The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1861-05-09
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: fuI way, and as she did SO, the image OF
her husband, soberfaced and silcntsas be
had become for most of the time of late,
presented itself with usual viyidness.--
j.sympathy stole into her heart.
!. Poor CharlesW she said, as the feeling
increased S & I'm afraid something Is so
ing wrong with him. Z
Placing the letter on the mantel! piece
where hecould see it when he came in,
Mrs. Whitman entered upon some house
hold duties, butsa strange impression, OF
a weight, lay upon her heart--a sense Of
Impending eviI--a vague, troubled dis
turbance Of her usual inward seIfssatisfac-
ton.
Iftle thought Of Mrs. v litman recur-
|red, as was natural, to- me elegant silk
dress Of which she was to become the
owner on that day, she did not feel the
proud satisfaction her vain heart expert
eneeds little while before. Something Of
Its beauty hRd faded
If only knew what that letter cor
tained she said, half an hour after il had
come in her|mind still feeling the pres
sure which had come down upon It SO
strangely as it seemed to her.
She welt to the nlantelspiece, took up
1.-The lettel!and examined tie superserip-
ton. II save her no light, Steadily it
I kept growing upon her that its contents
were OF lnature to trouble her husband.
He's Seen a little mysterious Of liEte,o
she said + herself This idea affected her
yeryzunyieasantly. :. He grows more 81
llent andreserved," she added, as thought,
under allxind of feverisll excitement, be-
came attiye in a new direction. More
lindpawl, as it were, and iessinteresteYtl IN IN
what gos|on around him; His coldbess
Ichills nait times and hisirritation hnrts
Emc:
She DIV Il long, deep sigh, Then
With an .lmost sqartling yiyidncss, clme
before he' mind in contrast her tender,
! loving, eioerful hasbandof three years
before, ad her quiet, silent, sober-iaced
|husba,idbf today:
somcding has gone wrong with hiinH!!p ~
| she s;sidAload, as feeling grew stronger
& What i'm it be 9"
Tie liter was in her hand.
TlfInay give meligbt.' Z, And, with
careful hgels, she opened the envelope,
not brssing the paper, 50 that she could
sse.,l ii .gain if she desired so to dd---
There Sls Ii bill for sixty dollars, and a
1sconrlIiiIication from the person sending.
! the bill He was q ajeMeiEers
Ii tEsis nor settled at once, he wrote
sIsslaput the account in suit. It-Ilas
been sthaillg for overea year; and / Am
/ tired ofgetting excuses instead Of mon
ley
The ill was for o lady's watch, which
1 AIRS. Wftmall had almost compelled her
.IIsshusbAnI TO purchase.
g oIpaid for Is 1T possible 2 OK
1 claimeithe little woman in blank aston
]5ishmen while the blood mounted to her
||foaehed
Theishe satsdown to think. Light he
ran to pme into her mind. AS she sat
4 thus tflking, a second letter for her hsls-
i band che in from the penny-post-man..
4 She el,esd it without hesitation. Another
s. Ibill, ananotber dunning Letter.
4 = Nopaia! Is it possible e She le-
9 Ipeated he ejaculation 1t was bill Of
8 .ItwertyIve dollars, for cutters and slippers,
s (which ID been standing for three or four
!. nonths
4 ThIwill never dor, said the ava
q keningEife-a never, no, never" And
4 she thi;t the two letters into her pock-
J. et in ssoIute way. From that hour, un-
-sttil the turn of her husband at dinner
!; time, {s. Whitman did an unusual
!. amoustf thinking for her little brain.
i She sswEhe moment he entered, that the
) morn5ngloud had not passed from his
t throw. Z
j Heres the money forthatnewdressip
.he said, ting a small roll of bills from
i his vest Rket, and handing themto Ada,
3 Las he calnlu. He did kiss her, NOR
]. smile in old bright way. But his
voice was Ihn, if not cheerful. A kiss