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feet on one corner Of the mantel. his chair
tipped back. His young wife looked at
him, and her pretty black eyes, which only
a minute before had been brimful Of tears,
emmittsd sparks of fire. Her rosy mouth
closed with firm expression, and her
dainty foot came down upon the rug in
very decided manner.
Il won't stand i'll" she said, under her
breath. II can't-twill kill me to see him
night after night besotted, degraded. ruin
ing both soul and body. I must do some
thing-I must save him for my baby's
sakew
Then she sat down and meditated. They
mad been married little over two years,
and the babe in the wicker cradle was
thriving boy. No happier woman than
Dolly The world held, bui fpr one thing.
Her young husband would drink. He low
ed his social glass, his wine suppers and
club dinners. He did not neglect his
wife, but often he came home in the small
hours in rather an unsteady condition.
Dolly tried eyerything-tears. entreaties,
= Where's the harm, Dolly? Can't fellow
be,merry now and then with his friends2"
But Dolly saw the fatal evil growing up
on him day by day. and knew what the end
would be. She shuddered, and her eyes
| filled with tears, but q minute after they
| flashed fire, and she smiled.
"Pl try it, she said to herself; "h it
| does no good it can't do much harm" Then
she said, Frank
Her husband reused up, and, opening his
eyes with and imbecile stare, replied:
AN right, Dolly"
Frank, you believe that a woman should
follow her husbands footsteps, don't your
| 'To be sure. You're sensible woman,
Dolly"
And you're sensible man, Frank.
What's right for you to do is right for me,
isn't it?"
Precisely Just so, Dolly-exactly.
You're wise woman, you are"
Dolly smiled quietly.
Very well, Frank; if you go to the tavern
any more nights, I'm going tool!
| Her husband looked up half sobered.
Nonsense, Dollyw he said; that is run
ming the thing into the ground. You viii
do no such thing"
You'll see that will, Frank! she an
swered, resolutely. 81 love You, and what
ysu do shall dotool If you see fit to ruin
yourself, soul and body, and shame your
for nothing that you cannot share. As You
do. so will l."
His cheek paled and his lip guivered.
He sat silent for minute, then got up and
| said:
Nonsense, little girl! Come to bed
Dolly"
She followed him obediently, and no
more was said .onithe subject. For three or
four nights Frank came home punctually,
then his old habit mastered him.
Dolly had his supper all waiting, and his
slippers and dressing gown before the fire,
but he did not come. See waited patiently
| n ~, olr hon
her, she called the housemaid.
"Sit by baby's crib, Mary. and, when
Mr.. Mayfair comes, tell him have gone to
the Reindeer. Ask no questions, and take
good care of baby, and you shall have
dollar extra this month"
Twelve o'cloek-one!-and then the
young husband let himselfin with his night
key, and came reeling into the sitting room.
There sat the maid beside the sleeping
child.
Frank looked about him a little anxiously.
East asleep! Fine little fellow, he
said, bending over the crib. Mary, my
gin. where's your mistress-gone 10 bed2"
mo sir, she's gone to the Reindeer hotel"
He stood and stared.
What do you say, girl?"
"She went out at ten, sir, and bad me
tell you when you came in that she lad
gone to the Reindeer.
The young husband stifed something
| like an oath, and sat down before the
hearth. Half an hour went by, then he
started up and glanced at the clock.
Great heavens! 1t is nearly two and
she's not here!"
He seized his hat and rushed from the
house like one mad. By the time he was
half way to the Reindeer he was perfectly
sober.
Gould she have meant what she saidP"
he asked himself over and over again.
Presently carriage came down from the
lighted tavern on the hill, and as 1t passed
him, q woman's voice rang out, singing the
chorus:
We won't go home till morningl
It was his Wife's voice. He caught at the
horses. head, frantic with rage. Dolly's
pretty curly head looked out as the vehicle
stopped.
Frank. old fellow-hic-is that your
Get in-hic-get in! Why didn't you come
up2-nic. Oh we'd jolly time-hic-we
did! Don't blame you for going out, Frank.
Didn't know it was so pleasant-hic-I-I
mean to go every night"
"You do," he gasped, leaping into the
seat beside her. Grasping her arm, he
muttered, Ever dare to do such q thing
again, and you'll be no wife of minel"
Dolly laughed uproarously.
"Nonsense. Frank! Let me do as you
do: that's fair. Let go my armi You hurt
mel Besides, you'll break my flask of
prime brandy! Frank, taste drop"
He caught from her hand and flung it
out of the window.
"Bahi" said Dolly, her cheeks flushed,
her hair awry, II wish I'd stayed OF the
Reindeer-hic. What makes you SO Cross,
Frank?"
Hush! Say no more, Dolly, he answer
ed, his teeth set hard. 81 can't bear it.
Il may do something I'll be sorry for.
Keep silent-I don't wanthny more crooked
words.''
Rams horns, if I die for it'll cried
,, Dolly.
Then she clapped her hands and laughed
gleefully, breaking off into
A moonlight night for a ramblei
i Frank let his head fall into his hands.
Great heavens" he groaned; Il would
rather have died than have seen this night" :"
: He got her home and into her own room
at last, but she was very unmanageable, and
persisted in cutting up all manner OF capers
, dancing and singing-her cheeks flushed
and her hair streaming, and asking If they
{ would not 60 another night-it was such
fun.
His pretty, modest little DoIlyi Long
after she had fallen into sound sleep, her
| husband sat over the smouldering fire with
his face hidden in his hands.
Dolly, - he said. when she awoke late on
the following morning, what happened
last night must never happen again"
She looked up with her old clear eyes.
! "very well Frank; that is for you to say.
Just as you do so will I"
He was silent moment.
!. ~ would rather die than see what saw
: last night over again" he said.
Frank, she said, her lips quivering,
! 1--WE seen the same sight once or twice
: !. every week since married you. and God
: : only knows what it has cost me-"
he caught her close to his heaving
: breast
"Poor little wifeI" he almost sobbed,
@you shall never see such o sight again.
. shall sign the pledge to-day!h
d ssEranl % said his nreftv wife one day,