Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-07-13

.in', boIl'" uon I lic clllId, lCIi1Cd M
Wllr, iIlnnlnr hcr-clftO the other lilo Of th
lrd 'Al your ace you should know some
thing OF { ic world. Exclusive people, liz,
Mrs Mowlray, don't care TO meet uoLndic.
She was very choice, as YOU say. whom sh,
admitted to her acquaintance hi summer
may say, indeed, that am the one, ola
he met, whom she RECOGNIZES now.
10 have protractcd the cuuycryatio,
would have excited my wilo's nerves. an,
deprived her fslccr, 50 said no more. hu
closed my eyes, and cOurtcl slumhcr anew
have no recollection oIanNthinp altcrtlat
~ woke the next mornin'r and lrayn.
Mrs. Jones III bed as usual, went down {,
sec that the fires were right, and to do IN,
marketing while breakfast was lcinp prc
pared.
The invitations of the party were issued
last week, Mrs Mowbray graciou.ly proinis
ing to attend.
When the important cvcrin~ arrived m,
wllc was all nerves. At every Iino Of tI,,
bell, the color rose TO her face with cNpcc
| tntlnu, but "lIcst after "ucat entered without
hrs, Nowbray appearing. lIcrncnuusuc.s
soon began to change 10 anxiety, and this.
ls the hours wore ON, Ia disappointment and
Ii-nay. She delayed the supper Tor fall
hour thinking that her new friend miah,
/ N'i arrive, IWt III vain.
! What can bc the matter, | wondcr?"
sue Snd to me, as soon as We were alone. .-
i hope the dear babe i we'll. Perhaps.
| however, Mas. Mowbray ia herself sick. -
! Dear me, ! am afraid | shall not ~lccp for
anxiety The first thing IN do to.mo,r,y
will hc to. call ON Mrs. Muwbrav and zee
what Is the matter"
"WOuIdn that be AGAINST cfiu,cticl" /
ycntulcd toa,k. cit seems to me Mr..
Nowhry should send you II note. or me
s"n@or, or something OF that sort, at lcast to
ap"lugiHc for her absence"
Mrs. Jones did not reply in word. but
she gave me look And spcb a lool; if
expressed all the ind"nify which her out
ragged bosom felt at having the SLIGHTEST sus.
plrlon cast upon her friend
When ! canc home to dinner that day. |
saw at a Glance. that something had occurred
tnruliiC my yWiIC nerves. She had nothing
whatever to say to me, but she sculdcl the
servants and children inccs-antN. knew
that Mrs. Jones, if she thulaht it best.
would tell me; and, il not that questions
would a"grayatc her secret troubles
ijut the next day, havn" hcarl romcthiug
that east li"ht ON Mrs. Nuwh,ay's ah.rnrr
irum our party, could not contain myself
when came home
"DId youcytr hear my love" said a.
BEGAN to carve the turkey at dinner. "that
the Misses Howell had a married si.trry"
Mrs. Jones looked sharply W., a. IL she
suspected meant more than | said and
thcn answered Iaconicaly:
heard II casually, but never asked
further
1T seems" | continued, ''tlat Mr..
Mowbmy is & hat sister"
- ~, it,nrl "a, ir., - nil
and turning to our second child, who WI.
skln" Tor the win" bone, She l1pprl him
over the head, cXclain,ing tauly, ''hayrn't
'"'d you I" wait till you're helped? Tahc
that now, and learn MANNERS"
allowed Il minute ur more to clapsc, in
order that my wilc's cbullution mght sub
side, when remarked:
"Mrs. Mowhray, it seems, expected to
meet her two sisters here. -
~ ,houdn't wonder it she did" snar
plaI'y said Mrs. Jones, looking down in her
plate. and apparently absorbed in parting u
win" lOlnt.
"Wbcn She found" continued, 'that
her sisters were not asked, she grew indie
nant. She heard the reason, it seems. -
y our friend Mrs. Wharton, whom Won
made confident, told some lady, who told
her; and hence her anger. ="
III sure uOn care II | never sec the
proud thing again, said my wife. rcddcu
lng very much, but still looking down.
'one could not have supposed that size was.
sister to the Misses Howell"
After another pause, said:
"bid you call on Mrs Mowbray, as you
intcndcdY'
Mrs. Jones was silent for full minute.
and r,ccmcd half disposed to decline answer.
Iu@ altogether; but finally she blurtcd out
the reply rs follows
"NcS, ! did, since YOU must know. AndI
she WASH H. Soat least the lootman said;
but It didn't see her at the drawin%-roon
window, and she burst into tears Of morti-
hcatlon amt rage, may never cat anolhcrI
| saw that it would not do to continue the
rronrcrsarion; 50 | quietly ate my dinner,
Kissed the children, and, like Christian in
the "Pil%rim 5 lroercss, "wcntuy way.
or course the intimacy of my will with
Nlrs; Mowbray ceased from the date Of that
fatal party, and, am sorry To say, that the ,
Misses Howell also have, rs the phrase gocs,
Hcut our aCdllaiutancc -