The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-01-21
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IN. SIX cHApTERs-cHAPTER III.

IN SIX ChAF TENS. n AtIEh lli'
"why any secretl / lore not secrets"
The honeymoon was over, the ordeal
Of wedding visits gone through, and the
doctor and his wife settled down into
home life. Philip Denbigh had well
said that Elsie was the only woman in
the world for himi and every hour Of
close welded union deepened his pas
sionate affection for her. His nature,
reserved and intense in everything,
was one which peculiarly needed TO
repose on ''the soft pillow Of a woman's
mind; and though not by any means
his equal in intellect, she very soon
learned to enter into many Of the sub
jcctS that interested him, and to like
them for their own sake as we'll as for
his, And yet, while every hour gave
her fresh proofs ofhiS devotion to her,
while she saw that his fond looks fol-
lowed her whenever they were in COM
pany together, and that her soft voice
was always heard by him in ever so
large a party, Elsie had arrived, within
the first year Of their marriage, at the
conclusion that, for some reason beyond
her ken, her husband was not happy,
and, moreover, sthat be did not fully
trust her He was unaceonntably anx-
ious to study the address of every letter
she received aud he.had a7habit of
cross examining her infinitely. and with
q restless eageFnees which he tried in
vain to conceal as to whom she had
seen and what che had done during his
absence 9 It often happened that he
would fecnr to- the subject long after
she had finished her simple history,
turning on her with a sudden sharp
Questioning, as if he suspected her Of
trying to conceal or falsify something,
More than once some chance inaccnracy
in her statement had worked him up
into Just such an unreasonable storm az
she bad seen on the day when she had
found the ringi but he was always SO
sorry afterwards, and so .grieved TO
have grieved1 her, that she learned to
dread athess scenes far more on his
account than for the passing pain they
caused herself. 5li ol asa9 s5dguH la,
At first she always considered that
she was to blame when he fell into
these strange fits Of temper;o but she
was soon half Vexed, halfcomforted, to
find that his acaptioas and suspicious
ways were discussed with lively inter
est in the kitchen % loo an1al 3'aaoH |
i.a''I don't know what ever have a
come to 'un. It's, enough to drive a
body maze-mad," old Isott declared
with free7spokep wrath "He'ye, as
good as told / a score O. times this year
as | were trying for to deceive 'nn.
/ tell ian I never did tell lies when |
we're young, and amt likely as I'd
begin now, as I'll SO soon have to gle
an account Master bain't half the
gentleman he used TO be, and Isdon't
care who hears me say So go ,,. W.. ,2i'A
aa But in spite of these growls, rlsott
vigorously snubbed her ,,undeIlings if
they yentured to make any remarks to
the same effect inher presencgad aiaaA
One hot August afternoon, when the
earth seemed to lie baking and painting
under the fierce heat of the sun, Mr..
DenbighTiWas walking, ,9rwith rapid
strides, across the field at the back OF
his house. It was q short cut from
some parts Of the village, but OF late he
had seldom used It. On ithis occasion
be crossed the grass almost at q run,
yaulted over the low gate which led
| into the garden, and was soon at the
drawing-ro0m window The outside
blinds were down, and the roomlooked
cool and pleasant in their green shade;
the perfume Of jasmine and roses, and
llemoh. scented Yarbena, bfeathed from
the flower. vasesgK and Elsies in her
| white summer dress, was seated at the
| open window. She began an exclama-
zion 1t her husbands worn; tagged
looks, but he interrupted hef :--- -.'92S
isss'I can't stop. ] only came to tell
! you that I was right Id what / feared
this morning % Those Bailey children
hayO scarlet fever, and0ubtedly, in its
wofaE fcgms I. That poor little boy is
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