The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-12-18

up into her husbands face with an ex-
preston of mingled pain and merriment.
is that all you have against me9" i
'sExplain that first, .
She hesitated Her pride revolted at
what seemed an unmanly attaekfr from be-
hind cover. am 1a55
''Stop moment" she said gently but
firmly. GAS head of the house. it be-
comes you to start this era of explana-
tions. What is the nature of your er-
rand at Miss Isabel Whitney'sl"
''My goodness, Cynthial how did you
find that outl" ,.s-T..
t'Neyer mind the method; the fact is /
Iall-suffcient. When you shall have an
swered my question I viii yours" ,Shet
composed herself ina chair, and met her
husbands gaze quite fearlessly.r '1J7
After few moments deiberation,
Cadwallader thought It best to comply
with her request. '.'' "a ~
'If you are resolved to know. I viii
tell you. Ny business profits have in
creased so within year that I felt able
to support a more stylish establishment
than this I have had my eye ON %
Mareelin place for month or more,
learning that Miss Whitney was think
ing of renting it. A day or 50 ago I
saw her advertisement in theMessenger.
1t was the same morning that you were
so very, very pressing with your inter
rogatories." His lip curled slightly and
he paused. r.w f.r 8s
"Go, on, please. " BE za..rr
3'WeI, / hurried down there directly
after breakfast, but the house was not to
be shown to visitors until to-day. Never
theless, I have the refusal OF it, if I
continue to likeit after due inspection. .
'Why did you not say something to
meabout all this? You don't know how
your behavior has worried me. 5..
Nss'I wantedfo keep it a secret as a sur
7prisef for eur anniversary. Now are you
satisfed9'' za. s-5s-.- zza-.I
Mrs. CadwaIader gave no direct re-
Iply, but tossed into her husbands lapa
roll of ,oBlong strips of paper with
printing on one side and cabaistic pen
Gil marks on the margin. ~
~. I" Ed, stands for editor, and there
iare the proofs she exclaimed triumph
lantly.l "This, also, was originally in
tended for surprise On anniversary
day" -a zsi7sI l5
Cadwallader graspod the loose sheets
eagerly and ran his eye over them; they
looked very like a novelette,, for the La
dies Literary Visitor. 7 155s ~ s7al 10
''Fhen you did not correspond with
the editor or any one else through the
Messenger -. .-. 90
] ,"Of course not. Why should y Every
line that has passed between us is. up
lsttairrs, at your disposal. ~ sei5F1 n,
7f- + He walked to the fireplace and threw
something on the Goals.
2 'rWhat are you bur11ing9 saidh his wife.
IA couple of newspaper scraps, that's
all. Cynthia, I'm brute.
Mrs. Tapscott did not see at first any
= 9iobvious connectionbetween the two prop
: osi6ons. But suddenly a remote posi-
bility suggested itself to hermind She
S glanced downward at something IN hel
hand.
&c. IT," she inquired sententiously.
sF'5 SC r., was theedually sententousre
o.. . 5''.,.' .-,. ..I.'s76 ',.5 .5, "
i Whereupon it seemed that she hal
something to burn. -7s.4 4-fa-
And their mutual distrust vanished "
the chimney with the smoke Of the1ittl,
/, teonfagration. ltas 100 s1- .a-
1 About I 1o'clock comes knock at thu
d library door. It is unheeded.
s So oBridgetannopnces lunch throughtht
+keyhole, and hies herself tothe kitcher
with mouth wide open, tolrepOrt the sey
en- days wonder to the cook. The latte
e experienced functionary bids her return
to the -Hoor above, close her mouth, anC
open her. eyes and ears She obeys; bu
the only extraordinary occurrence al
i lunch time is when master pours out th,
sherry rises, glass inland, andspeakst'
the following effect: ~ -L Ii
!, son opr, wedding day, my love, W
made resolution number one,. the sub
9 stanceOfrwhich Ineed notrepeat. Here
7 success to resolution number two, tina
r the word personal behencfortheraset
!, from the vocabulary Ofthe Tapscott fam
Z lily. I'd u1i3T 300 ta- e.lasal- ..1sa -''
d fsBut Whatshallwe do fora substituted
asks mistress, with her wine half way t
J, thar lips. 5ss 5as ssta daiT uoEiI
it i ''Use ''especial' or 'tindividuaP' o
y some other synonymous term, says mas
! llef' u form. g. s5tl r.. tr ssibssE
And then they pledged each other.
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