The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-08-27

which Mrs, Partington had been more
dull than ever, II should never have
encouraged you TO accept Tom If / had
foreaeen what o deplorable effect your
second dose Of matfimOny wonld have
upon you. DO you know that in the
twenty minutes have been here, the
only original observation yon have made
was 10 ask me whether ! had enough
sugar. What is the matter with you to-
day."
Mrs. Darlington muttered something
about @bad headache"
But have you always a bad headache
nowadays?" continued Mrs Brandon,
more seriously. Il should not have al
luded to the subject If this we're the
first tune that I have seer you thus.
But for weeks / have observed you
growing more and more gloomy and do
pressed. You are getting quite unlike
your old self, and cannot help feeling
seriously uneasy about you. What does
IL moan ~
To Mrs. Brandon's surprise her friend,
instead Of answering, only burst into
tears and buried her face 10 her hand
kerchief. Evidently, thought Mrs.
Brandon, the once gay and sprightlY
Ada lsaacs waB very changed indeed.
Come, Ada she SAID. drawing her
chair closer, and taking one Of her
friends bands. you have something on
your mind. thought so before; now
am sure OF it. Tell me all about it. 1t
will do you good to confide in some one,
and you and have never bad O secret
from one another during the last twenty
years Is it anything TO do with Tom p
mo, no--indeed IL isn'tL Pray don't
think thatl" sobbed Mrs. Partington.
We'll, that's mercyP observed
Mrs. Brandon. "Thep it must DO
something TO do with yourself What
is it?"
There was short pause, during
which Mrs. Partington's sobs slightly
subsidized.
Nell, she said presently lit is all
your fault"
my fault, dearP exclaimed Mrs.
Brandon.
~Your fault, /" repeated Mrs. Parting
ton. 1T has all come of your introduce
ing me to that hateful Pompadour Club.
Oh. how / wish / had never entered the
placel"
"You don't mean to Say" Mrs.
Brandon paused and looked at her
friend.
Il mean to say that, unknown to
Tom, have been playing there every
afternoon, and losing constantly, until
oh, Nell, promise swear that you
will not tell Tom thisl'
"Of course not Have we ever be-
trayed one another's confidence, dear?
But you must promise me something,
too. Promise that You will tell Tom.
ZIP oh, Nell, you don't know what
you are asking. You have not heard
all yet. would not have Tom know
it for the world. Rather than that |
would
Mrs. Partington's sobs had burst
forth again with removed force. Sud
denly she sank back on the sofa with a
cry Of pain which alarmed her friend
Perceiving that she was really i'll Mrs
Brandon summoned assistance. Many
minutes did not elapse before one OF
the servants was hurrying off for
doctor.
Very shortly after the arrival Of that
functionafy. Mrs. Brandon herself LETT
-ell-v.s.,t,vvzIaa us,rssssruffnuy tuIfed Of an
afternoon on his way home from the
city. BY good luck he was there now,
and the message which Mrs. Brandon
sent in quickly brought BIN to her car
riage door. A very few words passed
between them, but enough to make
Toms face grow to twice its normal
length.
II will be of at once" he said.
DO" replied Mrs. Brandon "But
mind, not word yeti Not until she is
quite we'll again.
Trust mel" cried Tom. He was al
ready mailing passing hanson, ard |
with hurried bow to Mrs. Brtndon he |
jumped into it.
When he reached homo he sprang up |
the steps and rang the door bel sharply.
II was opened in about half q second by
the cook, who, with look Of deep i'm
portance on her face, gasped out:
"Please, sir, will you be as quiet as DOS
sible. And-and- a boyr
Before her bewildered master had
time to make any inquiries relative to
this information the doctor, who had
been descending the stairs when ne en-
tered, came up to him and shook him
by the hand
Il must congratulate You, my dear
sir" he said. ION the birth of remark
ably fine son. l am glad to tell you,
too. that Mrs. Partington is going on as
well as can be expected. But she Is
naturally very weak. So if you 20 to
see her do not stop more than minute
or allow her to talk. ANYTHING cal
culated to excite her must bemost care
fully avoided. l will call in again later
and see how she is progressing" ii
Under these circumstances Mr.. Part ,
ington was compelled to aba ndon for the ,
present the hope which he had enter !
tanned OF inducing his wife to confide 10 /,
him the trouble which seemed to have /;
recently oppressed her. He accordingly !
restrained his patience as best he could,
and waited until her strength should !
return. AT the end of the week. how /.
ever, it was evident that Ms Parting /;
ton was only mending very slowly, and 4
the doctor was by no means satisfied !,
with her progress. Indeed be expressed !
his conviction to the Husband that some Z
thing was weighing on bis patients &
mind. the removal Of which was es- =
sential to her complete recovery. After i
this Tom resolved To anSa..or a. fho