Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-01-03

4 horribly out or proportion 10 his ues-
erts." thought the rector, as, In the
pause that followed, he caught snatch
IS of the low-toned talk Of the women,
with Ovens name entering largely
into It, and saw Mrs. Warnings face
fixed on his own wife with pathetic
shy yearning, not veerlng round to her
husband with covert eagerness, as u
used to do.
Mr. Fcllowes caught himself echoing
the other husbands sigh, and he
laughed as the absurdlty Of the situa.
ton Stir ok him"
This must be stopped" he thought,
1T Crews mawkish. | wcl;dcr II they
have forgotten to feed = more than
likely Ruth have yon asked Mrs.
Waring II she has lunched?"
'InGeed / haven't.' she cried, II
don't know what can have been
thinking about
'oh, please, Mrs. Fellowes" STAN
mered the little woman, then her eyes
4 turned toward their magnet.
! Mr.. Warning was at her SIDE and with
/ her hand In his, with a speed that
made RS. Fellowes gasp.
"The fact Is, Mrs Fellowes,' he ex-
planned heroically, eve were both a
little forgetful, we've" he paused
painfully and gulped "Ah!--I"
He repented the word sadly, it was
the first time his conscience had forced
him to seperate the two, and 1t hurt
1 him. Eyes. / was much absorbed in
my work-and my wife, think she
Is not very we'll"
Il am quite well, dear she muir
INJURED
"Ah, dearest, doubt it. / thought
some quinlne might be beneficial Mrs.
/ Fellowes. In fact, that was the prim-
airy motive of our call"
"Give her some claret for the pres
ent, and make her eat something wine
and meat are as good as quinine any
day"
/ Mrs. Waring was the most docile
creature breathing, she swallowed
obedlently everything set before her,
when suddenly little tremble ran all
down her and shook her gently and
she let her fork drop with a little
clash.
She had caught sight just. over the
sidebcard Of Brydon's sketches Of
Gwen, that she had sent Mrs Eel
loves.
Her husband had not seen the pict-
ure, SO he only pressed her hand
gently, and murmured, Nerves"
She went back obedlcntly to her
meal, and if they had given hert he
whole of a chicken and a quart Of
claret, she would have swallowed both
without murmur, so long as they
let her get finished and 90 close up to
that picture.
Mr. Warnings meal, on the contrary,
was very interesting to him, and he
enjoyed it with zest that set him
playing at quite new and charming
departure in classificati ton. A graceful
pretty house-mother moving on the
field Of vision, and supplying every
unspoken want of his, was a pleasing
variation
IA charming type, this serving wom-
an" he reelected, regarding her with
gentle favor, charming. Ry no means
unique or even an unusual one, but
really quite charming and pleasant to
observe. In that woman the maternal
instinct will be found in very adj
vaneetl state of development-and yet
IL | recollect Alright" he started, frown-
ing. ana pausing, with a morsel Of
meat on his fork, he contemplated her
curiously, Eyes, l believe my recollec-
tons ore accurate, she has never had
any children and probably, after this
lapse of time, will not produce any.
Very strange indeed, very strange,
another Of those most puzzling instan-
ces of Natures waste"
lIa sighed and reflected a little on
Mrs Feliowes as she helped his wife
TO cream, then he went rather sadly
to his tart. feeling slight tinge CT
contempt for Natures inconsistency.
When Mrs. Warning had consumed
as much nourishment as her enter
taineis thought fit for her Mr.. Eel
loves went over to the sldeooard, UNI
hooked the sketch, and propped II
ganst the claret Jug
THE coloring Is good isn't ity' he
said. Gwen sent Il to us last week. \
Mrs. Warning threw up her head and
looked at the rector's wife. then her
face flooded with pink, and there came
pain into her heart that she had
never felt before For the first time In
her seyen-and-t thirty years this little
woman was Jealous. Gwen gave IT.
she repeated. "Henry, do you think
Gwen would give us one?"
There was a perceptible choke In
her voice. and she put up her little
hand to her throat with swift move
ment
"My lovcm he said In rather
frightened way, I'VE coulG hardly ask
our daughter FOR such very valuable
present"
II suppose we could not" she said,
with sweet humility.
MY reasonable, my docile one!' he
thought, with tender satisfaction, "bet-
ter a thousand times than any other
female type, serving or otherwise.
4 He might have felt more disturbed