The Project Gutenberg EBook of His Second Wife, by Ernest PooleThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: His Second WifeAuthor: Ernest PooleRelease Date: December 9, 2005 [EBook #17259]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HIS SECOND WIFE ***Produced by MRKHIS SECOND WIFEBYERNEST POOLETO M.A.HIS SECOND WIFECHAPTER IOn a train speeding toward New York, in one of the parlour cars two young women sat facing each other, talking andsmiling, deeply absorbed. They took little apparent notice of any one else in the car, but most of the people near themkept throwing curious glances their way.These glances differed vastly, as did the thoughts behind them. A tall, genial Westerner, who looked as though he hadcome from a ranch, smiled frankly and hungrily on the pair and told himself with emphasis, "Those two girls are fifty-fifty.I'd like a dozen of each brand." And a slim college boy with fresh, eager eyes kept darting quick looks from time to timeat the older of the two, the blonde. He asked himself confusedly, "How'd I start in with a woman like her?" And excitingpictures rose in his mind. In the meantime an elderly lady, with a sharp, inquisitive air, had put down the ages of the girlsat twenty-two and thirty."They're sisters ...
Voir