Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-12-10

vhrs the house had been reftrrtshsd N
.shixh art styEs fruu cellar 70 attic, vas
DIRK Van Ehnuahyte. who looked rather IL
and depressed, poor fellow, b. rasiiesd when
he saw be was boring me, and told Is al the
news, and made himself very agreeable, tax
ing Tom Of a. last u iook ~ sofae horses a.
the Riding elun-sone of nis OWL, | think
they wers-whien poor Tom ended BY buy
ing. and did rOs pay more tn~n double thar
value
Tom never could say NO TO any one
What's toe Use II gay icing RIGA. Il can't
help nv friends xho are poorF ne would
say. and il vas 10 vain / preached 10 cin On
tbs utter GsaIessaeas Q. s1ca dCinga-
OF course xe didn't stay IN New YORK louz,
but shortly migrated ~ Irylnetoa, and son
after arrived Dir- Van kEouDhyds. AID took
W h.s abode with Is, apparently for The sum
rer. / thoasaE tbs rather cool. far | am
sure, .assseT ! may have said, never
meant Liza to stay more tEaE Usual visit,
bat s.-sr eli lie vas very amusing and USE
iul, an fesc.seG aid carried fer lne very well,
and always loeked nsee. ard never dreamed
Of G.rllng Nllb any Oile b4. gls, though No
Daytlreesae Eo11a have given ter syes to do
raeh hili. 80. 81 lo9is a. Tom cid not obJsct,
twas MT for KS 10 Ga 30; baE alter be had
beeu with Is about slr ~ee.s Tom did ooJect.
and for tue FRS time la IlaaGeT " NE was
decidedly u 2.sasAlt
'-ssone a. n4rured WOMAN Las been abusing
me 10 $50. sad, f. w. anil1yetL
liked Tom TO be always smiling ana affection
ate 10 me.
Il shouldn't allow any one to abuse you TO
me- but | confess nave heard something
that has put me OUT
Tom was getting rather white. | had
never seen him angry before, and | think it
became him | felt hat if be looked at me
long in that stern way ! should give in, begin
10 cry and ask him 10 pet me again, but he
said nothing, evidently putting good deal
Of restraint on himself 70 remain silent and
left my room And then set 20 work and
cried, Just like the heroine Of one OF those
dreary romances that amused our grand
mothers, who were always retiring 10 their
own rooms, letting down their beck hair,
and, while calling on their lovers By their
Surnames, shedding bucketfnls OF tears But
IL was, OF course, important that IN our hrst
domestic difference should WIN, so stood
firmly 10 my guns, and that very night, be-
fore Tom and several other people, asked
Dirk To manage that he could stay with US
to the end Of the summer Dirk. who had
newer iHlchued W ~ dNNSpero VIA "a AneNei
amused took in his face, and SAID things TO
me that evening Tom was nodding
over the paper in the smoking room-which
| ought not to have allowed, but was angry
with Tom-and-you might as well have tried
TO quiet mad bull with bundle Of tracts as
try to bring confusion on a Nineteenth Cen
fury Adonis with cold looks.
| am not going to weary you by the ac-
k,s ntrbs, IL, in
amount OF influence over me, and made me
do things that at heart did not want to do,
and tell him--which not true-that
was fond of him, and made me use all sorts
of little mean tricks To b ind poor, dear TOm,
who nevertheless seemed to be losing his
spirits, and fretting a good deal about some
thing But then there was one thing we
overlooked, and which | am really ashamed
10 put down here, to wit, that liked my
husband better than Mr.. DIRK Van khoun-
hyde.
At last think this strange fact seemed to
dawn upon Dirk He became savage, and
tyrannized over me in the most fearful man
ner | really had to muneuver with intense
cunning to get a little time alone with Tom
now and then, and Dirk was always catching
US together. and was angry after having done
wretched Toms low spirits, too did not
make things much pleasauter, and my delight
knew no bounds when, one day toward the
end of July, Dirk informed us that he was
going to Narragansett for a week. | tried
To catch Toms eye as he told us this, but
only caught Dirk's, and he OWNED what was
in my mind, and looked positively diabolic.
As the time for his departure grew near |
counted the days, but my disappointment
was great when, the very day before tue
blessed departure was to take place, Tom
suddenly determined to go TO New York.
al have had some business to attend to for
some time" he said when we were alone to
gether for few moments, DIRK having
gone to the stable to smoke pine land
and-perhaps it is best that you should know
the truth, Cornelia. You have chosen that
people should talk of you in such way that,
though, of course, | do not believe there is a
particle Of truth in the gossip, yet don't
choose to leave lrvington while Van khoun-
hyde is here. His visit to Narragansett en-
abes me to attend to my business"
longed to tell him ail-=yes all the truth
for Tom would have forgiven me- | know.
and there was nothing really bad to tell but
Dirk came in at that moment, and the OPP
portunity was lost. The next day Tom took
an early train, and Dirk was to go after
lunch. found note from Tom on the hall
table when | came down. 1t was stiff and
i'll expressed, but could read affection and
pain between the lines, and | made up my
mind on the spot to my course of action.
| managed to avoid DIRK till luncheon. and
then. to my horror, he informed me that he
had chance, bis nlsrs ana was No, ,oin,, 10
Narrao,psettl
"Ind.ed wrote IN n,,t that off .braa DAYS
non y n. sniJ sniIine, IN sirh n cI,rr,,,s, ,y,v
"Jirectlv hoard be was going, TO town Va
shall have a whole wee. togetber
What conld | dog copId NOT tprn thu
man ont NJ tho bouse and vat lne,y ,b,t
the talk--bad enouch before-vo,ld redm,hle
now WAT couIJ doa Wbot Gould I saw,
made nm INV mind Inst as the servants
vere lavip,, tho cloth for dinner whom MY
vas snoLino his us,,al cio,,ra,te in the con.
servatorv n veilel fgure miybt have been
scan stealing from the side door near the ,,nr.
don gate and taking the direction of the
town II wasI
Nv terror Of the man in the conservatory
was canseless INIT i. was absolute feit
that were caurht in my aigbt he vould
tean mo chained n, home unabla IN osc,r.
from his influence. so | stole away hnlf
walked half ran the five miles betwoen me
md tho railway station. took n nlnce in the
evening train TO New York md got in about
o o-clock. cold. hungry footsore and excited
had forrottsn 10 brine enouph money and
fearing nerhans that sbonI1 not find Tom
was afraid 10 take n cab. 50 losin, INV wav
constantly, | walked through the wet streets
from the Grand Central dspot and evantu
ally reached tho Renedirt whore Tom had