Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-07-28

No! Aud she held her pretty nose q
little higher and tried 10 look haughtily
don't-cure-ish, all the time feeling very
miserable, indeed.
And Mr.. Hicks Brown? lie was
working away as though fighting time.
lie never gave himself moment, II he
could help il, for thought. Not word
had passed between him and a member
Of the Lovedale family since the day
his wife had flung herself out OF the
house and returned TO her parents. lie
heard she had gone west for divorce
and 1t 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,
handsome new house in her favorite
suburb-and the time came for him to
occupy it, and she was not there to Gu
joy 1t. 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 checks when he remembered
himself and arose to superintend tho
work of arranging furniture.
Everybody who reads the papers re.
members the lliclSs-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 a divorce on
such trivial grounds, and assured her
that he allowed a decree only because
1t was plain to be seen that il was n
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 20
as soon as she got it,"
But everybody does not know that
the reason she left so suddenly was that
she received telegram announcing her
fathers death, or that when she reached
home she found that he had died a
bankrupt
Ilicks-Brown knew IL, and his heart
ached with the longing to go TO her aid
and then the lIiclIs.Brown pride
came 10 tho surface, and his heart
hardened with a cold snap, and he bent
himself to his work harder than ever.
One morning rs no rode into town,
Henry Hicks Brown was thinking how
lonely his sister must be, sometimes,
out there In that slow little suburb, and
an idea struck him. "Gy Jovov' he
thought, 'it's the very thing. There
arc lots Of nice girls who would jump
at the chance TO be companion TO so
jolly girl as Lottio." And he stopped
at the Sol Office and left want" adj
vertisement, which stated that young
lady desired a 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-
depce, 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'a
the very thing, mamma, and I'm going
TO see about II to-day. Something must
be done, and I'm the one TO do It, So"
But, Mabel, it seems so--so--why,
the idea Of"
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