Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-13
THE SECOND WIFE:
OR,
Mr.. RyIstone's Funeral.
BY sHrRLY BROWNS.


him all day." said she.
No worseI The doctor just told me-
"On, that's all nonsense" said Mrs Rylstone,
sharply. Every one knows that DIR. Cargill Is /
toolishly OVer-anxious about his patients. am s
better" !
nm go up and have look at him before tea !"
said the father irresOutoly.
You'll only disturb him." said Mrs. Rylstone
"lie's fast asleep. Do leave the poor child in
peace"
But the father persisted, ascending the broad,
softly carpeted stairway, and entering the large
front room where he had lert his sick boy that
morning.
To his surprise, the room was empty A grand
piano occupied the place where the bed had been,
and workable stood in the bay-Window.
"KittyW he called, TO q Whlteapronod cham
bermaid who was fitting down stairs, "what
does this meanI"
'.It's the mlssus, SIR" said Kitty, with broad
grin. rShe does be eGpectIn her sister to visit
her, and there ain't no room good enough for her
| but the font room. And SO Master Rertie's
| moved up stairs, where she can't be bothered |
| with his groauinh.h
"Groanings! Is he wOrse"
"He's that bad, sir, he can't be much worse in |
l this world and the missus, she seolds because |
he disturbs her own little boy. o, the stony |
hearts Of some peoplei"
Mr.. Rylst0ne waited to hear no more but hnF- |
ried up stairs to 1ow-eeiled barely furnished
room, where lay his four year old bOy tossing In
1
Irish nurse
"shurO, sir, it's Norah that's glad to see you"
said she, for nlVer soWl but the doctor has been
here this bllssid day Z"
"WheTe was Mrs. hylstone Z" sharplV and stern
IL demanded the father.
"The blessed saints know, maybe--I don't She's
not been here. Though KITTY did say She took
out Master ETeraEd, her own child, in the carri'
age, At nOonl IT'S little abe cares" Norah added,
in very audible soto VOce, "Whether this poor
lamb lives or dies r.
Mr.. RylstOns stood locking sadly upon the little
J golden-haired child whose cheeks were flushed
with fever, and whose hands CROPPED blindly at the
coVOrlst.
People had warned him that no was doing a very
ally thing, when he married Mrs. DsMoray, the
beautiful young actress, but she had been very
.charming and WinsOme, and pnoiessed the tender
est devotion for little Albert and he had somehow
acted under q sort Of spell or infatuationI
: Aud now the charm was broken, and be saw
hts second wife aAshO really was-sslhshs treaeh-
q eFOaS end dscsitful And had it not been for
little gOlden-haired BeEtie the fair faced bequest
from the young girl who had been his first love,
j he could almost have wished to die.
As these chilling thoughts passed through his
4 mind, q soft hand Was LAID on his arm, and Mrs.
o Rylstone's honeyed voice spoke:
: "Dear George, won't yea come down to tea
have waited 50 long, and dear little EVerard-"
J. He shrank from her touch.
e ~ don't feel like eating, Clara. Leave me
n pray !"
i "But my dsarest-"
"Leave me, l Hyl"
Mrs. RylstOne pOutsd, and shrugged her shoul
?. dsrs.
"Realy George" said she, al should have though
= you had more sense than tO make such fuss owe
If an aiiDg child, who'll be sure to be we'll in weel
= or tWo!"
u Aud she swept away, her rich silk dress trail
Ing on the hocr with q low murmuring sound hk
Is
n "Taken the child home to its aunt in Vermont
y Well, snpp0ss IT, the best thug no could hav
~ done. 0fcoune It Wil die; bat it's something t
DO BE- saved the annoyance Of funeral in the house
And Mrs Rylstone took OF hey elegant hat an
H. lace shawl and drew the Paris Kid gloves iroE
her white jeweled fingers, while Master De Nc
- ray, the son Of Bavarian gambler, who had bee
ut killed in disgraeeful afrayl across green baiz
ed covered table, turned q somerset, and bawle
et out:
ue "Ain't glad he's gone And now ma, ca
3D. have all the cake and preserves myself"
all "And may as well take advantage of the OF
er, portunity to spend few days at Saratoga" sal
of MIRA. RylstOne complaeently-and she sat dow
OF and wrote q long letter to her absent husband
sst full OF "dears" and 'darlings" and Gloves" an
&c winding up with a request for check for thr'
Of "He might have thought of it before he wei
ng away from home," said she. ''But men are all /
III selfish" hSE
ed She had hardly. completed the wardrobe 81
es- deemed necessary for her Saratoga triumphs,
ch fore telegram set the semi-deseFtsd house
or wild commotion.
"a railroad accident. And my poor dear hu
band killed." shrieksd Mrs. De Moray RyIstOn
"Oh the uncertainty Of this life. What a pi
II is bought the lsm0l-eOlored silk now ! Al
m the Amsthyst jewels, and the thread lace q
ten dear dear how very unfortunate
1b- And Mrs. RylsGone ordered the mOst sxpensi
inc morning 10 be On readiness for the funeral En-
rd Iish Grape Wrnkled like the WaVelets of the 3:
,ha handkerchief, bordered inch-deep with blaC
~ and bOmbaHine Of the choicest quality.
~ "And how about the poor little Berthe 2" qu'
s'e toned old Gias SeabuFy, who Kindly made
2 q friends business her swu, on all possible Oe'
lele aOhI hem stay whsro he ID. Of eOurSs," 81
ck- Nm. RVlstOa0. II can't be bothered with 9th
ne. peoples cAlldrou, and always did dstest q
use stupid little BeItis. Nov that am Eieh Wild
~ Was ali very veil. but ha was good deal Oh
- - than J. and II eVsr mary again -"
ling II shSuld thlnk thara WA ldnty Of time % nj
l0aa Of that" said Mr.. RylAtOnes oldmaid aunt wiz
: In toss OF her eupN h1nnel 'Some folks waald =
s until their oseond husband was buried bstors q
49, commaneaa 10 scheme for third"
49, Nrs Rylstona laughed out dshantly. She IN
- hsr husbands will had bean made In her own
- vor, and - islt - opad anOSd 20 hnFi dsa'
49, at her eavogsAFiQa. I taalaa e .isage
II nsver aia care svo pins about Rylstons.
M ~ aaid ab0t wanted niea home and Rlenty
me pin uoaey, and 81 ~ Lall quite yelngs' |
~. pretty eHoagh yek y ct anoea aaa
Aaa we - ~ y .bs i asos"..d ssSs AZ SS.t s
and And 0aaggu RYatane. alive and In the Ne
n az atood hsials his 6sloaiahed widow.
- AuaA Dashsl saEaiEhaaaoa haR apealaalas.
-. rSo Yon'Ho net kills4 aalar ~ l'' sala che.
49, AFoftahalsly essaped unhuTt, although
sn9 have Esasasa AoPe isal n tine r eff,alf 81
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