The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-11-27
The Old Story.

| - face at the window-a bright
Wv face in the street. The win
EfI79 dow is thrcwn open, and q
smile goes forth from the bright
fare to the sober one, giving it 3
new and pleasanter aspect. Both
Of the faces are young-that at the
window youngest; almost childlike.
Yet the window face is the face Of q
wife, and The street face that Of q
maiden, fancy free.
"How stisngeiy ! was deceived,
Bella p said Tia, lady in the str' ct
"Decrived. How Mary? What
do you mean? Bat come in, YOU re
just the one ] wish 20 see"
Il was sure | say you, not ten
minutes ago, riding cut with Har-
ry," said the young friend, as they
met s. q kissed III the door.
"Oh, dear, no! ! haven't been
out riding with Harry for a
month"
Indeed? How's that? l can re
member when you rode out together
almost every afternoon.
eyes; but that was before ouI
marriage" replied the young wife,
in a voice that made her friend look
into her face narrowly.
"Fhc husband has less time for
recreation than the lover. lie
must give more thought to bust
ness" remarked the friend.
The little vile tossed her head
and shrugged her shoulder in a
doubtful way, saying as she did So:
81 don't know about the bust
ness. But lovers and husbands are
different species of the genus homo.
The explanation lies somewhere in
this direction l presume"
"Ah, Bella, Bella? That speech
does not come with a musical
sound from your lips" remarked
the friend, smiling, yet serious.
Truth is not always melodious," !"
remarked Bella.
GLOW Is it 10 sweethearts and
wivesr asked the friend; do they
belong to the same class?"
81 don't know; perhaps notp'
Then, after a moment, she
said: "And you thought it was
Harry and l that you saw riding
outY''
II was certain of it; but it only
goes to show how one may be mis-
taken
The friend had been scanning
the young wife for some moments,
from head to foot, in a way that
now called out the question:
do you see anything peculiar
about me2"
Yes" was answered.
WHAT?
"a peculiar untidiness that i
never saw in the sweetheart"
Bella glanced down at her soiled
and ruffied dress.
my neglige?' she said, with q
little short laugh.
$50 l should think! Now, shall
1 draw your picture?"
YES; if you have an artists
fancy"
Here it is: Hair lustreless and
untidy, skin dull for want of action
and feeling; a wrapper better con
ditioned for the washing tub and
ironing table, than as garment
fit for the fair person of a young
wife; no collar nor ornament OF any
kind; and "a cOuntenance-
l can't give that as l saw it little
while ago, at the window, but I'm
sure it wasn't the face to charm 8
lover. Perhaps it might suit hus-
band-I have my doubts"
why, Mary. You are in spor-
tive mood"
the picture? Let me compare il
with the original. Fairly repro
duced, l believe, / hardly think
that you were in this trim when
Harry fell in love. But it may all
be well enough for husband. /
have no experience in this line,
and can't speak by the card"
Bells felt the reproof Of her
friend, as was evident by the spots
that began to burn on her cheeks.
"You wouldn't have me dress
in party dress every dayr' she
said.
"Oh, NO; but I'd have you neat
and sweet, as young wife should
always be; that is il she cares for
the fond eyes of her husband.
verify believe it was Harry L saw
riding out a little while agop'
Bella threw quick, startled look
upon her friend who already half
regretted her closing sentence.
"Why did you say that? What
do you mean" she asked.
81 only said it to plague you, u
answered the friend.
"ro plague meP'
There was an expression in Bel
las face that Mary had never seen
there before. Her eyes had grown
suddenly of a darker shade, and
were eager and questioning. Hel
lips lay closer together; there were
lines on her forehead.
"To plague meY' she repeated
"Take care, Mary"
The friend now wished she haG
not made the suggestion; and yet
since making it, doubt had reached
conviction in her mind. She was
sure she had not been mistaken al
to Bella's husband; who was the
+ lady whom she had seen him driv
ing out? Bella had said a little
while before that her husband haC
not driven her out for a month
and yet Mary felt certain that sht
had seen him out riding with lady
at least three or four times during
that period. Should she hide tht
truth; or trusting to it's power fol
ultimate good, let it appear? Ther'
was no time FOR reflection. Sh'
spoke now, rather from q desire tt
help her friend into a better stat'
of perception, than from any cleal
sight in the matter.
81 think" she said, "that having