The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-19

the awful affair ofyeKerday. I'm sure wonder you survived isr he exclaimed. nearly wrenching the bacheloL's hand of.
 -I'm sure wonder how it's been done. returned Grafton.
 "Weddings are such a sell,r. growled the young married man. as James Graf ton turned 10 the sofa and expressed a. fe1ven, hope tha, his hostess was quite well.
 Dreadful headache; nearly frantic with it.! said Mrs. Cathcart. knitting her pretty brows and rising. pressing one hand 10 her forehead as she did.
 There had been times, and those dis tant but few brief hours ago. when such words and such a movemen, Of pain would have wrung her husbands heart. and his '' my darling wha, can do for ii :" would have sounded perfectly agon- zing; now. the wretched being only turned abruptly to kis sis,er-in-law with. Come. Eunice: dinners late enough already" and marched off with her huf.ily.
 am sorry yoa are so unweli. The day has been oppressive. You will be glad to ge, down 10 the seaside. won't you:' said James Grafton. as he gave h:s arEl to the too evidently snubbed wife
 II shal! be glad to ge, away some where. I'm sure don, care where i, is l want change terribly" said Mrs. Cath cart. with certain hardness of tone in her voice that her guest had never before observed
 Do you know, always admire your dining-room so much:" pu, in the bach elor. as they entered the room.
 There's a perfectly hi ieous glare on 1t Just now. retorted Mrs. Cathcar,.
 And your decorations are charm ing-these trailing bits of briony and wild"
 Don, agree with you. Grafton. I'm sick of seeing the place filtered with weeds, interpolated Ca,heart, the young married man. with an angry sniff. as they took their places at table. John" he exclaimed. turning to the servant. see that there's something decent out of the conservatory in the centre of the table tomorrow something at least three feet high. ard bushy."
 John. as he went abou; his work with impeturbable gravity. remembered with i great inward mir,h that only few days before he had been ordered 10 remove a tall fern. because. as his master had said. 1t hid his wife's face Rum 'uns. mar ried folks. ain't ,hey?" he remarked to himself. Ah. indeed they are, especially when young. good-looking. and very much in love with each other. But their rum mess, Q. worthy John, strange as Il Is. Is as nothing to their utter want of consideration for other peoples feel ings
 What James Grafton and Eunice Bell suffered al that little square dinner. really have not the heart to relate in de- tail and. indeed. there Is but small need that should do SO; tor have not you and taken melancholy part in many only too similar scenes! could. how ever. forgive the young couple for their conduct during dinner but what con- slider absolutely brutal and unpardonable was that, although feel certain that Captain and Mrs. Cathcart knew that James Grafton would have enjoyed a ! quiet stroll about the grounds when the sun was setting for of course he was. on certain subject. as easy for them 10 read as the morning paper. yet these two selhsh married creatures. absorbed only ln the interesting game ot irritating each other. hung on to inc two unmarried ones the whole evening wi;h relentless malice tha, IS perfectly unattainable ex- cep, by husband and wife who are. for the time being. no, on spe .king terms.
 Alter dinner Mrs Cathcart. by way of pretending she did not care, ra,tied of her gayesi daace-music and sang dozens of her brightest songs but nothing would please her except to have Eunice sitting quite close to her. turning over the pages. Once. indeed. Miss Bell ven- tured as far as the window. but she was speedily captured; sisteriy arm being gently bu, firmly placed around her waist, while q plaintlve voice murmured in her ear "Ah. Eunice. sisters af- l feetion-love-is. after all, the only thing in the world one can really depend upon.
 And while this was going on in the drawing-room Cathcart had effectualiy button-hoied Grafton, and he was confd- l ing to him that as his domestic life had suffered an utter collapse, he intended indeed, Il was his only chance of saving his life and reason-he intended to ex- change with Hu,chings. and go to seek glory and, he devoutiy hoped. death in south Africa.
 But the most wre,ched evening must at last come to an end. About ten o'clock James Grafton again found him. self in Tulip-tree lane but instead of the happy calm of a few hours earlier, he now felt as if he had been assisting at au earthquake. He was quite dazed, and unable to contemplate anything at all except the extraordinary ways of married people. at which he gazed. SO to speak, with mingled wonder. terror and anger. Should he ever be able to re-enter that house, that desecrated sanctuary?
 It was, however, sweet, peaceful night, so that by the time he had reached his own door he had so far recovered himself as to see that 1t was his bounden duty to rescue Eunice Bell from good Heavens it was I.addening to think what she might be enduring that very minute. He entered his house as soon as he had made up his mind. while taking an extra | ~n Go ~E .s