Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-02-26

my light gloves
20 Herbert you are not going
away again =
ii must. Daisy, The are . lot OF
fellows going TO drive TO High
Bridge, aud am one OF the party
You can 90 over to mothers 10 dinner
or send for one Of your friends, or
something There goodbye. pOss ]
am In q hurry"
Aud with one careless Kiss pressed
on tho damask rose Of u mouth that
was upliitcd 10 him, he was gone
Daisy Ainseourt neither went 10 her
mother.nlaws, nor sent for one Of
her girl friends, She spent the even
ing all alone pondoring Oh tho shadows
that were last overgrowing her liie'
ooh what shall | do = thought the
wife,
But child as she was, Daisy had u
strong resolute woman's heart with
in
"Daisy," said her husband to her the
next day, "you have no objections to
my attending the Orion Ball Masqac 7
"Are mask balls nice places Her.
bert :"
80 yes, everybody goes only ]
thought would pay you the compl''
ment of asking whether you disaprov'
cd or not"
Can 80 with YOU:
"Well-ahcm mot this time, Daisy
You SEQ Mrs, F.. really hin,ed so
strongly for me to take her, that !
could not help IT,
"Vc,y we.l," assscnted Daisy, meek
~, AL Herbert repeated within him
self the,,pman of fpraise ho had chant
ed into Mr.. Portcross's ears "the
best wife in the world
Bnt Notwithstanding all this, Mr..
Ainscourt was not exactly pleased
when at the selfsame bal! during the
period of unmasklng, he saw his wife's
innocent face crowning the picturesque
consume ofa Bavarin peasant girl.
MIollo!" he calculated rather
ungracously, "you here q
ayes" said Daisy with girlish
smile. "You said that everybody
went. And oh, Herbert isn't it nice 2
Mr.. Ainscourt said nothing, but Mis-.
r found him very dull companion
the rest of the evening.
He was late at dinner the next day
but late as he was, he was more pune
tual than bis wife, and the solitary
meal Was halt over before Mrs. Daisy
tripped in, her cashmere shawl trailing
over her shoulders, and her dimpled
cheeks all pink with the fresh wind.
"Am behind time }? Really l am
so sorry! But we have been driving
in the park, and
"We! Who are we 2 growled her
husband.
"Why, Colonel Adair and 1.-The
Col. Adair you 60 out with so often.
"Now look here, Dasy!" ejaculat-
ed Mr.. Ainscourt, rising from the table
and pushing back his chair, "Adair
isn't exactly the man | want you to
drive with"
"But you 60 everywhere with him."
81 dare say-but you and are two
different persons"
"Now dear Herbert interposed
Daisy, "you know never was bit
proud and the associates that are good
enough for my husband arc good
enough for me. Let me give you a Jew
more oysters.
Ainscourt looked sharply at his
wife. Was she really in earnest or was
there a mocking under-current of
satire IN her tones? But he could
not decide, SO artless was her coun-
tenance.
I'll talk to her about it sometime
was his internal decision.
"Daisy," he SAID carelessly when
dinner was over, 81 have asked old
Mrs. Barberry to come aud spend the
day with you tomorrow.
II am sorry, for | am engaged out
TO- morrow"
"You? Where 2"
"Oh, at Delmonico's. ] have JOIN
ed Woman's Rights Club, and we
meet there to organize"
1.-THE duce take woman's rights J"
calculated the irate husband.
"Of course | don't believe in them,
but 1t is the fashion to belong to clubs
and it's such nice place to so even !
ings. am so dull here evenings,
Herbert"
Herberl's heart smote him, but he
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