The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-16

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and see you safely on the boat" said
her husband
Yes she replied, in the same
dreary way, yet sif she stated a nath-
ematical fact; ga parting is not likely
to be so ELUSIVE that it can not be pub
lie when a man sends his wife away
| from him. !"
.'Sophy,'' said Mr.. Sevranee then,
as they stood on the upper step, eff I
really took it all back, and even at this
late moment insisted that l could not
allow you to GO TUT
/ Il should refuse to be banded about
/ like a doll; should CO." she said, dis
tinctly. And so they went.
The party was in such high spirits
! when she Joined them on the great
steamer that their state of feeling was
contagious, and Sophy stopped, amazed
to find herself laughing and she so
wretched- at the list of Helena's lug
gage, as if she had committed sacri-
! lege. And then there had been one
long despairing clinging to Charlie,
and she had flung herself down any
where as he disappeared, perfectly
reckless as to people and careless
whether the ship went to the bottom or
not .....
81 am going to my state-room, she
said by-and-by, feeling the throb of the
engines as they ploughed along through
the water. II will lie down and get
used to the motion. You needn't come.
| know where it is; l left my satchel
and air cushion there
''Yes. But you don't want to shut
yourself up there so soon,n said Sarah.
.}N'Eeme, here are the flowers that have
been sent to the prima donna; let us
look at them. And then we will 90 on
deck, and see how the sea looks in
wintry weather. Can't we, Harry Is
it too wet? There, rew"-as they es-
tablished themselves-"this is great
sport. Aren't you glad you came,
Sophy?"
20, no! no! no! nor she cried. 81
should be, if Charlie was along. 1t
would be lovely. should enjoy it so
much if he had only come. We should
have had such pleasure in a jaunting-
car in Killarney, and riding through
the Trossachs together, before we came
home, the way we always meant to do,
and crossing the Mer de Grace, and
being in Rome in March. O, how
could ever be 50 selfish as to come
without him, and make such a fright
full fuss about it, too, and put all the
responsibility on him, and leave him
all alone to that club he hates, and the
empty desolate. house! o, I'm a mon
ster-Pm perfect monster! I'd give
| ho1f 1ifo Is I had - Ill
It's dreadful for young wife to leave
her husband-and such husband"
And just then a gentleman passing
asked Harry if he thought there was
time to scratch off u note and send it
back by the pilot-boat.
"The pilot-boatn' cried Sophy, turn
ing with her beautiful face in its Gus
tomary bath of tears. ''Do you mean
" Is there pilot-boat? Does the
pilot leave us and 60 back in that boat?
And can | get aboard it? 0, can
| know | can! | won't be bit of
trouble, and that will be all right. |
will go back and surprise and delight
my dear, unseltish, self-sacrihcing, pa
tent husband, and never, never leave
him till -" And she paused, with a
glow upon her checks, and q luster in
her eyes, and smiles about her lips.
81 really am too ncisv!" she said.
Poor Charlien' sighed Harry, mock
ingly.
Now I certainly will," retorted
Sophy, swift, indignant flash re-
placing the softness before she laughed
''Well, Sophy, if you will, you will.
But you are my own cousin, and | am
going to give you bit of advice first.
Ii you want to make love brittle, treat
it as you would an iron rod, and plunge
it first into hot Goals and then into iced
water, and keep it up. That is, con-
| tinue to indulge Charlie in such alter
nations as he had from you yesterday.
Although / am bound to say that
Charlie seems to like it.
Il don't care what you say" she
answered, standing before him quite
radiant. Il deserve it ALL deserve
it. But now that I've really made up
my mind to 90 back to Charlie, my
heart is as LIGHT rs a feather-'
"Why, there goes the pilot-boat
now" said Sarah, demurely. Dear
me, how quietly they do things on these
great SledllGIS. Hdu no luca Sle
would leave us for some time.
HAS she gone? 0, has she gomez"
cried Sophy, wildly, looking in all di-
rections for the thing fast becoming a
dancing speck. And the next instant
she had swept away and made for her
state-room with a plunge, bursting in,
and finging the door to behind her.
Somebody started up from the sofa.
''Well, my darling" said her laughing
husband.
80. Charlien she cried, throwing
herself into his arms. 81 knew YOU
meant to come along all the time! l
never should have stirred to come one
step, if L hadn't felt sure you meant to
come too !''-HGrriet Prescott Spo6ord,
IN Hafper's Baydr.
oil IL,