Show liu i aw ho laito by wh see often fail jajo bunra ro hali in ay iy is 1 IKI 11 t all tha day they lio c by tle alry f lur hia ant at avo thiry in the cnare one I 1 y 80 the of may but M il atio gnau faco tor a little abilo doubt caro and sorrows bo when cluba of woo a happy two araw baill benrath tho i badoa gloar stora of joy in genalo eyes luo Is arched with caraly are they what they aelia smiles wo have and falio sighs much we knori but more wo dream beneath abo outward abow to the shadow or tho light and from a hat you purely know learn to BOO and audgo aright Exo hag EXCHANGE OF ROLES all bis lifo charlie stanhope had been baite ready to admit that his morals were somewhat faulty sometimes ha admitted it genially with a arild belf reproach but always with the air of boing quite irresponsible for bia failings and indeed be was one of hoso anan whom scarcely any one judges hardly good looks a pleasant smile aa easy affectionateness and a generous baand aie excellent covers for deiy seri ad faults it a too fervid liking for the good things of this life wine bd women is to be counted among them hang it you know a pretty woman con always make a fool of me ha used to acknowledge and I 1 positively can abot help it lilian knows it too lilian was mrs stanhops po and she certainly had abundant reason to know it charlie had married her in a fit of infatuation for her beauty and amid the prophecies of their friends as to their future happiness and if the midwife had been scally inclined they might have had the satisfaction of knowing that they till afforded a thrilling topic of conversation to their social circle in the coarse of five years of married life there had been much for lilian to forgive and charlie had a habit of suddenly confessing himself to her and receiving absolution for his sins under the shadow of which for a month he live irreproachably forswear his club going to no supper parties and escorting his wife to afternoons and balls and reverting altogether to the hus hamd lover of their honeymoon in very tenth it is not too much to say that he loved and respected his wife above any living creature only it was not in his nature to be faithful to any woman yon are a saint lilian my pure white lily be often said in his fits of remorse and im a black brute not fit to kiss the hem of your dress and bo thoroughly believed it too for the timo being so when ono morning he came down to breakfast and opened and read a certain letter eliat was lying on bia plate he only experienced a furious anger against the author of it it was written in a hand awkwardly sloped abo wrong way and obviously feminine and boro the ominous signature A well wisher and contained nothing but a savage aud coarse attack epou his wife coupling her name with that of a man who bad just been notoriously expelled irom a smart club for cheating at cards charlies handsome face flushed darkly aad he muttered oath under his ia catli wt devils somal women anre I 1 cant they even leavo lilian alone she 01 nil women in the world to bo written of BO I 1 its that jade maud bellair im certain she has never forgiven me for to introduce her to lilian well I 1 may be a blackguard myself amt my wife shall never speak to such women sho must never know of it it would half kill her and if I 1 showed it to her she might perhaps think I 1 ens ejected her I 1 lilian great beavens what would the world be corn sas to and to couple her name with hugh Dac resl its a pity she try to invent something a little more proba mo his faith in his wife was not shaken for an instant no devout worshiper donld think of de his pure white idol because some miscreant throws a clod of dirt at it but the words of the letter fascinated him as things impossible and monstrous do and he was BO absorbed in it that he did not a footstep coming through the open edoor and started violently when a band was laid on his arm and lilians voice baid whatever are yon scowling at so fe oh nothing of any consequence a letter he said confusedly trying to crumple it ap but his wife put her finger on it J are yon so anxious I 1 eee it she said reproachfully it what yon think at all lil aio said guessing her suspicions its not a letter from a woman at least I 1 mean its of no importance let me see it then abbo persisted to away oh dont read it dear its nn abominable shameful letter I 1 I 1 yon pollute conr eyes by reading it he said taken off his guard 1 I entreat you not to read why you must think I 1 am something more than a woman to refrain after that eaid mrs stanhope smiling as he drew it from his reluctant fingers she was a very lovely woman slender and fair with pathetic rray eyes and a nar euely sad mouth and tho benile gave just the last touch her beauty wanted dont think I 1 heed it for an instant 1 know well enough chos dona it faid charlie nobly but she held up her liend for silence as ehn quickly read the ho could eee her eyes traveling broin lino to line could seo a flush quickly fieo to her forehead and aa swiftly change to whiteness ah lil my 1 I 1 know von could not fiand it I 