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

assure you
'Ilal women oxaggerate, | want you
10 DC an exception, Lily. Sometimes,
thoa Ia, l despair OF curing you Of this
bad habit. 1 think eXaggeration leads
to "a lighl regard icr truth. and IL is sure
10 lung hdicuio upon you, if nothing
worsc.'
We'll III tly 10 cuIo inyself,' said
LILY, whose sweet temper Was seldom
ruGicd by her husbands roproois.-
Bat, there 1 must m down into Tie
k;lchon and tell Ilanuah about tLo BIS
cults ior breakfast. Those go bad yes
tcrday wege as green as grass--she
must have pa. at loas. quart of soda
ia thcm.'
Aud away sou Lilly, too intent Oh
tho cooks dclinqGoucic5 to notice tho
look Of resignation and uttol despair Oh
her Au5baad'a laco.
Thursday arrived Gud With IL tht
R9cka els, who w,ro very sensible old
people, with apparently 10 desire to
make q display Of their weallh.-One
trunk contained all IL The way of cloth
ing they had considered necessary for q
weeks stay with their graud-niece.
They gcre very aGoctonatc ID manner
toward Lily, aud listened kindly 10 her
praise of Edward, whom they had mover
met.
Tea time came; but to Lily's sur
prise and modification, her husband
did not grace the meal with his pres
ence. She made a dozen excuses Tor
him, thinking as she dia so, however,
that no matter how brisk his business
at the store, he might have come home
this evening Of all others. The meal
was halt through. when a mole arrived
from him, saying that he could not
leave the store until hine O'Clock, ow-
ing to the necessity Of illirg a late or
der, which could, Oh no account, be
left to the clerks.
Lily read the note aloud to her uncle
and aunt, hoping they would not think
any disrespect had been intended them
by Edward, but very anxious as to bis
chances Of pleasing them.
When Mr.. Reese entered bis parlor
at nine O'Clock, it was well flied with
guests, who had been invited TO do
honor to the arrival of the rich rela
tives Of the young hostess, whose eyes
beamed with satisfaction as she saw
her handsome young husband.
AS soon as she could reach his side,
she took him by the arm and triumph
antly led him to where her uncle and
aunt sat at one end Of the room, feel
ins sure, as she approached them, that
they must mark Edwards superiority
to Bells husband. James Ma nard.
Aunt, uncle, my husband,' she sald,
proudly, as the old people looked up.
Never, IN all my life, said Edward
bowins low, have been so glad to
soe any one as I am to see you, Mr..
Rockwell, and as f.r birs Rockwell,
words cannot express now nave pncd
to meet her, Ny wlie has told me
oceans about sou both. and ncarly
did y hen YOU wrote that you were air2id
you could not visit Us this winter. l
am sorry that I could not be at home
to tea. but there were millions OF things
a. the store to attend to: fifty thousand
people running in Oh business OF every
sort. aud [ could have murdered them
all for keeping me at my desk 30 late
NJ head felt as biz as mountain, and
1 thought my arm would drop from the
socket. it ached 50 with writing
Lily's face was a study as she listen
cd 10 her husbands words. and chill
of horror crept over her heart.
"You must be very tired, said Mrs.
Rockwell whose face wore an eXpres-
sion of amazcment.
II feel as though lad been drawn
through, a. knot hole said Edward
But shall be all right Tomorrow,
All. Lily turning TO his wife, whose
fair face was scarlet Nth modification
4 must not forget TO tell you that
Forbes couldn't come tonight on ac'
count of his coat. 1t was just home
from the tailor's but was mile toe
large. and he wouldn't wear it, o.
course. Neither would he wear the
old one. III were he 1 would horse
whip that tailor within an inch of bi:
life. A man ought to be shot for send
ing out such work.
Poor Lily! Too well she knew, a
last, why her husband was dealing il
such exaggcration. He meant it foi
medicine. but tie dose was a very bite
one to take, and the suppressed giggle'
of her friends, the dlsgusted expression
of her aunt's face, and her uncle'i
amused smile, stung her pride terribly.
In vain she tried TO check Edward, HI
GOT worse instead of better. Every
thing was grand, splendid, and elegant
or absurd, intolerable, and atrocious
Lily was glad when her guests hat
departed, and her relatives had retire'
to their room. She was too deepl.
wounded to speak to her husband, ant
so6bed herself to sleep, unconsciou
that his heart was full OF pity ant
sympathy for her and that he wa
sorely tempted to tighten her woe b.
revealing to her the fact that her un
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