The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-04

w hen the little household assembled
for breakfast, Nine. Beaumont could not
understand why the two men were SO
cross and tired or why Marie, with
flushed cheeks and eyes dim with wake
fulness, was yet Of such exceeding gayety.
The poor girl was trying, as many poor
woman has done before her time, to con-
ceal the anguish of her heart under
mask of cheerfulness. At such time the
eyes of men and women are often hap
PLY blind, and the LCor hunted soul had
a little rest under the shelter of their ig-
norance. Only the eyes Of God and his
angels never fail to look through the
mask and see the huttering soul beneath.
All that day the same state of things
continued. Not one Of those interested
would relax from their endeavor. To-
ward the evening the farmer, getting
desperate, took his spade and casually
announced his intention Of doing little
work in the field stretching up the hill
side. This was beyond the copse where
the money had been hidden, so Robert,
jumping to his feet with alacrity, pro-
posed in q hearty tone to aid him in the
work.
Again poor Nine. Beaumont was mys-
tilted at the sudden wrath displayed by
her husband as lie told his son-in-law
that he wanted no assistance. She mild
ly interfered and said:
But. my dear, would it not be we'll
to let Robert assist you i'll the work?
You have had hard week of it, and you
07 OT CO no
TO which he made reply: "a hard
week Of it, and a hard year of it too.
Robert is not too ready to aid in the
work, and an not younger than ever
was. Robert can stay where he is or go
to the wine shop as usual. That seems
to be more his home row than my house
is"
But if tho old man thought to down
face Robert Macaire when his mind was
bent on a thing he was much mistaken.
One Of the lessons which u man learns at
the galleys is to be callous, and especial
ly when he has q purpose to serve. So
Robert, in tho most genial way, tried to
turn the whole matter into 81 joke and
said:
"Well, daddy, if you Will not let me
help you, suppose you must let me
look on, and Mario will como with me
and sit by us" He said this, knowing
that if Marie were present lie would not
attempt to disturb the money which
would thus remain III peace until his
own turn came to deal with it. By this
time he knew perfectly we'll that the
old man intended to change the hiding
place.
So poor Marie had to so with the two
men, for neither venturcl to forbid her,
lest their own motive should be sus-
pected, and to pass by the very spot
where the grief Of the discovery had
come to her.
AS might be expected, the time was
unpleasant for them all Beaumont was
sulkn and would o2ly answer in mono
syllables when spoken to. Marie was
miserable beyond expression, and it wa3
only by continuous effort that she kept
from bursting into tears, for now ono
moro pain was added to her load. Rob
ert, as if to revenge what no considered
her unconscious thwarting Of his pur-
pose, treated her in manner which he
knew would give her pain. He would
make unkind remarks and ask unpleas-
ant questions, and when she would try
to hide her pain with q smile he would
catch hold of her roughly and with
boisterous vehemence of speech. Indeed
he actually once Or twice caused her
much pain, a thing that one like her