Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-01-04

barcame to the door.
= ',ettie oh, 1 could not fancy where yol
wegone. Why are you here all alone ~
fary, come here, dear. Maybe CAM
heI alone, in hopes you would come to me. ,
that he boldly lifted her from her chair
anaking the seat himself held her in hi
arr as though she had been and infant
Al he kissed her as fondly as though thu
fosh old meddlesome mother was not for
evscouting the idea of affection and caress
estween them.
ettie gave one little sob, half joy, hal
81. =.
You would not dare do that if you thought
swould see it -
e knew it was true, but with another Of
tridiculed caresses said
Never mind mother, Hettie. She always
queer and kind of disagreeable. l know
tries you terribly, but we'll manage to gel
Jng some way.''
He dried her tears and soothed her like a
ieyed child, and she was so gsad to have
m comfort her that she soon cheered up
I'D there they sat in the rose perfumed shad'
:sssaks Spd listened to the frogs singing over In
!. the ponll in the field.
\ sBles; you, my little treasure whispered
the easy-going young husband, "I'm afraid,
dear, you are not just as happy as we meant
AVA
4 ways byand by, and then We'll all be happy
/ iHettie's arm frightened round the farmers
i neck as she nestled on his fond heart, but at
| tie same time her lips shutatogether pretty
fmly
Hettie Hale was waking up! She did not
| Lille to faee the truth but there it stood gaunt
aIl grim. Her husband was somewhat cow
arly she found him a little lacking in the
mnliness she had fondly attributed to him.
Sh often found herself wondering, would she
: hae been just so disappointed in the man
: wh was dead and gone? and she did not like
sui thoughts to intrude upon the first months
ofer marriage.
, Harry she said very soberly, stroking
- hibearded cheek, "Harry, do you think you
Ihe made mistake 20
Why, my dear wife, you grieve me with
Sun question do try and let your strong
n cd sense have play and don't pay any heed
" touch speeches. The only act don't regret
3, dc, was marrying you. If you love me,
" IItie, don't ever call our marriage mistake
r aan."
J. And yet, my husband" she persisted soft
lYou haze made a mistake! We ought to
It go home of our own, alone, and then we
a Wild be happier"
te le was very eager, but he answered
a litly-almost indifferently:
lg wen, well, We'll see dear -
r, nd so few months more rolled on, Harry
IS beving, and Hettie hoping it might all come
rib, some way
v rs. Hale dismissed her one maid-of-all-
~ VIZ and decidedly called upon Mrs. Harry to
re LEILA hand.
a ,ttie's eyes opened wide, but as Harry
ne ma but feeble protest, she said no word
e. amuietly yielled so far as her strength would
r. peit to being made servant maid. She
no usto 90 around with a fine scorn upon her
,d pa face, for as the color drifted out of her
ch facontempt for Harry drifted in.
n led a comfortable, happy enough life as
thdttle music teacher when l lived with
as Ce. This slavish drudgery knew nothing
ce Of. made all the money 1 needed seldom
to see dollar noW-how long does Harry Hale
~ fat l will live this life?" she used to say
cd. to :self. Nevertheless she bravely did her
" bes She washed, and swept, and ironed,
Id bal and brewsl until her girlish prettiness
sgcd. .he s:afH hardened, her sOufssEai
bittered.
And through all, over all, under all, and
about all her days and worries and labors and
thoughts, the old lady's perpetual fault tindlng
and Interference, ran like sharp steel cord.
The end came.
One day Hettie tainted at the ironing table,
very hot fierce day in September. Harry was
sent for in hot haste, and for once found a
tongue and spirit, and curtly told his mother
she had better recall Jane his wife was in no
condition to work in any kitchen, and what
was more she should not!
All that night Harry held his wife in his
arms, alternately praying for her pardon and
love, and promising a better state of affairs IN
the future.
But from that time Mrs. Harry Hale was
another woman. She had waited for her hus-
band to defend, protect and care for her. He
had failed! Hemd brought her from peace
and happiness to turmoil, to an unfriendly
woman, and he mad stood quietly by and be-
held her turned into a drudge, she the woman
he had sworn to cherish and love.
Harry had failed her, in manlineSs and IN
spirit. Hereafter she would care for herself.
Harry was worried by the change, the hard
ness and indifferelce that came to her. In a
day or Two old Mis-. Hale called on her for
mo, ,mother'' answered Hettie, 81 am un-
accustomed and unable to do as haye been
doing, md you will have to hire Jane again.
You ned not look to me for assistance. Any
thing il reason will do-what l think un-
REASONABLE will-aot do.''
''Wel young woman, one might think you
! were tn Queens daughter! l guess if you
a are her to be fed and waited on too, you'll
find yOr miStake-'
o "Hus," broke in the desperate daughter-in.
n law, "Ilo not desire you to wait on me.
will no wait upon you, and as for my daily
= bread, have God and husband to thank fol
f it, notou that settles it,"
Operebelion brought on a storm of words
and cnplaints, but Harry upheld his wife and
i the oil lady had to subside. Hettie Hale
y thankl her spouse for his assistance in the
q wordyvar, with such chill ceremony, he coulG
o. not div her to his breast as he had intended
Q She as becoming 50 chill and distant will
o. him, al somehow in his soul he could moi
Ie blameler, that he was becoming quite un
T. happy. u..
" wasn'so old style and-and-cranky, We
"a wouldoe happy as-wa- we're at first. The 0lt
10 lady ,uld Just fret herself to death, or IL
I'd get a h.se alone just to humor the little wo
10 40 man lit guess they'll getalong better, by
% and-bylingS will come right some way"
wv Andb the careless fellow let his happiness
nd drift of his life, trusting always to time
he and lu to make crooked ways smooth il
nd Some ". He noticed, too, that though hi
motheIcaustic speeches might make Ilettie's
,r very liturn white, she never turned to hin
A' for coDrt any more. And how patient ant
,1d quiet kept, poor girl. She had really NOR
''N genuiGespect for the woman as his mother
10 as an olady, than he had himself. Often
the sharp prt or ungenerous speech would tlasl
mo on his IS, when Mrs. Hale aggravated hin
. beyond durance, and it was ever his wife
cool fms that Slipped over his lips to hol'
in back thempery worls-his wan, white wife
md who wbered in his ear :
'rll r "Be eful, Harry she is old, and you vii
regret Dme day, may be-"
,,o+ Once caught the hands and drew the littl