The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-19


that. time passed very slowly. indeed.
Stfhnfs n6 Il may seem. life apart
from Mr.. Hicks Brown was very.
very dnll-and lonely. Yes, she had
been hnety too hasty-bnt there WIS.,
no turning back now. She had burned
her bridges; and, besides. had evor :
Loyednlc retrncod step oncc takenf
mol And she held her pretty nose :
little higher and tried 10 look hauehtily
don't-care-ish, al The time feeling very
miserable, indeed.
/ And Mr.. Hicks. Brown He was
working away Is though lighting time.
4 Henevef gave himself moment II he
could help Il. for thought Not word
md passed between him and member
Of the Lovedaie family since the dag
his ihlfe had flung herself out Of the
house sand returned 10 her parents. He
! heard sic had golie west for 4 divorce,
and 4 made him vince, but be shut his
mouth moro tightly and went 1t his
work still harder. There were times
| when be had to think, and they were
not pleasant times. There was one ID
| particular. A few months before be
had begun 10 build, unknown % his wife.
q handsome new house Ii her favorlte
suburb and the time came for him to
occupy Il. and sho was not there To en-
Joy II His younger sister. an orphan,
who had just finished school ana had
come 70 live with him, was delighted
with everything. She ran al over the
house, fairly gushing with pleasure,
and did not know that her brother. sit
ting amid tho confusion 81 furniture fiji
the front hall, was thinking 81 how
much some one else would have been
pleased. And there were two big tears
on his cheeks when he remembered
himself and arose To superintend the
work n arranging furniture
Everybody who reads the papers no
members the Hicixa-B Brown divorce trial
how the defendant paid no attention
to the suit; how the Judge, ia granting
4 decree without nlimony, scored tho
fnir plaintiff for seeking divorce on
such trivial grounds, and assured her
that he allowed decree only because
II was plain to be seen that II was
case IL incompntibility; and how, two
days after receiving her decree, the
plaintiff left suddenly, and everybody
said: q told you SOL knew she'd 60
as soon as she got it,
But everybody does not know that
the reason she left 50 suddenly was that
she received telegram announcing her
fathers death, or that when she reached
home she found that bio had died
bankrupt
Hicks Brown knew IL, and his heart
ached with the longing 10 60 to her aid
and then tho Hicks Brown pride
came to the surface, and his heart
hardened with q cold snap, and ne bent
himself to his work harder than ever.
Ono 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
an idea struck him. by Joyes' he
thought It's the very thing. There
are lots Of nice girls who would Jump
at the chance 70 be companion TO So
Jolly girl as Lottfes And he stopped
at the Sol offiee and left u want ad-
vertisement. which stated that a young
lady desired d companion who was able
to speak French and possessed sundry
other complishments; must furnish
best references; would receive liberal
salary. etc. Apply In person 81 resi-
dence, No. Grove street. =
Mabel Hicks Brown, discussing ways
and means with her mother at their
silmly furnished breakfast table next
morning, saw this advertisement. 'It's
the very thing, mamma, and I'm going
10 see about II to-day. Something must
BE- done, and I'm the one TO do II. SOL
But. Mabel, il seems 30 why,
the idea off,
There, there's no use saying word,
mamma. We can't DO choosers any
more And 50 IL was settled.
At four o'clock that afternoon Mabel
Hicks Brown rang the door Of the house
in Grove street, indicated in the adver-
tisement, and was admitted BY trim
maid, who seemed to know her errand.
md nshered her into pretty drawing
room on the right
Somehow the room had familiar
look. At least. there were things in il
that seemed familiar. That picture In
the dark corner-shc must have seen il
before. She rose to look ut II, and as
she did 80. some one came hurriedly
into the room. Turning. she stood face
to face with Henry Hicks Brown.
For q full half minute they stood
staring at each other, stunned. Then
Mabel. weak from the strain Of the
weeks and months just passed, gave q
shuddering sob and sank to the floor.
Ten minutes later she found herself
upon the divan IL the corner, with q
pair Of strong arms about her and 4
very dear face close to her own, while
a deep. tremulous voice whispered:
Mabel, can't we--can't we make IL ali
mp? Tell me, little girl. I
She told him right then and there;
and. half an honr after shat, they stood
IL the study Of the parsonage close by
Hicks Brown would have 1t SO for
All the world like . pair Of clippers, and
what had taken nearly ave months to
unite was retied IN ave minutes
And that was the real end Of the cell
ebrated Hicks Brown divorce case--the
part that only small minority OF the
newspa per-reading public knows about.
R +, Ketchum. in San Francisco
Argonaut.
| james Russell Lowell was walking
along Irving street In Cambridge one
1 day when he saw the aon Of Prof Iosinh