The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-29

gentle, although it lost none of it's seri-
BUSINESS.
we will think no more of it," she
said, with q grave sweetness. "And
now we must hasten. or shall be too
late for the Salem train"
Once on the train. Mrs. Dawson had
three hours of hard and bitter reflection
70 lace. There are certain crises IN the
lives of all of us when u word. look q
gesture. is sufficient to awake us to a
full realization of some wrong that we
nave been committing with shut eyes
and dulled conscience. Mrs. Dawson
had reached the crisis in her life. Her
awakening was sudden and completes:
but il was crushing
she sat with her burning cheek in her
hand. looking out the window. She saw
nothing neither wide green fields. nor
peaceful village nor silver winding
river. The events of the past two wears
were marching, panorama-wise. before
ner achinG eyes. Her heart beat pain
inllE under its burden of sclf-accusa-
ton. Oh. blind, foolish. wicked.
SHE did not care for Darrach. He
was nm attentive. congcnial companions;
hat was all. But how wrong. how
loathsome. now seemed her association
with him.
She felt n great choke coming into her
throat. SHE lctcsted her campaign,
woman suffrage, and most of all herself
as sue mad been in these two years
| Suddenly SHE sat erect 81 win civ, !,
al up" she said. al will 80 hack 10 nv.
husband and my children from whom
! rave wandered. oh. God. how far,
Cther women may do as they chosc-I
shaN make home again. and stay
.'ere'h. ! believe active life will re-
store my husbands health We viii
| Try nj over again to forret, and iust I ~,
HapH%: OH. have been wa,liin.r i'm my
sleep for two years. I have ,w,i,o,,n,
III Time, thank God! Every ac1. aimoet
every thought Of these two wears is
.ua, 'l"orne I" me now. Eut shall
atone. ! shall make my husband nn,,
my children happy" """
Mr.. Dawson had spent ~ ,vratchaa
u1s oPoh rejection. he was heartily
issuance; ;ls oithe way he had sI,l;on To-
ms, ms VIC. NoiwithstanE their deem
| rove ior each other he felt TIM tbo,
We're growing farther apart each Ja,,
re blamed himself bitterly. IIn o%.o,,
thonSht OF going down to the Office o,d
apologiZing; but he remembered that
she was going to Salem. ''''
MrS. lawson returned with n yioIe,t
chill on the train. She took n cal o,d
"fovc straight home. Her husband on
eh"d IN" door Ter ke. "Dca~est" hn
SAID. She threw herself upon his br.ost
.n !i, ciuns to him in her cid Dependent
sirlish way that was indc--ribn Nv.
sweet to him % '"iS
am ~, dear" she sobbcl. $50 IN
ana on am so tired OF 1t allr bown
gwen II atl up ] don't want 10 Ia -
senator. nor business woman nc',
even progressive woman: lust want
~ ne your Wiie again. ! want TO talk.
care or my children and my home md
want you to be n man again,''
w ny. God bless my soulr' said AR
lawson. He was looking down nj tho
back of her head with the most , 49,, ,f,
eyes imaginable.
MRS. Dawson went to bed without her
dihner. In the morning the doctor camc
ana said 1t was typhoid fever
1t was six weeks before. Mrs Dov.r,,
was able to go about the house and 10
near news of the outside world. Thon
one morning. Mr. Dawson convcvcij r.
her with extreme dclicacy and coItinn
me Information that woman surfrorn
lad hesn abolished He added thai bo
llSu considered IL his duty to take he,
pace ana he was now running for tho
Senate. '' ''e
How lively OF YOU, dearest" she saia
with sDhnX-likc smile.
TEsn she inquired for Darrach
on. ne went off on wild goose chase
10 australia soon after you we're taken
III. said pawsGn, lightly.
oh" said Mrs Dawson. "And nv
typewriter? Is he still with you?,
Why-er-no," Gaid Dawson. 1Jc
locked with Geep attention at an old
Chinaman going along the street IN ,
trot with two baskets of vere,ohlna
dangling at the ends of n pole on his
shoulder The fact isl didn't Just like
n NM. ne wasn't competent. L" he
have very speedy young womanNer-
Miss Standish''
oh" said Mrs. Dawson.
When Mr.. Dawson started for IN.