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The Two Wives

CHAPTER III
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I guess that'll bring her to her bearings.

Ha! Don't you think so, Jack ?" "Good heavens!" was just at this instant exclaimed by one of the inmates of the bar-room, in a low, startled tone of voice.
"Your wife, as I live!" fell from the lips of Ellis, whose face was turned towards the entrance of the bar-room.
Wilkinson sprang to his feet.

Just within the door stood a female form, her head uncovered, her under person clad in a white wrapper, and her face colourless as the dress she wore.

There was a wild, frightened look in her staring eyes.
"Is Mr.Wilkinson here ?" she asked, just as her husband's eyes rested upon her, and her thrilling voice reached his ears.
With a bound, Wilkinson was at her side.
"Oh, John! John!" she cried, in a voice of anguish.

"Come home! Come quick! Our dear little Ella is dying!" An instant more, and, to the inmates of the bar-room, the curtain fell upon that startling scene; for Wilkinson and his wife vanished almost as suddenly as if they had sunk together through the floor..


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