The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-06-15

III alraiu you are.
He came TO her side aud bent over
her. She repulsed him. Then he,
astonished and angry, stood looking
ut her
what am to understand from
this Z he said.
You kao,c, William she answer
cd. Look into vonr heart aud ask
yourself Ali William, have been
true wife to you and a good moth
or to your chillren for iifteen years,
aud now you turn from me to some
younger, pre'tier woman, You see
| know all Willilm. That note ex
cited my suspicion this morning. |
knoy women don't reason things out
like men; they know the truth by
instinct. I opened your desk. aul
read the note you bal hidden inside
the book of poems. and l don't know
who she is, anl 1 don caro- hat
You love another woman.
Still tho husband stood looking at
his wifc--the strangest look. Ho did
not approach her, nor dill he answer
her by any word. After awhile he
said softly, aud quite to himself:
'The little pink note in the book
We'll ! to be sure Yes, yes and
she is Jealous.
jealous + cried poor Mrs. Craw-
ford. That sa light word to me.
and you use it lightly. Its moth
ing that you have been 30 false to
me that you
Emma, said tho man, intorrupt,
ing, you make your accusations We
~ oolly. Why 10 you declare that
have been false TO you :
Al tile ray of hope shot iuto the
wife's heart
AT least you must have made love
to woman before she could write
so to you.
He shook his heal softly
Yes. ] confess that. he sail.
This is more than | can bear.
sohbed the wife. i am an idiot to
talk to you hut you must know my
resolution. We must part. Papa
will take me home. | will go with
him with my chillrep. and you-
Won can go to her, Whoever she is
| will not share tue heart that once
was all my own
Il don't think you were right TO
open my desk us you dill. he slil.
'but since you have found tho latter,
) ! II make II clean breast of il. love
is something that comes AMI goes ut
viii. | love that woman and she poor
Gn, loves me. suppose il yoi feel
IalXious about your father, must
leiyou go I'll write to the ol /
ge'tieman aud explain. Good night,
Elm a.
! Nsxt day n carriage stopped at
the dor, and n white h,irei OIL far
mer seppel from it. It was Em
mas athor. Mr. Crawford |
been a good as his word, and had
written him.
'Ol, fthor criol the wrotchel
woman, rs she clnny t. his arm
this is a sal ending OF all my
hopes
Yes, Emma, slii the oil man.
Trawflrd his told me all IL is very
dreadful, bu you can't regret leay
ing him "A nl,n that gets love let
ter from Other men. Emma
Her mother took her in her arms
ut tho door thAt was something; but
after all she cvuli not forget her
long, long wifeNood. That night
Mrs. CraNforl hy awake ana not
likely to sleep.
awake, daughter7' said a voice.
She answered; Yes father, and
likely to be-
Then the door opened, and tho cid
lnau came in.
II camo to hiring you this Your
husband gave me this tn give tn you
It's about that note, aud ii read it
tonight il | were you. III set the
candle over here Might "a we'll
get over it Mt once food night.
The same qneer look that she had
seen in all their faces startled Emma
Crawford again but it passed from
her miud as she took up the thick
letter that had been laid on her pill
low, aud breaking the seal, found
within two small pink notes -,one
numbered one aud the other two.
IN black lead pencil aud another
in her husbands hand writing
MY DEAR EMMA I'll think that by
this time you will have grown anxi-
ous to kuow more about the woma n
that wrote to me, She's very nice
little soul, though troubled with jeal-
ousy, aud married her fifteen years
ago. | lived very near her during
counting days, aud wo wrote not
much to each other ] had two let,
ters only. Those / kept. The one
number two, was written on her
return from a short visit. The 9th.
1nmber 'one, while she was ab
s66t The number two is the ono
you read. / came across it that
morning you spied me reading it. !
should have told YOU. had you not
been SO cross But when ! was soft
with the memory of old counting
days, you snapped at ma Emua,
my dear, you have forgotten your