Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-11-11
p" EDDING AND W0OING

" UDDlNG AND W00ING,
Inc little village of Welldean b.d
. uSeh thrown into a great state of ag;
tae.oh ana excitement by the arrival .,
. Stranger at the White Hart Inn
inls IA Itself was likely to arouse a oooi
oeai OF interest and gossip. for yisito,,1
az W eIice;ln were few and far betwsen
nu1 Wiiat gave additional interest n
lnls particular case was the rumor tha,
rapidly gained ground. to the effac,
that the new arrival had inst ratnr.noI
. ION australia with a lot of money
thst he intended settling in WelIdeau
ana that 1t was very likely he would
cnooSe himself wife among the avail.
able ladies Of that village.
but Il was not long before the viva.
clous inhabitants of Welldean came n
q CONCLUSION on this point; aud befor,
tue man had been couple of days in
the village, 1t had been decided by tn,
majority that Mrs. Burnham was To b
the lucky woman. And pray who ,ya,
Mrs Burnham?
Nearly twenty years before-a time
SO long ago, that many ofthe advocates
OF the proposed match dated their au-
pearance on this sub,unary sphere from
more recent psriod-Mrs. Burnhan
then Mary Haywood, married at the
age OF eighteen, Young Frank Burn.
, ham, She was a plain, kindly. good.
natured cirl, and a general favorite.
\ he was handsome, registering young
y fellow. Frank was goOd-lcoking. TAX.
ing, and clever il good many ways,
but lazy. Indifferent. and unsettled.
Mary, on the contrary. was active. en-
terprising, and energetic. They never
auarrelled. never had any words; but a
feeling OF soreness and irritation arose
between them; and after it had gone or
increasing for a couple of Years, one
day Frank, tool it into his heal 10 EN-.
list, and, satisfied that his wife could
do very well for herself, determined to
relieve her of the burden OF his owll
presence. At first they used to CORES
pond regularly, but he had nothing tC
relate but q round Of monotonous du.
ties: size had little to tell in return.
Tfeir letters became few and scanty,
and at length the husband and wife's
correspondence ceased altogether.
and now, since her marriage, more
than eighteen years had rolled away.
Meantime there had been wars and bat.
ties; Burnham's regiment had been
abroad and come home over and ovei
again. and she had neither heard nol
seen anything OF her husband. Hel
married life now seemed a very briei
episode in her career, and the long in
tervening years of active industry and
busy content had diminished its impor'
tance III her eyes. Indeed, by many OF
her friends, ana especially of tie youn'
ger ones. the fact was quite overlooked
They never gave a thought to the hus
hand who had separated from her Sc
long ago. until the idea arose or max
ing match between the stranger and
MS. Burnham and the stranger IN the
village. when the objection that she hac
been married, and that she was lgno
rant as 10 the fate of her husband, Ie-
CURED to them.
"What nonsensei' said Mrs. PurdaS
+oa small knot of acquaintances VINO
had gathered round her door to discus:
tbe rroject that was in the wind. Ism
il the law that if you don't see OF heaI .
from your husband for seven years, le'
alone eighteen. YOU are at liberty |.
MARI aoain? Pm sure I've always
.rsnd I an sure It ought to be SO,
s.;d another member of the conclaye
.sTbe IDEAL The man doesn't troupl'
bis head about his wife for elgnteei
.aors. ~ leaves her to earn her own hvlns
and support herself as she can d pre-
Nv sort of husband | thlnkF
Other questions Of Ike nature WA
N-aa.tsred until tie gosSipers were pres
til ioined By Mrs. BurEham herseil
II II iovinr a bit of chat, had put OF
,, WI W. o;,onnet and shawl, and popped owe
~ lei baar tbe last news about the stran'
ger: A., purday. can CUES:
W., ',o,, are talking about, ;" said Mrs,
Rnrnian. Which OF you nave ''
IN. 81 'nt: have Ms. Burnlam," eagerl{ ~
oia,med n Ellen Purday, tau l;,,a glIt q.
e4Gia.n,[ ;aaan. ssbe's such nice-look,ns
elgneeefHIl faIllow with such bright eyes,
youns Ireat re, hack beard; only he i'oA'
ana go g.hbasrted and melancholy" s
50 down. d0%IriTs;; :; saId Mrs. Burnham; aIG aIIr
IsuppoSe iilS nfivating when they were
osIing o you, Ellen ,fra faT'Is Burnham. " re-
,..1 ST, Ellen. ''And | mus; IS say, ~ n might
pllea sh InoEing out for WIFE, me ne ng giyIs
man = S;tsIa tg more attention 70 ere tne sI be
pay us ns him every day. 4 nn aeo e had
who pl'I more notice Of me than Il n''
been a sIons. I Tarv much misdoubt teese dtaTt
San. t1ii Mrs Purday. 'who star stai.
naen," salu no low where, with lnell
from no o'ie s,,d boards, and their meian ,e tre
blaek ;k ryavs. shouldn Nv Z Monu1 murderer
.n cno,' 'tnrned out to ne soin0
I;s;,c ilsn from justice. RI, s,,ogested an
hle,1T ..0T a London thieif
other; t.a, an escaped madmani'' added
third; hiro,..ose wOmenn said Mrs 5 nsir Bnfof Of
ham, Sharply, Sas he? Well, never neAl@ ~
black eyes, n..' ia, any sign of villainy y.
thai thai they were M sor ar his gravity if he mas
crime a q % long in the wor,a s,ongh a. to make
lIvea q sS be has sec" eii'
ss.n .s,:,n s"a. glad to hear you s'e,h Mrs Pur-
- H1rs BurIiham, 3" saiu MIS-
Ssv. I nahciomsly. ,sl,,,.
wy you know he wants aas,,t m,t
s.Well, sP% Purliay, ''and he ID doesn es;rIs.
eem to ia, take ;sfactory actor tc know that if ne
sas5 s5ssss r. Il s. ssaHi .%s sa ss e ssa S
.On, nsn "I pity the poor man