Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-12-27

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wife pnrcl m. an-
WHY didn't mamma tell taa' uh. 2
thought sou knew aul sans rpun q
-ba1r m q frightened manner oh am .o
.ogr. mamm5 L.Iuttl Fse Haut u4
n5 ha hand p"" ha1
How Cru ever cmus io believe su,h @
meusttou deception. [ cannot understand
But having made mc The victim af decep
toa I suppose hr never thoneht q" qoei-
tiou my as..r.ion. IT, tood iauns iuut.-
Is al lnc and . ...uld sln.a.f have piuei
HIM
shall { show you hi piciarr' : a-sci
picking up my album which bad beeu un
packed
"Sa BE- thunderrl' Nsrer peak hi-
name in mss hearins agam
Turning. he abruptly lelt the ruous. aui
! did not sec him again until breakfast.
lie merely bowed without speaking. and
left the house soon after with murmurcd
excuse about business Dear mother Rowe
had looked in panied surprise at such aH
exhibition Of welded bliss When | re.
covered from the III Of laughter his yindic-
tive slam of the outer door threw me into,
! explained matters
Hcr sweet old face lighted up aud She
laughed in concert. as she expressed BE-
lief that the plan would succeed
He returned az dinner time quite bis e.
nial self, and sc spent a very pleasant eve
ming ! saw a. had set q guard uPon his
tongue and acted accordingly lis meth
er's face reflected our hapPiness. aud l
thought the evening would end without
anything disagreeable happening.
little knew how strong his habit bad
become however
l was sitting al the piano when be cross
ed the room for something and ia reply
to a question from his mother, I heard him
sGying.
"You tnow my vile did Her way l.
good enough for you.
am willing To believe he did not mean
to be unkind. but when | saw the panied
looked on the lurrowed face. | made up
my mind to pas him in full 4 few
minutes later he dropped page Of music
he was turning for me. and aaw my
chance.
Il declare. Cyrus. Harry never did such
bunglng thing as that in all our married
life, and ! brough; my fingers down upon
the keys with Il discordant crash.
Il declare. Esma. | could almost pits
him, declared the dear soft hearted little
mother.
go could /. / answered, but noi just
yet
was afraid | had carried the matter too
far when heard the outer door slammed
again; but he appeared at breakfast quite
cheerful, but looking worn and little
haggard
Things went on iii this way ior several
weeks | was miserably Unhappy. and
knew he was also. bnt | would not give up
| knew | was worthy to be his wife, aud
deserved better than the place Of second
fiddler" which he had forced upon me
from the beginning. But il became almost
more than could bear and made up my
mind I'd 20 home Ia my mother and give
up the struggle.
was sitting alone in the dusk. wonder
ing how | could bring it to pass, when he
came and flung himself wearily down upon
low seat at my side.
'Esma, hc said taking my hand. Do
you care for me at all'"
you know / do" | answered passing
my other arm about bis neck.
'.rhen. dear, let as make solemn com
pact to let the dead rest in their graves.
was to blame in hiding my former marriage
from you. But | loved you much l
feared to give you up. Your mother was
to blame in your ease. So LET rs Try and
be happy
| cried Il little, kissed him, and agreed
to govern my conduct by his.
So We have lived in something like har-
mony since But he had set himself a
mighty task to brcal, up habit which was
the growth of years.
He had many lapse, but the word,
Harry is sufficient to pregcnt n speedy
recurrence of the fault.
have not heard the offensive phrase
..my wife" for several weeks now. and l
think | may soon safely assume the title
as my own.
But what will he say when lie finds out
as he must sooner or later, that Harry
is a myth.-The Chimney Corner