Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-12-05

b land. But this time the heat had bee,
too much for poor Mr.. Pudster. Hi
wife noticed that he was looking I'm
we'll. Maggleby, with sorrow, per
If ceived the same. Pudster laughed
Z Nevertheless, he took to his bed ant
e after long and painful illness died. b
: The grief of Mrs. Pudster and MIR
: Maggleby was terrible to witness. Mrs
7 Pudster talked of retiring from The
:, world; and Gideon Maggleby disconso
lately declared that he had no longe,
anything left to live for. No one
I therefore, will be much surprised t,
7 hear that toward the end Of March 1868
Mr.. Gideon Maggleby led Mrs. Solo
4 mon Pudster to the altar. " T.. -
: Solomon will bless our union" Mr.
: Maggleby had said when he proposed
"Ah, dear sainted Solomon!" Mrs
Pudster had exclaimed as she fell weep
+ ing on Mr.. Maggleby's breast.
t ~. CHAPTER II. .,...
Mr.. Gideon Mageleby had been mar.
t rled rather less than two and twenty
hours, when at about nine o'clock in
3 the morning Of March %, 1868. he
walked into the room in which he had
SO often breakfasted and dined with his
late friend and partner, Solomon Pud-
ster. Mr.. Maggleby, who was pre-
eminently man Of business, had not
seen fit to go to the Islesof Wight or to
Paris to spend his honeymoon; and
Mrs Maggleby. who was nothing if not
a woman of sound sense, had Loyalty
accepted the decision Of her third lord
and master. They had agreed to stay
in town, and not to allow their new
happiness to interfere with their mate
rial interests in Mincing Lane. Mr..
Maggleby had determined, however,
to make a holiday of the day after his
wedding; to stay at home in the morn
ing with his wife, to- escort her to
Madame Tussaud's II the afternoon,
and to take her to t. play in the even
mg.
With this comfortable programme in
his mind :; eve, Mr.. Maggleby same
down to breakfast in his fiowered dress
ing1gown. Mrs. Magglebs, he knew,
would not be IN any minutes behind hSn,
and tie therefore rang the bell for the
coffee, and turned lazily toward TIRE
table, upon which lay two plies of let
tiers. The smaller heap chiefly consis~
ted of aaissives addressed to Mrs. Pud-
ster, for the marriage Of the previous
day haG not as yet been noised abroad
IN the coeantry, and Mrs. Maggltsbv had
several female correspondents WHO COM
municated with hes much more often
than she communicated with Them The
large bundle was made mp of IRtters
Addressed either to Mr.. Maggleby or to
Messrs. Padster & Maggleby, the let
ters to thee firm having been already
brought dDwn from Mincing Lane:by a
confidential clerk.
1t was s. chilly Eaorning; and Mr: |
Maggleby, with the letters in his hond,
sank into an easy chair by the fremae, !
and then begun to polish his spectat4es.
But ere bs had tinrs to complete at |
operation, one envelope attracted the |
attention OF; hass not very dim sighted |
eyes. 1t Eere the post-naark "IHy-
mouth. alAf wRs addressed in farail- !.
lar handwriting Without waiting to
put On his speedacles, Mr.: Magglaby
seized this snveIope and tore it opsn.
For an instant he. stsred Mt the letter
which it containsd, them he turned white
and fell bock, with u groan. But Mr..
Maggleby was; a man Of considerable |
self command. and hs. soon partly re-
recovered himself.
Maria must not sse ne in this agi~
tated state," he murnurea, rs he rose
II shall go,baaesE to cay dressing -rocm,
and decide upon some plan Of action be-
fore faee.hes." And with unsteady
steps he Quilted the dining room, TAX
ing Wits hins the letter that was the
cause Of his emotion
timmediate1y afterward a SER
want entarea with the coffee and some
coverea dishes, which she set upon the
table ;: and no sooner had she withdrawn
than Mrs. Magggeeleby appeared. AIRS.
MagglebE looked blooming, ana was
evidently in capital spirits She
caught up her letters, sat down smiling
in the very easy-chair from whieh her
husband had risen few minutes earlier,
and began to read. The first letters to
k,e' opened were, of course, those which
were addressed to her in her new name
They contained congratulations upon
her marriage. Then she attacked the
envelopes that were addressed to Mrs.
Pudster. One contained bill: anoth-.
er contained request for Mrs. Pudster's. !
vote and interest on behalf Of Miss
Tabitha Gabbles, d maidsn lady who
was seeking admission into the Homo
for the Daughters Of Decayed Trinity
Pilots; and third brought a litho-
graphed letter from the Marquis of
Palmyra imploring the recipient to
make some small subscription to Che
funds of the Association for the En-
enlargement Of Asparagus Culture in
the Sicily Islands. There were also
letters from Miss Martha Tigstake
and Mrs. Benjamin Bowery, dealing
with nothing in particular and with
every thing in general; and finally
there was a letter bearing the post
mark "Plymouth Mrs. MaggIeby
opened it carelessly; but single glance
at it's contents caused Her to start up,
grasp convulsively at the nlantelpiece,
utter an exclamation, and tremble like
a leaf
"Poor Gideon" she said. "Wl1at a
fearful blow! He muslin t see me III this
agitated state. T shall go up stairs
again, and decide upon some plan Of
action before I face him. And Mrs.
Maggleby. letter in hand and pale as
death, quilted the room, leaving the COT
fee and eggs and bacon and the crumpets
to get cold. >#...
Three-quarters Of an hour later Mr..
Maggleby yentured down stairs again.
He was dressed as if to go to the city,
and in his hand he held 81 letter which
bore the simply address, Maria" This
letter he laid upon his wife's plate. 1t was
worded as follows: II = 49,