Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-09-19

Gull SlC Wills WHICH III one Oh Tic
eddytors," he chuckled to himself.
just then he heard soma one coming
up the stairs slowly and turn in at the
door of the Office. He raised his lead
and looked over the desk and saw
woman standing there. She had
very pale face, but was very handsome.
She looked at the boy wearily.
rs the editor in?" she asked.
"Well, that depends" said Swipesey,
still scrtbbling vigorously and looking
up between dabs at the white paper be-
| fore him. (Which one do you want to
seq"
The woman sighed wcarily and then
said, with an effort: "Mr Griswold."
| 81 am very sorry" began the boy.
hitching his stool little forward and
grabbing his cap off and laying it care
fully down before him, "but he is very
busy-very busy indeed-and gave Or
ders that he was not to be disturbed.
If there is anything 1 can do and he
paused eXpectantly.
| Nothing" she replied, and sat
down in Il chair near the window.
Twill you please tell him Il lady is
| waiting to see him when he is at !.b-
erty?"
| Now, the Office boy scarcely knew
| what to do. He did not exactly care to
go upstairs on an GRAND like that; it
would ruin his dignity, after the re-
marks he had already made. Besides.
the editor was in nasty temper and
| might throw an ink bottle at him, or
something. ifdisturbed. The speaking
| tube-therc was his salvation. He
| jumped from the high stool and yelled
the message up. There was no reply,
but it answered every purpose, and he
| No. la 4 a.,
good: he will see you when he is not
busy. but you may have to wait"
| This was the first time that Swipesey
had seen the lady face to face. and he
started little and looked at her again
Then he put his hands behind him and
| stared at the floor for 4 moment. u
know who you are" he said, present
ly. You are his Wife
| The woman looked up quickly and
raised one of her hands to her fore
I head. She seemed u Bit dazed and
| asked in way that convinced
Swipesey that She scarcely knew what
she said: Glow did you l1now?"
, Il knew! I guessed! put two and
| two together, and | know more about
tbs old man than the rest of the people;
and do you know, if you will let me
say it, l think you haven't treated him
right
The woman flushed, and looked at
the boy ahgrily.
Don't ge: mad about it, he advised
her, in Il fati..erly way. Il mind my
own business. What You two people
want to do is to Pike up and stop all
this" He paused, s,ith u judicial air.
"How did you know this?' the
| woman asked. ''DoeI Mr.. Griswold
l -.
Swlpescy was all dignit,s then. You
are mistaken there. He neyer said IA
word to me about it. l dent know
very much about it. only l Gave put
| two and two together. I rem. Snbcr
about six months ago, when he bought
the paper, that one day some one vas
in the Office and asked him about voc.
| He all to once became very cool. ana
said, in an uneasy way. that you were
in Californy for your health. And one
| day | was cleaning up his desk. and l
| found picture there-your picture.
! put it back where | found it: and one
night, when / had to come back to the
office with some copy to leave for the
! compositors to begin on in the morn
ing. found him in the dark at his
desk, sitting there and crying, with
the picture in his hand. He didn't
know I saw him, but l did just the
| same. And that's why I'm sorry for
him; had never seen a man cry be-
| fore. And when he's cross and hard
with us people about the Office. know
he amt really that way, but that the
pain drives him to it, and he is trying
to forget "a bout everything"
| The Office boy told all this in a grave
manner and his quietness evidently
| Cd he - IL;
favor, for she said nothing, and
allowed him to go on.
sometimes I would sec in the other
| papers that Mrs. Griswold, wife of
Editor Griswold. of the Briggsville
Bugle, is in Santa Barbara for her
| health and then you would be in Ia
coma and all sorts of places; but he
never spoke of you in his paper. and
you never came here. l have heard
| talk, too. of a quarrel You two had. and
| of course, | havc-have surmiscd that
| something was wrong / don't know
| what separated you, or why You left
him, or he you, and it isn't any of my
| business: but now you have come back
to him, hope you will stay with him.
! The woman looked at Swipcsey's
intelligent, frecsled face, and saw the
! brightness OF his small, gray eyes.
She was impressed with his red hair
and his snub nose. And she huinorcd
him by asking: as that what you
would advise me to do?''
Certainly answered the boy, with
| out hesitation. That's what | would
advise you to do
But suppose he wants me to come
more than half way? Suppose, after
all, he doesn't want me to stay?''
| That's all right. I'll fix that. I can
! manage it. He's been waiting for Won
for a long time, guess. but he's too proud
to tell you to come back r him. He's up
stairs now, writing a letter. and
here Swipesey looked at her brightly
II think it is to you. Sometimes nc