The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-12-10

! limbS upon cold Viands and with limited
facilities; for either somebody had for
{ gotten the spoons or cups, and all were
surprised that " they never once thought
of fOfksp' But their appetites were
sharpened by exercise and all discOm'
forts made light of, and the deluding
creatures went home declaring they had
had such a splendid time"
In this instance the wagon in which
Mrs. Lads was returning with many
| Others) broke down upon the rough
road, and the others had to take in the
ladies, leaving many of the gentlemen
towalk, and 1t so happened that Mrs.
Lads was assigned a seat in the buggy
with young Ellery, he having driven
| cut alone. She knew well enough her
husband would be furious over it, but
she was not going to render herself
ridiculous by declining a simple and
necessary courtesy.
Yet as they rode along she felt i'm
patience and chagrin at the accident
which had thrust her upon her COM
panion.
The whele day has been to me an
unpleasant one, and | wish | had re-
manned at home" she said.
L WISH MI 14dNlfS COulu near you,
laughed Ellefy He would vote you
the most devoted of wives and his con-
jugal soul delight in the snubbing you
infiet upon your gentlemen friends"
q [ suppose l ought to be exceedingly
grateful to you, Mr.. Ellery, for the
privilege of being driven home by you,
but 1 do not feel very, kindly disposed
toward you at present"
Why, Mrs. 1andis?" he interrupted.
What have done to merit your dis
pleasure2 / have noticed all day your
avoidance of me. and with what reluct-
ance you accepted a seat IN my car
riage.'"
"I have lost my emerald ring, sir, and
/ am told that you have been seen wear
ing it and knowing, if SO, that it must
have frandulentlY come into your posses
sion, l must have naturally felt indig-
nant, especially as my husband is angry
thereat."
"I regret to be,a cause of annoyance
to yOu,' returned he, and While speaking
took from his pocket an emerald ring
very unlike the one in question. "YOu
see, madame, that your jealous and sus-
piciOus husband"
" Husb! | will not hear word against
him." interrupted the lady. "I have
lost my ring, and it was but natural he
that he should think"
His wife was giddy firt, having
denied any knowledge Of the where
abouts of the missing jewel, and insist
ing, / presume, that l had it with your
sanction"
Mr.. Ell6ry, l will never speak to you
again if you say another word against
my husband" she replied, with indig-
nant tears springing to her eyes.
q am not likely to have the oppor-
tunity, madam, for there comes your
lord and master after the wife he neither
hOnOTs nor trusts"
Nothing could have exceeded the sur
prise of Mr.. Lads when they met, to find
his wife being escorted home by Ellery.
They had started in advance Of the rest
Of the company, and consequently the
husband had no knowledge of the acci-
dent which had thrust her upon him.
And the flushed face and indignant
manner Of the lady he at once construed
into signs of guilt at detection, for he
we'll knew his coming must have been
unexpected, she Bupposing him to have |
gone 90 tire city. II viii r5liete you of |
my wife, sir" said he in his most icy
manner and with an angry flash darken- |
ing his face. As Ellery assisted the |
lady from his carriage. to that OF her |
husband come imp OF darkness must |
have prompted his words, for he said:
"That's the way with you husbands.
You won't let another fellow take even
one step into your Elysium without put
ting in an tinWelGUnc appearance"
n a rt- !
ing from his eyes, Mr.. Lads struck his |
spirited horses as they were in the act OF |
and in answer to the stinging |
stroke, they swerved aside, the carriage |
overturned with crash, the occupants |
were thrown violently to the ground, |
and the animals. freed from restraint. |
dashed away with the carriage gathering |
at their heels.
In an instant Ellery sprang to render
assistance, found Mr.. Lads sttinfed and
his wife wholly unconscious and apPar-
emily dead.
Help will be here presently" said
Ellery, and in few words explained the
accident that had caused Mrs. Lads to /
be in his company.
Forgetting every doubt and grievance, |
The young husband held his wife in his
arms, gazed upon her death-white face,
and frantically called her name and |
begged her to speak but q single word. |
Help came at last, and they bore her
home but partially revived and laid her
in that unconscious state upon her own |
bed. The physician who had been sum-
moned pronounced her in great danger
from confusion Of the brain Wearily |
and slowly the hours dragged along to the
young husband, ever a watcher by her
side.
Tortured by her sufferings lay the |
poor woman with her spirit wandering |
ever in a dream land peopled by her |
husbands doubts of her, his accusations
which she attempted to refute in NUT |
terings of indignant protest, and the lit
tie hands wandering over the bed in |
search of the ring; often finding it in |
imagination, with sighs of cOntentment, |
only to be followed by its loss again or
some new trouble or misunderstanding |
between herself and her dearly beloved |
husband; and all the while her eyes had |
an unearthly brilliancy, her face flushed, |
her lips ashy, and even moving. At |
last the physician forbade the presence |
Of Mr.. Lads.
{" 1 will not answer for her life unless |
you leave the room," he said. Your |
presence constantly keeps up the excite |
ment; your voice increases her deIu- |
sions."
"I will do asyou bid me, returned the |
agonized husband, provided you pro-
mise to notify me of any change the in |
slant it occurs"
The promise given, young Ellery, who |
had been in constant sympathy with and |
to Mr. Lads, led him to his |
own room, placed him upon couch and
attempted to lead his mind away from |
the cause of anxiety. In nervous ex-
pectancy that would not admit of repose, |
Lads tossed about the tassels and fin |
gered the hem Of his dressing-gown
There is something in this corner"