The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-02-22

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seats fixed against the wall.
The young jailer pointed to door on
the other side of the double iron caglng
which was fixed along the center of the
room.
The convict raised his head. He began
to see that he had fallen into trap.
But if she comes in there" he said,
-and his voice was already less calm
''how can she reach me here 7"
But che will not be on this side of
the grating" said the younger of the
two jailers, injudiciously.
Hai--she will not be on this side of
the gratingp So, I'm sold |" he scream
ed. "She was to have been near me-
No iron bars was to keep us apart.
There wasn'ta word said about them.
What, do you think would have given
myself up, If I'd known how you meant
to serve me 7"
You will see your wife, and say what
you have to say to her through this iron
grating. TO tell you the truth, she
herself bargained that 1t should be So"
"She did WhyY"
" suppose because she is afraid to
come near you"
IF she's afraid me, it's because she
knows she has wronged me-"
"Very likely; but that is no reason
why she should wish to be killed"
"What If promise not to harm a
hair of her head ?"
You can't answer for yourself. A
word, look, is quite enough to put you
in boiling rage"
A quarter of an hour afterwards, Sun
flower, shown the way by one of the
female warders, entered the other side of
the visitors room, and, without glanc-
ing at her husband, she sat herself down
on chair, as far away from Langley as
| possible, and waited.
The female warder had left the apart
ment, and the terrible pair were alone,
face to face.
AS for the convict, the moment his
eyes fell upon her, he rushed to the iron
grating, and stretched his arms to their
full length towards her. For a moment
his appearance was terrible, then his
face softened, and his eyes filled with
tears. That mysterious something which
surrounds and spreads from the woman
or child we love, produced its effect
upon Langley. His was but boast
that he would kill Sunflower. One kind
look from her, and his angry, trembling
hand would have been arrested high in
the air
For some moments he said nothing.
1t was enough that he could look upon
her. AS for the woman, prepared for
reproaches, insults, she was simply
amazed, stupefied, by his silence. Her
dominant thought became the fear that
he was meditating her some injury.
She narrowly scanned the iron grating
to see that the bars were secure, when,
as he leaned against them, and they
showed no signs of yielding, she smiled.
You are not afraid of me, are you,
Sunflower ?" he asked.
"Well, it wouldn't be wonderful if 1
was. There hasn't been a day since 1
was your wife that you haven't ill-used
me.'
Don't turn on me now Pm down."
he replied sadly. "I know 1 was hasty
and jealous, but it was all because L
loved you SO much"
"Oh, 1 know all about your love-"
she said, in bitter voice, " When a
man says, 1 love you,' to woman, he
fancies that she ought to bear with any
ill.usage. The more you beat her, the
more you crush her, the better pleased
she ought to be. Love- it's not love
which makes woman hate the life she
is livingl"
"Then you were never happy with
me, Sunfiower :" he asked, speaking in
a softened tone.
"Happy with you tell you 1 never
had happy hour with you from the
day I came to be your wife to this very
morning-and I'm not afraid to say
itl'
"You need not be afraid to say any
thing, Sunflower, for behind these rail
ings can't hurt you."
"All the better, This is about the
first time I've ever dared to speak the
truth to you without running the chance
of losing my life."
"Go on; say what you like, Sunfiow-
er, I'll listen quiet enough"
She had no heart. She said what she
liked, as he had told her to say. She
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