Show F The Double Do ble Widow pY y IL I iaUS u 1 Martin Littlewood had been 1 man i-d i two years yeni's to lo a wife whose rho beauty blaut was no greater than her lo love hove e of till the luxuries luxuries lux lox uries of or life lite And Amid as she was exceedingly exceedingly exceed exceed- beautiful it follows that the tIme tImen in inroads n roads she she- made in her In-her her husbands husband's bank t were were quite quite startling et It It i l ir H J t tI J ford ConI an expensive wits wife ite I Then Themi came the fatal rata I black Fd Friday ol I One bank bani after the other went to the wall vali and amun among these one in which I Littlewood was h heavily vily Inter interested j The evening before ho Ime had given a J. J splendid bail ball where Mrs wood Little I had been the cent center l of or attraction Hi Tn the morning one glance at his papers I t told him how matters matteis stood stood stood-he he had hind hindI hadI I lost the time treat greater r part pmt of or his fortune Littlewood swore swore considerably hut but I this did not bring back balc his lost dol do- tars lars lIe He was in despair not for Cor his own sake salte the thc loss meant little to him lown but he could cOUll not bear the thought that he would no longel longer be able to gratify S all his wife's wiCe's wishes lIe He had hall always been a marr man man- manof of quick resolutions anti and to this he lie owed part Of or his success The little monc money left was to be his It would be enough to keep h her hem In tn comfort but decidedly not I IThe enough for tOT two so he lie ae decided to leave Chicago without saying sa ing good bye to anyone not even to his hh wife I It If I tell her lice he lie r she will either blame me for for- forthe the loss loso or ot she will want to go along and a woman Is on only I in the thc way In the time gold sold goldfields goldfields fields of or Australia where I am nm going gOinz to make m my next fortune Five days later 1011 he lie was wn steaming steaming- across the time Pacific bound tom for Sidney determined to return a rich mIch nine man manoI At first Mrs LittlefIeld was In despair de tie- I at the time disappearance of oC ho mus- mus band She had a gool good man many tealS tears ears and bought a number of or black gowns I which were vere cr very becoming to her blonde beauty beaul She felt thankful loher to lo tohei her hei lost ho had hall looked alter after a her For six ix months comfort so 50 well ell sue she mourned but bul then when whon no news new I came from him she shed shell her he I. I willow widows I an and came caine out in charming costumes cos cos- lumes as an of or old I She hall had no ambition to Lu II play lay I Poncin Penelope I and amI wait wail for her Gl Ulysses She was wits I young oung beautiful and anti pleasure loving ln Why Shy h should she waste hoi ban h r time line mourning mourn I ing leg Many widows she siw ht knew Itne mourned only tl three e months month so with wilh sIx lx Ix she lint had surely done llone bet duty I I IThe The birds vore vere singing fringing as asas s as us ever eve the flowers W were lC as is ilS s eve r nm and with the time air ah of spring Ime thoughts of love hove For 1101 three years year ealS she was surroundeD ell I IDy by Jy a crowd of admirers any anyone one f r f whom would have havo married her had hart yh n h I been heen willing willing- but she could never ti IJ- IJ I chic which on one to make happy happy- At t la last t she began to long bug for Cor mami-d mami rl I bliss once OCCO more and Inde Indeed why hr I she wait any longer longel Her lIeI husband I Iwas was dead that dead that was certain c taino Of or course j she could not nol prove it It black on whit but lOt who could doubt hind Hall slit she Lu bc b f i I u ugly it would of COUl course have be n In different but as s it Il was a n hus husband and v wh vh h- h hoes does not write Tae his beautiful wife t fir II r 36 months mUll must be dead or 01 at pt lea U-u 1 might to be e according to her way I f 1 fa a ream reasoning n I ng The law Jaw did not nut prevent pIC h her het in fn-in remarrying nOd and so on orA day dayh Mr h Mrs iK- iK became Mrs and andery c vcr very ery hap happy honeymoon she had lint Sin Sin- never thought of her hem first husband an more moore S Martin tatt in hail olk worked ll h ha hard hardin in the lie sold gold fie fields Ills and at last sUccesS s came eam t to him He lie wo was rich once more mort n a million dollars no ne duk out fut if l f the bowels of time the earth eUIth Then Just about as he was to board a steamer for lor home he lie was stricken n down doimi with smallpox I For weeks ho lie was WIth hovering ho between life an and death and aull cm on the tho vcr very day he lie arose from hi imi sick lied hell his former ormel became l I r. r It Its waS waS' mas months however howe r before he was tong enough to undertake tic i lun long bug voyage but as RIi h he ime wanted to to surprise sur sur- prise tf Her he be did thu not nol send a helie in III inthe the lie woman he lie was longing to sc CI c I In n aga again aln I iiI ii I At t I l lust l he lie reached Chicago h aile and I wi-nC wi I direct to his old house to hid find hi his wife I no one knew k where lIe He enquired ed everywhere 1 knew of nobody any Airs In There was in all Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago no woman of or that name A At last he found in iii the time l' l records cords of the marriage bureau that a Mrs Littlewood Lit Lit- Littlewood had hall married a Mr 11 nine months before and further Investigations in investigations investigations In- In showed showell that had died two days ago from delirium trem tre- tre m ms He Ife hal hail I whiskey hisk ij letter belter it his wife S q dun dumbfounded d Ho Ic i I lo wn cr restored I II hi his mental equilibrium hat What should he do First of 11 all h lie he I must see his wife a again ain Ho lie found out jut the time name of the cemetery which I was to hold the mortal remains of or his successor and anti went to 10 the time funeral He ll saw an w again his faithless wife who thanks to the pockmarks and a ful beard beald tIlt did not nol recognize reco him But she w wife as beautiful as ns ever and antI all his plans for revenge rc vanished lie Be fell rell In lii love lo with his wife once more and decided to woo hero her Un Under r 1 an assumed name he was In Introduced Introduced In- In to her as an Australian millionaIre millionaire mil mil- mine owner and for three months ho he h paid her hel court most assid At first the pockmarks re repelled re- re polled her but after a while she ghe be began began hegan he- he gan to think of or him as IS a acry very cry charmIng charming charm charm- ing man and best of all nil a man nina who was was- not hot a drunkard Hl like e her second husband and one night she sue consented to mm marry him As soon as she had whispered her herye yes ye he took look from his pocket I the very ring Ing she hud had given gl him once when they were wen married years cals ago aro She looked looked flast first at the ring then thell at her hem husband an and fainted When she came to she pointed t to the ring and amI exclaimed That js s that i is isMy is- is Mv My marriage ring he replied full Cull of or dignity S Then you are you ale you arc are my 11 husband hus hW- band It seems so so- o. o Anti And you t wai to to- to Marry Many my wife was all lt he sa said II I. 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