The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-04-19
never left me alone: unless she had put him
- i IL !.

drive, said Maud
! agreed to this plan. and giving Maud
the reinS. | layed back and thought of her
words. Was she right after all" Was |
jealous? Was really, Us Maud says, in
love with MY husband ? Had only found
1t ont now when was deprived Of his com
! lEIny" Was this the reason that could do
nothing but inwardiy reproach myself for
my conduct TO him? And the longer |
thought the more convinced became that
| Maud was right, that was Jealous and that
| was III love, as she called it,
This knowledge did not make me hap
| pier. for no sooner knew it than longrd
to tell him, and make up. 81 fast | could for
all OF my former cruelty, for | could call
my conduct by no milder word | passed a
'leeplcss night, and is lay awake | COM
posed various letters of confession which
resolved to send the following day: but
When morning came my pride stepped III
! and began to feel il would he impossible
TO write, and settled down and to wait until
| my husband came home and then tell him
how his absence had altered me-
got up early and walked out to meet the
poStman, SO anxious WAS to get Il letter
from him: it was the first | had ever re-
celved from him since our marriage and no
girl was ever So anxious for OF So pleased
with her first love-lette. as was .,:u. this.
1t was Il long letter, full of loving mes
SageS and terms of endearment, all of which
cut me TO the heart, for they sounded like
$" many reproacha>: in reality, | think
there was tone of gentle rcrroach through
out the letter. Fl" gave me- an account of
his mothers health, begged me write to him
a few lines every day, but he said no: :. worl
about returning.
spent the morning in answering it much
to Mards amusement, who, of course
thought was pouring out volumes of love
and complaints Of my temporary widow
hood. After tearing up dozen sheets of
paper at last sent Il short note, cool and
with no aluson to my misery. The more | |
tried the more impossible found it to write
any expressions of love or prnitencc. though |
was hnngcring to dc So
For a whole week | went on in this way, |
suffering more acutcly every day. and every |
day receiving long. loving letters from Mr.. |
Cartwright. and writing short, cool answers.
lost my appetite, | could not sleep at
night, and the torture ! was enduring mad"
me look so i'll that Maud became frightened |
and declared she would write and summon |
my husband home and tell him was pninc /
away for him. | forbade, her doing so SO |
steruly that she dared not tliSohey me, for |
WAS determined that he should never hear |
from any lips bat mine that at last his |
hearts desire WAS attained. for loved him. |
At last, when he had been away ten DAYS. |
| could bear it no longer, for | should |
have the brain fever if went on this way.
So determined to go to Melton, where Mrs |
Cartwright lived, and see my husband. | |
came to this decision one night, and Went |
into Maud'S room curly i'll the morning TO
tell her my intention. expected she would |
laugh at me, but | think she guessed some
thing was wrong for she seemed glad to hear
1t and helped me pack few things and set |
of in time TO catch the morning train
1t was Il three hours journey They
!
got to my husband the more impatient was
to see him. AT last We got to Melton, a |
large town. OF course as | was not eX-
pected there was no one to meet me, 81 |
took 4 fly to MR.. Cartwright : hoaSc, where
| arrived about three o'clock.
| learned afterwards that Andrew was
with his mother in the drawing-room when
drove up, but thinking was only Il Wis
itor he escaped into another room, SO
found my mother-in-law alone.
BY her side We're some of my husbands
socks which she was larning socks which | |
had handed over to the servants to mend.
and which now longed To snatch away
from his mother. His desk stood open, a
letter to me which he WAS writing living on
it.
The servants announced me AZ Mrs. All
drewS, my Voice failing as gave my name,
5" that Mrs. Cartwright held up her hands
in establishment when she saw who it was.
'My dear. Nelly has anything hap
pened: How i'll you look. What is it ."
she exclaimed.
Il want my husband,'' gasped. sinking
on chair, for | thought | should have
fallen. Without another word Mrs. Cart
wright left the room: | feel sure now she |
guessed all about it, and | can never thank |
her enough for torb2aring to worry me with |
questions is to what | had come for.
She came back III Il few moments with a |
glass of wine which she made me drink of. |
l.. III l
| took it. | complied, and she Went for
him: in another minute | heard his step |
outside the door. and then he came in.
NELLY, my lovc-lny darling. what is it," |
he cried | rushed into his outstrctched |
arms and hid my face in his breast Sobbing
bitterly. For some moments | could not
speak: at last recovered myself enough to
sob out:
"Oh Andrew. my love. my dear love. can |
YOU ever forgive me- | came To ask YOU, |
AMI tell You can't live without you. |
would have said more. but his kisSc; stop
ped my mouth, and when AT length he let
me go there were other tears upon my cheeks |
besides my own.
That was the happirSt hour of my life
in spite of my tears: and before my mother
in-law joined us, which she directly avoided |
doing until dinner time, had poured out
all had TO tell into my hu stands ears and |
| had learned from him that he had left !
me to try what effect his absence would !
have on me, for lie had felt for some time
that my pride WAS the greatest barrier he
had to win my love.
He had Judged right. H., was too gen
erouS to tell me how much he had suffered
from my Indifference, but | knew it must
have gricyrd him terribly. He is different
man nov, he looks 81 happy, and knew he
would not change place, with any one on
earth. We went back to the rect Dry the
next day. hut we could not persuade Mrs.
Cartwright to come with us: she said We
wrr, best alone, and think she was right.
CURIOUS DERIVATIONS.
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