San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-27

vorlte partner, ana nls despair Wien Volu
him that the announcement in the papers
was true was very touching. He came to
the wedding-which he thought 1t funny to
call 1.-THE funeral" remember, and he really
made it look like one-and the reproachful
look he gave me as got into the carriage
with Tom would have been touching, only at
that moment was taken up with Toms stu
pidity in letting some of my lace get shut up
in the door.
But, somehow, clumsy and stupid and
ridiculously in love as Tom was, the honey
moon went like lightning, and | scarcely
opened one of the many books French novels
principally that had taken to while away
what | thought would be so dreary time.
| regret to say that we kept company" just
as the footman and maid do, and spooned
like couple of sentimental German trades
people.
The first person to call in Fifth avenue,
where the house had been refurnished in
.'high art" style from cellar to attic, was
Dirk Van Khounhyde, who looked rather i'll
and depressed, poor fellow, but rallied when
he saw he was boring me, and told us all the
news, and made himself very agreeable, TAX
ing Tom off at last TO look at some horses at
the Riding club-some of his own, think
they were-whch poor Tom ended by buy
ing, and did not pay more imam douOie Ihef
value.
Tom never could say NO" to any one.
.'What's the use of my being rich, if | can't
help nv friends who are poorP he would
say, and it was in vain preached to him on
the utter uselessness Of such doings.
OF course we didn't stay in New York long,
but shortly migrated to Irvington, AMI soon
after arrived Dirk Van khounhyde, and took
up his abode with US, apparently for the sum-
mer. / thought this rather cool, for am
sure, whatever | may have said, | never
meant him to stay more than a usual visit;
but after all he was very amusing and use
| full, and fetched and carried for Inc very well,
and ALWAYS looked nice, and never dreamed
| of flirting with any one but me, though Mrs
| Davdreeme would have given her eyes to de-
| tach him. So. as long as Tom did not object,
| it was not for me to do SO; but after he had
| been with us about SIX weeks Tom did object,
| and for the first time his manner to me was
decidedly unpleasant
| s'Some i'll natured woman has been abusing
me to you" | said for l was annoyed. !
liked Tom to be always smiling ana affection
ate to me.
81 shouldn't allow any one to abuse you to
me- but | confess have heard something
that has put me out"
Tom was getting rather white. | had
never seen him angry before, and | think it
| became him | felt that if he looked at me
long in that stern way | should give in, begin
to cry, and ask him to pet me again, but he
said nothing, evidently putting good deal
of restraint on himself to remain silent, and
| left nv room. And then | set to work and
| cried lust like the heroine of one of those
| dreary rOmances that amused our grand
mothers, who were always retiring TO their
own rooms, letting down their back hair,
| and, while calling on their lovers by their
| surnames shedding bUCketfuls of tears But
it was of course, important that in our first
| domestic difference | should win; so | stood
firmly to my guns, and that very night, be
fore Tom and several other people, asked
Dirk to manage so that he could stay with us
to the end of the summer Dirk, who had
never intended to 60, accepted with rather
| amused look in his face, and said things tC
me that evening-when Tom was nOdding
over the paper in the smoking room-whlch
| | ought not 10 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 &C
count of how Dirk gradually got a certain
amount of influence over me, and made me
do things that at heart did not want TO do
and tell hinl-whCh was not true-that
was fond of him. and made me use all sorts
of little mean tricks to bind poor, dear Tom
who nevertheless seemed to be losing bis
spirits, and fretting a good deal about some
thing But then Shere was one thing W.
overlooked and which | am really ashamed
to put down here, to wit, that | liked my
husband better than Mr.. Dirk Van khOun
hyde.
At last think this strange fact seemed t.
dawn upon Dirk. He became savage, anc
tyrannized over me in the most fearful man
ner | really had to maneuver with intense
cunning to get little time alone with Ton
now and then, and Dirk was always catching
us together, and was angry after having don,
so, so that my life was made perfectly
wretched. Toms low spirits, too, did no
make things much pleasanter, and my deligh
knew no bounds when, one day toward thu
end of July, Dirk informed us that be wa
going to Narragansett for a week. trieC
to catch Toms eye as he told LIS this, bu
only caught Dirk's, and he OWNED what wa
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 tn
blessed departure was to take place, Ton
suddenly determined to go to New York.
81 have had some business to attend to TO
some time" he said when we were alone to
gether for few moments, Dirk havin;
gone to the stable to smoke pipe, ''and-
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