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Show A "WOMAN'S IDEAL. Mrs Tllenklns laid dowa her aovsl With a deep sigh The hero ot ths slopement In the last cbsptar wss such a splendidly romantic figure. No wonder won-der bis friends wife ran away with him. Any woman would bavo found It Impossible to resist him lie wss so unlike Jsck Poor Jack was so dreadfully dread-fully prosslc He never even Qtttr-relcd Qtttr-relcd He was too phlegmstlc (or anger. an-ger. At least that was the way Mrs lllen-kins lllen-kins put It to herself Of course Jsck was fond ot her Hlii- knew thsl perfectly per-fectly well Hut his affection took the form of placid contentment a deslrs to be amiable a sickening domestic bliss No rich Southern blood flowed In his veins Ills ees would nut llash, ba net er seised her by tho wrist, or stamped stamp-ed and called her "woman " Ho never opposed her If she expressed n wish, It was carried out without n murmur. It sho scolded him he boro It meekly. An exsspcrattng man. a puny creature, the reverse of Adolphus de Montmorency, the hero aforesaid Talo had clearly treated Sophia tllenklns badly In uniting a woman of her temperament to sinh n man ns Jack Others might be contented to lead n hundrum life by the side of an unambitious domesticated husband, but Mrs Ulenklns possessed higher Ideals Her passionate naturo and artistic ar-tistic susceptibilities demanded something some-thing nobler than commonplace virtue She felt herself utterly thrown away upon Jack lie was only fit for tbe ordinary woman Mrs Ulenklns' reverie wis sn deep that she did not hear the sound ot tbe latchkey. The first Intimation abs received re-ceived of her husband's presence was when he stood before her He was not. certainly, a romantic object Tbe uocketa ot his overcoat bulged out un-symmetrically un-symmetrically front under sstch arm an ungainly brown paper parrel pro truded "I wish you wnuldn t inak such an exhibition ot yourself! ' exclaimed Sophia, So-phia, with a Jock of Intense disgust, "It's so dreadfully bourgeois. Why didn't ou have the things sent!' "Nobody saw m. I in sure." said Jack, putting the parcels trlumphsntly down on tho table. ' and I wanted to glvs you a surprise ' lie took out a penknife and cut tho string Ths first package contained a pair ot warm sleeping socks, from (he second he produced n beetle trap "1 know you suffer from cold feet," he said, "and I heard the rook complain of the cockroaches this morning " Tho rest of his purchases consisted ot various vari-ous household requirements, a mouso-trap, mouso-trap, a set of blacking brushes, some digestive candy, and so forth As Jsck displayed these trifles, ono by one, lis looked anxiously at his wife In tho hope of dels ting a gratified smile Hut Sophia's thoughts had gone ' out swiftly to Adolphus tie Montmorency Montmor-ency Adolphus would not havo pre-I pre-I ssntrd himself before the woman bo I loved with muddy boots and turned-up BlilUC'CIU'lt trousers, he would not havo brought her sleeping socks or digestive candy, It was almost more than she could bear. To be tied to a man who could not soar above mouse traps "Take them away How could you buy such thrash? she cried, exasperated exasper-ated The iMtlncd look on Jnck'a face nearly drove her mad Ills meekness Irritated her beyond endurance Why didn't he swear at her? A blow even would ba preferable to silence Adolphus Adol-phus would have fired up instantly and probably bundled her out of the room with physical violence It was terrl-bio terrl-bio to havo this provoking saint's sorrowful sor-rowful humility Sophia refused to wear the sleeping socks She declined to mollycuddle, sho said And nsxt day she laughed at Jack putting a comfurter round bis neck Jsrk hud a bad throat, but to please his wife he left the wrap at homo and want out without It When be came baik In tbe evening hi cold was much worse Jack would have committed suicide to please his wife, and ho did Day utter day he carrletl that cold about with hltn Sophia thought It more manly aud romantic not to give way to such trills. Con-sequsntly Con-sequsntly Jack caught on chill ou top of another, he became feverish even delirious Then ths doctor was sent tor Hut It was ton late Jack had a sever attack of Inflaniuutlnn of th I mi as, from which ho mver rtuuteted And even at tb Inat fluihlu could nxt help rellerllng that Adolphus would nsvsr have glvtn In to suib a diaosse III will power would hate saved him Sophia become a widow She wept over Jack nf courat hut behind hsr r.flef there wua a kind nf exultant feeling feel-ing that th ld at man hsd butome, after all a pnliillliy Of eouraw R" bin inei him lb ordinary or-dinary rnnvi ntlonul iiinhud of making hi acquaint m wss too eoiumonplaee for br cin ic n listed soul It was -a aas of Int. si Urst sight nnd th latter lat-ter occurred nn th Hrlghton grand parade pa-rade live ripened Into acquaintance. Ilia nsii i Fimenlo TltsJonss Ths Jones sh forgave because his moths1 lssbbbbI been sn Italian. ILILH Thsy were msrrlcd a year after" Hibbbbbbb1 Jsek's desth It made no differences HVsaaBaal to the dead man) the flowers on his uLDnHB gravo had ceased within six week ot Ibbbbbu991 ths funeral Tor a wbolo fortnight IsVBHltS Sophia lived In the delirious atmos- HiE&ai phere ot two peoplo who do not know WfBPStaSr each other Then her Ideals began to KviLlTis!? bo realised TIfOujV Jsik had always been deeply Inter- IcTMKiS? eated In ber thought and confidences. aataaWfeftV Ills Acquiescence In her opinions and Msflssnliii' slavish admiration ot her mental gift JDIlm' had been positively sickening nu- ffittVst, genlo would not listen to her at all. mmPmTiii Women's views were of no consequence WBBmtif whatever In his estimation If she BMiaUsjtf. spoke nn social questions he shut her NSrlaHsl up In the rudest fashion Haas'PB He never brought her In a present HKrafi when he came home from business. HriflBui Jack never failed to bnve something liE& In his pocket at least twice a week. sLBsB Hut I'ugenlo bad more Important mat- ssbbK ters to consider He had his club, and H his Wagner society, and tils golf, anil bbbbbbbbH his bicycle frequently he dined out bsLbbbbbI with bachelor friends When Sophln 1 rrmonstraled with him ho told her H to mind her own business lie even H went so far as in strike her The blow H was not so sweet as Sophia had antic B Ipated. In spite nt Adolphus. H In a year's time he had drunk him H elf to death The Rosslps declared It H wns n happy release for Mrs. TIU H Jones H Hut the flowers were always fresrt jH on Ilugento's grave And his magntn H cent tombstone, which absorbed most jH ot tho widow's provision, wo ths envy H of every mourning neighbor. H When Sophia tiled a year later th H doctor declared It wns th rHlt ot n H broken heart She pasted away with B tho name of Kugsnlo on her lips. Lon- HBVBb don Bun H |