, 1874-08-13


in-la" aud her hohrdcr sooned very much
rLEAHEp Writ EACH oTnEn's COMPANY. :.
bo they wore. Ono morning &heY rat on'R half
shadod bank, reading. Boil was radiant Ia hor
lookcd at her With unmiataknb!o admiration, aB
he laid down tho book aud Hhid.
"hfrs. !lascall--thers is-1 bog your pardon,
but how da you . ever hisppen to marry your hu-
lieve mo- you did yoursolf = grieyous wrong whom
You buried yourself alivo herc.'
"Bomotimcs / begin to think mado miH-
' "MiatsRol" echoed tho srtst. atS You hsve
thrown yonr lifo away wisll--h1ra. Hascall,
ing for 4 face which would be my ideal ot ren-
se9 3sss Mud M tf n @ss axss Ths ns osns as
He picked up tho book again. This Is how
should paint YOU, Lady Maud. Listen":
"Cold md cloar cut face, why como you 20 cyucy
Brsakine alu,nbcr In which ali spoonsul folly was
r'e ss is golden beam Of an ey'''A saa en- the
p'',,solsss n2sla ps' cold f'e' '''r'rs'' on gloom
a strong, audden hand parted some bushes
noa1 she tanod Tretfu .hd fae With wn'9
Elowered Ut thon,, aud wrathful voice OK
claimed:
"p'rapa you'd like to phint her husband, too,
wouldn't you2, plnamoro, e you waut t. to know
MY pAo AAn4AAtA AA0l RuO 4toH AVA AA0 A"AJ}
"a recommend you TO- ask me. By tho Lord
1Iarryl madam, should think you'd DO ashamed
Of yourself. dawdling away your time with q
| sentimental donkey like tint, a,,d letting your
husband's mother wait On you lkoa slave! Bell,
20 home"
She looked at him moment AZ il bha could
have struck him down, so much passion shot cut
| Of her blazing oyoa. ne noyor thought IL WAS in
l1er. But sEo reco1looted almost instantly that 1t
WAS unphiloaophical. as we'll us unlady-like to
| let the. Old Adam riso In her aoul. Sho looked
! at her irata lord \ SECOND and anBwefea. icily:
Alr. Hasca5l, perhaps you overheard mo re-
mark, a moment ago, that ! sometimes foarod !
hsa fSsE made mistake All0" me to romAFk now
AM SURE HAVE MADE n1srAKE,'
He swore sayagoly. and turned on his hoel and
atrodo away. He did not come to dinner, nor to
tea. a little after midnight something canc
| tumbling and kicking 1T tho trout door, and tho
something WAS Mark HaEcallt aud, for tho first
tnao in hs lifo. Mark HaScall heavily intoxi-
Gated. It IL a 1nan'H way, you know. T.;
Thai was tho beginning Of it. After TINT, no
more pence, no moro love for thogo Two. Mark
| Iascnll's life wont by jumps, and hn had takon
| = long and desperate downward leap. Their lifo
thonceiortl was sorioa Of bickoriDgs and bittcr
Quarrels Those two souls that could not sxiHt
apart, you know. At the end OF q year, Boil
went home to her fathers, MI ill-tcmpered, dis
appointed woman, to hang like q stone on tho
shoulders Of tho father who. but one little year
before, had rubbed his hands aud {ondly whis-
pored to linaolt that he was rid Of tho burden
OF ono Of bis Children. at my rate. Then Mark
drank himself bcastly drunk to drown his
troubles, and followed hcr to tale her homo
again. She refused to Co. aud there, In tho
presence OF her mother and sister, he raisod his
hand and struck hor in lia drunken rage.
Even then her cold presence of mind did not
leave hor. She pushed him acroBs tho threshold
i and out Of doors With her own hands, and made
NJ If she would havc spugned him with her foot.
III shall mako application for divorce to.
day." sho sald to hin, in her calmest voice.
It tNohered him instantly.
do you really moan that :" l1e asked.
"ao help me God. do I will never liva with
you another day. For your future havo noithor
faith, hope, nor charity. Col"
She pointed with her hand to tho street, and
he went away without word. In due courao Of
aouln had baon pronounced ono, because thoy
we're unable to extat aVsy from each othor,
! DIVORCE WAS onANTED
to Mrs+ Haacall, aud tho custody OF their
infant son glycn to her, she being
in every way fitted to roar him properly, the
Court said. Tho most common occurrence in
tho world, you know-happena eyery day.
Mark made no remonstranco to any part Of it,
Ha did not drink 30 much as before. but seeIned
eunkon into cullen, leaden apatby. On tue
house and asked to SEQ his little boy. Even
Bell could not find it In llcr heart to deny him,
especially as hor former husband was perfectly
sober. She carried tho child down stairs herself
| l0n nTo 1EGe now Halu marx.
"YcH.' Rha answered, with enthueiRBm. " The
old dreams and tho old ambitions seem to shine
boforo me- again. tako of your ring anu ro-
turn it to you, and with that put OF tho old life
forever. Thank God an froe1 am going te
put tho past out Of my, life 80 entirely that
shall not even remember it. have no memories
have l,opes-onco more have hopes. An
All, / hare wingsi"
Her cheeks flushed hotly. She claspod the
baby closer. ~ shall take him with mo whor.
ever go" she answered. ."1 shall devote my
life to hin, aud try to nuke him wiser and bettol
thsn Luis father"*lo n hestated little, aud ther
Nov that it had really como, and shc WAS al
free from the drunken husband, tho coaras
lnother.in-law, and tho horrible old life, with ii
shameful chickering's. was 1t odd that she sud
denly felt strange HenHe of
SADNESS AND MELANCHOLY?
Those who have paused through 1iko oxperi
, ence will understand it.
Mark kissed tho baby.
''Well--good-bye," he said.
{ "Good-byc," sle answered.
: But neither hold out q hand across the gull
> which lay between.
lBabol'h bud said that tho old dreams and am
bilious shono before lier again. She was bu
. 10 whom hcr ill-starled marriage onaoa in
miserable divorce; ou1y just beginning life then
, 80 to spoak. The dream Of llor grjhood. bo
, fore she mot Mark Hascall, aud found in lin
: hor "congonial soul, f" had been to go on ths
| stuge and be famoiis. ALL don't auppos,
i there ever saa u romantic girl OF. boy VIII
, didn't hnse tho sa1ne dream ono tino or IN
j other. Tho ambition came back to her nov
with wild heart-bound. II sho could bocom
, an actress, and show thom all what she wa
i life, I'd rho said to herself, the coers
, old snotbcr-in-law who snuhbod her, M,
: even 1er own father aud mother, who saome
tired Of hcr aud disappointed in her, and t
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