Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-02-15


little faces the pictures of anxiety. and |
the boy s, Timothy, Jr., variegated in ex.
preston by tears running down his cheeks !
SO the door was closed against them, !
and the darlings Wee shut out from the !
domestic trouble, while the principals in
the little breezy encounter were shut in to
have it out.
Mr.. Z. was doggedly silent; the lady
ragged and tore around the room, and
threw the worked sofa pillow at him, do
ing more damage to the drop light and
shade upon the library table than it did to
the gentleman against whom the blow
was directed, and without 4 word. except
| a muttered sentence. sounding very like,
.sConfound yonr' Mr.. Timothy Thistle
down left the room, put on his overcoat
and left the house in no easy frame Of
mind. and the children went to the rescue
of the mother. who rang the bell and call.
ed up the coachman from his filtration
with the waitress below stairs.
Quick, Richard, follow Mr.. Thistle:
down; he has gone to EDelmonico's,l
think. If not, go to theybflice. Follow
him say, and tell me whG:e he goes and
who comes to see him."
"But. madame" ventured the man, sur
priscd at the orders, MIR. Thistledown
may have"
"NO he hasn't: he took no breakfast,
and it's early. BegOne, say"
She was melodramatic and positive in
her manner; she had caught an idea
knew that her husband sometimes break
TASTED at DelmOnico's. She owned The
carriage and horses, and she paid The
= cOachman, and so the cOachRan would
obey her orders implicitly.
4; And the irate Mrs. Il. was right. Her
husband thought more Of his breakfast
than his dinner, and, under Mrs. Us do
mestc management, he had breaktasted
at DelmOnico's before. under similar cr-
cumstanceS.
And he did not ride down town ne
, he went out from the house, re-hghted
}! cigar at the drug store at the corner;
bought newspaper, ana cohsu.neu
ten minutes i'm the operation. anu tnen
: started straight down the avenue. where
j. the coachman overlook him couple OF
Minutes before he went in to give MS Or
, dr. while faithful Richard waited out
side. ,
/. Bnt there was nothing but the chops,
coffee. rolls, and the newspaper; no dis
coverv whatever, and would not nave
bpen but that Mr.. ThistledOwn sent 1or
:. sheet of paper, and an envelope, wrote q
# note with a lead pencil, and sent IL 10 the
v restaurant office.
q Richards ewes sparkled at the discovery
:. he had something to tell at last. ana ne
n watched the anglO-Francaise clerk as ht
@ cave his directions to the hali-Doy, anc
: the hall-boy started Off with the note' To-
e ward Sixth avenue.
@ The boy took an upward-bound car-s(
IS did Richard, and alter a lew nioiilell'
: seated himself beside the messenger
whom he knew from the frequent waiting;
4 which had been imposed upon him upor
opera nights. and a sidewalk acquaint
S ance so contracted.
4 "Ye're bound for uptown IN the earl!
Q mornin' Frank" ventured Richard, b!
r way of inquiry at the beginning
s "Yes, with note" o.,
o "Ye're to get an anser! Tho IN,
y UNo. only to leave it," Anu INC III
y cont MESSENGER. who knew Richard 10 =
!. q GOOD fellow. handed out the note, whic
e was addressed to a lady living nh
70 street and marked - In haste;
# "Ye won't get back for an hour' q. "T
IS nm there said the cOachman. ,,
goin' up that way, I'll take II Ior ~; final,
" Unwilling at first, the messenS e., q dc
e. consented. He had been paiG lla him
lar for the service, anu IL su,.e' ont
no earn it more easily tnan 70 char
rl.rn
nn ln1 from the car, and RicLAru II
spa5 b;s example at the next corner,
Jrnct to Mrs. Thistledown Win !
'ar Is,o a,d bursting into her presence WI
80 .,a af NJ a military commander VINO u
np. cantlred a citadel and just reacned he'
laid n,iartrs to make his report. .., 49,,
md 10 saw that Mrs. L. was sun nv
arni rr yvould he far too little IN woras
,nn. dn,r ;nstice, Marital infdenty sne
,~s. uooH sEsnected, but she qua not susp
an Dpointment at an up..uwm .1- R RRovN
do. ~a,lrv at two o'clock tnat Ve.S u"H
own mad In Mr.. Thistledowh n "f her
only nrety widow who was on1 ,;tor OF
row friois and constant '''''
one hope. .d ,omed the hOu
;,,'nr /; tu iooaIshe knew the lady anu
lAo N .ho dreadful secret was dlscose
s.S nS' .h.,atermined W, to follow the discover!
, that ;tSitterest end and denonemeh;. ..,rod
! @ .ma1 %aur later Richard had deilveree u
'oIn ,n;, al n ,,rovv of the butcher 9 BOY aI
n9 ne uy md Mrs. ThistledOwn was pre-
ssy saer, .n a ont + and to visit the picture
lsv about O'Clock: u,d have
lo"'' 70 have worn upon ~ oruii
=. the is,on iseI served as garment when
! ,,,s,,.j h, sHand would not recognize, u'e
!, aok living of cloak trimmed with s'oit
. ps. from a friendly neighbOr, and q I
-, 10 black veil, were so effective thst she
,asful lied into tie picture gallery lew
merits before time, with the air OF W
, can csc and was secure i'm the CONSCIOUS
of b,r marital dignity and her unsusl
n and esi ps'aso"ce. ,r
Il ng ures were line, OUT ME. s :
Z hjs 20 Mus late interest in pictures !;
a did - D., door and the stairway
T. sit5r-c back as the widow, whom
and had -. .yfOre suspected, came int,
envel- room and warmed her neat little
listle- and the feet within them at the ht
mark, register. u.;..
read The widow compared time WIN
4; will clock and her own watch, and so did
Thistledown; the pretty widow wa
the patient, and so was Mrs. T.; and tn
e had patience of both the ladies in waiting
/, and soon euded by the appeas nee OF N
'gone i'm light doeskin gloves, well brushed
r Mrs. coat, shininG hat, and his favorlte
4 was Just as gay deceiver would pfooat
{ was when keeping a sub-rosa appoint
which early in the afternoon at pictur
exis- lery. .,
that's were wary and discreet, thought M
irs for There was no whispered cchver
a wo. between them; they were up In the
ness of such meetings-an Old
,ne, at thought, Mrs. T.. ~,
proper "Are you ready Sked Mr.
I. had which the lady aiswereu: les
ion Of must be back 10 Gunner am N
n out, was thoroughly satisneu lhas 'ile ia'
frs. L. ness Of her husband was an olu u
,quire- and it took all the possiple ru,.;or
nswer. interview and the scene winch W.
1t had the consequence, as she herNouS,y n.I
was no ed the quiet couple oVe. " DU
aiming. where they took an onln,p1s ~ oou''o "T y
by her town-and so did MRS. l.; put =.
smart fine; and, with the winuoM uom'
erstep- .i.e cold air reddenlng ner n1sc ,sno,
,unded ing In unon her aching forches
wa