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C did not understand land what peculiar motive It was ns that made matle him him lea meave his club climb early arl to rU rush h home to tolis 11 lis us 1 wife Usually h li In tim till Ill and t mime die fact raCI that 10 lP away early this his ovenin evening aused ih hf the greatest surprise anion among mis lis friends and anti still oCUli It H was neither a al jad ad l conscience nor 1111 flu suspicion of oC iii his J which troubled him m Dubuis was a a. aery lr very ery good wife ar an ar too good many m nought iH to be le n hog neg- by Imy 11 her tier hu W wio lO cared mot motor mOl moie club climb than hUll for her or or the Luckily she chic h did not know that people ell cit that rhal way anti anI andas a for fUI herself hI ot sli she sheail he tall ail never ne once tince co complained iii J Ia I about abou t Ii her e not oven even in tl h her r r mo most t Inti nato flare friends caused u to toi i ush rush home homo was wa one of those Irresistible I- I ible Impulses which h suddenly tale lake lold of a per person on and wasted waste 10 time In to Ir try in Iti nod find out jilt what en caused tiset It I On the tho a way home ho lie thought fiat his his n wife ife would be ht stir sur surprised and nn was ac wondering what sh she would SA say when she sheo saw sa him so sc o early 1 siaH nall mime 1 10 was wag sitting In the thc parlor paril 1 I bt beneat i tIme the big lamp working on I some omne w which ilch n never r st seemed finished hed He tIe J. was vas o j-o o sure to hurl find her I j sitting In I he saim- saim po position tonight that when h lie came cane iJ In ith and found the reception room de deserted ert d and antI dark lark he I did not nol believe belle lila Ills own eyes es When 10 HI had lied recovered he care care- care I ully sn sneaked across the fIor fi or in the thc darkness calling the tue name of or his wife but iUt no answer r came camp This Phi began to worry orr him him some He lIe ran against an arm chair threw himself down Into it if it an arid and be began an to think I Ills His first thoughts were ivere unpleasant I and md dreary but hul when some sonie time had pas passed pd and he lie began to get gt u used usell ed Li to j tho he darkness he lie grew II IIan an angry r Where in th the world could she have I tone gone one to For the first time since his Raoul discovered cre what hi hil wife really meant to him Ex Even F. en the I Iday Ida da Jay day before ho lie had expressed e his I pinion opinion that 1113 t the home borne was nothing hut tit a temporary place where you ou Oll I sleep deep and h where r th the wife info looked after artel And Amid now no It was suddenly lear Jear to him that the wife was really 1 the he most Important thing In the home and ond that the home honie was x considerably more nore than he had made It out to he be How Iov terribly lonesome he seemed to 10 toC tobo bo hC C without her Where hf re In the world oUli she he have haxe gone to lO And what right ight ha hail haft J the wife to leave ea the house houseIn In Ii the tho evening anyway Surely it was sas not right of or hoT her andie and amI he ie Intended to let ner her know what ho hp bought when she simo should come conic back hack Of or t cour course e. e she had hall never nc done one a thing thinS like that before n never ver And still maybe she had How could he know he me who ho ne never returned until after midnight midnight mid mid- night Perhaps Perhaps good good Lord Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps she h was In the habit 0 of doing It H. Well eil he lie would walt wait and he ho would find nd out He lie If would how to toure cure ure her of oC that lIe He sn grew w more mOle and more angry when lie he had waited 1 15 minute pacing pa up and down the floor nor When hen half hair an nn hour had passed passel no 10 C clenched his fists and when an tour our had pass passed he came near tearing tear tear- ing ig out his hair hall until h he quite cx- cx lausted austed throw threw himself lel down Into the hair once more mor and soon oon fen felt n asleep I How ho had slept ho did not know know- lb IIo yoko iyoko up p c foiling H f J OK 0 I H 1 bogn tl ng i from froni Lom a 0 nightmare He lie had hod dreamed nothing hut ut his head was 5 all an fl confused and the absolute s of or the room roon the tle confusion or it f his rain brain I It lasted pos possibly about aboul a L minute until un lIn- til LII he no 0 C OIl tn to where h ho he was rind nod what i ic Ie then saw was po positively none of or those Jl peculiar l' l Illusions which h pre present 8 nt themselves hs to our minis mini's towe as to 1 we are al' al temporarily dwelling rm on lIl the hit I threshold hl being asleep and awal awake I In Tn t i le ie darkness in lh the middle or ol I the tho room hi hi- hisaw saw a round rotund object I Illuminated 1 bv iw e e. strange JI J no doping that ml might h be lie hI looked d dat at it clot closer cIner r. r and ml discovered to Ills his surprise sur sue prise that It li vas face faco o of a man mall Illuminated II by the tIme light from a ci w whiCh hi eh ho wa was pulling calmly There lucre r wn no nil doubt It was wu a man antI and VI P every ever time he lie took look ti u whiff from I Itile tilt tile he lie could almost distinguish JI JIe j jevery e every vCr feature In Jo th tIme the smokers smoker's f face eC was ti k n bin hilI kept kepi perfectly fule quiet t. t Ill Ho lie lid did ruM rot doubt j I that the IIII man maim was ins a on cue nt lt daring darinA coo cool coni Is who lio to enjoy his in peace leneC i I lie he started to in plunder tle t house J I a hf hot t was vas all e hi his xvi wife had I dared to go Jo out ut while williI he lie 39 i in in his his' I r hit 1111 this mis h her a t I IN lesson Again aln Raoul stared staled a into the darkness dark dark- ness endeavoring to get Cl a better l lOok ok I of or I the 11 sirs sirs-IK