| Show A tragedy u of f love L ove now that Is the position sighed kitty she leaned her pretty tear stained face forward and sighed mrs airs chevenir Che venix laughed a little then yawned she was a pretty little thing kitty gascoigne A fair haired fluffy little person with a pair of appealing blue eyes and a soft babyish face she was the wife of george Gasc gascoigne a man mall upon whom the powers pom ers that be looked with high favor a man who was climbing slowly but surely the great ladder of success kitty gascoigne and olive chev enix had struck up a warm marm friendship possibly because they were such op this woman who loved her husband and the other woman whose flirtations no man could number george used to be fond ot of me continued the little wife he was per factly silly during our engagement and whilst we were on our honey moon but directly we got back to his station he became absorbed in his work and even during this holiday at simla he studies blue books nd native reports anything but me if I 1 im in just as good looking as I 1 was why doesn doean t he love me as mucha because kitty you have the most dangerous rival a woman can have ambition ambition f repeated the other yes ambition don dont t you under stand that you have married a man whose one idea Is to be 7 9 he ile loves you my dear but you are only an incident in his life I 1 won t be an incident cried kit ty with flashing eyes he ought to think of me before everything the elder woman lost her sneer I 1 also in the years that the locusts had eaten had loved and been miser able and she was sorry for little kitty there s one force in the world stronger than ambition she replied slowly and that s jealousy mal e your husband jealous I 1 will do it sl e said aloud with quiet deci decision edon to be happy again is certainly worth a lie george gasco agne writing let not ordinary letters by any means but missives addressed to very big men indeed missives these men would read with attention and ponder over success muttered the man to himself success at last he beav ed a deep long sigh and stretched hed himself as one does who throws throns off a burden to day had brought george gascolgne good tidings he N was as no longer the man striving he was the man there promotion yes but something more than promotion the ripest reddest kiss of dame fortune for george gascoigne had arrived I 1 must tell kitty he smiled a little as be he rustled up his papers she wont understand a bit what it means to me he thought but she will like the title and by jove wont she play the great lady asplen dear little kitty litty george I 1 want to speak to you tor for a moment can you spare me a few seconds 7 9 kitty stopped her his h is band as he was about to leave the drawing room that evening husband and end wife had been dining alone and even george gascoigne noticed ague ly how smart kitty 1001 ed lor for their 4 I 1 14 III I 1 II 11 do it ete abete a tete dinner she I 1 ad a avid pot spot of color on each cheek cheel and her yes eyes glistened yes if you have anything very im to tell me dear ie an but I 1 am rather I 1 ausy this evening I 1 wonder when you are not busy the she retorted bitterly acl 1 ol 01 ceorge I 1 will be as brief as I 1 can I 1 mant a ant to go home to england mav I 1 goa go my dear kitty ritty his astonishment was obvious why by on eaith do you want to go home you feel well with quick anxiety oh dear yes I 1 always feel well I 1 want to go home because oh be cause she added recklessly after a long pause you would not miss me and another man would another man he looked at her as one who does not hear aright she stood her ground though she would have given worlds to revoke the lie yes george another man I 1 know you are absolutely indifferent to me bit well he loves me he e who ah ali that I 1 will never tell you she cried playing her part finely and with a certain amount ot of artistic skill his name must be a dead let J I 1 ili the wretched girl flung herself on her knees before the man pouring out her confession ter but we have both been true to you in word and deed george also in thought I 1 suppose 7 he interrupted with a low laugh I 1 always remembered I 1 was your wife george how IlOw you must have cursed your good memory his face had grown livid when did you first begin this platonic gamec he added sternly I 1 will not answer aner any more of these questions she said with a rush of desperate courage that is my secret and his you have your self to thank for the situation when we were first married I 1 adored and almost worshiped you it is your cold neglect that has killed my nay love and only my own self respect that has kept me straight do you think a wife is only a toy alo can be kissed ana and petted when she is new and put to one side as soon as her novelty has worn off offa if so you have made the biggest mistake in your life A woman once awakened to love needs love and she gets gets it by fair means or foul george gascoigne leaned back in his chair the biggest mistake in my life he muttered between his clenched teeth the biggest mistake he put his hands up to his burning throbbing forehead ana an wondered dimly why all the furniture in the room seemed dancing around him then tor for a few seconds george gas coigne saw red only tor for a mo mei t tor for suddenly with a thundering roar and crash the man mans s house of cards cardo fell to the earth and with a bab ble of empty words and silly laughter george gascoigne joined the ranks of the foolish the men of no understand ing merry phantoms of their dead selves so the servants found the great noite sahib the man who was to have ruled a province he who un der stood the beating heart of the strange brown land and the complex mind of its people A man who laughed shrill at them and made ugly mouths keeping his eyes fixed on the door shaking a trembling finger at their fearful faces babbling vaguely it was to see this man they sum boned kitty kitty who sitting in her bedroom was beginning to won der when the handle would turn and her husband enter ready indeed to throw up ner part and confess her deception plead for forgiveness forgive nese nesa ou on er knees george george the wretched girl flung herself on her knees before the man pouring out her confession kitty kitty I 1 he put his hand on he soft curls she caught and kissed his fingers hopefully yes darling yes she answered tell your kitty that you ou forgive her 7 it its s a very f fienny thing kitty ha he implied in a plow insane oice pointing to a dim cornel cornet in the draw ing loom but the v ceroy is qt standing baere bowing to me but I 1 don t quite remember what I 1 want to say to him and I 1 know you are in III a hurry to catch the train to england so shall we run away deara ha ha hal to the sound of his loud laughter kitty fainted dead avay a I 1 could han hae e told you from the first what hat would happen a man re marked a few moans later to mrs cevenik Cue Ce venix no man alive could work his brains as poor orge gascoigne a 1 d I without a break breakdown doA n talk of high pressure and overwork why the government ground the poor devil in its mil mill ground him to chaff and such a man of men too where is the poor chap now by the way kitty has taken him home re plied mrs chevenir Che venix nervously she was always nervous on this subject they have got a pretty little house at ascot and she nurses and watches him with most rare devotion and the doctors hope in time that he hell 11 recover to find his career ended endea and his life work spoil ed answered the man bitterly bet ter to live on a merry fool the woman shuddered for none knew better than olive chevenir Che venix whose hand was responsible for this little simla tragedy boston doston jour nal |
