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Show I HER REVENGE. H How a Woman Punisheo an H Innocent Man. B By MURIEL E. GRAY. H (CnpyrlKlit. 1810, y American from At- elation. J H Joliiinnn Uclfrltlco rnn unfortunate H In love. Blio wiih wooed ii nd won by H lion TlllotKoii. n diiHliIng Hiillor Ind. H Hlio loved I) I tn duvoletlly, but fio wns H ul lioiiit ii nitwit, ovvrixwrlfitf mini and H t rented lift' cruelly, ccclully when H under tin liillilcnco of ilitior. Ills H Aflfu'H iirduut love wan turned to bit H tqr linte. One of IiIh voyiiftcH iinvlnj; H IriHted four yearn wltlioiit tldliiRX from H lilni, Ills wlfo concluded that ho hnd M found ii watery grave. H 'Johanna at thin time win but twen- H ty-two yearn of iwe nnd n very at- M tmcllve young woman. Hlio longed to H i neet noiiim one who would heal the 1 wound, o'TiiHloiicd not by the loss of H Ifor liUHbuiid, but by liur duwppolnt- B incut and HiiiTVrliiK on his nccouut. H It' wiih not long before hIiu met CJeorgo M Trevor, u man Hoelnlly her .superior. m Ho bad a flue way with him that was fl Very attraetlve to women, nnd Jo- H liniuin bout tho Unec before him. Ho M -it without fortune and hud got tin H Idea that .Tohnnua had boiiio money H Htored away. It wait thin nnd not Jo- M hanua hei'Helf thai tempted him. H Ah (hero arc people who are color H blind, ho there aro people who arc H blind In the mater of character. .Jo- H lianna waH one of thene character H blind peiHoiui, Trevor fooled her vvlth H tho Kreate.st ciihc. A few (low cm, H which he never paid for, and a drive H or two, at a livery iihui'm expose, were H initio etiotiKh to glvo him tho victory. Hj For a whole mouth Jolinuuti reveled in H a delerlum of huppliiexM luteusltled by H tho memory of her pitHt mlBfoi'tiiiio. H 'J'lion U'rovor imdd'enly ceaned tilts vIh- H ItH without oven titlcliijr the trouble to HH inulto an oxciiru He had dlNcovcred that he had no money. H ;. fclx months pn.SHed, durliiK which H the j onus widow fretted without tell H Iiik nuy one. Home wild alio would H never dully with tho little god iikiiIii, H "I HIlALli T.VKH ItKK TO llltll ItOMtt." H Home Hiitd hIio would p on trying tilt H Hlio not the right man, but not eveiu Hj her filomlH Uuew her rVollngH. H One day i real man came along. Mo fHj wna forty yenrti old, a bard worker, B kind and conslderato to every one ami H HtrliMly honorable, lie saw Johanui, H learned of her pant bad luck tu lou H uud proposed to her. H When It was announced that Johsui- H mi had accepted a third offer of mar- H lingo, tlila time from John Parke, Hl everybody wild: "Thank heaven, she Q Iuih at hiHt found a good maul John Hfl l'arke Is tho salt of the earth." j H This time Johanna kept her own H counsel an to her feellnjcs toward her H lover. She didn't say whether or not H she was very happy or whether sho wna about to marry for the sake of ending her unfortunate train of love H affMlrH by taking a worthy If not a showy man. ller most Intimate 1 frloiidii Nvcre tit a Iokh Just why she H wnn Intoudlug to marry John l'arke, 1 Home wild liw wasn't the kind of man H to produce that love the othei's had H tvxcltcd, hu.1 they didn't believe that Hj ' ilie whs ery much In love. To thin H oyirt replied, "Still wntoiit run deep." H ' John Parke know morv about the H mntter than any o4ie olsu. but he wno H not a mnu to have coutldimcoti. Ho- H tildes, what 1h knew was very little. H no, too, fvtuml It dllUcult to uiKlor- H ' stand lite: ilnucoo. She was not iIouhui H yti-utlvc. Hut xbe tukl lilm that stw H lintl biHJti dooionstmilve twk-e and that B li mu 1h voittent with her preheat H troiUmiit cr glvu her up. Nut belug, H a vwy dviuottfttratlvo iwrstm Idmsolf! H ami Ulag yrowti very ftittd of Jo- Hj Iwiuut, lie accepted the sttUKtiou. R , . Johuuim InsUittHl that lUe. weddla H i I:-: efiremony thuld b a imtalte affair iu B ,'J jk. a eliurch. Hit wouiMi frlomki iiotteod H 'ilint htu' ,ool; ,u lll,olut '" eolloctlng H iVtrpiuiBomi ami woudurtHl why she H ehouUl cni-o to make a display lu the Hi uiaacr or me marrinv? ecrciuon. nm Johantm did not enlighten tlicm. When the wedding day mine round every one Hint Johanna ktievr was then. AIJ were lutercHtci! to we how n womnli who bad been twice crushed In lote would bear liernelf when taking tak-ing n third rink. The hour wan net for high noon. At the appointed time Johanna Jo-hanna nppeiirril In traveling coMiiutr. She met the groom at the chancel ntepu. and the cercrnotiy wn begun. When that part of Ii wherein the groom Is nnked "Will you take t!il. woman to be your wedded wlfY" wab put to him Parke answered In u firm voice "I will." Then the clergyman clergy-man asked Johanna. "Will you take this man lo be your wedded husband?" The bride. liiHteud of replying with Unaccustomed Un-accustomed "I will," answered harsh ly: "No." Had a blue boll from heaven struck the church the astonishment could not have been greater. Having spoken the word,, Johanna turned and walked dollantly down the broad center aisle of the church. Hut she had scarcely started when there was another