The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-09-29
CHAPTER II.

Ten years passed Again we see Ethel
Ethel Fairman no longer, but now the wife
of the gallant youth of whom we left her
sweetly dreaming. It is not the quiet sane
tity of a young girls bedchamber upon
which we now intrude, but a room upon the
second floor of tenement house.
Two boisterous boys are rushing about,
one noisily looking for slate pencil, the
other for his cap, while a gentleman dressed
IN the height of fashion, with spotless vest,
immaculate shirt bosom, and the finest of
cloth coats, stands twirling a pair Of kid
gloves, and scowGng upon the wife, who Is
vainly trying to hush a teething infant There
Is no semblance to our little Ethel In this
faded woman. Ten years have made ruin
Gus changes in the pretty face The rOun-
ded cheek has lost It's color, and sickness
has robbed the bright eye of its lustre. The
auburn curls fall no longer over shoulders
white and plump, and the soft laces and
shining silks have given place to faded
calico.
Confound it, EtheIl but it does seem as
though you might have better government
These boys could turn the house out Of the
windows and you would sit there and never
say one word Can't you keep that baby
quiet p ooh, meant to have told you last
night; but coming home 3 little late, and not
feeling very well, ] forgot It / net an old
acquaintance yesterday, Jack Weatherhead !;
he's turned up rich, and they say would be a
| Jolly fellow, If he wasn't so spoOney on his
wife; can't get him away from home an even
! ing-but as l was going to say, | met him,
/ and he told me that party Of friends were
coming around to his house tonight, and he
wanted US to join them-he spoke Of you
/ particularly, can't you get away p
There was little pang-it might have
! been regret-shot through Ethers heart, and
was manifest for moment on her pale, pa
/ tient face. But she replied calmly:
! l should like to 90, William, but you for
2 get that have no dress fit to appear in, and
besides l have no one with whom / could
leave the children"
Dressl j thought ! gave you ten dollars
last week for that very pprpOseT
" Yes, you did. But you said It was al
you could spare, and the baby was sick and
had to have medicine, and the butcher ane
baker sent IN their bills and the money weni
that way"
Well, all right 1 viii look il awhile By
myself and make an excuse for yOu-yor
wouldn't enjoy it. probably, any way b1
it does seem TO me, Ethel, that you are Won
derful extraVagant IN domestic matters
Nearly every cent ] can raise goes % TIA
butcher, or the grocer, or the baker--l leVe
saw anything ike It Appears to Ene yo
might live more economically. No ase bHy
ing meat when L n net here. Itisn't healthy
The children are better of on bread an
milk We must retrench. By the way, tr
and make it point to stay IN to-day, for
( expect FIFTEEN, Lookniee Il Co, my tailor
to send up a new suit Of clothes ! orders
the other day, and don't forget when the
come to give them that new business coas
mine for alterations something about q
sleeve wrong, don't Sit Fuss right on the siluu
der Tell them. i they can have if read
next week, 1t viii answer as i am eong
vith q party Of friends tomorrow IN Rn 6