St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-10

Or fOur weeks, In her Hurried state o
mind. she did not notice-but. aftel
that, time passed very slowly. indeed
Strange n it may seem, life apar'
from Mr.. Hicks Brown was very
very dull-and lonely. Yes, she had
been hasty-too hasty-but there wa.
no turning back now. She had burned
her bridges, and. besides, had ever {
ISovedale rctraced . step once taken.
No! 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 wa,
working away as though fighting time.
He never gave himself . moment. il hs
could help it, for thought Not . WORD
had passed between him and . member
Of the Lovedalc family since the day
his wife had flung herself out Of the
house and returned TO her parents Ii
heard she had gone west for divorce
and It made him Vince, but he shut his
mouth moro tightly and went at his
work still harder. There were times
when he had to think, and they were
not pleasant times. There Was ono In
particular. A few lmonths before he
had begun to build. unknown to his wife,
. handsome new house in her favorit<
suburb-and the time came for him to
occupy il, and she was not there to en-.
Joy It. His younger sister. an orphan,
who had just finished school and had
como 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 ho 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 be seen that IL was .
case Of incOmpatibility; and how, two
days after receiving her decree, the
plaintiff left suddenly, and every body
said: II told you SOL knew she'd 60
Is soon rs 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 .
Hicks-Brown knew Il, and his heart
ached with the longing to go to her mid
and then the IIicks-Brown pride
came to tho surface, and his heart
hardened with q cold snap. and he bent
himself to his work harder than ever.
One morning. as he rode into town.
Henry Hicks-Brown was thinking how
lonely his sister must be, sometimes.
out there in that slow little suburb. and
IN idea struck him. "By Jover' he
thought, Its the very thing. There
are lots of nice girls who would jump
q the chance to be companion to 50
Jolly . girl as Lottie." And he stopped
It the Sol Office and left "Want" ad-
which stated that . young
lady desired companion who was able
70 speak French and possessed sundry
other accomplishments; must furnish
best references; would receive liberal
salary. etc. Apply in person 1t resi-
dence. No. - Grove street."
Mabel Hicks-Brown. discussing ways
md means with her mother at their
Blimly furnished breakfast table next
this advertisement "It's
the very thing, mamma, and I'm going
10 see about it to-day. Something must
Be done. and I'm the one to do il, So"
''But. Mabel. it seems so-so-why.
The idea Of"
There, there's no use saving . word,
mamma We can't be choosers any
more" And so it was settled
At four o'clock that afternoon Mabel
Brown rang the door Of the house
in Grove street. indicated in the adver.
and was admitted by . trim
maid, who seemed to know her errand.
md usbered her into . pretty drawing.
room on the right
Somehow the room had . fsmiliaT
|ook. At least, there were things in il
hat seemed familiar. That picture in
The dark corner-sl.e must have seen Il
before. She rose to look ut IL, and ss
shc did SO, some one came hurriedly
INTO the room. Turning. she stood face
70 face with Henry IIicks-Brown-
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,taring at each other. stunned Then
Mabel. weak from the strain Of the
weeks and months Just passed. gave .
sob and sank TO the floor.
Ten minutes later she found herself
,pon the divan in the corner, with .
,air Of strong arms about her and .
cry dear face close 70 her own. while
! deer, tremulous voice whispered:
Mabel. can't we-cant We make il eli
,p? Tell me, little girl"
She told him right then and there;
md, half an hour after that. they stood
q the study Of the parsonage close BY
-Hicks- Brown would have Il so-for
i'll the world like . pair Of elopers. and
vhat had taken nearly i've months &c
mite was retied in Eve minuteA
And that was the real end Of the eel.
.brsted Hicks Brown divorce case-the
,art that only . small minority Of the
lewspsper-reading public knows about.
r. l. Ketchum. In San Francisce
Argonaut
flames Russell Lowell was walking
long Irving street in Cambridge one
Iay when he saw the son Of Prof Josiah
soyee-a child not over ten years old
low-handling . piece Of hose and q
tresm Of water rather recklcasly.
fearing ducking. he began . remeo-
trance - he spproaehed The bnyj
carefully until Mr.. Lowell wal
lone. Then he turned the hose on thel
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