Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-08-19

mind, she did not notice-but, after
that, time passed very slowly, indeed.
Strange as it may seem, life apart
from Mr.. Hicks Brown was very,
very dull-and lonely. Yes, she had
been hasty-too hasty-but there was
no turning back now. She had burned
her bridges, and, besides, had ever
Lovedale retraced step once taken?
mol And she held her pretty nose
little higher and tried to look haughtily
don't-care-ish, all the time feeling very
miserable, indeed.
And Mr.. Hicks Brown? He was
working away as though fighting time.
He never gave himself a moment, If he
could help it, for thought. Not word
had passed between him and member
of the Lovedale family since the day
his wife had flung herself out of the
house and returned to her parents. He
heard she had gone west for divorce,
and it made him vince, but he shut his
mouth more tightly and went at his
work still harder. There were times
when he had to think, and they were
not pleasant times. There was one in
particular. A few months before he
had begun to build, unknown to his wife,
a handsome new house in her favorite
suburb-and the time came for him to
occupy it, and she was not there to en-
joy it. His younger sister, an orphan,
who had just finished school and had
come to live with him, was delighted
with everything. She ran all over the
house, fairly gushing with pleasure,
and did not know that her brother, sit
ting amid the confusion of furniture in
the front hall, was thinking of how
much some one else would have been
pleased. And there were two big tears
on his cheeks when he remembered
himself and arose to superintend the
work of arranging furniture.
Everybody who reads the papers re-
members the Hicks Brown divorce trial
how the defendant paid no attention
to the suit; how the judge, in granting
decree without alimony, scored the
fair plaintiff for seeking. divorce on
such trivial grounds, and assured her
that he allowed decree only because
it was plain to DO seen that it was a
case of incompatibility; and how, two
days after receiving her decree, the
plaintiff left suddenly, and everybody
said: 81 told you sol knew she'd go
as soon as she got it,"
But everybody does not know that
the reason she left so suddenly was that
she received a telegram announcing her
fathers death, or that when she reached
home she found that he had died n
bankrupt.
lIicks-Brow knew it, and his heart
ached with the longing to go to her aid
and then the Hicks Brown pride
came to the surface, and his heart
hardened with cold snap, and he benz
himself to his work harder than ever
One morning, as he rode into town.
Henry Ilicks-I Brown was thinking how
lonely his sister must be, sometimes,
out there in that slow little suburb, and
an idea struck him. by Jovew he
thought, tits the very thing. There
are lots of nice girls who would Jump
at the chance to be companion TO SO
! jolly girl as Lottie." And he stopped
at the Sol Office and left "Want" ad.
vertisemcnt, which stated that n young
lady desired companion who was able
to speak French and possessed sundry
/ other accomplishments; must furnish
best references; would receive liberal
salary, etc. Apply in person at resi-
dencc, No. - Grove street"
Mabel Hicks-Brown, discussing ways
and means with her mother at their
slimly furnished breakfast table next
morning, saw this advertisement. "It'l
the very thing, mamma, and I'm going
to see about it to-day. Something mus,
be done, and I'm the one to do it, So
But, Mabel, it seems so-so-why,
the idea Of"
There, there's no use saying word,
mamma. We can't be choosers any
more" And so it was settled.
At four o'clock that afternoon Mabe'
Hicks-Brown rang the door of the house
in Grove street, indicated In the advcr
tisement, and was admitted by trim
maid, who seemed to know her errand
and ushered her into pretty drawing
room on the right.
Somehow the room had familiar
look. At least, there were things in il
that seemed familiar. That picture il
! thn Il 81. hn 10,
before. She rose to look at it, and a.
she did SO, some one came hurriedly
into the room. Turning, she stood face
to face with Henry Hicks Brown.
For n full half minute they stood
staring at each other, stunned. Their
Mabel, weak from the strain of tho
weeks and months just passed, gave {
shuddering sob and sank to the floor.
Ten minutes later she found herscl
upon the divan in the corner, with /,
pair of strong arms about her and ,
very dear face close to her own, whilC
deep, tremulous voice whispered
mabel, can't we-can't we make it al
up? Tell me, little girl"
She told him right then and there
and, half an hour after that, they stooC
in the study of the parsonage close by
Hicks Brown would have it so-fo
all the world like a pair of clippers, anC
what had taken nearly five months t,
unite was rctied in five minutes.
And that was the real end of the eel
ebratcd Hicks Brown divorce case-th,
part that only a small minority of III,
newspaper-reading public knows about
R, l.. ketchum, in San Francisc,
Argonaut.
James Russell Lowell was walking
along Irving street in Cambridge on,
DIV whom no saw the son of Prof Iosiol