The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-05-30

1t was close upon o'clock of very
chilly m rniug when Harry Milbank
aiighted rather unsteadily from han
som in front of his town house His
first and most natural act was to cast
half guilty look upward to the windows
of his wife's boudOir. What was h 8
amazement to find the apartment fl od-
ed with light ! AS he stood for mo-
ment over this very unusual occurrence
curtain was drawn aside by bare
arm and face peered out.
"Ah y he murmered with sigh of
relief, that explains it. Ella has been
sitting up for me, and is just preparing
to retire."
Still, Harry was not Just exactly re
assured, and, as he mounted the steps
and explored the outer door with his
latch-key, he rt flected that he had been
coming home regularly at O'Clock in
the morning since the tirst year OF his
marriage, but had invariably found his
house wrapped IN darkness. Sometimes
Ella was awake, but she had always re-
tired, and from a luxurious pillow there
would come without fail reproachfUI
and slightly ironlcal Good morning
IL was Harry's habit on returning
home to make himself presentabe at his
leisure before going up stairs. He was
wont to hang his hat as gracefully as be
could upon the deer antlers in the hall,
and then to step into the parlor, turn up
the gas, remove the flower from his lapel
and arrange his hair, mustache and era
vat. On this occasion, however, he
omitted these niceties and assembled the
stairs rapidly.
His tap on the door OF his wife's bou
dOir was an innovation. Usually be
walked in without ceremony, but some
thing told him it would not be quite in
form this time.
Come in, said Ella, pleasantly.
The next moment he stood transtiXed
on che threshold. His wife, in evening
dress, was reclining languldly on the
lounge. Her cheeks were flushed,
brilliant and engaging light cleaned in
her ey es, and the crlmping tresses on
her forehead, so often admired by HIM,
we're wantonly out Of curl. She wore
tea gown of garnet silk trimmed with
cream lace, cut 80 low, as is now the
fashion in these costumes, that her fine
shoulders were exposed, luminous as
white satin. under the light of the soft
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