Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-08-18

Is could vie With James Harbury. and biz
temper and bearings were alike gentle.
He had one ulEthough perhaps all
people would not call it a fault-love OF
money. That he was one of the t'warm-
est" farmers in the district was univers.
ally believed, and the most saving OF
men. Too saving, his wife would tell
finland where was the use of it, she
would ask, considering she had neither
chick nor child 2 and every now and
then she would make the money fly, for
she was dear lover OF, smart attire and
of having pretty things about her.
James would vince and bid her to be
careful; but he never went the length OF
telling her she had spent too much, He
was fond of her and she of him. .',''.'l = AZ
"Neither chick nor child" In that
fact had lain q sharp sting. They had
been married eight years now, and the
sting was wearing itself away. Time
sottens all things. He had never given
her cause for IN unhappy thought until
tonight He had never had any secrets
from her, except that he never could be
brought to tell her what the exact sum
was that he was enabled to put by at the
end Of each year. Dinah Ann Harbury
did not care for that; she knew that.
however much it might be, it was all for
her. . -. -, ;'' =. ., ,:''.. :
But she did not care for this; this
mysterious secret which had come to her
hearing tonight. She knew how good
looking James was, how universally he
was liked by man and by woman, and
what a kind heart he had-she put it
s'soft and something like jealousy
began to torment her spirit.
When James came in again, the sup
per-tray was at one end of the table, and
Dlnah Ann, On unusual light in her eyes,
sat at the other end, near the lamp, hay
ing taken up her knitting. The farmers
general manner, was easy and placid,
though he had certainly seemed restless
after leaving the gig, but now he was
calm again.
"Well," she said, as he cut himself
slice of the cold boiled beef, "and how
did you fnd White Bess?"
sob, she seems comfortable, " he re-
piled, looking round for the mustard
pot.
"You deceitful villain! You know
you did not 60 near the STABLE thought
his wife. You are sure you think SO ?"
she added, aloud.
s"Ay. White Bess will be all herself
tomorrow, Dinah Ann.
It's more than I shall be-" thought
Dinah Ann, "unless can come to the
bottom of this" s'.s.
He ate his supper nearly in silence,
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And he enjoyed it, too, for he was very
hungry. go
"James, do you ever hear anything
now of that Emma Land ?"
James Harbury laid down his knife
and fork in surprise at the question and
looked across at his wife, whose facewas
bent over her knitting: I'm ~ '~~'
edo I ever hear anything of Emma
?" he repeated. "What can make
you ask that, Dinah Amp
"What can make me ask it? I don't
know. The query happened to come
into my mind. Why should I not ask
|sit2"
s"~''' There's no sense in it-t1at ] sec.
"But do your" IL E#S - 81
EDO what ?''S~ Il - 'z'' s. so
'.Ever hear of her?"
"Why, you know she went out to-
where was it the West Indies, Think
to her friends there-ev soslong ago.
Nigh upon eight years it must be. You
know she did, Dinah Ann"
"But she may write from the West In
dies. v Perhaps she does. Does she write
to yo11?"s. I - -: / - ASLll
He shook his head to imply negative
and occupied himself with his supper
again. Emma Land had once upon a
time been somewhat sore subject be.
tween them, for Dinah Ann was Jealous
in the old days.
edo you ever see her, James ?"
you know know. Emma Land" q
II can't think what has put all this
into your head tonight, Dinah Ann.
How is it?"
"But do you %
"Re 5 I y1 . f. e onts.1,q ntIT
"Why, how could I seeher ?" return
ed he, IN a, sort Of helpless tone, that his
wife fully thought was put on. a"She is
lip the West Indies and I am here
7 Ss'Sae may not be in the West Indies
now"
81 don't know where she is She's
there for all Z know-and Tn sure it
does not natter
"Ask no questions, and YOU hear no
stories, - thought the wife, quoting the
lines familiar to her in her schoolgirl
days.
''I should not at all wonder, James,
but that Emma Land has come back
again. cs ,...,a( ..., -.r 49, J.,
"Maybe. Two or three years ago we
heard she had married out there y ~
"Who heard it 2. Who said it %
II know heard it, I remember it
quite well. But as to who said it, I |
forgot that-your brother, L. think.
That she had married cousin
: sob! Not that that's unlikely, for she
was ready to marry anybody. She'd
have married you, you know. She laid
s aThat's about i; true r. believe; but II
did not fall into them, Dinah Ann"
AND, laughing good-naturedy, James
Harbury turned from the supper-tray to |
reach his pipe. Dinah Ann rang the
bell, resumed her knitting and fell into
an unpleasant reverie
A few days passed away, things going
on smoothly at the farm: Dinah Ann
had recovered her temporal least she
displayed no signs of it being rufaed.
James Harbury was as l1sual, save that
at times he seemed "a little absent and
thoughtful. One afternoon he went up
stairs TO change his every day looat for .
better one. - y = NF' YAK ~
&C Where are you going ?" cried Mrs.
Harbury quickly, as he came down again.
/. IRONY. into eNortham! I shall be
home early" .,..... .........
Lie Into Northam! It's not: market day."
emo; but I've got a little business
there about those sheep, you know, Di- |
nah Ann, II shall get ztherhsat nv oan /
pn pic e. aftsr al" IL; 7]L.lu,lLl,IIIIl
Eal along But 7 do, wonder you could
not wait until to, morrow t ..s.s 80,
"Oh-market-day's always bustling
day; one forgets half ones business, Of
has not time to do it, Anyway, Z