Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-07-23
No, she has not kept step, to folio,

your1own rAgures Enable TO, keep up
! with your long, rapid strides, che has
fallen, faint and footsore, by the way. I
tell you she must have rest for both
mind and body. or viii no. answer for
the result. And 1t would be better found
away from home
i Yes / begin 10 comprehend, and IL
cen be found away And offering bis
hand, I win take care, doctor, that you
do not get a chance to administer anoth-
er such dose to me-
Mr. Streeter went back 10 the room
where his wife was sitting propped up
By pillows, and gush Of unuiterable
tenderness swelled ia his heart as he
glanced at her pale face and almost
Transparent. hands, He sat down beside
her. and said, softly: aaanr
You don't know how glad lam that
YOU are better r
Thank you. Yes, l am almost well
now shall soon be able 10 be in the
Kitchen. / am snre must be sadly
needed there BY this time.'
No, you are not needed there. BY
the way, would you like to have me put
the farm TO rent this summer, and you
take the boy, and 90 back to the old
granite hillsp
sob, could you: May goP and the
voice quivered with excitement; then
wistfully, but the expense, Newton IL
would put us back so much.'
Yes, there it is A; the old doctor was
right, he thought. And then aloud,
DO YOU know what went to the city
for the day you were i'll"
TO deposit some money for more
land. 1 think you said'' she replied.
YEARLY.
Yes but | do not need that land l
have far more land than / can cultivate
now. And you shall have that money
or at least all you want of it--aud 60
home and stay all the summer, and.
to get some of your blood back l
shall write to-day that you are COM
ing.'
Mrs. streeter could hardly believe it
. ot one Of her feyerish dreams.
But it all came about in good tme'
,,d .be arrived safely at home, where
sbe was petted and csressed to nsr
hearts content.
.You are all trying to spoil me 'he
would expostulate; i shall never Ds ~
for farmers wife any more
And thus among loving friends, riding
w,ltinU and when at home, reading,
music. and writing long letters to her
husband, the summer wore 'TH"'
away. wos
coming, and she was counting 'ue ua
,Is. must .lapss ere she could look upon
bio face and be elasped to his heart.
Sha l~ vas eager to go now. Her holiday
80. ,,". oyer. Health had returned, aud not
an instant did she shrink from the O''
life. .-..a..x
And when the husband came and saw
.mon,er one ,ummcr had wroughI
he again told himself that the s00o ''
tor was right. .,a
A few days were given 70 'ne 0'u
,r;ends. and then they turned Their races
toward their Western home
Il was evening when they arrived, an0
A.. ,v;rs looked with bewilderment On
.hs .,s change. A handsome front had been
odasa 10 the old dwelling; and before
cha had time to question she was usher
ed ed into parlor newly furnished and al,
readv lighted. An elegant piano s'ooo
in a recess evidently constructed '0' II"
reception. rs. .rs5ci.s.
sbs turned toward her husband 70
assure herself that he, too, hao no'
CHANGED into something or somebody
else. But the merry twinkle IN his eye
told her he was enjoying her surprise,
aud slowly she began to reah1e sae
whole situation. Yes, now she una'
stood his strange reluctance to menti0n 't
what he was doing, and his willingness,
70 have her remain, even after she nAa
EXPRESSED her anxiety to return
Come, have more to show YOU
and he showed her into a large COM
mod,ous room furnished for her own
sleeping department, even to her Oa0''
crib. ii.
This is for you. And now lay a'loe
vour dus,y Garments and prepare Tor
tea 1t must have been ready an houf
ago. l will go and see.' ,,.,
When he returned he found bis 'i'Hs
wife sitting in her little rocker anu
weeping silently. -lfa.,-
Have | wounded where wsnes
heal:' he asked. reproacnfnlly.
Forgive me- she said, srniiinsi
am goose, but hred.winssd ene'
YOU know. And am 30 happy 70 "
- .,eh a home. that have no
words IN which to tell nay happiness
He stopped 10 kiss the offered hps.-
And what a different life it was--ooss,
not burdeued. Time for the wanu o'
the mind as we'll as the body. Geoa
help in the kitchen all the nme' anu
choice reading for any leisure shour'
The farm was an unfailing source .oi
income, fully defraying all expense, WE
a balance in favor. "a saiJ .aoH
Been improving see,' SAID ~
Meeker, rs he relned 10 bic light car
rage to the neat fence. ysdi tad ys
Yes. doctor. Come in 4 want 70