Telegram-herald., 1889-11-14


..nsssv sakes r exclaimed Poly.
II Hanrb q SAD Adolqhus Ar ,-
well-yes
Wat asked his mother. Do you
CUES What aas h4ppenede'
Yes. ee, SAID A1ol phas.
.Do yo4 kLos where she las gomez
i ean imagine. said Aoolphls
ssyg1ar yoa tel me- asked he mother.
4.No " I'D the sen Ne sAe can. 4
So chooses. some day
Does sae klow yoa KNOW asked tie
otaer.
.Hou ald you 6nd outY"
i've eKpeetea q smash u some Kind
Tor 4 long wtile. sad Adolphus. NO
matter Don { hdget. mother shell be
t&ek sooq
~Tbis i perfectly outrageous p said
the motheT-in-law shameful. scandal
oast A Young woman rushing 0ut ~ TIE
house ike thls A married woman. TOO.
Soiue people would Lot take heT back,
A1olpAus-
-Oh. wei. viii. said the son. she
has 5 little secret that sAe don't choose
. tell every one. l know, hut don't
mean O. get angry c.er n. she's safe
Shes gone % New York
go New lork z" exclaimed old Mrs.
Iobb. "AdOlphgs, yOa ought 10 follow
her a once. You are no man II YOU
don't. Leave Fishkl and 20 10 New
York Ike this without warning own
ing 70 d secret, TO- l can't stand II: she
must explain / viii never OfeT her tho
hand Of friendship again il she does not
And any Row, Ad0lphls, how do you know
she Viii come back r
Il am sure of il" said the husband,
I've no doubt Ann Maria VIII explain,
no doubt al all. Then he brushed back
his hair, and went back 10 his store as
calmly AZ IL nothing had happened
Old Mrs. LObb could not explain his
conduct ID herself much better than she
could her daugLter-in-laws She was
angry indignant and alarmed. How did
she know Ann Maria was what size had
thought herr She might have had ten
husbands before she caught her poor son /;
she was not young whom she married, not
very she was p years old il wasn't like
Il young girl fresh from home how did
size know she had not been an actress or
a dancer, or IN the state prison FOR mur-
der, Perhaps she saw a detective officer
pass Perhaps-oh, VINO knew what :
and maybe AdOlphus had hidden his
wrath from her, aud was going TO follow
and Kill her, and-and h,m-if there was
q him
The old lady was all in culver Of ex-
element; but Adolphu5 came 10 tea as
usual and ate with an appetite. A day
passed-nO Ann Maria. Two days-nO
news Of her. Three days-then d tele-
graphic message came:
Iwil not be home until Saturday.
ANN MARIA.
care you going 10 bear this!" asked
Mrs. Lobb of Adolphus.
Adolphus laughed, the laugh OF despair,
his mother thought. Saturday, would
she come Saturday? II so, she should
have a greeting-One she might not ex-
expect. She should explain.
Saturday arrived-anOther message
"Maria must stay longer"
"Must she p cried old Mrs. Lobb
II thought She would. said Adolphus.
Old Mrs Lobb felt that the world had
turned upside down. Polly carried the
news about the town. Young Mrs.
Lobb's enemies began 10 declare that she
had elOped. Her friends declared that
she had lost her senses. People went to
Mr.. Lobbs store and bought cologne
water and soap and candy in order TO see
how he lOOked-hOw he bore his trouble.
AIr. Lobb seemed TO have no trouble at
all
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-
day, Thursday-I Mrs. Lobb was
still absent On Friday morning, how
ever, while old Mrs. Lobb was busting
the paror the front door opened softly,
and timid steps smote the hall. The old
ladv thrust her head out of the door, saw
her dGughter-in-law trembling in the
hall aad flung up her hands in pantO-
mime OF astonisbment, and glared upon
the audaciOus young woman with the
eyes Of truly virtuous matron.
Ann Maria Lobb crept forward and
timidly sat down upon sofa.
$50 you've come back, ma'am." said
old Mrs. Lobb.
"Yes. ma" said Ann Maria.
Don't ma me-" cried the old lady.
"Dont come near NEEDN'T touch me.
I've lived sixty-nine years in this wicked
world, but l never have had anything
aisgraceful happen in my family. before.
Where have you been, Ann Maria
LObb?p
ITO New York" sobbed Ann Maria.
"And why did you go?" asked the
mother-in-law.
Something happened that made it
necessary"
"And what was that?"
"That l will never TELL" said Ann
Maria.
"Not tell your husband?"
"Him least Of all, sobbed Ann Maria.
"YOu have a secret then from your hus-
band?" said Mrs. Lobb
"Oh, dear, dear, dear 20. cried Ann
Maria. Don't be so cruel TO me Yes.
have a secret. II he knew it l know
he'd detest nae. l can't let him know it.
Do believe it's no harm-do, ma
"Never call me ma again. said old Mrs
Lobb. "Your husband must have a di-
vOrce-at oncei He can get one You've
given him reason" And just then Ann
Maria gave shrek, for Adolphus, stood
in the doorway.
"Ah. there he is, cried old Mrs. Lobb.
"My son. do your DUTY. Remember, too,
that your respectable mother cannot
stay In the house with that person any
longerr
Adolphus only grinned He leaned his
back against the door, and lifted his eve
brOws Il thought Id let you carry
your plan out, Maria" he said. "but IL
you had known / helped 10 make en-,
you'd have been saved considerable
bother Why don't you tell ma2 She
has full set Yours were only uppers.
There's no need of the tragic, ma.
Ann Maria broke her false teeth, biting
an apple. I've expected them 10 60 for
some time. ! never said anything about
IL. but the first | ever saw of her. - TO
speak. was the wax impression Of tho
roof of her mouth. Before I went into
the grr reery business I dsbbled little in
dentistry. and when Jim made your set,
Maria. I was in the laboratory. lie told
ne what q pretty girl you wero. a0d
peoped through the little window. where
the curtain was, and saw. I made up
my mind 20 get an Introduction then T.
was a very artistic plate. None could
have e, assed YOU wore H. but vou SEQ
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