The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-11-27


dropped. She doesn't sympathize with
me in matters Of business and gain to
) the degree i would like Sometimes
she annoys nae SO much by this want
of sympathy that am tempted to say
things, if said, it would griexe me to
4 remember. Generally 1 manage to
keep silent. di bsti4sa gheaf sri :
j. On my way to the store, after dinner,
called at the Office of lawyer, and
placed my claim against the late firm
OF Pettis, James & Co., in his hands,
q and told him to make what he could
out of it. i"Cline keeps fast trotter," !"
said ], Switch doesn't look well for q
clerk. He's retained few nest-eggs.
no doubt can't afford to keep a
horse; and don't feel inclined to let
anybody else keep one at my expense.
Y on can seize the horse at any rate. !
+ eff he doesn't sell it before we get
judgment" ed $50 W daa s4r
'1s there no process by which an at
tachment can be at once issued ?" / in
quired. a''i n2i a''sai "
'None," answered the lawyer. aAnd
l'm afraid you'll make yourself costs
for nothing. Cline will hardly wait
until judgment is obtained before part:
ing with his horse, Our execution will
be returned by the sheriff as worth
less"
"No NATTER. said /, che shan't ride
a fine horse at my expense. I've set,
tied that point. For the past two
weeks he's gone dashing jauntily past
my house every morning, as grand as
a prince, and won't stand it any
longer" -, t,a 80 f.e-, -:
So the suit was brought. / didn't
get the horse but there was no more
riding out in the morning. Mr.. Cline
had to come down to the level of his
creditor and walk if he desired an air.
ing. What did gain by all this p
you ask, ], might answer: The salts
faction of knowing that Mr.. Cline was
compelled to walk at his own expense
instead of riding at mine. But the
truth compels me to say that / did not
receive, much pleasure from this view
Of the case. 1t was not half SO COM
forting as / believed it would believed
it would be. / was disquieted by the
transaction. Suggestions, not shadow
of which intruded before, were now
cast into my thoughts, and | could not
put them away. an ..... /
1 did not see anything more of Mr.,
Cline for nearly two months after the
morning horse back rides were given
up. But in spite of my efforts to put
him out of my mind | could not re-
move the unpleasant subject One day
| met him on the street. We came
face to face suddenly, recognizing each
other with cold formality. This meet
did not add to my comfortable feelings. |
| would not have taken the impression
it left with me in exchange for twenty
score The thin, almost colorless face,
and the large bright eyes that flashed !
into mine, haunted me all day long.
a. few days afterwards I met him
again. We looked at each other, nod.
dedisdistantly,l and passed.. His ap-.
pearance troubled me. "Why SOP"
| asked of myself, "What is Mr.. Cline
to- me p A suspicion of the truth was
crowded in upon me, but ] sought to
keep itEout. ..r5s 4 I-
81 saw my old friend Mrs. Cline to-
day., said my wife, week or two
later. glanced toward her but made
no remark. Her countenance was not
animated. ts4 = oIrf s4,4. -.
HShe called at Mrs. Everetts while
was there. / was very glad to see her.
1t is long time since we met before.
Poor Lucy! She is in great deal OF
trouble about her husband" a
eWhat of her husband ?" / asked,
covering by an assumed hardness of
manner the real interest / felt.
s"He's i'll very bad health" nel
"Ah is he ?"i8dsh 3l g;f3eaa
ssYes! confinement at the desk for
over ten hours day is simply destroy
ing hislifes: SO Lucy says. Theywould
break up and 60 into the country
where he could be out of doors great
deal, and get that exercise in the open
air. (which is. essential to his health
but they have FIVE little children, and
all theirsdepepdence is on Mr.. Cline's
salary. The change on which his very
life depends they cannot make. Their
caseris a hard one, and I've been sad
over it ever sinceI saw Lucy" ~
siIlmade no response, and Mrs. Gold
smith said nothing farther on the sub
ject. Of course / felt uncomfortable
| am not not cruel; only little hard, at
tir,a 90 in oxo oot.r - 49, o~ur op6 not al