The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-20

"rhat you could not take care Of me" She
begun TO cry, nltl spent all the tears shc had
lUnEcti to shed during the ,luy, hut would not
shed them because Huff was taking care of
her.
lie WINS wrctclclly hungry. His pulse was
awful high or low, l,c did not know which.
n,mi ns for his wife, shc might die lmtor.
the top of these dire facts lny the purse in
her porkct or upper drawer. lie was deeply
nnsrrsl. 'S0mrthing wllirlul around his
heart nnl sent the blood To his forehead, aud
l l'i his lilm lntorc he knew that he was ill.,
rlincl To He sat down in II bowed pnsi,inn
his thumbs in his pockets. lie heard
tue light pattrring of II spring shower in the
g,t tllrring darkl,css, and he nlso heard his
wife feeling about in The next room, turning,
q key and coming bnrk tn where l,c sulkr,l.
She said. "iirr!" dramatically. He looked
mr and saw II pretty purse l,cforr his nose.
The next instant 1'l Tl,waite was looking at
her husband in blank ,lismay. Huff had
the purse had skinned through IL pane Of
tho window with IL twinklng crash.
Tilt turned TO tltc sofa, and threw herself
down at full length. gloriously wrctcl,sl.
Huff vanished. He went out into tho driz-
zling rnin to hunt for the purse. He struck
matches fa'at sizzlctl, nNa'wes several times
on tho point of being run over by vehicles,
and there is scarcely any doubt that his mis-.
fortunes were further augmented by the us,
Of words after which the faithful historian
draws I'M exclamation and supplies by Il
blank All in II moment, however liz thought
he had stepped on mouse. and then l,r
knew that he had come upon the plllsl, wul-
let. In the hall he opened hastily. expect
ing to find. Perhaps IL few gold pieces: hut
his luck was far better than le had expected
What could 'riil' have h~rn thinking Of to for
get about it ur withhold il. dear lit goose!
How could her charming ghost have pr,,iitcl
by her pin-moncy, surprising they had lrrll
starved?
In II couple of hours more Tinrs ha,acln
had gone of like I he mist nttl tlry both looked
even isaycr than before the terrible ordeal
of hat day had SGT in.
AT nine o'rlOrk there ,9,mc II knOrk at tilc
door. 4 servant stepped over to Mrs
rhwntr and said hing in II low voice
Mrs. Thwnitr replied in tho same manner.
Who could have supposed that there would
l." a serious sequel such II slight occurrence!
"llrns,, Hun. hand mo So
"C"rtainly, Till. But On second thought Ic.
mcmlnr how careful wcni,lst i,rfnr II month =
IL wish you would reflect that the lnnn-
dress mus, i" ln,i,l."
"0h. We can't sprnd money in =" lavish 1,
way as that at present. She must wait"
well, says tn" hlunming wilr. rli,,,,nrrr,n,I
one way ur tl," other, III go and send
her of.
She left the room nn,l did not return fo,
five minutes Then, after sitting down
again and reading II few pages of Mrs
Browning. she lnok"l up with II smile :,s il
NJ some joke. which was inrNpliralr undo,
I hr cir,inst nilr,.S, 81 had to give her tho
clothes" said she.
Dhl y"n? Thought You always did"
II mean. nicomlsr, the lnuniri,L ones sl,,
had brought
Weren't they just right"
"linil. YOU nrr getting obt'sc. She took
hem i'll Payment
Mercy
Il can make my things last just about
II mouth that way"
But how am I" manage with only TWEEN
ty-fnmr shirts. aud at least seven thrown Ia
th" dogs !, wrrk?'
"'rlat does s,rm II problem" unused Tiff,
laying down Mrs. lsr"wming's lmmnis temper
arllr on her knee. "t'nuhln't you l,uy II iinn
ml shirt, and wear il ever 81, long,"
Couldn't yon get II bathing DRESS" de-
mandnl Hun. with wiil,rring snlr;,sn.
OH" g;lsp"l Till, "how fearful You always
ar!'
Suppose tir quarrel over. and for u day ul
two ni"ns" I"s,". Then came nn rpismlr.
well. drnrs. how ,lo ynn do" The speak
or w'ls n Ii" girl Joyous with curly morning
air aud unusual excitement.
llnif and Till were tr:,usiig,lrr,l. They wcr,
just starting ont for breakfast.
