Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-09-01
e desperate Remedy.

she poured ou, her ica. I went TO acc
Mrs, Banks this afternoon, AMI you
| can't imagine how She has changed
She is actually the shadow oi a shade
Actually. Lily? said Edward Reese
rs he took the cup hls wife bandeC
him.
Lny's checks flushed lat her hus
bands tone, the slight sarcasm O
which she was at no loss to understand
for frequently had she received re-
proof for tie thoughtloss exaggoiauon
IN winch she constantly INDUCED.
well, perhaps not actually tie shad
ow Of a shade,' she said. a little resent
fully, but she is very i'll. Her mother
came last night. Such a singular look
inc person as tall as bean pole, hai
as white as snow, and voice like the
growl of a lion'
She must, indeed, be singular,
said Edward, dryly. wonder Bar
mum did not discover her. She would
have been a bonanza for him.
But Lily only laughed and paid NJ
attention TO his words. She was fonC
of talking, and could not remember tc
guard against her greatest failing.
L also W Ont 10 Mrs. Days TO try OF
my dress.' she confined, but it was
no kind OF fit; the waist was a mill
too large. and l nearly died laughing
when l saw myself in ii. shan't le
her touch another dress Ui mine.-But
poor thing! Ipity her, she is so sickly
and is forever docloling herself up. She
must swallow gallons Of medicine every
year. But she must get this dress done
in time for me TO wear to Mrs. Martins
dinner. l wouldn't miss it for thC
world, and Wild horses couldn't dras
me there in that old gray silk, I've
worn at least a thousand times. The
Martins always have such elegant toll
cts But then MIR. Martin is wortl
oceans of money and We are not
NO, not even a little stream sai(
Edward. i had no idea Mr.. MartI
was so enormously rich. Strange, !
was never mentioned TO me before !
% Edward, you know well enougl
what l mean, don't tease me SOP
Edgard laughed. as he saw bis wife,
vexaiion.
well. 20 change the subject, Lily,
he said when are the Rockwelps com
ing?'
The idea Of your forgetting, Ed
ward! On Thursday. l know pv'
told you a hundred times. I've invite'
tie friends we spoke about to nee
them in the evening. and l know cousil
Bell will expire with envy when sh
hears that uncle and iaunt Rockwell
are actually in my house ON a visit
She worked like death to get them f
go to her last Easter, but the.
wouldn't
Il never cared much for visits from
rich relatives said Edward. Moth
ing ever suits them, and l feel sure w
shall both be glad when your uncle anC
aunt are back in Their own home again
They are certain to be particular, and
am afraid you will find 1t difficult t
amusc them a whole week.
But l expect you TO help me, Ed
ward, am so anxious that they shoul
ike you, and 1 do hope you will hume
all their little notions. 1 should di
If uncle Rockwell took a dislike to you
Il hope the case would not be quit
so serious as that, Lily
We'll it would be terrible grief Il
me. Apart from having proper prid
in your standing as we'll as with m
only relatives as Bells husband does,
want to be remembered 10 uncle's vii
What q modification it would be 20 me
if he left her all, me nothing Pm nc
mercenary bit, but 1 would like to b
little better off. Edward, do try +
please them. You can be such an ar
gel when you choose
Edward laughed at his little wife
hattery, and, rising from the table
went into the cosy parlor adjoining ii
dining room, where he threw hlmse
into an easy char, ana took up lA'
magazine. But he failed for some rel
son TO turn its pages, and, when IAI
came IN, ten minutes later, she foun
him deep in thought.
Are you planning how you WI
amuse the Rockwells, Edward? 81
asked, kissing his upturned brow afe'
tionately, as she bent Ovel his chair.
7 Yes he answered, with a peculii
smile. i wonder how you gressed.'
L don't know, Pm sure-intultlo
!, l suppose. thought at first, that V
], were Matching some mischief, you loo
! ed SO pleased with YOURSELF
He made no response TO this reinar
and she did not see his eyes twink
with suppressed mernment, And It'll
did she imagine what true guess 81
= had made, or what the mischief W
that Edward had determined upon.
4 hope aunt Rockwell won't bri
her big Saratogas,' said Lily, aiiel
short silence during which her bra
had been busy with the arrangemer
Of the spare chamber. You ne'
saw such trunks, Edward They q
as large as mountains, and we col
. never find room for them in the spa