Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-01-08

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woman like her-so sensitive to all disa-
greeable influences i should be tempted to
keep her in bandbox, and never let auv
| of the worries Of life come near her."
"The kind of bandbox her first husband
is in," / suggested. Certainly, that
would meet my hearty appreciation"
GLOW is II, Lizzie, you women can he SO
cruel to each otber2"
"WOmeu of her stripe, sir" / said,
"dOnI shine 10 dazzle other women. And
| while they concentrate all IL cir rays upon
| you men, we from our shaded position can
! see clearly all that lies hidden from you"
"The baseness OF your suspicious dis
| gusts me-" he said. "Can IL he that you
| are the woman I considered the most ten
der hearted and the most credulous wo-
man In existence only one month ago?
What has changed you sof Ia it possible
that you are jealousf"
o, what blow was there, my country
women? Much too close to the truth to he
taken as joke. As may be imagined, all
the seeds Of Satan lying so long dormant
In Mrs. Browns tender little heart took
root at once upon this charge, so mon-
strous-so (heaven forgive the lie) untrue.
They not only took root, but achieved a
growth so sudden aud gigantic as entirely
10 eclipse all such prodigies rs Jonsh's
gourd and Jacks bean stalk.
She started up IN bed. II came into her
head 10 have fit, but she doubled her gen.
ius in an extemporsneons production Of
such magnitude, and concluded 10 put It
nn until ha haI E.r
hearsal. The most tragic thing sho could
substitute was 10 throw the bed clothes on
the floor. This had decided success in
Alice's drama, but Mr.. Brown arrested the
moy ement and rolled himself up in them
like huge chrysalis. Bafiied at every
point, she wanted to fight, and encouraged
in this idea by remembering to have heard
of some woman who whipped her husband
whenever she wanted to-afler first tying
him up In a sheet. Mr.. Brown had al
ready tied himself up. How accommodat-
ing TO he sure!
"Your last move was just exactly in my
hand" she said. ~ have now got you
where l want you ~ and she began pound
ing him with both fists. But she might as
well have been beating the feather-bed for
all the harm it did. AT last the chysalis
| became convulsed as with an earthquake,
and a voice, quivering with suppressed
mirth and pity, too, issued from its depths.
"Don't hurt you dear little dimpled
6sts," it said. "Ill come out aud let you
whip me if you choose; but remember
that had rather be kissed"
Get Alice 10 kiss you! dare say you
would like that better; - and with this last
shot there came again that something about
the size of an apple-dumpling into her
throat and this time she could not swal-
low it. She did get real fits, and the gym
nastic exercises she went through that
night 10 get rid of them would make an ar
ticle of twenty one columns in a sporting
| journal with continued next week" at the
| end of it,
| The demon OF hysteria yielded to stimu-
lanls soon amer midnight, and 1t was l,
and not Alice, who got up before daylight
TO get breakfast for the men. Mr.. Brown
tried to help me. He did not know how
10 turn a batter-cake, and OF course great
big thing like him, with No. 10 bools te
stumble over was awfully in my way.
Bat recognized the intention of his kind
heart and suffered the inconvenience
thankfully.
For four days Alice laid in bed, while 1
did the work and Billy waited on her.
There was nothing the matter, only she
could not wear her shoes aud stockings. II
1 treated her cruelty, reiribution followed
me. l was taken sick almost as soon as she
| ahIa 10 do ha T., 4 bo
meantime, she had poisoned Billy's mind
against me to such degree that lie could
hardly bear the sight of me, and she was
using her influence with him tc leave us
and go back 10 Sacramento, the place where
she bad formerly lived.
And while was still in bed, thopgh con-
vslescent, Mr.. Brown told me that Billy
was dissatisfied and intended going away
Immediately. In his settlement with him,
he found a great discrepancy between the
time as he had kept it and the time as Bill
ly kept ii. Investigating the matter, we
discovered that Alice had kept the time for
him since their marriage, and had put in
more days than there were Between the
date OF his coming and the date of his leav.
ing. Billy was surprised at this, aud fear
ed we would consider him dishonest. "I
was a mistake in Alice" he said "womer
are so careless, you know"
The next day they were sent to the near
est town in our bright new wagon, togeth
or with Billy's tool chest aud Alice's cnor
nous Saratoga trunk.
And that was the last of thom for somI
time. When I got up about the hous'
again, found it stripped of every poTta
be thing had. Sheets, tsble-cloths, tow
els, napkins, spoons, unmade material o
every description, clear down 10 the feath
er off from Little Pickles Sunday bat anc
her blue gros grain sash.
1t was Mr.. Browns turn to Ue angry
; now. For my part, l tn ought it was goo,
riddance at any price and OF course,
soothed his ruffied feelings, after the man
ner of charming wives, by saying, "Didn'
: l tell you so -
/, Did Billy know itH No, he did not.
: ran across him in a street car in this city
only few weeks ago. The gayety was al
faded-o of his frank, handsome face. II
had in his lap little girl about two year
old she was the very image of himself
and The only time his face relaxed from th
habitual severity of its expression wa
; when he looked at the child.
: "And how is Alice, Billy - l asked.
"She is gone to the devil, Mrs. Brown
She ran away with that fellow who wrot
her those letters before we had been in Sac
ramento month. She took what none
4 l had with her aud my best suit OF clothes
a About year after, she sent me this baby
! II was helpless little darling then, but
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