Orris Austin and his wife were visiting the Hope Country Club. Austin merely left his wife sitting alone; he made no effort to introduce her and plainly showed his neglect to the guests around the club grounds. Austin, on the links, tiring...See moreOrris Austin and his wife were visiting the Hope Country Club. Austin merely left his wife sitting alone; he made no effort to introduce her and plainly showed his neglect to the guests around the club grounds. Austin, on the links, tiring of the game, met Jennie Wilton, a widow. They strolled throughout the grounds together and Austin's wife grieved in her heart at the sigh. Her mother, proud of the splendid match her ingenuity had made, watched the proceedings carefully, drinking her wine on the balcony and ever keeping an eye out for trouble. It came when Jack Stanton, bachelor, made a spectacular drive. The ball rolled three hundred yards away and stopped at the lonesome wife's feet. Acquaintance ripened into friendship in an hour. Returning from his stroll with the Wilton woman, Austin saw his wife talking with Stanton; instantly there was a clash. Austin turned upon his wife and the dislike of years focused in a bitter speech. After that he left with the Wilton woman and his lonesome wife, sitting alone, watched through a glass while Austin kissed her in a boat gliding through the trees toward the open lake. A few minutes later Austin made up his mind. Pulling in toward shore, he wrote a note and sent a boy to deliver it to his wife. Stanton, seeing it all, took the note from the servant, and himself carried it to the mother of Mrs. Austin. She read it, smiled, gazed out to sea, and turned happily toward Jack Stanton. Written by
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