Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-26
CHAPTER III.
"HOME AND LOVE. /"

'Madge, that case comes on tomorrow.
wonder if you'll care to come and hear my
defense. / hope shan't make stupid of
myself. You've been so patient in helping
me to put a bold front on and want you
to be repaid for your trouble-and if possi-
BILE to be proud ofme for once"
''Of course it's possible. Alice and I
have quite made up our minds to come. and
you're sure to make great success of YOUR
speech, if you'll only deliver it as you've
read it to me. I'm not going to that dance
tonight, Jack, want to have bright eyes
and bright cheeks in court tomorrow. I
want you to be proud of your pretty wife"
This came from my heart and Jack knew it
and looked pleased. Can a man ever
be blind 10 woman's love? He must
see it; no matter how much she strives
to veil it, it shines through the thickest
mist and is welcome. Darling, am striv-
ing to win you, and the battle is an easy one,
but l don't want your compassion That
won't satisfy Madge Dainstey. 1 want your
love-don't love me because it is your duty,
or because you know 1 love you-but be-
cause you can't help doing so. Will that
day ever come, and will it be soon when nv
husband and not lover goes on mis- knees to
me and says, 'Madge, love you." What
dream of bliss. Will it ever be?
The court was crammed to overhowing,
everyone was there. Most of ''our circle"
went out of curiosity. Anxious to
ing 'to be up to- Numerous
remarks had been passed, Alice told me
after, at Lady Hill's the night before. Some
had said Jack would be sure to do some
thing great, he was made of the proper stuff.
and had only wanted q brief to show the
other fellows at the bar what he could do.
One man had commented on Jacks i'm
provement since his marriage. 81 never
thought Dainstey was in love with that
girl when he married her, but 1 suppose he
must have been, for he seems to hang about
her enough. and hardly ever spends his
evenings at the club as he used to do. It's
puzzer to me. L can understand fellow
dragging after a girl before marriage, but
I'm hanged if can, after"
Ny hopes were more than realized, Jack
was the lion OF the hour. His defense was
unanimously voted grand" and his
client won the day. 1t was his
first brief and was bound to
bring him fame, for be had made a great suc-
cess OF il. In an hour Jack had made q
name for himself, and the briefs would pour
in now in dozens. This was the general
opinion in court and time showed people
were right.
"Well, Madge, what do you think of il
all? You told me / should succeed-and
thank God did. You can't imagine how
worried and anxious 1 was over the whole
affair. But your bright face gave me cour-
age and / went at it. Didn't give them
some tinglers? and how beastly sat upon
poor Hunter was, but 'all's fair in love and
war, and mine was war to the knife And
so success has crowned my efforts? A brief
less barrister no longer-perhaps, dear, I
shall be able to help my friends to a few
can't Enthusiastically OF vanities"
We returned to our little home feeling
perfectly happy and satisfied. Alice had
dinner with us, and completely overwhelmed
Jack with compliments.
Dinner over, We left Jack to his cigar and
went of to my room to have a chat. Alice
and had not an opportunity for a gossip
since my marriage and had so much to tell
her.
"Hipi hipl hurrahl Three ringing cheers
for Jackl What did 1 tell YOU. Madpe?
you've got a husband in thousand, but you
had to find it out and treat him accordingly J.,
and you are to be congratulated, Mrs,
Dainstey, for you have fitted him into the
right mould, and turned him almost
perfect, eh? Now do you regret your
choice? Tell me, has he given you
black eye yet, or treated you very badly, or
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How you are rattling on, Alice. Dol
look rs though I'd been badly treated? II
so, my looks belle me, for 1 have no cause
for complaint. Jack is perfection in nv
eyes. and, Alice, he cares for me now, and
he didn't onee-you knew it as we'll as L
did that night, but you wouldn't tell me
the truth. I've profted by your advice
though and won my husband to me, and
mean to win him more every day, until at
last he is mine and no one can question lis
love for me. The world shall See with iS