Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23

CHAPTER XIII.
vsit,rg-aunt Mary is according
,.-iart. The sugar and cream have
rrt in every cup, each spoon Is IN
Her hand rests upon the urn nan
Sin erfamily has not begun tOcOme
A.t last. Irene, 1 was Just thinking l
I have 90 take my tea with all THESE
-- plates and chairs staring at me.
where are the Others:'
I.r'r know. Yes. there's Douglass
Pauline. Hurry, tardy people,
- Nary is preparing a lecture for YOU"
raolied Mrs. Maytield, Il do not
m -ain anything by a lecture. l
hat my household rules are set at
5tLv all OF YOU lately, and l sup
must yield 10 the inevitable,
-1er willingly or not.
w., lecture in nutshell. dear mother
ed Douglass. Eve viii all promise
r. batter
Pauline is getting anxious Tor her nus
rs return. She looks pale an0 us
She barely touches her tea, watch
Ice dO0r all the while. Douglass sees
.uxiety and asks: D..
.-harp is ReEinald-Out on an errand
.sr.vs OF has that old maid. Miss
sent for hims Have YOU heard
5- your doctor husband, Pauline, OIL her
--rus speIls2 Reginald used to Az
Ser bread pills and bitter water
never she imagined herself dying.
known TO have called her relatives
gr-ld her ten times, babe each Il a
zen farewell and prepared to san
esvenward: but she hasn't sailed vet,
ll they do say, since Reglnalds mar
sa she has enjoyed better health. 4
er-g. sam ~ as that worthy mere PIE
ar-eI q folded paper.
-yas. sir. no answer; the man said he
-ed mars Rcginald's horse from
uE"
-r vCl viii excuse me, L believe 1 viii
SATISFY my curiosity. 1 see II IS from
Amt Mary alone eats on in dignifed
. Pauline and Irene both rivet their
l-zs upon Douglass, one with curiosity,
.her with anxiety. Douglass read
f-rgh the contents m~iserably slow, Pau
Ir thought. At lasthe handed 1t over %
Pau ine. remarking that 1t was somewhat
len and unsatisfactory, or something
r-. 10 elect, she scarcely heard.
SIZE lew 10 her room. She was thor
-. 10 agitateduOW. and wished TO escape
e.. lIseryatiOn Of the others. The note 60
glass ran thus:
DEAR Observation-Disclosures knows and
LWsh YOU tell the others that l am sud
--. called away On business. 1 am sOr-
r.r.u are TO leave too so soon. Cousin
W- Mayield has promised 10 stay al
home until the return Of y Of Us ]
have placed minute directions in the
hand OF nv banker, so that Pauline and
u.--erwiU be spared all trouble. Charge
sam particularly about the horses. ]
leave Ju $3.50 for Sew York. Yours,
"R. NJ"
~Ecl one word about me. The horses
as thought of. but no kind message Tor
u4. II, had not told me word about 60
Ing away; perhaps he said that to keep
,Le CHEERS from thinking he was angry
Ul-L me-"
>= sat there in her chair cold, white
a1. fearless. Surely Irene would have
r ted had she seen her now. Such
thoughts as crowded through her brain
during the long, creeping hours she sat
there iu dumb agony and half stupOr.
Her childhood swept by like a fairy tale
told in soft whispers. The red, lurid glow
Iu The evening skies she used to watch as
DE negroes came home with hoes Oh their
shoulders, and she, in childish wonder,
asked il they dug the clouds too. She
was clambering through the woods, find
lHgyi0lets and wild flowers to carry to her
NAa AHHAAAAA4a LA0A4 IL AAAA AAAAA IL 1A1OAA
the sweet sunshine Of childhood into the
bright, Joyous girlhOOd-eYen here a sOT-
TOYS hardly felt, but still a sorrow. The
DIN horror Of that death scene comes to
-i now, touching her anew with its icy
ll-sls.
-o. mother" she moaned, bitterly.
"T-y were you taken from me? Dear
Iallpapa, too; all, all gOnep'
IL0se days Of joy and hope in the fU-
t-e. when her laU1h rang out like a bell
ut-e old Forest Home, they stood out too
ceE and distinct, mOcking the present
misery. The happiest moments of all,
Elel the JOY Of Reginald's love broke the
careless glrlhOOd into the tender. loving
woman. All! those days were too sweet
tank on now, when the dear object is
gone, gone in anger.
he night grows cold; Pauline shiYers
anu throws a shawl around her shoulders.
lle white rays Of the unsympathetic
Noon steal quietly over the carpet and
creep 10 70 her dress and face, revealing
1lace tat could not be recognized as
IalAle's. The cheek grows whittier and
H4iefi another thought has come to
~, God. am / that most pitifuI of OBJ
.el-s an unlOved, fOrsaken wife? Sup
ne never comes back What must 1
Vaguely she thinks Of going away to
one distant city, where, by the aid Of her
~ sne can be independent of these peO-
s VINO nave never loved her. She has a
-49-t1at is something. Aunt Martha
~ uear old Mr.. MalcOm-they would be
cad % see her, but she could not be de-
t---ent upon them. AS to Reginald's
she could never touch that, if he
-4l indeed left her.
20, death in life,
The days that are no mOre,'
Reginald.' Pauline is crying now.
'0fIelt OF tears is relieving her over
--llet Leart. Now the image Of Irene
80 be.ore her; just why she ann de-
se' Out a vague certainty enters her
~ MAJ % her she owes the head and
y an her troubles. Self-cOndemna-
nag been the first impulse of her
when she frst was led to believe
Aglnald did not love her.
she sometimes thought. Il kim
: ItIe lame in his heart, but 1 am
0 70 keep it burning
I doubts Of Irene's friendship were
ack-tha she had acted the part
LeaeherOus enemy. Pauline now,
-e nrst time, firmly believes. She
lp nom her chair, no longer rigid
NJ lspalr, but burning with anger. Her
NJ IN wave AFTER WaNe around her
is form; her eyes flash fire; she
With clinched hands, raised not to
A but towards her enemy's room
, very Nemesis in her wrath, she
Flamei:
LeacherOus woman! l VOW to IN
$50 WAT YOU have done to me. You
!et see the penniless country girl, as
l-eased To term me, triumphant,
e-aA see me as you first saw ne
e my husbands heartl More, 1
ny 4one no wrong that l should leave
65ue. II L am unhappy it is my mis-
Pse not my fault. ] will wait for
aI, OF news from him."
s sank back exhausted, sob thick and
-rstlng from her trembling frame.
1r--s az last TO the safe refuge of
she laid her sorrow at the throne
es-c ComfOrted, a few hours of sleep
70 Ter relief.
Le1t morning Pauline dressed with
d care. She bathed her face in
yea Tl is5 according to act Of Congress IN the