The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-28


.Of course you will accept this offer.
ef.e had said quickly. A. for me. I
can get on. l have been thinking that,
for the present At any rate, We had bet
/ ter move into that little house Of mine
on Laurel street; 1t Is idle now"
Way out there7 II Is almost out into
theacountry; none Of your friends will
know where to find YOU
i"My butterfly acquaintance viii not,
but those whose friendship Is worth any
thing can see me whenever they want
To-; horse-cars 60 within half a block
But seriously. Oliver. what else Is there
for US to doa The rent will be nothing.
the furnishing mere tribe. and my
housekeeping bills for myself alone will
not be enormous. II our prospects
brighten, when return we can
easily make another change"
Poor girl!r said he to himself, ''she
wants to hide her head now that our
bubble has burst Well, can't blame
her.Ewish-though, she was not SO
icily Indifferent about my going away
for the whole autumn. What mistake
our marriage was! She took me for my
money, and well. did love her then,
but somehow things are different from
what ! hoped they would be; perhaps II
we had q child she would be more do
fmestic. But he gave no expression to
his thoughts; did not even show his
gratified surprise at the grief she ex-
hibited when the hour at last came for
him to sail
As his was business trip, he had lit
tie time for sightseeing; SO he made,
the mistake oil thinking that he had
nothing worth writing about. and his
letters home were OF the briefest as
were also hers to him, and he really
hold arrangements except that she was
trying 10 make the new house habita-
BILE on a ptifully small sum OF money.
At last after remarkably short pas
sage from Liverpool, Oliver found him
self in his native city twenty -four hours
before any one could reasonably have
expected him@Giving his luggage to
| an expressman, he took the. horse-cars
for the little house in Laurel street,
| wondering II Jeannette would be sur
prised to see him, or whether she
would take his return as pacidly as she
had takon the news OF his projected de-
parture. OF course he had no latch
key to this house. SO he had to ring the
bell. He was admitted by a girl who
had once lived with his mother.
"Hullo! Norah, do you live herep"
! he exclaimed.
/ Sure an it's the masther his own
self! Oh, but it's pity that the mis-.
thress fsn { IN yet! No. SIR don't live
here, Mrs. Sawtelle don't keep girl;
but she gets me to come in once week
an. do the scrubbin' for her, an whites
I'm here she takes the chance to go out
! to do her arrants"
Don't tell her I've come want to
I surprise her" said he, as he entered
the room nearest the front4door.
| Setting his bag down on the floor. he
tstruck d match, for It was quite late in
the afternoon, and as he lighted the gas
he emitted a soft whistle
"Whew! This isn't at all what Il ex-
pected. Why. this room makes me
think of the sitting-room at grand
mothers! It looks as il a tired fellow
ghtsrestand be=hap py=l1ere asa=s='
g. While thus dneditating, halt aloud, he
had been glancing about the pretty
apartment; he now went up to the bird
| cages, and whistling to their occupants
| received in answer burst OF song
which made him almost imagine that
| the tiny creatures recognized him.
Then he examined plants in the
windows, smelling with appreciation
the odor of the carnations and gerani-
ums, and finally drew the big easy ehairs
up to the CHEEKY grate-fire, and leaning
his head on the cushioned back, was sin
two minutes in the land Mod
r. He had queer dream. He thought
the door opened quietly, and Jeannette
entered the room, stepped silently up to
his chairs bent over and kissed him on
the forehead, saying: .'You dear old
fellow, how glad am to see you again!
Oh. il you only cared as muchvfo me
as / do for you, how happy we might
be in this cosy little nest!n
Drowsily opening his eyes he found
himself alone, SO he calmly returned to
his nap. In short time, however. he
was thoroughly aroused by hearing the
front door shut. Rising. he's SAM his
wife come in looking rosy and bloom
ing, prettier, he thought, than ever be-
I FORE
s.Why Oliver! is this really you and
not your ghostP" she exclaimed. "How
long, have you been herep Why didn't
you tell me you were coming, SO that /
could have the house in festive arrayP"
II wanted to catch you unawares. SO
as to see what sort of housekeeper
you are, was his laughing rejoinder.
As If you were any judge Of. such
matters! ] have your grandmother's
approval, and you must really excuse
me If say that that is more to the pur-
pose than any mans opinion you
have pleasant journeypa
After chatting few moments. jean
nette said she must go to the kitchen to
see about supper; and little later she
summoned him to the little dining
room, where there was an appetizing
smell of hot oysters and coffee
do you see that you are drinking your
coffee out of one of your great-grand-
mothers cupsP" she presently asked
i him 7-'--a Y
why, SO IT ISIS Where did you get
il pt -
II went up to the old farm about a
week ago, to ask about having some
winter butter put up for us, and after
we had talked awhile, your dear old
grandmother said II do declare, jean