alive. And then-she'll come back to him-he was convinced of that; to his lonely little Mary. And after all she might be

tinge of anything like love, and had only an observing eye for

omewhere in the twenties, soon allured him with her well tried arts. Within a short time he was her devoted slave and did not see nor he

She did not know the woman, but when she heard that she belonged to a different faith, she was crushed, although the noble catholicity of spirit that distinguished her character did

a seal of holiness, and shed over her placid features the mild, sweet life of a pure heart. H

that she began to lose her health. Silently, without a word to her husband she performed her household dutie

nything of the ungrateful son, for whom he had slaved and worked all his life, a

n-law! "No, not a cent of my money can she have," he murmured constantly to himself with a flushed face and dry lips, looking at his

th the son and stopped all payments, denying

d, it was necessary for the young husband to go and seek

ssed upon him that he might not be able to support his family. Finally, he got a position with a mea

ies and humorous lectures-that must make a hit. Everybody said that he had a humorous vein. Now the time had come to show his mettle, but the short stories were generally returned.

sgusted shrug of her white shoulders to her hor

e of their child. The last short story must turn out to be

osing any breath about it, she thought. I am through with him anyway

e opportunity to leave it forever. Her eyes were full of scorn when looking at her husband, who could not supply her with all that she longed for j

rections to see one of her former acquaintances, with a strange unrest in her large eyes. Her opportunity would come; she was sure of

g impression she had made on him and how he longed to see her again. Her face flushed with pleasure as she

ked at the poorly furnished rooms; at her own w

said with a contemptuous smile. "I'll show him-the young inexperienced fool I

looked down at the Englishma

filled her being with a strange endeavor to avenge herself on the man who could not supp