Show A I lUr mM i I had been living y 1 darts our mir vine In a ccmv lithe house uptown up-town nil ornno o short Lllss I ul r year the blcsied 7 splrltof harmony perysded > our dainty dwelling I ° h MI r hut now tho I eemlngly Inerll nlllc shinow no creeping slowly between us and lint shadow Lore tIe MtnMnnee of n pale emaciated man Itio brother of my wife old friend and aehmdmate I never liked Ililln Ilastlnz particularly partic-ularly well there was something In her Irk gray rye that looked lrM 1ii > rou to mi oren In licr girlhood girl-hood and now after n two yearn sojourn so-journ In wicked Now York I fancied in jealous men sometimes will that the wan no lit companion tar my grn tit Amy lint my wife trained radiantly hippy ron Hello and her rather took mho homo next door I Mid nothing but nt that Instant I full a curious icnMtlon burning my heart and knew but would I not lt lltD even to myself the I fact that I one jeolono of Arthur Hatting near nee to my bonus IVr I rllinr bud I lorrd her onen In tli diif a when they were boy nod girl together but ho wnt poor an t sickly while I wa quite till opposite and nlthOMfh I never rally dOllbt1 I Aoeye lists I Mimitlme < inyxlf wondering If she hind ever cured for Arthur I WIll not neijUoUil In any manner Amy WM always there when I nr rlfd nnd tho IIIIIIM wan always at bright nrn cheerful IM onuld be but 1 sit her plain far oiinwlves lOur ao Interwoven with plan for our neigh bans I that the fieling that I wan no longer foremost In bur 11I111 drove mo nearly frantla with aupproso 1 resent monU And 1 one morning the rage In nay heart oreroama my will entirely You think altogether too much of H < tlU Hasting ant her brother I laM with a meaning accent when Amy had 1 llnUhed tolling mo some 1Iun that aha had nude for her neigh borsviilortnlnmenL My wile looked surprised and pained al my sudden outbreak and replied I with ft llttta show of tempers Hello la my boat friend also laid hntly onll I Arthur poor I fellow la I my belt friend brother And your lover once 1 retorted f tteroelys Yon ahnnlt tsar vmtrrleA him If you regarded him ao highly I And then lammlug the door I left her for lha first time In our married life without the tmial kisses and ca ro wa That night when I returned home I heard my wife and her friend talking softly together In tho parlor I want A t J a 1 > Y S j r 1 1 I roil ioinirn ur or MY union nntorerpleatrd to fled iloilo there for 1 had fully rondo up my mini to pnlnglio to my wife and try to ea tublltli tho old nlTectlon but JnL in I reached tho parlor door without In the lentt attempting to Iliton I liennl wife talking In the mosl plaintive tones aa II her very heart vraa broken lo to him Hello soil tell him that 51 I love him tell him that It la alto mistake that ho nlono tithe Idol 1 01 my heart and no other could lake W Isle plant even for n minute 1 IlIrn < abruptly upon my bent and entered the Itlll ly door where 1 could tint lirar their voices and then wIII soy brain In it Perfect tumult of bo urildirinent I sat down to reason out my nlfaHklrango message lo whim win the induiga to bo I carried to myself her husbanl or to Arthur Hustings If to mo why should n bearer bo uocouary stout If to Arthur but I coul I not harbor auch n rile kuggritlon I At first 1 felt I angry at toy for tissue revealing I first disagreement I bu llille wan her childhood frlonl and tvoiiieii tho world I over will Ml thai onus to one another Iwnlteda little longer and then hrarlng the parlo l i door open nail 1 c > iwo conolu lod Hall I ha s1 Murled to IIn I me u 1 rote eagerly and opened flue door and In I another t instant almost foolishly expectant I was tan Hug clone Loathe her Good orenlpg aha Mill sweetly situ aha nnUhed buttoning her glow I Imvr been calling on toy and dust c not know that jou wore home Shuts to tnv iitkr nurprho nnd dlatrdM ho wulkvl ubruptly to the door and with a ploiaiinl mil I opened It I mil vent out to dcllvtr I suppose my st U wife a endearing message I IOU ulllOed now that my jealousy wa not groundlMH For fully fie minute I remained motionless the all white the blood whirled madly through my vein and iny heart ounded In my cheat like the blow from n huge sledge hammer My first thought wa to leave herat her-at once but there came the hlileoui thirst for vengeance So she had tricked