Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-19
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Again y said Rose Winner. 90 Well,
this is what allwomen must put up with,
suppo Sc; but I never thought that. I
should beEneglected." a B AAO
She listened.y
Locked in his room again, she said,
''and after long days absence ); and
am to $50 to bed and go to sleep What
q goose am not to do that contented1y,
and to forget him who can forget me so
easily. How long is it since he has
spent an evening with me? Two months
at least Ohr' she clenched her little
hand, chow little I thought when
arranged that study, and put the pref
tiest things in it. and was so proud of
it and SO pleased with it, that he would
make it an excuse to shut me from him.
1t did not usesto be. SO. When { was
Rose Luttre ell, and he made pa SO angry
by staying III theparlor until midnight :;
when he actually followed me about.
and said that every moment was wasted
that was not passed in my company
alb, well, I was too romantic. [ loved
him too much. [ should have remem-
bered what. Miss Landon wrote: II
II you would not suffer,
Be the one to give the pain
But, you see, I thought him SO good.
50 fond, so constant. :" She listened
again.
Mute as mouse" she said.
" Studying French, indeed as if I did
not know that he was a perfect French
scholar long before [ knew him, and
that he never would have held the post
ton he does in that great importing
house If it We're not for his French.
No: he IS tired of ne, and shuns nv
society. y --.-'
And Rose dropped her head upon her
hands and sobbed bitterly. It was I'M
wise OF her, for the sudden movement
awoke the six -months-old baby in the
bassinette at her side, and it began to
wall piteously. It was necessary to dry
her own tears in order to dry his, and
crying is a grand luxury to woman
before she has spilled her eyes by in
dulging in it. But though she stopped
weeping. she went on talking in low
tone, addressing the baby as though it
could understand her.
BLESSED little SOUL" she said. eve
know what it all means. don't we? Be-
fore you came [ was light-footed girl,
but since then I've been very different.
L cannot dance. L cannot run. I can
not even walk far perhaps I never
shall. Ii ne had suffered in any way
for my sake, how [ should have loved
him for it but he ceases to love mefor
the very reason that should make him
more tender. Oh, why do women ever
marry? Why did I not say no instead
of ye8, and then he would have loved
me forever.
She lifted her head and looked into
the glass.
I'm not ugly yet, nor old either
she said, with a sudden fash of her
black eyes. eff he no longer admires
me, other people may. Wives who
f1irt are always more thought of by
their husbands than constant wives are.
I'll
II you please M" said voice at
the door, ''a gentleman. .
Rose started, and held out her hand
Tor the card the girl presented.
"Chauncey Waldo" was written
upon it.
"1ou may stay here with baby,
Maggie, SAID she. 81 will see Mr..
Waldo. Mr.. Winner is engaged
She peeped into the glass again. and
settled her crimped hair with her pink
palms. Her dress needed no ARRANGING
she was always well-dressed in The
evening and then she went down into
the parlor, where Chauncey Waldo,