Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-05-13


as to tell me whetl ler there is prob
ability Of doing what [ wish But
I see you are just like the rest of
the lawyers time! timel time! |
suppose now you'll keep al Hout it till
Il am dead, and then it viii all go to
my husband in the course Of law"
''Probably it will not require more
than halt' an hour to ascertain so
much, when can direct my thoughts
to it for that space of time" | re-
piled, and know that the words rat
tied like shot out Of my mouth;
..but would YOU be so unreasonable as
to require an artist to draw a straight
line while he Was under a fit of de-
liriym trelhense
8. \ ou arf an ineomprehensible per-
son. .''she teplibd, rather coldly, so
/ shall laa9 e you to your legal and
lawful studies. Buff You are go
ing ID hpv Q ;in attack Of Gclirium
tremens, pf frllaps / had better sead
in the ddct or. Shall II
~Well, / don't anticipate an at
tack this morning | answered, with
a fore ed !aiFs5Ii; so l Will not trouble
YOU. Tie fact is, I have been yio-
lently agit;l ted a short time since,
and ny mi nd has not qaite recover
ed lis equilibrium. =
We talked for few minutes lon
ger she, quizzins me in her light,
play fll, way, and ], delighted to be
teased, standing stupid and dumb,
scarcely allie to say word, though
very anxious toprolong the precious
moments by keeping up the wan Of
bqaiaage. At length she went to
Tx door, and was about to escort
Il her down stairs, when We heard some
one speaking below.
Good Cod she exclaimed, cling
ING wildly to my arm; ''that is my
husbands voice! If he finds me
here, / am ruined. ?
Don't be alarmed" )" | repEed, en-
deavoring to rc-assure her; you
came here upon business, and such
business, tool, lie could only love
yoq all the more for it,
T.You don't know about this SO
well as do," she said, shudderinS
convulsivcly~ TIJe is jealous
dreadfully Jealous of you; and oh. |
fear not without some cause. Hide
me somewhere, for mercy 5 sake!'
/ do not know how it happencd,
but my ann was around her, and !
half carried her across the room to a
large book closet
sCan. J ou y bere?" I asked,
hastily. 4 will leave the do4r ajar
for ain. >
mo; Shut it--lOck lt-take away
the key, or | Shall not feel safe.
t here is plenty of air!" and She
81 rang into the recess.
~ For one momen her eyes met
mf fne, and | thought they beamed
with deep, impassioned love. The
No fxt, | had locked The door upon my
I'll easure, thrown the papers she had
b bought into drsWcr, and was ap-
p4 4rently busy, pen inhand, when n'y
II F.end entered. lie commenced in a
rd undabout way, to questienme upon
81 4ndry points Of the law respecting
nj arriage settlements, &C.; and, pitcr
a tedious amount Of circumlocuI ton,
hb gave me to understand tha t all
Il lis regarded desired transler of
sd me property Of his wife's lntP his
0 lFn hands. lie had come, in fact,
u pom the same errand as that gen
efous creature! He also had copy
Of herrelatives' wills, and these ! was
@ 4mpelled toexamine closely, for he
WIS desperately pertinaeious, and
W puId not be put OFT. liwaS mad at
the thought Of What his poor wife
nj ust be suffering pent up in that mar
row prison, and | felt thatl could
hive kicked her husband out Of
dbors for keeping her there. At
ID lst he made move as if to 90. l
started up, and stood ready to bow
him out.
@So,'' said he, tying UP his papers
With horrible deliberation, nothing.
yPu say, but my wife 5 death can puG
nj in possession OF this money. \
whnt livery much, but nobody will
S aspect me Of desiring her death fof
the sake of having tia little sooner
He laughed at his own poor jest,
ahd | made IL sort of hyena chorus
I ID it. that sounded strange and hys-