Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-04-22

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when she persists in doing il again ard
again
What should be DO n,st' lie eou'd
no, .isy ia he cellar III night, and ls
di 40, likc 10 batter down ihe door with
the poker. A happy thought lie
went 10 ite furnace and With the help Of
the h,ichsi from The kindling wood pile,
Gu, The iin aae which conveyed the heat
up 20 Mrs Whitskcr's rom Certainly
he could compel her 10 hear him row.
Hs pa, hi. mouth 70 the broken ale and
called Ellen Ellen " Then b.
stopped and listened, lie though, he
could hear Ellen breathing sohly IN hir
,'ecp. bui be wss no, certain. Tie called
again mote loudly. and then pat bis
fngers 10 h.s mouth and whi';'ed.
Probably can wake the baby, any
how. and the baby will wsk. her, he
said bu, no response came down the
ale. TIE baby seemed 20 De- sleeping
With slmo.i supernatural soaniness,ani
maniies,ly. Mrs. whiilksr bad her deaf
ear up.
Mr. Whitaker ~as almost beside him
/ III With rags "A woman." he aid.
who would ,rea, her husband in such a
manner D.. ,h,.. !, capable o. anything.
Ei,hsr Ellen will stop sleeping With her
deaf ear up. OF ~e ~ill separate" 4
,hird time he applied HI, lip to the tin
pipe aad bawlei ia,o !, unil he va
hoar.e lie ihoash, he hearl bis spouse
waking acro,, the ho1T. bg, when be
called again ihere was no r,sPoass. and
be- Knew th., be vas mistaken.
The .oal of Mt. Whitaker was hlled
With gloom In his anger be indalged
IN .afdoai, hamof II suPpose she
rather rtlishes HAVING me do~a m the
cellar hsrr all nigh, It ia good jokc .
BAT lc, ber take care She may laugh
upon ,he other .iie o. her mouth b,ioie
We are ioac 9TH ihi. business ' Add
be laughed a ~il and bussf laugh.
Poor Mr.. whiiaksr. slecPias swe,iIy
up-s'.,r-. Ia pe'ieci uasoa'eioasns.s
would have been deeply P,insd 60
learn h9~ grA,eiy hsr husband wronged
her
Il mas, gct oat % here somehos OF
other. saii Mt Whitaker The win
do~ = small. bat can crawl through %.
reckon. if Try"
Tie unlocked the frame containing the
wire scr,ea which protected the ~iniow.
ani pa,hed 10 ouisarl. Then procuring
q wa.A.,ub. and climbing from ., 10 the
windos-.il. be- thrust hi. head out and
dragged hi. body through When he
r,achsd ihe froa, pavemsn', bis face wa'
covered With cobweb. and bis clothes
~i,h oo,l-da,, bu, be exalted in the
thought that be was free man.
ne took his dead.la,ch hey from bis
pockei. AMI 81. abou, 10 Try 10 oPea the
font door. when he remembered that be
hal locked ihe door and Pas up The
chain bolt. There wAs no use irying 10
ring ,he bell The wire was broken.and
Mr. wh.ilker woalda', hear The bell Il
tie wire hlda't been broken. There
Wa bst one lasi hope q makiag her
hear. and ih,, was by ,hIosing gravel
stones against he window Mr.. Whit
Akef t,icl ;le experiment. The hrsi
handful pfodaoed no effect. Tue sleep
er diI mo-, Lesfi,. Neither did she bear
the second handful. nor the third, NOT
the tenth. which was dashed against the
e,as. wi,h s4ch violence ihA, Mr.. Whit
I sksr expected t. see !, shivere d t0 fras-
meats.
Mr. whitaker was a. his wits end.
Taere va faiai ligh, burning Ia the
room, and a. be booked up a. 10, and
/ thoagh, Of hi, ~,fe slamber.ns quietly on
while he was ia such grea, trouble. his
wrath grew 20 fierce ,ha, he fsli capable
OF doing something really terrible. Bat
what should be DO The poor lady was
a. much beyond biz reach, ior the i'me as
/ Il she had been Ia Chiaa. tie though,
for moment Of trying 10 borrow a lad
der bot where could he get ladder Ia
the middle Of the nigh, No; as bis
sense Of personal injury deepened, be
more and more 6rmly resolved thA, he
would punish Ellen somehow OF other for
her indifference. A. he could no, OBJ
tain admission 10 his own house, Why
should be 10; fly Why should he no,
70 OF somewhere. and give bis wife
something 70 worry over in repayment
for al the wrong she had Inflicted uPor
him by persis,ing, agAins, his earnest
and repeated remons,rAnee. in sleeping
with her deaf ear up
Mr.. Whitaker turned passionA,el,
away from the house and walked rapid ly
down the street lie had no particular
des,irA,ion IN bis mind, ba, he hurried
alOas With a vague notion tha, he nigh
perhap. 20 to hotel when be fel' calm
er In fes moments he came 10 the
railroad depot, no, FAR from his dwelling
l, was brilliantly lighted. and as h
looked a, Il be remembered ,ha, = train
started for New York At midnight. III
walked into the wai,ins-rOom. The
minute hand on the huge marble eloeI
Indicated three or four minutes Of twelve
Al, Whitaker rushed up 10 the ticket Of