me isle gentle aalnMIke woman and the man who was the Idol of her heart wa that pale need rogue her next door neighbor I Saw and leratood ererything nov even to the minutest detail of heir clever plant sal I plotting fly dinner time I wt calm and composed com-posed but there was n distant haughtiness about my manner that repelled iny wife In her treacherous advances I knew her now and act hug could not Iloooho me aha looked d me willfully and 1 with actual tear shining In her eyes but I Ignored her glance completely and bulled myself with the evening paper After dinner I went out ant loft her Ionevllhou so IOlIoh > a saying I wm going but almut 0 oclock I I crept guiltily back nnd plucol my ear n t the keyhole of my own wife hatnbcr It was a < I thought Hollo win here and this was what I caught of hurried ronfennllon lie wa thoroughly Indifferent lello wm saying I and not only howed ma that lie retented my Inter errncc but hat ho wa dlnguilol nt what he tcrmyour fltklenew nod did not earn artlcnlnrly for any urther dtnionttratlon I am sorry for you dear aha nlliil but nil men lira not alike I oIIro you mil ny brother but hero I lint tho iL Ho It seemed that my worst nuipl doom had I seen torlllnd The mmugo hush icon for Arthur llnntlugt sad 1 hn tho contemptible ptl fnetl man tad duellneil herolTar cf alToetlon In an Inatint tho whole tide of my anger waa turned towanl 111mtho nan who coul I worn n unman honor I forgot that miss lad I wrong I me and 1 dltgrneed herself her-self for my brain wan burnIng burn-Ing at till maim nulioloua treat cent Them nun Ju + t n moment III which to net for I could hear Hello coming ncrowt tho floor and turning the key quietly In Iho lock I left her umbllngnl tho door 1 and ruthod nl moot hiudlong out to call upon my viral I burst Inlo Arthur Hatting pro once In B state tit almost furlout anger an-ger stud without a ward of explain Ion 1 sensed him by ono feeble ulioul lor nud I nearly ahouk tha bnath out ssf hit body Hoyou are Iho black hearted KCOUII drol who hat ruined my home aural hen declined Y wife affection 1 I rhltperod hoarnely You nro tho meek faced akulklug hypocrlto who ham proUindad frlaudihlu for mu urou while you robbe I ma of mr honor 1 stopped then Suddenly nt I began be-gan for thd man hid tuned nlmott rhattly In tho face and fallen heavily before menu tho rarpot lial had I douse Had I really illlcd him In my fury And then ihiima for tho horrible adrantago I I had trUmi orerpuwored me complot ly I and llutheil my face with a onwrI criinton I Stool above him now In horrlbla consternation when suddenly the door flow open and I my wife PIII I hello Mood brrnthlrt before me I Oh Lhnrllol Charllat What hard iou shone my wifely thrloked excite wife-ly I hut Hello llattingt apparently indtrataiidlng all rnthod oror am knelt botlde her brother ItUI I whoharo I killed him slim aald In n ro ca nf agony 1 It la I I who ant to blama for this horrible or ror I did I notdellror your meanago AIllY and your hutbitud ha heard and mltconttruod It rral y wd In every limb Amy nnd I ttood silently stud watoho I tho wrutchcd woinun in aha moinod river tha proktrato form and inrcitod thin ghnntly feature Then while I hits murderer remained mute nvllh horror shun raised her haggard oyoa to my fooo again nhllo her dry lips lould hardly oipnm their language lie lurid you oh no dearly Army I but he wan honnrablo to tho end 1 my brother and would never wrong ymt or your liutban Hut 1 hero ale ahullariMl In mortal pain I loyal him ao dourly that I win aloe to you I would hare parted you 11 could but hot calmncu could endure no longer Whllo Hello wept aul wallod aborts her dead turned ono wild nppeallni glaiica toward Amy nnl In title hopolottiieM my gluiiui uainntwen 1 rihUortng wills horror ale took my hand and led mo oloie betide my rlo Urn then taking Hullo also In hor own ale forest hor to look up whll sue whltporcd the word ot our can demnatlon 11o are all to blame ahe talJ uobty but Sloth alone can read I our heart He wa Imioomt poor dear Arthur but weeping will not Lrlllll him back and now hero la I nothln I left but to separate and koep hlo awful fate n secret Then rare vntly wo knelt and klitod the deed and 1 nelson wo had I arisen she flue Purest of tit nil win able through her I Innoomice to drama that I might 10 forglron |