IL wns determined to find you in, aud ~
cam" at Ills hour went on the visitor. III
has taken us !, good while To find y,mi sine,
lGila would hear uf il. The detective saws
y"l drank Stcinl"rgrr Cabinet ycstcrlay--'
How dare ynI enter the sniic air ".
b,'atll":'' thmn,lrral Hun. stri,lng up to his
sister and taking lrr round tho waist for Il
stout Kiss. "Wr ignore yolIr existence"
~ al .I,,i, a.,
sit ting down with Til upon the sofa. with n
sweep of tll"ry"s, and hen lrn,ling sideways
towards ll" brides clleck until cheeks and
lips met. "iuu, dear"
You love-! said Till, and they cml,rarr
"l'alh says you must l@ nGrri,ai nvci
n;s;,in. Z" through il" form and all the show
and Importance, remarked Est her with th,
most fascinating. lazy nonrllnlal,rr. "lIc
said h" never saw anything go on So like cot
ton into tlams ny you did, l,rutlir Just :,s
though anyone was more in love with YOU
f''ssi" Frath"rly than h" WAS. lie don't re-.
m"'nl"r fnrhi,l'ling he marringr -, all"
81 'l'asr tell my father said Huff severely
il, her hand That rncmlmr Ills fprhildin@
il t"r as bad MS his fnrlhiing i,) very dis
tinrtly. And please add that from this time
forth my fiitlIrr. yes. and all the rest of you
is-al'.-',,,l Ia nc!'
dreadful words those. WILL" sighed his
SISTER: gl',nring up with compressed lips
Don't YOU think 50. l;cssic:'
Mrs Tilt shook her head and smiled. mfr.
Ihwiiitr is never WRONG" says she. aud sll,
feels II litil" awkaul at her own ussrrtiun
Esther then thought ~ moment, aud hen
said she believed She would not stay any
lnng'i' just now. IlulT said that lr would 81,
her home" aud then reflection that he could
not very well carry out His intention. Esther
upon this rNIliiinrl that she had come in
the r,rragc. When she had bowed her.
self through I'll" "Imn door, sll" stopped Il,
throw over her shoulder IL rO,ll;I,c of genial
anghtrr.
by tn" way WILL" she called. If "" were
in h" fashionable sci what II terrible nniori.
city ynu tw" wild things would have! A. il IL.
il ''s lik" u nir" play. Adiru!'
~ wish my mother would come now said
Tin, after the door had closed upon her h,ls-
hand's biuvlnt sistrr-wlln WITS also Il
school friend : and aftcrn parls" or some
thing 'aluiva"n Il" one. Huff had no, de-
s'an'rrl to he rarrilg" with Miss Thwait",
for fear of catching sight of the world
dreaded grin On HE funtniims vsag".
Your mother is - woman. dear, answered
Thw;it". as if HAT mean, something unusual.
'an,l it will take long time for her To conn.
ronnd ms my fnthrr has done.
But you ara unrclcnting as YOU can ln, g
suggested Tiff
Huff would like to have said tha, ns a
young husband he could not be- otlrrwi.,.
than he WAS. hut ns lr felt that this might ln.
too brilliant u revelation for Tiff he remained
silent.
In the evening tli"T were sitting ;,s w.ls r,is-
tomiry in the cheerful blu,-t int ed ROOM Huff
feeling very cosy and nloof from the world
aud annoying rlativcs, nil,l remembering, his
days occupation in the rival insurance of.
flee hs if IL wcr. n dream.
The door was OImIul hastily and n fi.rurp
presented itself which dashed their united
cnlIn To atoms
II was Esther, pale and trembling rr
asl"n face emphasized by n black veil nr.,,,n,l
IL. and over her culOr,al dress II heavy ll;Irk
shawl. Thwailc hurried tO her, and took her
unglnv"l hand in his
My sister, what has happened to yo,In''
Let NJ" sit down or shall faint, whispered
illcr. dropping her head ns;inst his arm
Ihwait" led her tn an easy chair aud lclpnl
her down upon il IS soft cushions. Tiflw;s alert
in opening The window. and then running To
Estlirrs side. finding lmr, however. n little
less faint: her eyes looking rapidly from nIn.
to I he other as he two sympathetic Young
people lnnt towards her.
boar sister. snhlnd Tiif, "hus something
terrible lE,plml"l?'
MY fntl"r. said the wllite-filceM girl, in
low tones. shutting lrr"y,~.
Father! father cried Thwaitc. deeply
agitat"l. and clutrhing liis sisters hands in
'Drnd.
~" young compile sank on either side of
Esther. crushed and mortified. Withou,
opening her eyes. Est her spoke on:
When told him how YOU received tho
l"vin" message, brother Will, in one mo-
mrnt-'
Thwait"s distress was ngonizing. Esther