The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-10-25


can reflect what better To do"
And Mrs Lyle suffered herself to be led
again To the parlor aud eoaxed into fortear-
nnce. Mrs. Weldon, a gossiping but kind.
hearted woman. in n fever Of virtnons indig-
nation at the faithlcss husband who "dared 70
play hie tricks before her very eyes" was pro.
rortionalIy distressed at the rain she had un-
willingly yivcn the pretty little wife, and
thought i'll her eonl no punishment would be
too lad for him.
At length Mrs Weldon exacted "A promiac
from Mrs Lyle that ehe would 20 quietly home,
meet her husband as If nothing had occurred,
cultivate fit of tooth-ache, or anything tt.sit
would keep her silent, aud the next day st
noon, together, they would burst upon the
lovers, and the injured wife should confront
her husband in the very presence of his vie
TIM, TOR both We're charitable enough to ab.
solve the young girl from all participation iii
crime) and then bid him an everlasting fare
well
The jolting of the omnibus did not interfere
win the equilibrium Of her nerves on her re-
turn. She was calm, because prepared
There was nothing more to learn, and ehc Ind
only 10 act.
Dn reaching home she found her husband
had not We: arrived Bat it wanted only n few
minutes 10 the dinner hour, aud he wac ma
mentariiy expected. Al her excitement had
passed away, but there was cold conceDtra-
s'"h III wv ~ Is anu ~ tjCrrtic tI iGt Ilis.
that did not promise well for husbands en-.
ioy,neni that evening.
She heard the hall door shut and his ea;,er
step on The stairs, but there WAS no releni,ig
in her heart and no change in ber face; she
was too mue}, aggrioved to he moved either
way by his presence; but she remembered the
advice Of her new friend ~ avoid all opportu-
mites for an explanation aud when lie en-
tered her dressing room he fonnd her enveloped
in shawls on the couch and her head buried in
the cushions.
what is it, lover asked the unsuspectiug
husband, as he bent down to press the usual
kiss on the rosy lips, They We're very hard
and cold; no answering softness 70 his touch.
"fou are not sick, surely, my darling Jones
tells me you Were at the office this morning.
Do you not know am in the court loom till
two! What did You want r.
She couldn't tell him them her tooth ached
so badly; and she thought if she.coud only
get TO sleep she would be better; that WAS all
she needed u little sleep; and he would have
to take his dinner alone.
''Poor darling, how she suffers OF course
you shall not be disturbed Il there nothing
you would like from the table p
Nething.''
Shan't have you cup of tea made, en-,
or bring you glass of wine p
Nothing--notiting All | need is few
minutes sleep.
lie WAS too toyIng TO resent, even in thought,
heimpatieuce i'll her tones, but adjusted her
pillow, tucked the shawl around her feet,
darkened the room, and stole quietly down to
his solitary meal. little saddened that Adele
should he suffering, and little worried that
he should have to eat his dinner without her
bright face smiling alid dimpling on him from
over the soup.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle were still in the fresh
days of the honey moon, though they had been
two years married; but there had been no baby
TO pet, and they continued TO pet each other.
They had their little tempests occasionally
teapot commotions-blow wing over withoutany
danage--and now and then the matrimonial
aky WIS rather cloudy but this was on &C
count of the warmth of the love atmosphere,
and the few flashes eni,eudcred found ia their
affection a safe ins,,lator. Nothing more seri-
ous than /. kiss could brush away bad ever
come 20 disturb their happiness aud Mr. Lvle
ate his dinner and drank his wine. and thou4 lit
how terribly he should miss Adele it anything
were to happen; was sorry that it was the
evening for drill, and If he found Adele still
suffering when he went up stairs, rather thought
he should write an excuse.
When lie had peeled IN orange and prepared
il IN she liked it best, he drank his coffee and
stole quietv To her room TO persuade her TO
cat the sugtred fruit But she was sleeping
souudly. and he rolled table to the aide OF
tho couch, put the plate just where che should
see it al waking, wrote her Il little note to say
bow sorry he was to leave her. imprinted a
kiss on the sweet Adele supcrscrihed there
on. i'll place of the lips he wouldn't disturb her
by touching, and tipped cautiously down stairs
Adele half rose to listen TO the departing
footsteps her eyes slittering with suppressed
impatienee dc she waited to hear the ccsirg
of the door. and this had hardly ceased vibrat
| ing through the long ball whcn ahs bad thrown
off the shawls, bounded from the couch aud
pitched the note in the fire. The orange fol,
lowed, and findin. 10 other work for her hands
20 d., she shook her little fist, ,!enchcd like t
| vice, IN the direction she supposed her husband
| to- be.
| "Who Las not proved bow feebly worJs
| esaav" to nx ether things than what Byron
thought 60 difficult; and il The English ian
| guage had not contained such words a- nlou-
| ster, wretch, poor little Mrs Lyle would have
been sorcy pressed to find a use for ber tongue
| AT this crisis. But she managed thus. though
! in II limited manner, 10 exercise it, hut waf
| spared any further effort by the entrance OF
the waiter with a card
Mr.. Conrcy, madam. lie has written
sonething on the card for you, lie ssid. -
"Dtcr Mrs Liie: fcu promised ones to cali OF
acme friends Of mine, snd have brought round &
carriage, hopiug tepersuaas You tc go his evening
hut the sefyan. teila me ycu indspasei Pleas
do not sey you are too much 20 10 go with m".
"Yours, COHREY."
"Say to Mr.. Ccnrcy / shall be ready in !;
| moment" ;" and the second time that day heI
toile: was made with trembling hands. Bu
this WAS different affair. No amount o.
| ucutal annoyance can make fashlona
| bic woman indifferent to the effects o.
| q first visit 1t is that one thing, beyond
all others, for which recherche toilet j,
demanded, and no one understood better how
this was to be accomplished than Mira. Lyle
| Like the boy in Harper with the craya;, sht
| chad given her whole mind to it, aud wal
| perfect in ii.
A prettier being could scarcely be found il
| New Orleans than the little lady who lightly
laid her white -gloved hand i'll young Conrey''
AS she stepped into the carriage, Her brow
was US smooth rs ii no Ktna ragged within hel
bosom, and the rose bud lips showed no cankcl
| at the heart. How gcily she chattered as tht
| carriage rolled over the stones, and how sht
discoursed learnedly about the war, and States
rights policy, and battle fields, and wondered
| what news the next dispatches would bring
| and never word to say her heart was breaking
| When the carriage stopped, and she looked out
| she-what She brushed her eyes as il th'
| long lashes had thrown glamor over them-
| aud then she looked across the way. Thei
| che peered closely at the white pahngs, thu
| freshly planted yard. tho white linen shades II
| the windows, and then took an inquiEitive sur
vey of the gentleman beside her.
aMr Conrey, who ia it7 Did you not tel
me- -
eThat wished you to call on Mrs Crawford
aud her daughter, and you promised TO do so.
| "And the dsughter?"
| sYou are cruel to force the confession, bu
! Miss Crawford said yes when l asked her !
| very significant question a week ago.
"But why did you not 20 to church with hel
on Sunday And why do you never apPea