The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-06-26

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dislikes, here was perfect unanimitY be-
tween uli It may seem a very absurd In
stance tgive of this unanimity, it is 30 tri.
fing. : ldt 1 have always had / great an,
l'tipsthyb flies LEsry neatly EXPOSED my
secret q one occasion, before tho Board,
owing y flies ~, was sutumnI and
a fly had been buzzing abouta my
face, dngihg me 1ot d long time
whilst eading a. Report. Then 1 missed
him; lhought he was gone Meantime,
that hIwas intently a engaged In my glass
eye. was aswonder the BOARD never
notieedi II; II they had / should have
been fhhd out AT home, l have devoted
a greAdeal Of my leisure, in the a5.season,
to detsing traps and poisonous sweet,
meatslor them, and have hY.cages in
everyfoom. was almost AFRAID Laura
Iwoulfth this suspicious ;but no, che
neVeIdd sHeRiskin ID sapafticdlafiy deli
cate Ind sensitive. : Eshrs did not like
flies n was glad Of hat aso,Li Liass iast "a
There was one thing, a must say,
oausd me no little annoyance about
Ihua,A 1t WAS 6nlya little thing ID ITSELF
hndho doubt Eeught t0lhave been above
feelig hurt AZ such tFifes 6ullaeyer 80,
littl Q thing when, its In, your eye, for ms
STAGE, as q Bpeck of duet, doeB cause d
sFdt dealof annoyance With the con-
gelality of feeling Between os, Z certainly
didfeel hurt that laura should keepiher
def constantly and consistently locked,
frtn me. wanted some Ink one day.
Thew she had soine in her desk, and
assd for the keys. The way She hustled
aRut To 8opan that desk heTsclf, and the
eBpses she made 70 prevent my going to,
| 1T were masteTpiecei of female diDlo,,
nAcy. 1t was not that wanted to- 70 to,
he desk 90 much as that I didn't like be-
Ing. locked away fromgitJ 1t pfeyed on my
mind When,I c9nsidefed ltheymuiual conf,
/ Once that should suhsist between, sThsn
| nd wife. To be sure, had not told her
bout my glass eye that, was the only
ecfet' had from BauFe-but then she
lidnlt know that, and ehesaB least be,
Iieyed i had withheld nothing whatsoever
from her, so that there was no, excuse, for
her Withholding anything from me- An.
0ther thing to do with the desk was this /;
lLahra had received sat least two let
teEs HineeiF F1oufs smauiage,I not in
female handwriting, which she very
artfully caioIed and persuaded me
out Of wanting to. see. I knew they
were in the deslk9 And there was q Ger.
tain neat little parCelA4' q present shesaid,
froma friepdS zhdtwent into the desk,
too, But why this mYstery2 a harmless
deception ON my part was excusable,
but ! could not bear deception in other
people. IssstsSt
Shy and by, from this very little seed,
there grew up - sort of con nstraints be-
tween us, until Laura, observing it. at last
threw me her Keys, and calling me q bad
Penny IA playful title of reproaehl, bade
me examine her desk myself, ana not be
suspicious about nothiugh1 Then I felt
ashamed of myself, and wouldn't do It.
Then Laura insisted on turninglit out be!
fore my eyes, and SHOWING, me, lis. CON
tents. I would not read he letters, but 1
saW alittle box with b br0Oeh In ID, which
I,much donbtedibeing the same she had
received in the packet alluded te y II was
all very well her calling me a, horEid
BlIebeard} but I knew the handwriting
on the paper enclosing it was not the
sames for I distinctly remembefed that
writing. JaaRsi ist .u}sd ftH 80
Zone day, coming home tired after q
tagging mornings work at inspecting
found my household in great confusion.
One Of my female domestics was crying,
and on my entering the house, she began,
20 if,you please, sir, missus haveifell. 4
h s.FellP fell / asked in ana2ement
What do you mean, girl gJat bsssiaa Vi
Eel u ESll' IsiFi &l dQER stairs and AuFI
: Where.is sbeP I asked, pushing spaaI
her to- seek my wife.sa traaa IoiiSd hat
ntHI hope you'll .hear3 up, ssiE= bui
missus have gone. al Gone a Rifrlefl
the house, the servant added seeing
my look OF increduiity. I, was tiI
stairs, cleanini Of myself for adtnnef,' ttiiI
girl continued, fWhsnlE heard .sometAin
fall on the ssairss Rnds T. heard missul
scream; 1 went and helped heT upi 20
she had fell and hurt her toreheaa, Sh'
went to her room cryin very much, slit
wouldn't let us do nothir' for her. Bhl
put, on her things, sire aud went out al
most directly afterwards sayinl she has
left q note for you, sir She was sobhin
very much when she lefG,t
s.t6efioilsly agitated about my wife, | raj
! up stairs, and found ON LaHfa's dressing
| table the following notatea 'aa saa SCI
4 % DEAREsr REN,-FoEEigs my leasinI
4 you thus i have suffered much from dc
4 ceiying you 50 long, but meyer thougbti
would come to TINS Do not follow me
j my peace depends upon it You viii $50
know all Myifather win sknowi ofam.
going, 10 bAqs llasG .lsatia hk'URAse
II aGOol, upon my WqFdoaW Was thislth
woman whom u had loved, and cheylghe5
and sdored sand kept no secret from 4
that is, nothing worth r1entionipg TO 4
andnowh 10 aBystematlc c6urse Of deeef
II tion9a And her. father@ hdse' aceBE6plio
tool be knew Of her going Olasping %
hands irantioally TO my forehead, IN
\ woman, woman ( look upoil the wreck ", W
have madesEa / exclaimed. The efnotio
was too powerful, for my glass eye fell'ot
! with the force Of lhea blow, sandzhiVafe
itself 10 fragments at my feet, On seoen
ithOughts, | was glad she could net, loo
|, | upoA the wreck Bhe had made. 80 y.
NJ Yet, could l believe laura false
/ Then the demon OF. jealousy whispered I
2 me about the letters and, the preset
II from d ffiend.ss rhardl1 dared TO thin
!. about the sgitation she mad iHSariaBlS b
trayedazhsndI haa fsgeffea to- AssubIec
/, Attest I Would Tsa to, hen sfatheTs N
lPredgold Ego and, wiring the tguih ,.ffoi
hlm, a,s dssslSlS! zee mp EaTA1
sI Z sButiasg. bIt1 Wss iaaefiS inipossfb
] | 10 20 asI Wase- without MY ege.il4 hs
Ebeeps aeenatomed toq keep Is3spareaej
1 against emergencies in my Rdesk, Sc thesil
3 etspectors otfice, VI had broken That
{ mohth ag5, and thodeh / had writteb /,
: La new one to- BE- addfessed 10 tIiS office,
a had not yetBar1i8edE Delay was eDhi
ing; but IeouH certainly do nothiHe d
|: ] haa n.9. been @ g London and got NY visit
I sHolding my handkerchief "a INV fst
e / set of Immediately to td5 fail way b
r tom telling al the inqIiirisg 'frisnds vi
|, stopped me, that something ihad blown
4 my eye, (this was no flb, for gunpowd
\ had, years before y. Arrived there, {
Il tgerly inquired II my wife had been SCI
! 20 laaEd Fshs dad, tie master ID
= me- she hadiein fact leis lB the preFio
= train, with ticket fogS Lon q 81 apparel
y much dlAlgessea in mipd-dTessed
. travelling Coz tune, with d thick black "
I ontaE EFldehtly st she puf pose Of avol
!. | ing reeoanikoua aa much % BE 1
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