The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-08-31

with but little impression. To her
chagrin, the little Goodwins, who had
all their dresses direct from London,
had an entirely new style of overskirt,
that made Jennie, Susan and Lottie
look quite old-fashioned in the eyes of
their mother.
Summer came. and the long spring
days were spent in preparing a seaside
wardrobe for the children, for Mr..
Henley, by the advice of his physician,
was going to take his wife to the sea-
side.
The pain in her side had become very
troublesome, and there was a little
hacking cough that meant wakeful
nights. The pale cheeks were seldom
tinged with healthy color, and the
eyes were languid and heavy. People
spoke pityi1gly of Mrs. Henley as
"quite an invalid" and her husband
mourned over the alteration in his
wife.
He insisted upon having physician,
who advised fresh air and exercise,
and tonic. And Annie obediently
swallowed the tonic, took daily
walk, and then made up for "lost
time" by stitching at night. For
were not the Goodwins, the WilcoXes,
and all the leading fashionables of
Langt0n going to the same place where
Mr.. Henley had taken rooms, and
could Jennie, Susan and LOttie have
one inch less rufling and tucking than
they possessed.
He only shrugged his shoulders
when his little girls minced along with
dainty tine-lady airs, instead of bound
ing with the freedom of childhood.
He bore the STEADY whirr Of the sew
ing-machine in the evening, instead
of the voice or music of his wife.
But when Annie's health began to
give way he exercised his authority
and found he had been silent too long
But, the summer wardrobes COM
pleted, the dainty dresses trimmed.
the trunks packed, Annie faithfully
promised James to rest during the
summer SOiOUrn at the seaside. With
sudden consciousness of growing
weakness there came to her an appree
citation Of her husbands love and pa
Sha hafrl,r 70 rao1i1n tho+ Sha
had let her ambition for dress over
shadow her love for her husband, and
that she had wrOnged him in depriv-
ing him Of the COmpaniOnShip he had
priced so highly.
Il Will rest while | am gone, and
when | come back, James, will give
my evenings to you as | did when we
We're first married.
That was her parting promise, never
to be eXacted. Only a few days of rest
were allowed her before an acute at
tack Of lung fever Frustrated her.
James left his business to hurry to
the seaside, nurse was engaged,
and medical skill did its utmost. But
the constitution, weakened by confne-
ment and overwork. could not resist
the disease. and while the summer
days We're still in the full beauty, Mrs.
Henley knew she was dying,
It was a bitter thought. Life held
50 much that was precious; her kind,
loving husband, her beautiful chill
dren. her happy home-all these must
be left.
a mysterious dispensation of PROV
idence,' said Mrs. Goodwin; such a
good mother. And those children are
Just the age when they most need a
mothers care
Anne Henley, in the dread hour when
she bade farewell to hope, wound her
arms around her husbands neck, and
sobbed:
"If had only listened to you,
James, | might have been a guide
to our children, a companion to you
for many years, and when [ died have
left loving memories instead of a
trunk of fine clothing. L have wasted
my life
And James Henley, in his widow
er's weeds, with his three little girls
in somber black beside him, wonders
momnfully how many mothers of the
land are wasting their lives in the
same struggle for appearance.-"0 q.
J, In EpiScoP0ltGR.