The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-22
The Wife's Dream.

singing birds in gildcd cages, plump An
CORA cat OH the velvet rug before the fire, a
wise-looking pug stretched lazily Oh the
flowing shirts of Il pretty womans dress.
Truly, sweet, domestic picture But stop!
Surely that is frown between those pretty
archcd eyebrows, and the full swell of the
under lip is very like pout. And, as
live, there are two great tears on the long
black lashcs! And now she breaks out
into torrent of petulent, impatient words:
"The same tircsome things, day after day
first breakfast, then kiss Charley good-by,
then directions to look for tho six o'clock
dinner, and after that the needle work-how
L hate u!-or calls, made or received, in
which one is treated to a full account of
Mrs. Blanks cNtravaganccs, of Miss IIoni-
tons flirtations, of that horrid Colonel st.
Cyr, so awfully fast, my dear, and so dis
tressingly good looking. How tired am
of it all! And there is Charley Who
would have believed he could change so in
so short timer Hc no longer cares for
ball, theatcr or opera, hut dons dressing
gown, smoking cap and slippers directly
after he has swallowed his dinner, lights
that horrid mccrschaum, and passes the
evening behind a newspaper, cnvelopcd in
smoke clouds. 0, dear! wish l had not
been in quite such hurry to got married.
y, go away, Bijou!" and with her slippcred
foot she thrusts the teasing pug from her.
a rap ut the door, and to her sharp "Comc
in," servant appears, bringing card.
Madam looks, tlushcs, says 81 will be down
directly" and flies to her dressing room.
brushes her flushed cheeks with a cooling
powdcr-putl, pats the brown waves of her
hair with two pretty dimplcd hands, glanccs
at herself in the glass, smiles, and dcsccnds
to the drawing room.
A tall gcntlemanly looking man rises and
comes forward us she enters.
"Nirs. Thornton"
That 10 all hc says, but the tone and
manner arc most impressive, and thrills
through the heart of the wife as Charey's
words and tones used to before lie took to
ncglccting her for dressing gowns, sleepy
hOllOws and mecrschaums.
Well, they talk of the weather. the las.
new opera, etc, etc. Commonplace sub.
jects enough. But why should his eyes
cause hers to waver and droop, glad to
shelter themselves behind the white lids?
Why, Mt parting, is the little white hand so
hastily withdrawn from the close, warm
pressure of his? Why, after he has gone,
does she gaze SO tcndcrly ut the hand she
had 80 hastily withdrawn, raise it almost to
her lips, and then suddenly let it drop at
her side? Why? l can tell you that. She
loves her husband with her whole warm,
passionate ,,hcart. And for year or more
has been living on husks. lie considers his
whole duty done when the table is bounti-
fully supplied, the wife wcl-(lrcsscd, and
he does not wavcr in his allegiance to her.
Possession has dilnmed the bright lustre
OF his love, and so, the wifc's heart is hun
CRY for it, and this old admircr, whom she
gladly throw over for Charley, Is welcome
to-day for the sake of the ripple he makes
on this dead-sea monotony, down which she
is slowly drifting. And his eyes cause hers
to droop, and his hand pressure causes her
heart to throb, because there is love in the
eyes and tenderness in the hand pressure.
She does not care one iota for this Ray
Remington. Still, she has hungercd 80
long, that this crust is not 50 Hnpalatablc to
her as it would once have been. There, sir
or madam, you have the explanation. AS
for you, Mr.. Jones or Robinson, is there so
much difference between your conduct and
this Charles Thornton of whom write. that
you can afford to pass the lesson by, as not
applicable to you? If 30, Mrs. Jones or
Robinson is to be congratulated. She is a
happy woman, and God bless you, sir, say
/, and / wish there were more like YOU
Now I am not going to make of this
handsome Ray Remington a flend incar-
nate. No, he was simply what would be
termed a genuinely good fellow; which
means he was witty, generous a warm
friend, nobody's enemy, and little, Just
little weak, and impulsive enough to follow
up his own desires and inclinations, rccking
little of the cost or consequences to himself