The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-01-29

has played out entirely on this
line! Two.thirty, mum, if yor
please. Will refund at the office
when ticket is presented"
The man suspected me, actually
suspected ME-Fred's wife! Oh
dear, dear! How utterly lonely
and unprotected I felt, after the
strong trust and sweet reliance
that Fad been mine!
Il haven't any money" | said
in Il faint voice. "You'll have tc
put me out somewhere, suppose, y
I added, with despairing resigna'
ton.
"Allow me, madam"-the nous.
tache gentleman was up, pocket
book in hand-"let me arrange
this matter for you until we reach
Baltimore. Your husband can
settle it with me afterwards" he
said, giving me his card with q
smile.
If I hadn't been married, I
should have fallen in love with
that delightful man on the spot.
AS it was, | only murmured some
uniutelligible thanks and slipped
his card into my pocket az a me-
mento of a wonderful knight.
We were to have stopped in
Baltimore. AS the train neared
the city new perplexity seized
upon me. Where could l go? If
1t were daylight, l might remain
in the ladies waiting,room, but
Fred would not arrive until nearly
ten o'clock at night. / had no
money to pay a hackman, to 60 to
a hotel, or even to get my supper.
\ sudden thought flashed into
my mind. Aunt Tabby lived in
Baltimore! | had directed q let
ter to her, only & few weeks be-
fore, announcing my approaching
marriage. True, the reply was
discouraging-being dismally pro
phetic Of all sorts Of evils that
awaited me, and darkly suggestive
of the snares and pitfalls in that
broad road that leads to matrimo-
nv and destruction.
But Aunt Tabby took q vine
gary view of everything. She
never had felt the mellowing Of a
honeymoon.
When we arrived at the depot,
my moustache friend had left the
car, so l was left unprotected
again.
An army Of hackmen besieged
the door of the depot, and imme-
diately became the subject of q
struggle. Oaths and whips re.
sounded about my ears, until l
was finally seized upon and carried
off by a red-headed lrisbman,
whose success arose no doubt,
from his national proclivity for
anything resembling fight.
Having secured me very dirty
vehicle, he regarded me with a tri-
umphant grin.
"If you will get my trunk now,
please" I suggested.
"Your trunk, whore is it?-
Where's the bit Of tin ?"
"The-what ?" I asked in per-
plexity.
THE tin-the bit Of tin, to be
sure. How am | to get it without
the tin ?"
Ny check! I had forgotten that.
Fred had the check also. Alas
for the powerlessnesS Of woman
I saw my new Saratoga, filled
with the daintiest Of trousseaus,
bundled up with a load Of hotel
baggage, and couldn't raise a fin.
ger to claim it. Il was the last
straw on the camel's back, and !
drove in tears to Aunt Tabby's
using my tissue veil as pocket
handkerchief, and thereby uncon'
sciously tattooing my face With
streaks Of blue.
Even Aunt Tabby's monumen'
tai rigidity was overcome by my
appearance, when she met me at
her immaculate doorstep.
cleft you and only married
three days! Pay that hackman
Mary, and send him off before be
sees any more of this family dis
grace! Only three days! The
Lord have mercy on US! That
should have lived to sec brother
Henry's child brought to this
Taken all your money and clothc:
too! Well! WE'LL! its nothing
more or less than expected
Only an accident! don't talk to
me of accidents! Ifyou ever lay
your eyes on that man again, my
name is not Tabitha Timstich
The mean spirited scoundrel te
leave you without a rag to your
back You poor deluded innocent
Put on the kettle, Mary Jane, anc
hurry up the tea; this poor chlld il
trembling like leaf, and we'll she
may!"
"Oh! amt it dreadful, num-"
heard the sympathetic Mary Jam
murmur, aside to her mistress; "sucl
sweet young creeter as she be- Ant
only look at her sweet face! I expec
he's been banging Of her"
Aunt Tabby pursed up her mouth
and shook her head expressively.
"Let this be warniug to you, Mar,
Jane"