Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-14

hours gone, Dut TauCuulan udu DEbuSHt
her note from him
"ssh. where did you see Mr. Bartels?
What was he doingr Had he caught
any troutY breathlessly hurting the
questions at the astonished man. her |
face aglow with delight
The man stared and grinned, His |
woman-as after the bucolic style of the |
west, he denominated the faded, spirit |
less creature whom an inscrutable Prov |
idence had permitted him to wear out |
with work and child bearing was not |
given to any such unreasoning ebulli- |
lions of excitement He thought j. |
quite childish and feeble minded in
deed, but, so long as it did not emanate
from his woman, amusing withal In
the different codes which men devise for
the proper conduct of their own and
their neighbors wives. the latter will
generally be found the more elastic and
liberal
Wall | met IN up nigh Longman's
long about uoo%, n they hedn't done no
fshin yet They was moseyin' on to
Longman's for grub They say the fish
ms way up this year" he added medi-
tatively turning to go but amt
keepin cases on trout myself Dried
herrin is good enough for me, and lots
easier to ketch with parting grin, as
he ambled off
The note proved to be no mere after
thought of tenderness on Donald's part.
1t was altogether practical and to the
point
DEAR NITA i forgot my field glass Please
send it over 10 Mrs Rogers. who will see that
get il Hastily Don
But Of course there had been no time
for philand.rng Anita disappointedly
reflected He had scrawled his request
on the back of an old let ter while the
ranchlnan. no doubt, impatently waited.
Naturally he could not fill the page
with love making.
She decided that she would do DON
AIDS errand herself. partly because at
the moment there was nobody available
to send. but more to satisfy an acknowl-
edged curiosity to know what especial
means of communication Mrs. Rogers,
who was TO visit on a ranch in another di
rection. might enjoy with these ramblers
in the mountains. In the subtitle dis
tinctions of the feminine mind a certain
degree of friendly intimacy is suggested
in ''just running in without stopping to
dress, as one friend says to another, in
half apology for the call in cotton gown.
Mrs Rogers, in her easy way, might
visit Mrs Bartels in this wise, but Mrs.
Bartels was stately and unapproachable
in her elegant toilet when she went to
see Mrs. Rogers.
| DR.. Rogers residence was in rooms ad-
| joining his Office. on the main street of
the town, although somewhat removed
from the business center. Mrs. Bartels
found the small woman coolly ensconced
on the door steps. lazily waving palm
leaf fan
Have you come to Iningle your tears
with miner" she called out, as soon as
Mrs Bartels was within sound of her
voice at is smothering in the house;
but l suppose you would not care to have
me invite You to spread your black lace
on the door step How did you ever get
courage to put it on such day as this?''
indolently scrambling to her feet and
holding open the screen door Mrs. Bar
tells shuddered at the tone of familiar
good fellowship
81 won't consign you to asphyxia, she
said, with chill smile. 81 have only
come on an errand, and cannot stay.
have a small package for Mr.. Bartels,
which he said you would see that he re.
ceived."
"Oh, then he told you how they per.
suaded me to change my plans at the
last moment and tag after them? Doc
found that he could have the cabin right
now, and nothing would do but mus
pack up and 60 He never can be per
suaded to go anywhere without me.
tell him it would be good deal better
if he would be as sensible as your hus
band
"Unless Mr. Bartels went without IN
now it would have been impossible TO
him to have gone at all" his wife ex
planned, her manner degree more chill
~ am expecting visit from an aunt
and it was impossible for me to go wit
him.
Certainly, | understand" with he
brilliant smile, land tell the docto
that sensible man should be glad
escape from his wife sometimes.
breaks up the monotouy."
Mrs. Bartels moved restlessly, turning
as if to go And are you going soon?"
Tomorrow | am going to drive u
with Christine-my girl-the cart loade
up with boxes and budgets, like an emi
grant outfit. The boys will fish in tn
morning and wait for US at Sunset GulcH
where we are going to cook our trou
: over a camp fire and have q jolly picni
l dinner. So awfully sorry you can't b
with us.
Thanks" with a shadowy smile
But since Mr.. Bartels will be there
> can't add to your load a luncheon fc
j him?" Unspeakably hateful the though
that Donald must partake of this won
ans salt
"No, indeed; don't think Of it. hay
. prepared an abundance of everything
: and have tried to remember the thing
. that Mr.. Bartels used to like. We ono
thought ourselves quite well informe
:, as to his tastes, you know" with he
u y careless, childike smile, land 1 suppos
u it is safe to assume that he has not GU
y grown all his old hkings." a faint en-
- phasis on the "all."
It If the visitor WINGED under this rem
niscence, it was not apparent st