The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-03-03
LED BY JEALOUSY.

THE EFFECT OF AN ADVERTISEMENT.
- It was grand and gorgeous on the first
morning OF spring, 1t was not the tap
ping Of the woodpecker in the hollow
beech, nor yet the nutchat hunming ut
a: his breakfast, that soft rap-a-tap-tap one
heard. 1t was only Mr., Ernest Black,
knocking out his pipe against the garden
~ Happy mani to have such charming
nook wherein to smoke the early pipe.
..HiscnmfoEtable mansion OF Shrublands,
cosy modern building, warm and
,;roomy, with glass houses clustered
about it, and its convenient offices ut
cythe rear, 4ies' on the slope. above. Ir
font Of HIM stretches . pleasant lawn,
land he looks over on a sweet river val
.a.ley; bounded by purple hills, reaches of
water, showing in silver .streaks here
e.. add There. "A warm pleasant little din
G, ,:gsie en- compasses.th grounds, sheltering
t"the house from the north and east, and
SloPihk down, toward the south, and
tNaere. the first breath of newborn sprin g
:iisfek; and the first green leaf Of the year
=. IS seen on the slender White birch, whose
brown c;,tkins are dying for love Of the
hceariestbiossoms of the season.
:; ~ n.y. glu1Sne tus.y tt m'iS sElS sSSSN
;!s TO be- Mere. rs he smoked his pipe on his
ta4e.usieu seat But everything comes 10
. .1m-cnd, and by the time, he had finished
O.: Ills. sihe, and Knocked out the ashes Il
s.,eiGud had come over the sun, the air WAS
, -,eh;.ed4anda tie beauty of the morn tar
: ..nSheS, Tt was time, he found. to start
:. tyliiS; train.. He went into the house
, n.ta SsysgoOi-by to his wife. for he heard
T., the. c:fIJiage wheels grinding on the
G G. gravel as It came round from the stables
ga -, He, seemed TO be, q happy fellow, too,
X fsf,ccd woman, of charming figure and
-@fsffof spirit. : - =. ,.-'''.,..
q ~:.Ididn'tknow YOU going away
:rsshe said, "a arsiight- shade of vexation
,cconsingsover. her face. >-.'-f
S. Didn't + tell youe" said Ernest; 81
nljnfended To-. / shall be home to dinner.
.a Rm: only going to town to see the old
" masters. They close this week"
e. ss.""Ah! If you had told ME in time
-owouldr have gone with you
4 ,:.Fosay the truth Ernest did not much
care for company when he was going to
:, look atthe pictures. ....
. i.'T "Plty. eh?"" he said, carelessly, put
- 'ttiirig Ills hand under her chin and giving
e.hcr d kiss. "sWell, another day, per-
h,ps. Tottie'1her name was Theresa,
hut her pet name was Tottie-" and
then, perhaps, can. 60 shopping with
ssyou. Why didn't you think of it be-
80 80 You should have told me you were
, going"
g s'Ss"Yes, it was stupid of me; however,
there's no help for it. ! have only just
.,. time to catch the train. Goodbye"
sa"Aad away hewent.
20 20 Theresa sat down once more to her
book of household expenses, but the
totals ran into each other, and the same
row of figures. wouldn't come to the
=. =. same amount twice running. 1t wasn't
like Ernest; she thought. not to ask her
,.'i to 70 with him. He had never gone of
j.. alywhere before without asking her to
accompany him if it were practicable.
His manner, too, was so cold. What
could be the reason of it?"
81. She took up the newspaper to distract
II her mind. She rarely looked at the
daily paper, but this morning she felt
. :. uneasy. and could not settle to any.
thing .ssSnd denly she sprang to her feet
= witha crysof, distress.
-, She had taktn up the outside sheet ol
the paper, and thereon she had read IN
advertisement:
!. $50. Constance to Ernest. To-day al
s..Vietoria, II noon"
:-.gphat was the reason. then, that Ernest
had gone off to town SO suddenly. Yes
:. .-Sile knew it, she had been wronged and
hdeceived; could it be possible that such
. ".treachery, such betrayal Of all the ties
s.of friendship and affections could be
s,permitted to existp
= Theresa was, perhaps, Of a somewhat
"iealous disposition. Certainly Ernest
.7had given her no cause hitherto, so fal
<0as she knew; but she had always imag
S"ned it. possible that at some time o.
- osher he would, and now it seemed tt
'nher rs though her torebodings had beer
Justified. So. ~.
80 Constance Brown had been her earn
-. est,friend, her schoo-fellow, her o1t
dear companion, for whom her affec
ton could never be dimmed. And thi:
..tpiendship had continued unabated fol
whole two years after her marriage t
"Rrnest; during which it bad been he
x chief dehghtto entertain Constance 4
Der new home. Now Ernest wasn't =
=. tie besinnins, at any rate. at all fonc
sos constance, and used to think he
visits rather aas bore. Anything wa
cbetter, however, than haying his wifi
sia,the dolefuls, and on such occasion
.ohewould suggest: '.ls
- Ask Constance to come and spend
few days. !" = 2 - - ,., :.
.e,qAs time went on, however, little dis
"agresinents interposed between the tw
tfHends.,. Constance was fonder Of mas
.culine than of feminine society. Sh
rrofessed great interest in Ernest's pun
:'"'shitS. which were esrather of a miscel
.hhlneoas character. Altogether sh
:sgrew in..gree and favor with the hus
eband, and declined in equal measure i
1.-The wife's esteem. She was too keen
switted herself not to perceive this, bu
reet!le i1eradicable love of coquetry an
mischief that Turks in every femal
blossom forbade herto change her tactics
THE end of it was a desperate quarre
between Constance and Theresa, an
.yConstanee's,.. hasty departure fror
sStrubland in a rage. On her pal
,Theresa vowed that she would neve
have that deceitful girl in her hom
again. - ~. -. g..
?.".All. right" Ernest had said; {"
you don't care about it DON'T"
But Theresa's jealousy once arouse