Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-05-30

The . II ,king Up.'

cali 1t, mufnnred Mira. Leeds as sL4
leaned l'cs lace down on tie arm shs
tad rested on lhs hreakfa.t tnpe, rt.I,
| the thick seass subtel up into her blue
eyes.
She VAS pretty little woman, this
wife Of year, though tears dimmcd her
'ere, and the tFoubie tha. WAS in her
heart shut out the roger from her cheek.
th., chrerieas November mornit9. With
the du,i. hro~nsh ciuuda piled about ti,e
sky. and the hosfs- wind cracking aud
crumbling through The .rre. outside.
40 think, too, continued the LADY,.
raising her head oncs E,ors, and nts,rst,t
edly hitting tse cover of the china tea,
pot. ''he .hou''i s'aFa spoken so GROSSLY y
and sharply to ire, jus, becs Sc i said !,
should Ike thu, new g,tIve, carpet Al
Myers" We'll. | aau'. bel eve, Tor nv
part, there was ever Suci, a thing as a
woman satisfied with wha, she IL RI got.
think 1t mas real unEini In him ANY
~.y, and nothng III the world could
have mxia me be;s9e, before | married
Henry Leeds, that he wnald lave us- i
that tone OF wost.a IN pssslrg to me
But guess | wxs moro 10 h,sme than
he, alter all, fo,. | said great ulsnv
sai.rlcai things, | almost wish my ,ougus
bad been cut of before ,hsy passed my
lips but somehow nv temper got the
better Of ne, and he wen, of without on.
KIND .ord, or even kissing NE r Here
there was another outbreak Of tears.
a. lie ont be h 'tne uli, night, and
how can eyer get through t.fs long.
dreary, dtsnai DAY, knowing ali the Ii
Has angry Nth uur; : 3 who has been
such "a true, generous, io'!4 husband .
How wish / could sec ''snn Isl a mir
Ute, and forgetting vii IN, pride Wind
my srins about his neck. and say. Hal
| n really sorry; Won't you forgive III.
and | !, ii too
The pretty isdy sTfung from the table,
Il new determination hs'ghten,ug The
faint color in her chssks, and b. lusing
back ste sparkle 70 her btge eyes
- Il take the omnibus AMI ~ right
down ,u the otilcs aad make - with Esin,
see II don't" ...-.
The Young merchant Was leaning. With
: vssTy. halt objected sort 0! sxf .ressioa,
oy-F b desk. about whlxn were scat.srai
bills, drafts, AID letters n eHales~ con
u>'oa. Something Tad gone wrong
HIS c! rks hHeu Iii W ben he came into
as ssore that morning, 50 gloomy ahd
.etirent, 80 Thoroughly unlike bis usaa
1risk. energ-tlc. Iov'sl manner, that a.
Ways carried sunshine uto LIE dark war;.
ooms. Even the porter felt something |
( this, for b. stood at respectful .li--- |
aHce tre ~ lis employer, and dldn't iE>
'uige III any of his nd stale Jokes. +,
SuIdnAly the msroban. looked up, ar,!
a~ his wife making her way through
be store. straight 10 his desk. How
re,ty she looked that morning, in the
t,is tasteful velvet hat. with liz criIpSaa
trimmings about her chseks. thai we.
O ci,arsuing!y bscotning, and that half
Inie dim, ling the r.sy smaI' mouth,
tnt he could hardly bsi!sv. had sal!
uch rery uukind things to him only
w hours Lef're.
Now Harry Leeds was very proud OF
is vile, aai Of the evideh. admiration
isich her occasional sdvea. st the store
ways existed, lie rose up TO meet her
,e surprise n is iaye ha!f chasing the
aud tu-r-ffon. She calas close TO
i'm. l.
Harry" whispered the soft, eager,
mid voice, "l''n 80 vsy sorry said
lose cross things TO \ i, this morning
was grs atty to blame. an. they've mad.
. unhappy ever since; I've come /.
ear dow here to make up, and hsa. {
,u saw once more that y"u love me. {
TIE clnud wa. all gone. fh.re was
world af fond tenderness that looked
,wr from those dark eyes on the I#.!..
why, bless ynu. Adelin. you haven't
me clear off hers f,r that! was
,,rs to blame than You. great deal !: +,
II some business matters were troubling !.
.. and | am d touchy fellow, aay how, ,
guess.
No, you're not. felt all the time !.
at You we're disp!eassd with me. But :
"a do love mg just as we'll AS ever I"
That smile, that glance, would have :
,isied sus wife.
:" She is jewel, any how" murEnuFsd
AIRY Leeds to himself, after shs had ,
t, as he arranged his disordersd desk, t
Il, face rs changed and bright RS th- ;.
v outside, Tor the sun had suddenly
lng@d through the clouds. " Ii We !.
We pretty good sales this week, LII :
St 60. her that carpet for Christmas r