The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-17
THREE AND
AN EXTRA.

when halter and heel ropes are slipped. do
not give chase with sticks, bat with gram--
Pxsyabt Provcrb.
After marriage arrives . reaction, some
times big, sometimes q little one; but it
comes sooner or later. and must be tided
over BY both parties If they desire the rest
OF their lives to go with the current In
the case Of the Cusack- Bremmils this re-
action did not set in till the third year
after the wedding. Bremmil was hard to
hold ct the best of times: but he was
beautiful husband until the baby died, and
Mrs. Bremmil wore black and grew thin,
and mourned rs If the bottom of the uni
verse had fallen out. Perhaps Bremmil
ought to have comforted her. He tried to
do 30, think; but the more he comforted
the more Mrs. Bremmil grieved, and con-
sequently the more uncomfortable Brem-
mil grew. The fact was they both needed
tonic. And they got it. Mrs. Bremmil
can afiord to laugh now, but it was no
laughing matter to her at the time.
You see, Mrs. Hauksbee appeared on
the horizon; and where she existed was
fair chance of trouble. At Eimla her bye
name was the Stormy Petrol" She had
won the title i've times at my own certain
S AA4VWtS<A6Os RAAC " - q AttkC, 0IOWu, t0Iu,
almost skinny, woman, with big, rolling,
-yfoletbiue eyes and the sweetest manners
In the world. You had only to mention
her name at afternoon teas for every
woman to rise up and call her-well-not
blessed. She was clever, witty, brilliant
and sparkling beyond most of her kind !:
but possessed of manv devils of malice
and mischievousnesS She could be NICE
though, even 70 her own sex. But that is
another story.
Brsmmil went of at score after the
baby's death and the general discomfort
that followed, and Mrs. Hauksbee an
nexed him. She took no pleasure in hid
ing her captives. She annexed him pub
Hcly and saw that the public saw 1t. He
rode with her, and walked with her, and
t.lke . With her p and picnicksd with her,
pie put up their eyebrows and said "shock-
xngP' Mrs. Bremmil stayed at home
; turning over the dead baby's frock and
crying into the empty cradle.
She did not care to do anything
else. But some eight dear. affectionate
length TO her in case she sheuld miss the
cream of it Mrs. Bremmill listened
quietly. and thanked them for their good
Offices. She was not rs clever as Mrs.
Hauksbee. but she was no fool. She Kept
her own counsel. and did not speak to
Bremmill Of what she had heard. This is
worth remembering. Speaking to or cry
ing over husband never did any good
When Bremmil was at home. which was
not often, he was moro affectionate than
usual, and that showed his hand. The af-
lection was forced, partly to soothe his
Bremmil. It failed in both regards.
Then 1.-THE Ado. in waiting was CON-
manded by their excellencies Lord and
Lady Lytton TO invite Mr.. and Mrs. Cusack.
Bremmil to Peterhof on July 26, at $3.50 D.
M" "Dancing" in the bottom left-hand
corner.
II can't CO." said Mrs. Bremmil; cit is
too soon after poor Florrie
but 1t need not stop you. Tom."
She meant what she said then, and
Bremmil said that he would 60 just to put
In an appearance. Here he spoke the thing
which was not. and Mrs. Bremmil knew
moro accurate than mans certainty
that he had meant to 60 from the first, and
with Mrs. Hauksbee. She sat down to
think, and the outcome of her thoughts
was that the memory of dead child was
VOL b considerably less than the affections
OF living husband. She made her plan
and staked her all upon it. In that hour
she discovered that she knew Tom Brem-
mil thoroughly, and this knowledge she
acted on.
''Tom," said she, sI shall be dining out
1t the Longmores' on the evening of the
26th. You'd better dine at the club"
This saved Bremmil from an excuse to
{. gen away and dine with Mrs. Hauksbee, so
he was grateful, and felt small and mean
ut the same time--which was wholesome
Bremmil left the house at for ride.
About $3.50 in the evening large. leather
covered casket came in from Phelps for
Mrs. BremmiL She was woman who knew
hos 10 ArAo nd he had 81
week on designing that dress and
having it gored and hemmed and herring
boned and tucked and rucked Tor whatever
the terms arel for nothing 1t was gorg-
eous drsss-slight mourning. can't de-
scribe it, but IL is what the Queen calls
sscreation"-a thing that hit you straight
between the eyes and made you gasp.
She had not much heart for what
she was going to do. but as she glanced at
the long mirror she had the satisfaction of
knowing that she had never looked so we'll
in her life. She was large blonde. and
when she choose carried herself superply.
After the dinner at the Longmores', she
went to the dance--a little late, end en-
countered Bremmil with Mrs. Hauksbee on
his arm. That made her flush, and as the
men crowded around her for dances she
looked magnificent She filed up all her
DANCES except three, and those she left
hank. Mrs. Hauksbee caught her eve
vAf-betwecn them. She started handi-
capped In the struggle. for she had or
dered Bremmil about just the least little
BIT in the world too much; and he was be-
e1nnine 70 resent It Moreover. he had
never seen his wife look SO lovely. He
ufared at her from doorways. and glanced
at her from the passages rs she went about
With her partners; and the more he stared
fhe more taken was he. He could scarcely
believe that this was the woman with the
red eyes and the black stih gown who
used to weep over the eggs at breakfast
Mrs. Hauksbce did her best 20 hold him
In plsy, but after two dances, ne crossed
c-5r to his wife and asked for dance.
.I'm AFRAID you've come too late, Mister
Bremnail, !" sne said, with her eyes twink
ling.
and. as great favor. she allowed nim the
fifth waltz. Luckily stood vacant on his
programme. They danced 1t together. and
there was a little Aulter around the room
Bremmil had sort of a notion that ms
wife could dance, but he never knew sue
danced SO devinely. At the enc Oh 'na'