The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1865-05-12

We'll, what's to prevent me from dri-
wing you there? - asked DIr. ElWyn, anx-
iOusIy.
Our party is all made up, said Kate
cody, 4 promised to 90 in Dir. Garnett's
carriage. He is 50 delightfully."- agreeable,
ana I like him SO much
'The dickens you do grogled ElWyn,
his face eloDgsting and growing dark.
But I'll tell you what you might do, if
you pleased, suggested Kate innocently.
Miss Raymond would like to 90, I've no
doubt, or Mrs. Everest, and tLere can be
no possible objeetion to an extra carriage
in the party, 50 that -
Hang Miss Raymond and Mr.. Everest,
calculated the irate husband.
with all my heart my dear, said Kate,
/ Only you see, it's quite impossible for me
to break my promise to Mr. Garnett.
Mr.. ElWyn's temper vas By no means
! improved when he stood Ca the hotel steps
and watched the merry party drive off,
their gay voices. and jubilant laughter re-
echoing through the serene moonlight, like
a I1ockery Of his own gloomy reflections.
He had never felt 50 utterly lonely and
| forlorn in the whole course Of his life.
/ Dear me, what & Beautiful evening for
ride sighed Aurora Raymond, looking
up from a volume of poems, as Mr.. Elwyn
re-enteIei the drawing room, looking not
unlike a man who had just had mOlar
| extracted.
But he didn't take the hint, acting, as
Miss Raymond afterwards Indignantly re-
marked, more like bear than man,
and sitting down to. the perusaI of the
newspapers. Alasl for the milnight
curls and oriental eyes-their spell was
broken.
How long the slow creeping hOursseamed
before Kate came back Long ere the
sound Of carriage wheels grated on the street
before the door, he went to his own room
ard. tried, uselessly enough, to amuse
himself with books and letter writing. All
his efforts were unavailing; between him
and every occupation to which be turned,
crept one gloomy thought sore pang-
to think that Kate was happy without his
society, that she never missed his absent
voice and smile.
4 wonder if I'm jealous, be muttorgd
to himself It's not an agreeable sensa-
ton, at all events. I wonder if Kate felt
so whenever I fited with Aurora and the
widow
This was new consideration.
Would the time ever come when Kate's
heart would be estranged from hines
.tranged by his own cou1uct?-Wheu her
loving, sensitive nature would cease to
respond to. his tOuch2 The very fancy
was agony. 49,.
He was wrapped in these glocmy medt-
tations, when the door opened, and his
bright little wife tripped in looking very
much like a magnifed sunbeam. She
stopped suddenly when she saw his head
bowed upon his hands.
Charles, does your head aehe2
NO.
'THen what IS the matter?'
MY heart aches, Kate he said sadly;
st aches to think that my wife has ceased
to love me-
She came to lis side and put her arms
around his neck with caressing affection.
Charles, what do you mean?
q mean, Kate, that when you desert me
for the society Of others, ard cease &c. pay
any regard to my wishes, I can come to but
one conclusion.
Charles, said Kate, smiling archly up
into his face, does it grieye you to have
me prefer the society Of others to your
own p
1T breaks my heart, Kate, he sighed
! passionately.
'Then, dearest, let US make a bargain.
Let US allow Miss Raymondand Mrs. Ev-
crest to console themselves with Col War
rington and Mr.. Garnett, while We are
happy with each other. Shall it be so
Kate, you have been playing part ]! ,
'Of course I have. Did you suppose
for a moment that I was in earnest p
The loving kisses she shO#ered upon his
brow dispelled every lurking shadow from
the husbands heart, and he felt how mex
pressibly dear his wife was to him.
In the next days train Nh. and Mrs.
Elwyn lett Washington, mutually conVin-
eed that they had had enough Of the gay
capi.al. There were two unmistakable
good effects consequent on their sCjourn,
however Kate was satisfied to remain
quietly at home for the rest Of her life,
and Charles was completely cured ofeyery
latent tendency to Airt !!