Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-08-19

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drive without sowing. What she sowed
was not known; and it was probably the
imperceptibility of any particular harvest
that led her to accept the second invita-
tion to herself, and so apparently to en-
courage the delightful Arthur in "carry-
! ing on"
rs your wife coming today?" she asked
primly at the breakfast table one morn
ing, when date that she had heard men
! toned had come around with the whirli-
gig Of time
ALAS, nor' and Miss Deblois was thank
full that at least the cheerful Arthur had
the grace to suspend an animated CONVEX
sation with Miss Howe and sigh. "She
finds she must stay another week, and she
has sent for another of her dresses. |
found the skirt, but am in despair about
the waist; | can't find it anywhere, and
she is in great hurry for it,"
"Oh, well, said Van Etten, 'if she is in
hurry, just pack up the skirt and send it
OIL In haste. Haste, you know, always
brings waist"
When the second date that had been
! fixed for Mrs Penryhn's arrival came
around, however, it was announced that
she was really to arrive. Miss Deblois
noticed with pleasure-at least she said it
was with pleasure-that at any rate Mr.
| Penrhyn gave up game of tennis to go in
the dogcart himself to the station to meet
his wife. Poor thing How little she
knewl 1t was To be hoped he would at
least have the grace to cease carrying on"
in her very presence.
And so prettyr' sighed Miss Deblois, as
she peeked through the blind when the
dogcart drove up, and caught glimpse
of lovely little lady habited most stylish
ly in dark blue cloth with very becoming
hat and dark blue feathers, who smiled
brightly as she glanced up at the house as
if conscious what might be lurking behind
closed blinds. How could he desert her
soP
In strict truth it was Mrs. Penrhyn who
might have been said to desert Mr.. Pen
rhyn under the circumstances. But Miss
Deblois never recognized circumstances
II his wife had to be away it was Mr.. Pen
rhyn's duty to NOPE. And he had not
moped. Moped, indeed
As the Penrhyns came out on the piazza
few minutes before tea, Mr.. Penrhyn in
troduced his wife to occasional groups,
and especially to Miss Howe.
"And are you the Miss Howe who plays
tennis so splendidly?" asked Mrs. Penrhyn,
with a cordial smile.
Poor thingl she knows" murmured
Miss Deblois. "Who could have told herr"
Perhaps he told her himself" remarked
Van Etten grimly you knowthere was
always letter every day"
From her, yes" answered Miss Deblois
pursuing up her lips.
But people don't go on persistently
writing letters unless they are answered,
do they?"
Devoted wives do, frequently" said the
lady, with an emphasis as of one who had
been a devoted wife for years.
1t was soon evident that, whoever might
be the guilty informant, Mrs. Penrhyn
knew all, :" as Miss Deblos would have
expressed IT, Every name was evidently
familiar to her, and she knew Just what
incidents were connected with every name.
1t was Miss Howe who played tennis so
well, and Miss Newton who sang so many
German songs, and Miss Lewis who had
made Arthur that charming smoking cap,
and Miss de Peyster who had found those
beautiful ferns in the drive through the
woods, and Mrs Malcolm who had shown
her husband that lovely view from a re-
mote HILL and Miss Deblois herself who
played whist so well that Arthur had been
beguiled into playing long after midnight
They must have a rubber that very even
ing. 1t was evident that she knew all.
But she had her revenge. The devotion
of Mr.. Penrhyn TO the crowd was nothing
to the devotion now of the crowd to Mrs.
Penrhyn. They might pity her while she
was away, but when she was present she
worked her own sweet will No plans
were made without consulting her, no en-
tertainment was complete without her
presence. One touch of her hand on the
piano, and around it would gather old
men, young men, collegians, professors,
married men, widowers and bachelors, to
say nothing Of the troop of bright young
girls who admired her as only young girls
can admire.
And If Mr.. Penrhyn had never concen-
trated his devotion upon, however unpar-
donable the amount Of devotion he scat
tered generally. Mrs. Penrhyn, if she
wanted revenge, had all she could attend 60
in the single hearted devotion of her great
est admirer. For there was one gentleman
who seemed aware Of little but Mrs.
Penrhyn's presence. 1t was he who walked
with her, drove with her, talked with her,
listened to her. played for her ON the piano,
with her in tennis and against her at
whist. If il were n solitary drive, she was
a party, she it was who made up the party
and decided what other ladies were to 90.
No other young married lady had ever
carried on" so before at Lawton's. II
was he who suggested her shawl, went for
the shawl, wrapped it around her shout
ders, read to her. pronenaded the piazza
with her, took long strolls with her.
"She can't be promising to be sister to
him, Of course" remarked Van Etten as
the two came up the walk one day. Looks
very much as If she were promising to be
widow to him"
Nor did the attraction wear out in the
least. 1t lasted till the very last moment,
when Mrs. Penrhyn's trunks were ali
packed, and when her admirer drove her TO
the station and actually went with her to
the city on the same trainl
For this ardent admirer Of Mrs. Penrhyn
was Mr.. Penrhyn, her husband Alice
Wellington Rollins in Pittsburg Bulletin.