The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-02-16

might, as 1 begged of youa + shall
miss the train !; and what little
chance we had Of a place in Aunt
Elizabeth's will, will be sacrificed
to your miserable habit Of being
always behind.handP r !.
Fanny gave him the shirt, and
began TO whimper a little, but Mr..
Chickerly had neither the time
nor the inclination to pause to
sootho her petulant manifestation
Of grief. He finished his dressing,
caught mp his valise with a hur-
riedly spoken sgood- bye, and ran
down stairs, two steps at q time,
into the street. y. .-s.3 s. =, a - =
There he goes, 'murmured Fam
ny and he's gone away cross
with me, and all for nothing but q
miserable buttonl ] wish there
wasn't such athing as a button in
the world p CA wish which we
much misdoubt, many another
wife than Mrs Fanny Chickerly
has echoed, with perhaps better
reason.) 3, \ go -. =,
Mrs. Chickerly was sitting down
to her little dinner q la. soJstasre,
with. a daintily Drowned chicken,
a tnmbler of current jelly, and o
curly bunch of celery ranged be-
fore her, when, to her surprise, the
door opened and in walked her
lord and husband.
| Why, Frank, where on earth
did you come fromr cried the as
tonished wife. ;.s,s On, ,sa;s,.i-.ssjs (
IS From the Office coolly answer
ed Mr.. Ohickerly. 81 az'sr 49, 8: .
80 But / thought you were off for
Scenersville, in such hurry
I found myself Just FIVE min
utes too late OF the train, after hay-
ing run all the way to the depot
tOb, that was too bad w..
,Chickerly smiled q little az he
began to carve the chicken.
- Yes, / was q little annoyed at
first it did seem rather proyok-
ing to be kept at home by only a
What are you going to doa
asWhyyI shall make a second
start Tomorrow r.. ...r.
Az I'll see toit that your breakfast
isSready this time, to the second,
and all your wardrobe in trim
said Fanny, rather relieved at the
prospect of q chance of retrieving
her character. $50. ,...t :,
You need not, I have engaged
q room at hotel near the depot.
l can't run any more risks g.
He did not speak unkindly, and
yet Fanny felt that he was deeply
displeased with her. .7N -r -
But, Frank -,.. -.....-. (.
We will not discuss the matter
any further, my love, if you please.
l have resolved to say nothing
moro to you about reforms. I see
tits useless, and it only tends to
foster an unpleasant state of feel
ing between us. Shall / help you
to some maccaroni
And fairly silenced, Fanny ate
her dinner with what appetite was
left to her. -.'s - :.
Three days afterwards, Mr..
Chickerly once more made his en-
trance, just at dusk, carpet.bag in
hand, as Fanny sat enjoying the
ruddy shine Of the coal-ffre and the
consciousness of having perform
ed her duty in the mending and
general renovation Of her hus-
bands drawer-full of shirts-a lob
which she had long been dreading
and postponing. -, ...-,. s....- :
sWell, how is Aunt Elizabeth p
questioned Fanny, when her hus-
band, duly welcomed and greeted,
had seated himself in the opposite
easy~chair. % - .e,ss ss~ssI 5, : 'iraI..-rB
Dead, was the brief reply
- Dead I Oh, Frank 7 or her
old enemy, apolexy2'raaae
q Yes s7''. a.t' = -.'..s..-. s''fsa' !
Was her will nader ,'5,' 5s {.
8 1t was Apparently she had
expected me, on the day. she her.
self appointed ; and on my non-ar.
rival in the only train that stops,
she sent for the village lawyer,
made her will, and LETT all her
property 70 the orphan asylum in
Scenersville, with q few bitter
words TO the effect that the neglect
Of her only living nephew had in.
duced her, on the spur of the mo.
ment, to alter her Original. inten-
ton of leaving it to him. She died
the very next morning, 80 SM y
70 oh, Frank, how much was its'
Ten thousand dollars ,5l'7'7''
There was moment or two of
silence, and then Mr.. Chickerly
added, composedly:: l}, g. n u,
81 "Yon see, Fanny, how much
that missing button has cost mo =
Fanny Chicksrly sat like one
condemned, by the utterance Of
her own conscience. Not alone