Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-07-25

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''YOu see, do not You, how very
necessary you are TO me, my lord.
should have cried ten days-a weel
perhaps-if anything had happened
my lace"
"And why give yourself so mucI
/ trouble about a mere trife which
/ could 50 easily replace:"
go, it isn't Just the worth OF the
stuff, you know. Can't you thinE
that prize il more that you took the
/ trouble to send for a very rare pat
| tern, which / shall not be like to meet
in any drawing room may happen
I to get IN. And then 1 know that
must cost you a large amount Of mon
! ey, as it Is every year, which dOesn
trouble you in the least, does it Rob
ert?''
Here was a question which made
pretty Mrs. Helot laugh the low mus
ical laugh every body had praised 50
once, and the lace was tossed III a
foamy little heap in a knitting basket.
How should she know the value OF
I money, she who had never known its
lack. It had always appeared rather
ridiculous to Agnes Helot that any
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unable TO get them.
"The idea of my cost ever yeXing
you dear. 1 don't believe it ever en-
tered your head Just how much that
cost is, has it RObert?"
AT least, my love, / trust It has
never caused you cOhcern, and nov :
think il must be iuuciIUUu titue qtiite,
and / must meet Mai. Delayheld in
one hour from now.
81 suppose, dear, you've quite de-
cided on remaining in town until
August" Mrs. HelOt says, making a
sandwich for her husband and look
ing intently at the salt-spoon.
''Im afraid I shall not be able to
Join you much before then, but I in
sist, however, on you going immedi-
ately. think you are needing sea-
air very much. You viii scarcely
miss me in the little time we shall be
separated" This with a faint sigh,
which seemed more the effect of bod
lily exhaustion than mental distress.
Chow unkind of you to say so,
Robert" and the little woman rose on
tip-toe to kiss the iron-grsy beard on
Roberts chin. "You can be awfully
unjust and naughty when you like,
but 1 forgive yOU, and please don't
be late to dinner, dear; goodbye" +"
so, how good he is, and wonder
what my life would have been with
out him" said the little woman in a
spasm of gratitude, remembering the
luxury with which he had surrounded
her, and those two years of untiring
affection.
'If-she could know all-but should
rather it would kill me alone than that
my darling's heart should ache for one
moment" said Robert Helot, reclin-
ing YEARLY back in the brougham on
his way to his Office in the heart of
the city. He could not reach home
III time for dinner, and so sent q note
of apology, which also contained this
piece of news.
"Clive is in town and starts soon
for the coast. thought it would be
pleasant for you and so invited him
to stay over and make one of your
party. Hewill, in all likelihood, drop
up this evening. r."
Mrs. Helot paled little and
drogped the'note in her lap. Hettie
Lockridge, her elder sister, looked mp
from her crochet work with sudden
concern. She revered and liked her
brother-in-law above anything in the
wOrld-of course excepting her pas
sionate love for her pretty little sis
ter.
Nothing wrong with Robert, 1
hope. Aggie."
"NO."
Anything new?"
eyes"
!'Why, how monosyllabic YOU are
turned, Agnes; what is there new? It's
quite time there were something; it
must be very dull for you now.
"ABd why for nae more than otho-s3'
well, if 1 am the others you refer
to, the why is, because like dullness;
don't care for exciscment."
81 think l hate it, >" said Aggie with
vehemence and a great disregard for
the truth.
She was getting away from the
news, but Hettie was persistent soul
and went back to the tissue note lying
under Aggie's heavy bracelet.
'Is any one dead that we know"
ss'No, but I almost wish there were"
"Agnes HelOti' very sternly.)
"Hettie Lockride!" (wrathfully.)
''What do you mean?"
''Just what 1 say"
''Well, then you are very wicked, /
I'm certain, and am very glad that 1
Robert doesn't hear you speak So"
'Frank Give is IN town" And the |
etter was pulled viciously with one
taper finger.
The cool gray silk stirred a little 1
and Miss Lockridge colored family. 4
"Need that disturb us here; sup /
pose we need not meet him"
Need not we,' says Mrs. Helot I
with a little snort, Indicative of her /
rising temper ''I can't Just tell how |
it can be avoided, Robert has asked I
him to make one of our party to the I
sea shore; he meant to be very kind,
poor SOUL"
The grey silk quite rustled now and /
the wearer's clear grey eyes looked up |
in some CONSERVATION.
''You must decline to go then, Ag-
les, at the last moment; YOU certain |
Iy could not consent to this arrange |
ment. You can be taken i'll you |
know"
This with all the awkwardness of a |
seldom practiced deceit.
"Have all my pleasure spoiled to
please other people! shall not in
deed"
"Then you must ask Robert to with
draw his courtesy; 1 see nothing else
open to you,"
Mrs. Helot lost at this completely,
and looked little frightened.
81 could never speak one word to
Robert on the subject; what would
he think? That would make matters a
great deal worse, and give very Sc
rious complexion to what is after all
just nothing at all"
eff it is the nothing you say, Agnes,
you would hardly have taken the news
so ILL.,"
fault with me. | know it is nothing;
but other people are not disposed to
think it So"
"Then you should be very careful
of your conduct before the eyes of
such persons"
Conduct, Hettie Lockridge, you
speak as If 1 act improperly, and shaH't
bear that from even you, Hettie, 4" and !.
the dear eyes were filing with indig- |
nant tears.
Everybody misjudges me-"
''Then be the more true to yourself, I
dear" the very proper Hettie softly |
said, dropping a stitch or two. which !
was a very odd thing in Hettie, who /
knit mechanically; and mechanical Ia /
Dor IS very generally perfect.
''Theu, perhaps you had better read
the note, said Aggie, passing It to
her sister with some uneasiness, feel |
ing that she had not told the news
well, and had bungled at the begin
ming.
Good gracious. Why Robert says
we may expect Mr.. Give up this very
NIGHT. shall We ring and sar We are