The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-10-30

4 and rested her hand on my shoulder.
I "Yes-no-~pray don't bother. Go
on. Perhaps III come andfetch you.
There was another pause.
"Dick, dear, I'd rather not go with
out you" she said, meekly.
And I'd rather you did go without
me-" | said, angrily. The Wilson's
are our best friends, and [ won't have
them slighted.'
Then why not come, DiCk?' said
the little woman, and l could see that
she was struggling bravely to keep
back the tears.
Because I've no time for such friv-
olity. There, you've wasted enough
OF my time, sogo.'
Scratch, scratch. went that exas-
p~eratingpen, as Invent on wrltingmore
stuff to cancel, and yet too weak and
angry to leave of like a sensible man,
run up and change my things, and &C
| company my little wife to the pleasant
social gathering a few doors lower
! down the road.
She had been lookingforward to the
| visit as a treat. So had | till that
! gloomy fit came over me; but as lhad
taken the step already made, | felt
| that | could not retreat without look
| ing foolish; so | acted with the usual
J wisdom displayed by man under such
! circumstances. and made matters
much worse.
Did you hear me say that | wished
you to go alone?' | said, angrily.
Yes, yes, Dick dear, I'll go ii you
wish" Matte said, very meekty; but
indeed I'd far rather stay at home
You are desired to go; you have a
rose in your hair said, sarcastical-
ly-oh, what a poOrsatire when it was
put there to please me-"and they eX-
pect you; so now go and enjoy your
self" | added. by way of a sting to
my sensible speech.
II can't enjoy myself, Dick she
said, gently, ''unless you come too.
Let me stay"
II desire you to CO. | exclaimed,
banging my hand down on the desk.
She looked at me with the big tears
standing in her eyes, and then, coming
nearer, she bent I'VE me and kissed my
forehead.
"Will you come and fetch me, Dick?"
she said, softly.
"Yes-no-perhaps-I don't know"
/ said, roughly, as l repealed her ca
resses. And then, looking wistfully at
me, she went slowly to thedOor, glided
out and was gone
That broke the spell, and / started
1 fro ~ NV gaaN n1nra N puHax than axyan
/ was wroth with her now for obeying
me so meekly, and l gently opened the
door, to hear her call the maid to ac-
company her as far as the Wilson's
The | heard them go-heard the girl
return, and | was alone.
Alone? Well not exactly, for so to
speak, / was having an interview with
my angey self, asking how | could let a
feeling of annoyance act upon my bet
ter nature, and make me behave as /
had TO thesweet girlish being who, dur
ing the six months we had been mar
ried never looked at me but with eyes
of love.
Change your things and 90 after
her," something seemed to say; but /
repealed it, threw my writingdesk aside,
kicked off my boots, snatched my slip
pers out of the closet, thrust the easy
chair in front of the fire, threw myself
into it, and then, with my feet on the
fender and my hands in my pockets, /
sat, morose, bitter and uncomfortable,
gazing at the glowing embers.
"She had no business to go!" | ex-
claimed. "She knew | was up all last
night writing that miserable book, and
was out ~ofsorts, and she ought to have
stayed"
Then / reviewed the past half hour,
and grew calmer as / leaned back,
knowing as / did that / had forced her
to 60, poor child, and how miserable
she would be.
"She'H forget it among all those peo-
ple," / said bitterly.
But Ibid not believe it, and at last
/ sat there calling myself an idiot,
blind, mailman, to plant as / had the
first seeds of what might grow into a
very upas tree of dissension, and blight
the whole of our married life.
Poor little darlingl' / said at last
"In wait up till she comes home, and
then tell her how sorry / am for my
Jolly, and ask her forgiveness. But al
q man, can / do that? Will it not bt
weak? Never mind, Exclaimed, "I'l
do it'll Surely, there can b,
no Drawer thing than to owr
ones self in the wrong. Lif.
is short to blur it with petty
quarrels. And supposes she were takel
i'll to-night-my darling whom / low
with all my heart? Or suppose sh
went too near the fire and her dres
caught alight? There. how absurd
Thank goodness, she is in silk
and not in one of those hy-away mus
linsl"
/ sat on, musinq. till suddenly Their
was a buzz outside the house, an
then the rush Of feet, j fancied / hear
| the word afreln repeated again an