The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-11-20
SET, PA. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1878.

cool and with 20 allusion tc my mis-
cry.
The more | tried the more impos
sible I..found il to write any expires
sious of love CT penitence, though ]
was hungeriDg to do so.
For whole week | went on in
this way, suffering more acutely eve
ry day, and every day receiving long
loving letters from Mr.. Cartwright
and in return writing short, cool an
swers.
lest my appetite, ] could not
sleep a. night, and The torture that
| was enduring made me look so i'll
that Maud became frightened and
declared she would write and sum
mon my husband home, and tell him
| was pining away for him. | for
bade her doing so, so sternly that she
dared not disobey me, for | was de-
termined be should never hear from
any lips but mine that at last bis
hearts desire was attained, for | low
ed him.
At last when be had been away
ten days, | conId bear it no longer,
for should have brain fever if went
on in this way, SO | determined to go
20 Melton, where Mrs. Cartwright
lived, and see my husband. | came
TO this decision one night, and went
into Maud's room early the next NOR
DiHg to tell her my intention. | ex-
pecled she would laugh at me, bat |
think she guessed something was
wrong for she seemed glad to hear it
and helped me to pack few things
and set of in time TO catch the morn
ing train.
TWAS three hours journey. They
seemed three years to me, for the
nearer got 10 my husband the more
i'm. alieut was 10 see him. At last
We got 20 Melton, lsrgish town. OF
eour,e, as was not expected, there
was ID enc to meet ME, so | took o
Ay to Mrs Cartwright's house, where
] arrived about three O'Clock.
! learned afterwards that Andrew
with bis mother was in the drawing
room wheB drove up, bat thinking
/ was only visitor be escaped into
another room, so found my mother
in-lsw alone.
BY her side were some of my hus-
bands seeks which she was darniDg,
socks which | handed over TO my
servants To mend, ard which now
lOnged TO snatch away from his
mother. His desk stood open, a let
ter to me which be was writing ly-
ing or it.
The servant announced me as Mrs.
Andrews, my voice falling as | gave
my name, so that Mrs. Cartwright
held up her hands in establishment
when she saw who | was.
my dear Nellyl Has anything
happened? How i'll you look !?
What is it? she said.
81 want my husband" | gasPed,
sinking into q chair, for | thought l
should have fallen. Without anoth-
er word Mrs. Cartwright left the
room feel sure now she guessed
ell about it, and I can never thank
her enough for forbesring to worry
me with questions as to what / came
for.
She came back ia few minutes
with a glass Of wine, which she made
me drink Of, saying she would send
him to me at once if | took it. |
complied, and she went for him ; in
another instant | heard his footstep
outside the door, aud then be came
q.
nelly, my loVe-my darling
what is it be cried as | rushed into
his outstre.cbed arms, and hid my
face on his breast, sobbing bitterly
For some moments | could not speak;
at last l recovered myself enough to
sob out
"Oh, Andrew, my love, nv dear
loyei can you ever forgive me l
came to ask you, and tell you that l
can't live without you" l would
have said more but his kisses stop
ped my mouth, and when at length
ne ..let me 90 there were other
tears upon nv checks besides nv
own.
That was the hsppiest hour of my
life, in spite Of my tears; and before
my mother-in-law joined us, which
she directly avoided doing until din
ner time, l had poured out all | had
said to her in my husbands g ears; and
| bad learned from him that he had
left me TO try what his effect his sb-
sence would have on me; for be had
felt for some time that my pride was
The barrier be had to overcome to
win my love.
He had judged right. lie was too
generous to tell me how much be had
suffered for my indifference, bnt |
knew it must have grieved him terri
bly,. He is different man now, he
looks so happy, and | know be would
not change places with any one on
earth. We went back to the rectory
the next day, but We could not per.
suade Mrs. Cartwright to come with
Us; she said we were best alone, and
thiLk she was right.