The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1847-05-11
THE UNEXPECTED RETURN.
BY DELLA PERCY.

B1 DhLlA fEhG1s
A cherries looking apartment in a sec
ond story back building, used as a sitting
ROOM, carpeted with a homely imperial,
and furnished with a pair of divans, half
q dozen mahogany chairs, two of which
were remarkably uReasy--a mirror, and
underneath a centre-table, on which was
scattered several magazines, a half-6nish-
ed letter, and a scrap of unhemmed ruf.
fing-a stove after the radiator fashion,
and a solar lamp on the marble stand
near, shedding its faint rays over the de-
serted room;-imaginmg this; you have
before you, as near as | can give it, the
apartment where Mr.. and Mrs. Gregory
Russell had their first quarrel. The no.
neymoon not having passed as yet, |
think it was entirely too sson TO begin,
but suppose they were of a different
opinion, or else the quarrel would have
been postponed to a more suitable time.
Two hours had passed since they had
left the room: Mr.. Russell to march down
stairs, and bang the street door after him,
and his better half to ascend the remain
ing fight, and weep over her abuses in 81
lence. Abuses no doubt they were. and
who dare say otherwise, when tell them
that Mr.. Russell had so soon had the au-
dacity to insist upon her sending regrets
70 a party which she was extremely AM
ieus TO attend, and not only that, but had
given her to understand that henceforth
she was seldom to think of attending
concerts, operas, or any place of public
amusement, and never without his W
especial escort. What wonder then If
the three weeks bride, who had never
been in the habit Of consulting any other
mentor than her own wishes, bad called
such interdictIons ~"barbarous" and sun
heard Of" and even gone so far as to ex-
press a wish that she had not married
"such a brute Of a man. This was the
case, and it was this that had sent the
husband out in search Of a quieter and
less annoying place, than his own home
had proved TO be that night. One word
had brought on another, and when Mrs.
Russell wished that she had found some
enc more ~congenial TO her tastes, the hus-
band quietly arose, took his hat and po-
Iitely told her to find some one then.
Two hours had passed, and the clock
struck ten, when Mrs. Russell, with swol-
len eyes, went down to the sitting room,
to warm her shivering form, for she con-
Guided such a wretch Of a man was not
worth freezing herself to death for. She
drew the easiest of the two easy-chairs
TO the stove, and set down very haughti-
ly, as though she was comforting a great
honor upon the room by granting it her
presence. And indeed you would not
believe how CHEEKY hat deserted room
looked after she came into it. IL she had
only looked little happier, it would have
been quite a pleasant little room. won
der now hat | called ii dreary. An hour
passed on, and the hands of Ler timepiece
pointed 10 eleven o'clock. Her u
tenance had changed during hat hour
the expression Of naughty anger had given
place to a resigned look, and | think if
Mr.. Russell had come in then, she would
have said
Gregory, You have been very unkind
to me. but will forgive you this once, if
you will promise to let me 90 10 that par
ty."
But he did not come, and the lady went
on thinking, and the watch went on tick
ticking until the hands pointed to twelve.
Then the little lady lose, and a resigned
expression had given place to a very anx-
ious, loving look, and she paced the
apartment slowly with clasped hands-a
tear nov and then falling from her hea-
renly blue eyes. What an Eden of a
room that little apartment has become! |
don't think | noticed those snowy en-
broidered curtains before, but now she is
lifting them, and peering so far out in the
darkness, they really looked beautiful
falling like drapery about her. If Mr.
Russell in now, no doubt she vii
sav-.My love, | have been very anxi
Gus about vou;-why did yeu stay Sc
la,e,." | don't think she would make
any a%llusion to the party now.
Again the watch was drawn from it
hiding rlace, the hands pointed TO one.--
She threw herself upon the lounge. AM
burst into tears. What a pity she shoul'
50 dim the glorious lusfre on her eyes
FSain. She shoaght she heard the stree