The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-06-14
"GooD-BY, SISTER JULIA"

vcxcd with Cullen because of his want
of such ambition as he thought his
children ought to have. 1 said little
about it, believing that when he came
to sec what sort of woman Cullen had
married he would either destroy It or
make proper alterations of it. He
seemed in time to appreciate you like
/ did. Yet after his death / found,
among papers which he had left with
me, that will, which, as an honorable
man, 1 was bound to present in the
court My intention has been to mako
an allowance beyond the provisions of
that paper, far beyond them; not for
Cullen's sake, who never treated me
like brother, and always went coun-
ter to my advice, bat for the sake of
his child, and-and for the sake of you,
Hannah, whom l love, and always have
loved, better than all the rest in the
whole world
Withtlra wing her hand from his, she
rose. Presently aftervar DIS, Mrs Amer
son, returning by way in the rear of
the grounds. hcari ng suppressed
sounds as of pursuit and cntreaty,
paused, looked through slight open
ing in the garden fe nee, then, with
drawing her eyes and laying her hand
upon her breast, cried, in q low voice:
''Oh. Cullen! CuIenr'
By the time she could reach the
| house. Wiley and Hannah were there.
''Oh, Sister Julia!'' cried Hannah. red
as any cherry, when Julia put parcel
In her hand; 81 didn't know you were
| going to get these nice things for
| Pearce. He'll be run mad with delight
at them
''I'm glad they please you, Hannah
Cold as IL was Hannah accepted the
! assurance with whatever pleasure
there is when dist-acting emotions,
paramount among which is fear. are
asserting their own.
That night the invalid, In the vain
search for sleep. turned many time
| on her bed. Ict to her what sleep was
| vouchsafcd was more restful than what
| little came to her guest, who when
| asleep dreamed and when awake
wished that she was lying by her hus-
| oand's side. Next morning Mrs. Amer
son appeared not to note the pcrturbed
state of mind in which Hannah. after
breakfast, made herself ready to leave,
| nor the casting down of her eyes when
her husband, suggesting another early
visit, babe her g ood-by.
1
have enjoyed my visit more but for
but for being uneasy about Cullen and
| Pearce.n
| ''Good-by, Hannah. God bless your
Singular tho power in some women
to assume a checrfulness they do not
| feel The Creator seems to have given
them this factllty rs q means of de-
fensc against the consequences of
wrOng-doings such as men may com
nit, If not with i1npuaity, with inflic-
| ton of punishment too slight to be
much feared or cared for.
''As l didn't come back last night,
Cullen, I know You are not surprised
to see nc SO soon this morning. 1t
seems to me that must have dreamed,
whenever l slept. the whole night,
about you and Pearce.''
I'm glad You stayed darling.
and pearcc wc!-. IS lone some as could
be, but he went 10 sleep by shutdown
ard l before nine o'clock. You look
frst-rate. believe the visit has done
you good. 1 don't know when I've
seen you look so rosy"
'.Do I? I'm glad to hear it. Sister
Julia was as good to me as she could
be, tired and worn out as she seemed
last night and this morning. She got
some nice presents for Pearce. But I
must put off these things and get my
everyday ones"
During the rest of the day, though
responsive, what time he was In the
house, to her husbands caresses, she
seemed agitated and disturbed. He
did not remark upon these things, at
tributing them to temporary pain
which he knew she felt from thoughts
Of the different conditions of living at
the two houses, Not once did she
mention Wiley's name. Pleased with
this forbcarance, he was, more than
even his wont, dcmonstrative of his of
lection. AS for Pearce, now going on
in his fourth year, the serious wonder
with which he alternately put his
hands toward and drew them back
from the presents just now come from
the great city made his mother draw
him to her breast and shed tears, all of
whose meaning was not quite under
stood even by herself
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