lr 11 i face Bui But th the iho man was war evidently c holding th the i be- be l n tn i lila is lingers and he lie had lo to o wait walt I until it nl cd him hini to lo lake take another puff While he lie was waiting he lie wondered won ton tiered dered how tie no 10 c could uhl over power time the fellow lIo and amid hoped that Providence ence would I keep II ls wire wIfe va a away from rom home homo until time the affair was its over o Just at this he Iw h heard sonic Fome- hod body moving mo about the room room antl and suddenly sud sud- d denly nl h he lie lizard martl lh the soft Ort voice of oC if lila ills wife coming coining from the tho bedroom u humming hum hum- ming some gome lo lox love son song 1 G Great GreaL real G God Coil Oil she mu must t have haxe conic home while he lie was asleep ask amid and h he tie ready to 10 himself upon the burglar who whim as ho lie supposed ell would now endeavor on- on deavor dc avol lo to nut But to his lila sur- sur surI I irise o. o ho lie sw a that th time the rascal al didn't seem seeni ever Ct the iho least eRst bit hit nCI He Ife was yas til o absolutely I film calm that lint It Jarred jei on tom nerves mieres AntI And ne nevertheless s ne lie had to laugh a L little to himself 11 of oC how lion he hn was vas preparing In to jump upon uon the he antl anil thought of how scared card he hI he when suddenly out of oC tilt till darkness some sonic I Invisible n vI t Ij powel powei had lied caught him But really was not 11 It dangerous rous to Jump at a man mun In the tIme darkness I Maybe It was wa but hul the advantage ad- ad vantage was wa on his side and now he Just want ell eel to walt wait until he lie should take another whiff from the he ho might be ah absolutely sure of or his liis Iii Now Noi time the burglar took tool the cl arct between his lips Evidently F. it was as shorter now no for Cor It Illuminated the theman's theman's mans man's face brighter than before and Raoul recognized th the face and this fact met tilled HUed him with a terrible suspicion ion on which made him quite w weak ak and s. s so o that he lie momentarily was unable to move The man whose whoso taco face h hot hlf saw tw was Gerard erard his old rival al who had lied been in n lox o with hl lila his wife while she sho was 1 till still a n. school girl lh There 10 n was no doubt that it was as he ho and re remained re- re 81 sitting in tho ho lg into I darkness n un l trying h t ti concern concern- n trace his hll thoughts thour ow o It be he necessary ary to tn uso O great real caution or he lie would spoil llIn I J Again h ht heard on his wife Ii in ier 1 bed hell room return Humming more mor love In songs int and ind the tho IrI idea kiei that thai sue she jle not humming hum hum- ming for 01 or him mal made him One mOIo tnt the cl rpt mu up anilo an un ilo more l it while am ant red and Once onee more h ho lie saw aw time the tac fa r was a no tin it wn was vom 0 Gi Giards i l' l lar ar ards ard's ls face Ih The t lint had burne burac iso at 01 clos cIos down 11 lo ho e tin time lips of nf the tho ma mathat mathat that noticed even v n the e slon sion of or the Ca face seemed sud suddenly denly dAnly unnaturally calm caIrn arid and ex e n saIs si sa sias l' l as Is If the Hie mon man Wf sere rp suffering The Tho expression t of he hc face ace made n tI deep dep Impression on upon and lon Ion after aftem- it Il hail had again dark ho lie hons hits ns thinking of it What that h he toni oil f now was was' that thal G C raid would try Irs to In light another another- and anti ll i t I hal he hf n was x not alone He lie had always nas been heen a lovel loet of drama nielo-drama and it W fo his firm Intention to wall until his ife should come Into Inlo the room and anti both hoth of them be hO found to together ti- ti gether by ly him Motionless lie hp In the darkness until he heVa Va was ready to drop drill with nervous i suspense TIme The sound of a match ht icing being struck in the nl next room alou amused ell him from orn hi liP I I I S. S I Immediately ui i iii ed ha I ely a ft erva he ho heard ils II wife comIng and h he could s see from froni the lie light lt which fell through tIme tilt crack cl under the lIw door that she hn Va carrying a lamp The whole situation pleased him immensely now I ln lie r remain maln absolutely quiet t. t and she enter tIme tho room iOnni with the thC lamp letup slun sho would woul suddenly stand faco to hem face ace with him him anti and fl see c that he had hail been heen a a. 8 i of all nIh that thai hail had happened And then then then-then then It be IH hl his turn tim Slowly his wife came amp toward the thc door bar He Ho could coull hoar the train of her dress dragging ngo n over nr r the th ea carpet Then the door suddenly opened d. an and the thC lI light ht from the lamp Illuminated every cornet corner I of lie tho room The Time young oung oun wife looked beautiful as ns she stood tood there holding the lamp but hul Raoui lied had au 1111 oy eye YI for beauty ho hp lumped uni riot I to 10 0 Ii his hl IS feet alii and anil rushed at her herIke lice Ike a wild man mann Ills His If cried aloud In n terror tIrol and f toil II ll lo to the die door In a 1 tIme tho lamp R aa as ime fell During the short moment when slit IH Viul ud b been en standing there holding the iho lamp amp amp Ranul Raoul had seen that Gerard the theman theman man uari with tile the cl aret was no longer there here and that thal he ho and his IfO ite tore wert tho he only living beings ii In the room rh The rhe tiny daj ot cut the time breakfast table Ills us wire handed him a cablegram from Guadalajara la In Mexico announcing Iho ho death of Gerald In let that oily city Raoul did not lard darn to 0 ask hi l hll-l wife in an any questions but he lie wa vas vcr very ery nervous ner ncr OIlS R as he lie said to lo himself himself- Good loch God when I r think of or It It that I Intended to rush iiIi upon him In the mini |