Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-05-31
Uncle Arches Wife.
CHAPTER III.-(CoNrINUEp.)

dear Mrs. Gerard, it is such
pleasure to see you out again. said
Mrs. Marshall fussily. Even Irene
and the doctor could hardly persuade
US you were not really i'll when you
shut yourself up this lovely weather.
s'And even refused to see your
friends put in Clarissa Greene, with
girlish laugh shaking her faxen
curls.
Mrs. Knyvett, conscious that her
last speech had been cruelty audible,
was for the moment reduced to silence;
but she could always trust the carry
ing on OF any contest she was engaged
in to this her bosom friend.
Mother smiled, paid great attention
to the measurement of her sugar and
cream, then turned with polite inter-
est to Miss Greene.
Il beg your pardon! You were say
ing--Oh, yes-it is quite delightful
to get out 10 see my friends againi
But am afraid should hardly have
found courage to venture so far to-day
but for the fact that must go much
further tomorrow"
.EYou mean to the Hall?" queried
Mrs. Marshall, fixing her good-natur-
eyes with vivid interest upon my
mothers face.
think Mrs. Marshall was one OF
the few people in Ludleigh who did
not hope fer an exciting feud between
the Dover House and the Hall.
ITO the Hall, certainly. l should
have preferred going to the station as
compliment to my young sister-in-
law; but, with my cold and the uncer-
tainty Of trains, Irene thinks il better
to wait at the Hall"
Irene, amazed at hearing her
opinion glibly quoted on subject she
had never discussed, wisely smiled
acquiesence. | calmly left the matter
from that moment in my mothers
hands; since she had begun to fight
the battle in such spirited fashion,
there was no need for me to interfere.
''Oh, much better-much betterr'
agreed all the company present in
chorus, and Mrs. Marshall put iu as a
solo
1--WE are so anxious to hear about
AAC nov AlL0s OLG OuRub W
be perfection, you know, being bride
Of man who has been bachelor for
30 long. You are not offended Mrs.
Gerard? / am sure no one wishes
the dear Squire all happiness more
sincerely than /; but one must have
ones little joke-he-hei-and sixty.
five is little late to marry,is it not?'
.Better late than neyer!' Mrs
Knyvett chimed in; and Clarissa
Greene looked full approval Of a senti
ment she did not choose to echo with
her lips. II am quite convinced Mrs
Archibald will be a great addition Il
LudIeigh society. The Squire has il
all things such excellent taster'
.'As he showed in his first choice,
observed Clarissa, with titterinl
smile; she could not restrain the nat
ural impulse that prompted her to sa,
3 spiteful thing about the man who
having been free to choose and ex
posed to the full power of her fascina
lions for more years than she cared t
count, had yet gone far afield to find
wife.
But, If Clarissa Greene was spiteful
mother for once was more spitefu
still. She put down her cup, turne
her eyes innocently on the old maid
face, and murmured in her most dull
Get tones
''Oh. that sad old story! But eve
there / believe his taste was unim
peachable. OF course, never SAY
Miss Maxwell; but nv husband al
ways spoke OF her as singularl,
beautiful girl. Do youremember her
Miss Greene?n
Even l felt the cruelty Of this
Clarissa Greene owned to thirty at tn
very most, and PROBABLY was not quit
ten years more; whereas uncle Archie
jilting had occurred fully forty year
ago. Miss Greene's face grew scarlet
her eyes filled with angry tears, an
she tossed her head as she answered
with most historical and unmirthfu
laugh
''Really, Mrs. Gerard, you must b
dreaming! How can possibly re
member things that took place age
before ! was born?"
Mother could only murmur a Sigh
apology, which did nothing to hea
the smarting wound; and soon afte
she and rose TO go, leaving as
rather ruefully felt, our character
behind us.
s'Well," mother asked with mali
sious twinkle in her eyes, ''did ris
20 the occasion and assert myself sufii
,iently to-day. IreneP"
Tcould hardly help laughing at he