surprise. From the back of the church came a voice: "1 forbid the banns." Johaiiuu stopped. Her delimit look was changed In a twinkling to one ol horror. Down the aisle reeled a man In n pea Jacket and sailor cap. "I got back Jus 'n time, my dear, didn't I? lu a few mln'ts you'd 'a' been a bigamist." Approaching Johanna. Hen Tlllolsoa attempted to put his arm about her. She drew away from him as from a serpent. The assembled guests, men and worn en, the clergyman, till except one per-(ion, per-(ion, stood Ir.iusMxcd with horror. That one person was John Parke. Stepping forward, he placed himself between Tlllotsnu and Johanna. "G'wny:" roared the sailor. "Hlu b'longa to me! Win' right you got to horV" "Tho right bf cHcort. I brought Ins here, nnd I shall take her to her home." John Parke hnd always been consld crcrf a imwnlc man, but at the moment he Kpoko theso words he looked like a god. Thu intruder shrank bauk cowed. Then the one goad man whom Johanna had stabbed for the slits of two othei had ones drew her arms through his and took her out of the church Thu guests font time remained where they were, then begun hlleutly to dls-Herat), dls-Herat), ..JS.Ut.pjutut felt that a tragedy hud been euacied before them Insieall of (he happy event they had eoine to witness; not one but condemned, not one but pitied, the woman who had been driven by barbarous treatment to wreak her vengeance on an Innocent man. Tlllotson found his way out among the others, every one ho passed avoiding avoid-ing hlta ns If he were an adder. Once out of the church he was lost In the croud on tho street. He had been wrecked on an Island lu the Paeltlc ocean ami lived there with the natives, preferring to remain among them rather rath-er than return to civilization. Ho had Dually shipped on a vessel that brought him to his own country and arrived Just In time to complete the dramatic climax of his wife's revenge. If those who had witnessed the scene In tho church mingled pity with their condemnation of Johanna those who had beard of tho affalraud It was a seven days' wonder said that she had deserved far more than she had received. receiv-ed. Hut one held Johanna blameless. That was tho man she stabbed. Whatever What-ever may have been bis Inner feelings, his words said that ton woman who had been wronged as sho had been wronged wrong-ed there must come an Irresistible desire de-sire for revenge and that women, since they do not possess Judicial minds, are as likely to punish the wrong matt a? the right one. lu defense of his position posi-tion he reminded those to whom he made this defense that no woman had ever been appointed to sit on a Judicial bench or serve on a Jury. Hut as to what passed between him and Johanna on their way from the church to her home or on their arrival ar-rival there or afterward John Parke spoke no word. The lllppaut looked upon him with that contempt one-naturally feels for a man who has been duped. Others gave him sympathy. To (Invite who had witnessed his splendid splen-did self control. Ills assumption of the manly iwut, under any and all clrcuiu-MtituciM, clrcuiu-MtituciM, of protector of the weaker so, he was a hero. There was much speculation, lunch curiosity, to know the condition, mental men-tal aud pUyxk-ttl, of Johanna, She shut herself up. For a bmg while not even tier ntofct !iit!nutt frttjixl whs iwruilt ltd to vllt her When llils frUmd was nt taut admitted she found JoImii-tin JoImii-tin In a far bvtior eomlitlou tlian uhu luid t.iK-ttl. but wtth.il uuttituUlgible. JoImumm himsI lo Im In a Mtaie ( metitHl fever, ller frloud had extorted extort-ed to Had tier i rushed, She wast ou.-tlounl ou.-tlounl Her friend had expw-ted to find tier Itonetaut. Hut uot a word passed lietweett iheui couvoruleg thai frit: tutu I tviMe of which oue bad been wilitPttH ami lu which the utber had acted tue iMiuvtuAl part. Not h word of regret otcuprd .loukuitrt's lips, uut a word of Nfiproelntton fur the mutt vl hud roturnwl goxl Our evil. "it soetns to mo," sftttl the lady after tne vihii. "tnar air. parte w to .in-linnnn .in-linnnn sliupty at a block of stone. AH the line !ie had for hltn was through him to Ktnb the mate sex. Uut I judge this merely from appearances. Johanna Jo-hanna con tided nothing to me." One morning a newspaper contained an item that a man found on the street iu a drunken Htitpor had been taken to n hospital and had died there. The next day John Pnrke called on Johanna and sent up bis card. She enmo down the stairs and entered the room so quietly that Parke, who was standing at a window, did not bear her. Presently ho turned and saw her standing near tho door, tier bands resting rest-ing nu the back of n chair. Sho was very pule. "Now that I have the right." be said deferentially. "I have come again to ask you to be my wife." Ho made a Ktep forward and stopped. stop-ped. She wim trembling. She did not fpealc. though for n moment be thought ho saw her lips move. Then she began be-gan to sway. She put out her arms to him. He ran to her and caught her only In time to prevent her from falling. |