The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-12-03

Il i,s ~ it''s::ii S,llG goes around with her
nead hanging down like a sick chicken
rs rather hard on working man,
VINO mas married q wife to be q help
meet to him. At this rate / shallhave
4 to hire q girl" a.
shouldn't wonder" said the old
a e,l, dryly; "1t's the nervous sys-
4 TEN, Dymond."
.aOh, pshaw'' CALCULATED Hugh.
Nerves? don't believe In any such
thing" = u 80 :
you'll have occasion to before
long said Doctor Meynell.
II haven't any nerves.
! theless." 1'o' - W
'l1olly never told me she had any
such thing the matter with her." said
Hugh, speaking with an injured air
but il there's any particular kind Of
medicine would do her good, and Il
isn't too expensive"
"she must have an entire change of
ar; total change of scene" said the
DOCTOR Dymond's countenance fell
And what am to do all by myself
at nome? Very selfish and inconsider-
ate OF Lolly to"
The old physicians benign counte-
nance darkened; his broWs Contracted
OF a sudden
Man, mani" he said, tthold YOUR
rash tongue! You've no idea what
you are talking about. Suppose God,
IN ms infinite mercy, sees fit to take
her from you altogether. ..... i
hugh Dymond sat staring as if a
levln-bolt had stricken him to earth.
| You don't mean-she-she's not
gong, to die, doctor? My little Eollv-
1t ISM so bad as all that!'
How can we tell? She has been
! worked down to a. mere shadow of
herself. You have treated her as vo>,
| would a dumb beast, and it isn't the
KIND OF lite she had been used to, Door
little blossom!"
MY God!" groaned the husband,
dropping his face in his hands, 81 new
er dreamed of this!'
DR.: Meynell's heart softened as he
watched the strong shudder thrill
through the repentant mans iron
1rame: He did love her. then, after
all. lie was not so utterly heartless
as ne seemed. 1t was only thought
lessness, not deliberate TYRANNY.
"Tell me what to do. doctor -
groaned Hugh Dymond. IF it costs
me all have in the world, Lolly shall
be saved!"
"Let her go back to her mother at
the seashore for few weeks" advised
the physician. "Change, rest, pleas
ant society-these will do much for
her: And when she comes back to YOU
IN the fall let us hope it WILDE with re-
neWed hope and courage"
And SO Laura Dymond was sent
away Tor change of air and scene. The
tears gushed into her eyes when she
had parted from her husband.
A week afterward Hugh hitched up
his brown nag and drove to the near
est town; and before night the chest
room floor was covered with cheer
tul red carpet, strewn with little green
leaflets and wood brown sprays of
moss.
''Lolly will like the pattern
thought Hugh, because it's like some
thing real. How pleased she will be!
And the hearth rugs to match thecar-
pet and the new Nottingham curtains
Will freshen the windows, and I'll have
both the easements filled with tea
roses and geraniums, for winter is
coming on, and she can't get any more
OF those posy-pots in the woods. Pm
sorry now that used to laugh at
them So"
When the first November snow
flakes eddled softly through the air
Hugh took his last trium plant look
at the cheerful room, where the roses
and violets made q June like scent
and the fire cracked and the new car
pet glistened in it's cheerful colors.
Have tea all ready in your best
style, Maranda," he said to the new
"hired girl, y ''for I shall bring your
mistress home in just an hour
And Miranda, a plump, thriving
daughter of the SOIL" promised that
call should be right"
"He must think deal of her, to be
sure" said Miranda to herself. II
wonder if she really is so pretty.'
THE train isn't in vet, I SUPPOSE"
said Hugh, glancing around, as he
tied Old Dobbin to the post back of
the depot fence.
The statlon-master shook his head.
sNo; but here's q telegram for you,
Mr.. Dymond-came half an hour ago.
With trembling fingers Hugh by
mond broke open the seal. Perhaps
Laura was not coming until to-mor-
row-perhaps
Come to Seaglen at once" it read.
"Your wife died this morning at 4
O'Clock"
The strip OF senseless, cruel paper
fell from the bereaved husbands
hand; he staggered back against the
wainscoted wall, with low cry, like
that OF one in mortal pain. Lolly
dead! Lolly gone from him forever!
The little loving, wistful, dewy-
creature, whom he had spoken to so
cruelty, many and many a time! And
he had resolved TO be so different for
the future-to cherish her so tenderly.
Lolly dead! Surely, surely there must
be some mistake; he could not believe
it.
And then, like the rush OF some
damp sepulchral wind across his heart
came the awful conviction that it was
but toe true. The bright new carpet,
with the leaves and the moss sprays,
.