The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-11-04
VOL. X.

take life easily. L have been forced
to put my shoulder to tho wheel
too often, not to do it willingly"
"And I've often said," said Mrs
Martin, shat T revere Mrs Glenn
for that very thing"
They walked out Of the room
Mrs. Bright shrugged her fat shoul-
ders.
"a couple of old slander.mon-
gers, she said; "nnd now they
must try to make little Eva Willis
uncomfortable"
Mrs. Bright, Mrs. Martin, and
Mrs. Glenn boarded, with their
husbands, at the fashionable estnb-
lishment of Mrs Roger Black. Mr..
and Mrs Willis lived next door;
and all of them attended the same
church. Either the latter pair were
peculiarly fond Of each other, or
were more disposed to show their
fondness than most people are but
certainly they were known as
model couple. He was handsome,
tall, black -whiskered man of forty.
Sho was u petite little blonde of
twenty-five or twenty-threo. Evi-
IDENTIFY no man vas SO wise, so
great, so perfect in her eyes as her
husband. Evidently, no woman 80
charming to him as his wife.
Now, there IRE & great many wo-
men to whom this sort of thing is gall
and womwood. They cannot bear
to see it, and they break it up if
possible. All the flirts in the con-
grcgation had tried to do this and
had failed. All the sour matrons
whose married lives were spent in
spats and squabbles, sneered ut the
happy pair, and declared that this
won't last long. But it had lasted
for five OF six years, and not q flaw
bad been discovered in the conduct
of either, until, one bright summer,
when Mrs. Willis having left homo
on visit to her sister, very prct-
ty young lady arrived at q neigh
boring hotel, and MIR. Willis-yes,
Mr.. Willis, no other-was seen to
devote himself to her in q way that
was positively shocking. Yes, posi-
lively terrible. For Mrs. Glenn
and Mrs. Martin, who took to going
about in waterproof cloaks and
hoods after dark, had not only seen
Mr.. Willis take ice cream with this
young lady, but were ready to swear
that he kissed her at parting, and
on more than one occasion was seen
to put his arm about her waist.
This had gone on for three weeks,
when Mrs. Willis returned; md
now, as tho lady was unpacking her
trunks in her pretty rooms next
door, the two watchers had deter
mined to inform her of her hus-
bands intidelity, and no task could
have been more pleasant to them.
Dressing in their best, and armed
with parasols and fans, they watch
cd Mr.. Willis departure from the
house with eager eyes, and then
hastening down stairs, almost ran
up the steps of the house next door,
anxious to meet the happy face they
hoped to change to misery.
"Thank you for coming to see mo
30 soon" she said. "It does seem
as though Id been away from home
a whole year-N1r. Willis says it
seems five to him--and yet I've been
enjoying myself ever so much"
"I am glad to hear it, said Mrs.
Martin.
"Your happiness is heeting," said
Mrs. Glenn.
They spoke,so solemnly that Mrs.
Willis thought that something un.
pleasant must have had happened
to one of them.
"Every one we'll, I hope?" she
said more gravely,
(, "Quitc," said Mrs, Martin, with q
sigh.
"Anything new?" 80 id Mrs
Willis.
"No," said Mrs. Glenn. 'People
ore as wicked as ever, and that is
as old as Satan"
'Mrs. Black has been .overcharg
ing her for extras, or the chamber
maid has let the milkman kiss her,
thought Mrs. Willis. E.. . +...
"And what fine weather wo ore
having" she added aloud.
eyes" said Mrs. Martin, with (
little groan. 'I often think of those
lines in the hymn:
"Whcre every prospect pIeases,
+, And only man Is yie."
"How vile man is sometimes,
said Mrs. Glenn.
"Ah 2" said Mrs. Martin.
81 shouldn't wonderif Mr.. Glenl
had beon flirting with some ono,
thought Mrs, Willis. .. .......