The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-05

the car for a walk on the platform.
He went out by the rear door; when
he came in it was by the front door. i
He walked slowly up the aisle |
towards his seat. his eyes meanwhile
lowered. He glanced into the seat |
in front of his own and saw q small
foot. It was a woman's foot and on
it was brown gaiter. That settled
it. !. Arthur Anthony knew that this
was the clipping couple. .t'The paper
could give no reason, her husband
said they had never had even a word
of disagreement, and / can't imagine
why she did it, he said. N s.si-=;, =:
Mrs. Ordway, if so it was, sat next
to the car window, accordingly An
thony took his seat next to the aisle.
In this way he could look across and
see her face. He thought he de-
tected something 2 sad about it, and
yet she chatted pleasantly with the
man whenever he spoke to her. He,
was exceedingly attentive to her, and
she appeared to have entire con-
fidence in him. But she did not
seem to lead in the conversation, and
when they were quiet Anthony was
sure sad expression came into her
face, as though she forgot the pres
ent and was thinking of the past;
once he even thought he saw a tear.
'1f some person would only talk to
that woman a little he might per-
suade her to return home. Too bad
to break up family like that
thought Anthony. Soon he heard
the man say to the woman, Il think
I'll go into the smoker little while.
You don't mind, do you?" And she
answered, s.No guess not.
So the, man went. This was
Anthony's chance. A moment later
the woman was startled to hear her
name spoken close to her own ear.
She was leaning back in the corner
| by the window looking out at the
| pleasant homes they were passing
perhaps she was thinking Of her own
home. At the sound of strange
voice calling her by name she sat up
straight and turned around with
frightened look.
MRS. Ordway"-he spoke slowly,
in the meantime looking straight
into her blue eyes--."Mrs. James
Ordway of Brookville, I am sorry.
this thing has happened"
Then he rose, stepped around into
the seat in front and said, "May sit
here?" She seemed little fright
ened but said nothing. He sat down
and turned in the seat so that he
could see her clearly. Then he
continued: :ts - # b &
= II dom t understand why you should
have done this. You had. a good
home e~and your husband was kind to
you. You were not overworked.
You had all the necessities and many
OF the luxuries of life. And YOU
loved your home till this man'-he
pointed towards the smoking car
met YOU" He is a man of the world
and you were fascinated by his easy
ways. Every one in the village liked
him because he was pleasant and ac-
commodating. You met him and he
seemed to like you. Then he told
you he did, and his actions seemed
to prove it, But do you suppose he
loves you as your husband doesp
Why, hasn't he just gone off to smoke
his cigar? He cares more for that
than for you: Is that like your hus-
band? Perhaps your husband doesn't
talk much about his love, but isn't
he kind to you? This man talks
a great deal about how much he loves
you, and then the first chance he
gets he leaves you alone and goes to
the smoking car. You ought not TO
have been discontented. He may ap-
pear better than your husband,
James Ordway, but his heart is not
as good. He does not care for YOU
and he is deceiving you. I know YOU
are half sorry you left your home.
know you wish you were back again.
l Don't you remember how the place
looks on morning like this? The
sun is shining down on the piazza.
and the morning -glories are all open
now. Perhaps your husband is Just
coming home on the milk cart. He'll
miss you this morning, am sure.'
= Her frightened look had gradually
turned into a look of wonder as he
had progressed. Now she was star
1nS} dG .ulm; nef eyes were opened
: wide, and her surprise at his knowl-
edge of her elopement SO completely
covered her face that he could not
tell from it the. extent to which she
had been influenced by his words.
But he, saw that his conjectures
about the morning glories and the
sun on the piazza had been correct.
He had thought it must be so, for he
knew that most farm houses had a
south piazza and that most house.
wives planted morning glories. AS
for the other things he had said, he
/ got them from the newspaper He
was determined that she should Weld.
/ for he was sure of her. sorrow for
what she had done, and be wished
the family to be reunited. So he
continued: 5 .$.: Us q :. s. ss.5.
..And the children have no mother.
this morning; they cried for her last.
i night and did not know why she.
didn't come back. III wonder who
Twill care for them now :,