Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-05-08
gtlctt Talc.
ONE or TIE BEST STORIES El'ER
PUBLISHED.
THE ENPERIEN CES
OF SUSAN CHASE.
sY TIT AUTHOR OF "rHE HEIR TO ASHLEY.
CHAPTER ".
TCoYTINuFD.1


The house occupied by Lieutenant and
Mrs. Carnagie was called the Pines, and was
situated near the capital Of Barbados, where
Mr.. Carnagies regiment was quartered. y
small house for " est.Iudian country house,
but it was very pretty, Of gay, cheerful np-
pearance, with q good verandah running along
the front and the west si1e, whence few
steps descended to the garden--a well-kept
garden, full Of trees, flowers, and tropical
fruits. Mavriage-frantc as they were for
it-had not brought to Mr.. and Mrs. Car
magic the happiness they had possibly antici-
pated 1t may be that some fault lay on
both sides it is generally so, wlece dissen-
sons take place in early married days. Mrs
Carnage was eXacting aud warm in her tenn
per, and the lieutenant was more careless to
please her than lie might have been.
She was sitting one evening in sullen
mood, full of anger at her husband, for he
ought to haze been home 10 dinner, but had
not come, and she had taken 1t alone. The
sudden darkness succeeding to the garnish
day, with scarcely any twilight and TO which
Mrs. Carnagie had grown accustomed had
scarcelr orerspread the room when she heard
her husbands horse canter up. She rose
from ber sofa, touched hand.he!l 'or lights
and prepared loud reproach as she waited
-
ever, entered listlessly and ere she could
speak, laid letter before her, with remark
that the packet was in.
"Why did you not come homo to dinner p
"Chard was out, and | had to take the
afternoon duty" was Mr.. Cnrnagie's reply.
I Mrs. Carpagie'did not know whether this
was true. she felt inclGcd ~ tell Kim I: was
! not. But to what use ? since he would be
sure to persist in the story lie had grown
/ Indifferent to coming home Of late, aud the
excuse was always the same-dnty. She
generally broke out into reproaches; whicl
were not quite the way TO win bis allegiance
back again.
You might have sent me word that yor
did not nterd to come home" she said; mo
haze kept me waiting an hour for my dlnner
THAT was your own fault have desired
you never to wait An officers time is no
his own
1T is sufficiently his own when he choose
to make it so,' significantly responded Mrs
Carnagie.
"Why do you rot o2cr your Nester, Emma
"oh-I suppose it is like the last one {
Ursula'a stiff epistes, calling me Mrs. Cal
nage' wonder she writes at all !"
! This is from Susan"
, "From Susan !" echoed Mrs. Earnagle, Il
, king up the letter. GLOW DO yol lnoHT r
\ at is her handwriting"
Yes Of course you remember that! al
positive those letters you keep tied up IN
bundle in your desG, and that you never WI
70 let me see the outside Of were from he
You love her remembrance far better tha
you love me now
Mrs. Carnagie was very foolish. She d
not really think this, and her husband kne
she did not but she was in a temper TO &
= up reproaches from nothing.
,r Il have told you they we're not from )
SAN" he angry said. II burnt Susan's ie
r. ters the day after brought you out here, -
e With gesture Of impatience, he went
$, on the veranduh, aud, stretching himself
c. one of the cocl seats there, lighted bis clgi
s, Ills wife opened the newly y,arrlved letter, a
ran her eyes down it.
rs "Ukarles! Charles" she exclaimed, h
tone changing TO one OF joyful eagefhe
Charles, have such news. Do come here
- What is it ?" he asked, reentering.
lie "Who do you think is coming cut Ito
with me in my illness. Who do you think
Ursula ?"
No. Susau"
.ns Susan Coming herei'
a 10, Susan is coming here. Oh, how KIND
'.u is She is on her passage now"
~ ."' 1t is more than you-moro thtt We
orI deserve" was his remark. Are you S
ha' that it is Susan that is comingf
Co. "She gives her reasons and says, 81
~. ~, this letter to Mr.. Carnagie.' She thinks
We, nI her duty to come and take care of me in
''0 uuhapp piness, not only because she loves
but because she remembers her promise
nv mother Is she not good, Charles
: Yes" answered Mr., Carnagie, "she al'
was" at,
"Charles, tell me tho truth-why did
rot come home to dinnerF
anus IL have told you. Duty"
gu, Aud Mr.. Carnagie walked out to his
pIeS again, and Emma frowned. Mr.; Carr
. ~ sat, and smoked, and rumlnated' Ia Ia
one consideration with another ne oiu
Sar- KNOW ihat no was Su' c, IN ho,
sale coming TOT MS WIG I .o - hr
uyas conscious that his domestic home