1 to have let yon read it ho said catching at hor as bho swayed slightly blight ly but ebe frood and stood facing anni with parted lips then you dont it alio said slowly believe Beli evo my gol a wnm tiou from yon to mel my my haintl As if id believe all abo world against youl lie broke out passionately ive baeri a bad lot masolf ant do yon think I 1 dont leow a good woman I 1 find ono mo against all tho world she echoed but if I 1 joined the world against myself what would you believe then 1 I dont know what yon mean dont jest ou such a subject and trust ino ill laako tho woman who wrote those lies smart for it but they are not eaid lilian slowly it is the simple truth he looked at her in utter bewilderment what did she jeaa what was ehe talking of was she out of her mind yon dont seem to understand she said quietly every word ia that letter is true he did not answer but still stood gazing at her abo had crossed over to the mantelpiece and stood with one elbow resting on it her face turned toward him tho sleeve of her morning wrapper had slipped down and ho could BOO the curve of her round white arm perhaps be would still have believed her if she had not suddenly smiled such a emila as he had never dreamt of on her face he did not know what he said perhaps ho only made some inarticulate cry but be sank into a chair and hid his face in his hands from that look neither of them spoke it seemed to him that minutes were merging into eternity the ticking of the clock on the was like the strokes of a hammer on his brain his heart seemed shrinking under the touch of iron lilian vile ob it was incredible impossible some hideous dream I 1 he raised his head again to look at her surely a lifetime bad passed since that smile and yet the clock bad only marked three minutes 1 I am glad you know said his wife 1 I was so tired of pretending to bo good and she stretched her arms as one laying down a heavy burden 1 I wonder you have never guessed it before guessed I 1 I 1 reverenced reveren ced you too much to insult yon by a thought you moan virtue was my role and it was for yon to play sinner oh yon were too egotistical you wanted always to play lead ob what did it matter how much I 1 sinned I 1 was never good but youl yon have been a saint in heaven to me no woman is ever a saint and remember I 1 have been your wife civo years I 1 was good once but your love has been a liberal education for me her whole bearing seemed altered the egweet sadness of the mouth had changed to mockery her voice rang cl ear and hard every word struck hamu to his soul as nothing had ever dono in abo course of his gay successful life then I 1 have damned you aud myself he said hoarsely dout talk so primitively we have been educated out of all that now she answered there are hundreds of husbands and wives in our awo case but this he brought out the words as if they burned big lips you yea cant love bim she shrugged her shoulders carelessly love what does it mean he was sufficiently amusing did yon love lady dancourt Pan court hies belloir aud but why extend abo list 1 I that is quite another thing A man but he stopped short under the boorn of her eyes what will yon do you cant di dorco me yon could never appear in court with such a record ag yours she went on 1 I dont see myself why this should make any difference to ns we amow the truth about each other now and can bo mutually complacent of such words on her lips was unbearable to him he sprang up and caught her by both arms studying every line of her face with savage intensity are you going to kill me she said shrinking a little 1 I did not take your confessions BO tragically 1 I cant believe it I 1 cant understand it ho muttered you who were worlds above me to have sunk BO much beneath me I 1 1 I think we are on a level footing now she retorted our sin ia of the same quality but I 1 know myself for the blackguard I 1 am and you oh lilian dont you realize what it is for you she shook her head slightly A sudden hatred of him had sprung up in her and instinctively she knew that nothing behe could do or say would wring his heart as did her callous bearing ho looked at her for an instant with despairing eyes and then caught her to him as it he would kiss her but recoiled and loosing her dashed roughly from the room st pauls seems to be a X conff lived set A list of tho losses which the bayal boyal society has suffered by death during tho past year shows that tho pursuit of acci ance ia not unfavorable to longevity tho list comprises 19 fellows and beven foreign members aud tho average lifetime of 20 men was a fraction over 70 years tho average ago of the beven foreign members was 79 years and 5 months the oldest being franz ernst neumann 97 and the youngest henri ernest baillon 07 the 19 fellows bad an average lifetime of 75 and 7 months tho oldest being bisset iian kins 98 and the youngest george edward dobson 47 the fellows not nil men of being lord aberdale aberdare Aber dare 80 and another tha karl 0 malborne Sal borne 83 but statesmanship and law alio seem to favor length of cays london news |