Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-12-25

AfOW tnie INV UOluQ1 WAS kOL1s ~
had been given TO Trip in note, not in
gold. She had not changed 1t; she had
had no occasion, no opportunity, to
change it; and one day-it was the very
day after her marriage-Mr. Beaufort
borrowed II Of her.
Sae did not like at once to remind him
Of the money, though he had asked the
loan for ten minutes to pay for Goals
But when week passed and nothing
was said of tho five pounds, she ventured
tinddly TO recall it to Algernon. IIo
laughed. "My dear Trip what can you
want money for9 l pay for everything.
You have no bills, You buy nothing. Ask
me for anything you want, and you shall
have it.
81 ask for the five pounds back, p" che
said with some spirit.
"Tbat, said he putting his hand in his
pocket and drawing forth some silver,
"that is not possible just now; have
not been to the bank and drawn any
money out have only seven and six in
silver, tenpence in copper, and thirty
shillings in gold"
"rhen let mo have the thirty shillings."
"My precious Trip-<What for? 1t viii
force me to 60 to-day, which will be most
lnconvenient, to town, to my bankers"
"Thcn the seven and six on account"
"That want for the baker, who is de-
handing his account. We have had
pound cakes es well as bread, and tea
cake, too"
"1hen give me the tenpence in cop
pers y
~ must buy some stamps; l am run
out Of queens heads. ="
''That is precisely what / want money
for" said Trip, testify. ~ have neither
paper nor envelopes nor stamps. have
nothing to do with my time; / want TO
write letters"
'Do your" asked Mr.. Beaufort, with
some sharpness. "Have not told you
that will not have letters sent home or
anywhere for q month"; Wait till the
months end, and then you may write as
much as you like"
''But why not now2'
| Because | will not allow it," He was
angry, and On ugly expression came In
his face which frightened Trip. "Mind
what / have already said. You disobey
me at your peril"
| Then he left the room.
Instead of crushing her with his
threatening words and tone, he had irri.
tated her. Trip had been accustomed to
have her own way oil her life as far as it
had run, and contrariety was what she
could not endure.
She did not cry; she sat brooding, with
pursed lips and contracted brows, and a
very angry, rebellious light in her eyes.
She sat twirling her diamond ring on her
pretty, delicate finger, the ring worth,
according to Mr.. Beaufort, hundred and
fifty pounds. Had he lied to her about
that ring, as he had lied about the Nor
way journey, and TIE court in Giouces-
tershire and the house in Piccadillyi
She would like to know. She would be
guided by this. This was matter in
which she could satisfy herself; and Of
course, there was still just possibility
that he was really prevented from cross
ing to Norway as proposed, that he had
some property in Worcestershire, and q
house undergoing repairs in Piccadilly.
So she resolved to put this matter tC
test, crucial test, and act according rs
it gave reply. If Mr.. Beaufort had beer
false in this, he was false In everything
She would write to her father, tell hin
everything, and beg him to come to Lon
don and come to an explanation with he
husband.
She was then without any shoes on heI
feet; she supposed they were below in tn
back kitchen. The maid, Nelly, had no
brought them up, and she had taken then
down overnight or early in the morning
to clean.
So, in her stocking soles, she stole Il
the head of the kitchen stairs not to cal
tie sulky Nelly, but to fetch them TO
herself.
She heard ger husband and the servan
talking together in q low voice in tn,
kitchen; this angered her. Her littl,
shell of left ear was burning. The.
we're talking about her. He had beer
so unfair to her that she excused
herself for being underhand with him
She crept to the bottom of the stone step
to listen.
II say you're a fool, said the maid
Whatever can have possessed you t.
bring this wax doll into the house to ruiz
US allP''
81 could not help myself, she is so con
foundedly pretty. She bewildered me
and her mother threw her at my head. :"
''You are old enough to know better,
| SlOWlGQ NI1lg IL wv do 1OuAb011 I1Oll
were endangered you might go the Who'll
way and be welcome; but it's the lot o
} us, as you know well enough"
Nonsense, Nelly,' said Mr.. Beaufort
she's such fool she can do no hurt"
"She's not such a fool as you suppose,
remarked the woman, "and may play u
, an ugly trick yet"
''She must not leave the house"
eve taken care of that" said Nelly
"I've took away her boots, and shel
scarce go abroad in her slippers. Still
that Is neither here nor there; what / sa
is that you have run us all into grea
: risk by bringing her here"
"Well, well, Nelly, it amt for long"
'No, it is not for long; but it may b
just too long for our interests"
Then Trip heard her husbands ster
as though he were coming to the stairs
and she stole back as she had descended
What was the meaning Of thisS
To come to some understanding, sh
: asked for her boots. The woman said sh
was sorry, she had put one pair to DIR
over the kitchen range, and the fire ha
: been too hot, it had burned them. Tn
soles had warped and curled SO that tn
threads were torn, and the top lesthe
had parted from them.
"Where is the other pairi'
| "The rats have eaten holes in them.
, left them on the sink in the scullerJ
and the beasts came up from the drain