Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-29
BRATTLEBORO, VT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 1873

making other people run for hot water, and
hot towels, and hot soapstones, and catnip tea,
and what not.
Hes driven her mad-that's what he's
done !" cried this vrtuous woman to whom
no had given a home at his hearth.
Harry came home in the midst OF Il, stood
at his wife's door three minutes, took the
stairs at bound, found his team where he
had left ii, put the old mare to her utmost,
made brief call at place four miles away,
came back triumphant, went into the house
regardless of all Mrs. Beardsley's "Hush,
bushes" and Poor lambs" aud, striding into
his wifes room, sat down by the bed and lift
ed her disheveled head and tear-sodden face
TO his shoulder. "What is IL, my darling 2"
he whispered "You have made me misera-
BILE long enough. Tell me now what makes
yOU miserable r
"Oh, Harry" she sobbed, don't you
don't you--love me-any more 2"
Love you, my precious little wife !?
worship you, aud you know i'll"
And you're not-you're Just Just as
Indifferent to me-"
indifferent Good heavens, Tacy, what
has put this into your head Have l ever
seemed Indifferent Don't hang upon your
Words your ways, your"
And you don't-ob, solemnly You don't
care anything about Adele FreemautIe ?"
adele Freemante?" And he burst into
bis old ringing laugh. ''Why haven't seen
her to speak with for dozen years. Aud
never did care anything about her. | care
for nothing and nobody but you, my sweet
wife"
"Oh, Harry then, Harry" Tacy almost
shrieked, take her away then take this
dreadful woman away She's killing me ;
she's killing all our peace it's her slow poi
SOD. l don't know that shall ever get over
it but give me a chance-do give me a
chance. Put her away somewhere"
It's just what came home to do" said
Harry. I've found her a boarding place
where she'll be properly looked after, four
good long miles away, and she's going to
tumble her thiOgs into one of our trunks and
be out of here in half an hour, or she's going
without them"
And she did
1t goes without saying that Mrs. Boards.
ley's wrath did not go without saying. Loud
and inarticu late at first 1t was finally to be
made out th at the was filling the world about
her with complaint concerning all she had
done for Harry Hsverman, and the ingrati-
tude she had met in return. She refused to
eat she refused to have her stove lighted,
and she would have refused TO sleep had not
nature been too m UGH for her. Il am under
no obligations to Mr.. Harry Haverman that
l can help" she said, witheringly. IF be
chooses to send his wife's mother to the poor
house, l can't help that. To the almshouse
I'll go. l sha'n't stay in this place, that's
certain. He knows | can't sleep with 3 fire
in my room. I've put a fire in his room,
though, that'll make it hot for him !" Aud
re- joioing in the work she had done ignorant.
ly, and with parcel of her possessions in
hand, the worthy old person started on her
walk to the poor house. She never reached
the poor-house, though. Her anger and its
expression was more than her own nerves
could bear, and one of her catsleptic seiz.
ures Frustrated her in the street, where she
fell, striking her head on the sharp ice, aud
never stirred again.
"Oh, we have killed her :" cried Tacy, in
horror, when they told her-"we have kill
ed her!
Shed have killed US if we hadn't" said
Harry, grimly.
"She has killed herself" said B -cky.
ITS awful" said Harry. "Of course it's
awful. But let who will be the chief mourn.
er, it will not be l. Now we can live the
rest of our lives in peace. There will be
nobody to teach you cruel suspicious of your
poor husband, or me contempt for my dear
| wife"
"Oh, but If it's our fault that -"
"It's plain case of telO desc" said the
doctor. Il don't really see that you have
anything to regret"
"And trust, said Miss Maxim, ''it ia not
in the least uncharitabe to hope that this
time Mrs. Beardsley has really gone to heav-
en- Harriet Prescott SpoGord, in Harper s
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