The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-13
THREE AND--EXTRA.r
An Anecdote OF Oriental Life by
. Popular English Author.
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Old Love IL Ose 0aay Kraws
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over hy both parties II they desire the rest
OF their hves 10 30 with thu current
IN the case Of the Cusack- Hrenmiss this
reaction did pot ct In till the third year
after the wedding. Bremm.i was hard 70
bold 81 the bess of times; bar he vas .
beautiful husband until the baby died and
Mrs kremmil wore black, and grew thin.
and incurred a. II the bottom OF the uni
verse hsd fallen our Perhaps Rremmil
ought % hare eonforsed her. He tried 10
do 20. think; but the more be comforted
the more Mrs. Bremmil grieved. and. con-
sequensly. the more uncomfcrsAhae Brem-
mil grew. The tact was that they both
needed tonic And they got IL Mrs
Bfemmil can afford TO laugh now, hut IL
vas no laughing matter TO her at the time.
You zee. Mrs- Haukshce appeared On the
horizon: and where she existed was fair
chance OF trouble. At Sinsla her bye-name
was the Stormy Petrei-r She had won
that title 1--WE times 20 my own certain
knowisdgs. She was little. brown. thin,
almost skinny woman, with big. rolling.
violet-hlue eyes and the sweetest manners
in the world You had only TO mention
her name ~ afternoon teasf for every woman
in the room to rise up. and call her--weil--
not blessed. She was clever. witty. brilliant,
aud sparkling beyond most Of her kind; ;
but possessed OF many devils Of malice aud
nischievousness- She could be nice,
though. even TO her own SEX. But that Is
another story.
Bremmil went of at score after the
baby's death and the general discomfort
that followed. and Mrs. HAuksbes an
nexed him. She took no pleasure in hid
ing her captiyes- She annexed him pub
liciy, and saw that the public saw IL He
rode with her. and walked with her, and
talked with her, and picnicked with her,
and tiflined at Peliti's with her. till people
put up their eyebrows and said: shock
ingm Mrs. Bremmii stayed ~ home turn
Ing over the dead baby's frocks and crying
into the empty cradle. She did not care TO
do anything else. But some eight dear, af-
fectionate lady friends explained the situa-
ton ct length 10 her, in case she should
miss the cream Of it Mrs. Brcmmil lis
tened quietly. and thanked them for their
good Offices. She Was not - clever as Mrs.
Hauksbee, but she was no fool. She kept
her own counsel. and did not speak 10
Bremmfl Of what she had heard. This Is
worth remembering. Speaking 10. or cry
Ing over. . husband, never did any good
yet.
When Bremmil Was ct home. which was
not often. he vas more aGsctionste than
usual. and that showed his hand. The If
lection Vas forced partly to socth his own
conscience and partly TO sooth Mrs. Brsm-
mil. lt fpiIed in both regards
Then s41he C. In waittng Was con.
mandsd by their excellsnciss, Lord and
Lady Lytton. to invite Mr.. and Mrs.
Cusack- Brsmmii to Peterhoff on July d. ct
$50 p M Dancing" in the bottom left
hand corner.
Il can't 60" said Mrs Bremmil, 1T is
too soon after poor little Fiorrie
but il need not stop you, Tom"
She meant what she said then, and Brem-
mil said that he would so just to put in an
appearance. Here he spoke the thing
which was not; and Mrs. Brsmmil knew
1t. She guessed-a womsns guess is much
more accurate than . mans certainty
that he had meant to so 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
worth considerably less than the affections
of . living husband. She made her plan
and staked her all upon il In that hour
she discovered that she knew Tom Brem-
mil thoroughly. and this knowledge she
acted on.
Tom" sid she, n shall be dining out
at the Longmorcs' on the evening OF the
18th. You'd better dino at the Club
THIS saved Bremmii from making an ex-
c,tse To get away and dine with Mrs.
Hauksbee, go he was grateful. and felt
small and mean at the same time--whicA
was Wholesome. Bremmil left the house
AT for ride. About 30 in the evening
a large lea.her-covered basket came in from
Phelps for Mrs. Bremmu She was q
woman who knew how 20 dress: aud she
had not spent q week ON designing the
dress and having 1t gored. and kemmed,
and herring boned, and tucked and rueked
Cor whatever the terms arep, for nothing
1t was q gorgeous dress- slight mourning
I cant describe IL, bat il was what The
Sneess calls - creation" "a thing that his
you straight between the eyes and made
you gasp. She had not nuch heart for
what she Was going 70 do, but rs she
glanced AZ the long mirror she bad the sat
isfaetson Of knowing that she had never
looked so well in her life She vas q large
blonde, and when she chose, carried herself
superbIy.
After the dinner at the Longmores. ste
went on 10 the dance-a little late and en-
oountered Bremmn with Mrs. Hauksbes
on bis arm. That made her flush. and as
the men crowded around for dances she
looked magnificent She 6lied up all her
dances except three and those she left
HANK. Mrs. Hsuksbee caught her eye
once. and she knew Il was war-reai was--
t..s-..r ss,.x. &he sssrf@d h.rss{s<~. rs,.n.S
in the struggle, for she had ordered Breul-
mil shous just the least little bit IN the
world too much. and be was beginning 20
resent il. Moreover be had never seen bis
wife look 80 lovely. He stared al her from
doorwsys. and gi4red 81 her from passages
as abe wszt about With her partners and
the more be starsd the more taken was be.
He could scarcely beisese that TINS was the
woman with the red eyes aud the hack
stuff gown who used 10 weep over the eggs
IT breakfast
Mrs. Hsukshss did her best to hold him
In play bat. after two dances, be crossed
over to his vile and asked for dance
I'm AFRAID yoa've come too late. Mater
B.smgaii, she said with her eyes twink
ling
Then be hegysd her 10 give him adanos,
and, ~ great favor, she aliowed him sns
rstn waltz LackiIy I've stood vacant on his
prroramns. They danced IL Together. AID
there Was little aafser around the roon-
Bremnfl hsd q sort OF . notion that his
wife couid dance. bot he never knew she
daucea 80 divine Al the ena Of
that waltz be asked for auosher-xsa favor.
nos - . right. and Mrs. BYsurrii sssd
ssshUW me Your pruxYzn9ue SeaYFs lie