Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06
CHAPTER XLIL--Continued.

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and laid on hers one of his brown
hands, not such handsome hands rs they
used to be when they did nothing. She
clasped Il fondly, though she said not n
worCIT she, too, was not given to com
planning. Besides, hard as things were,
both for him and for her, to see him thus,
doing cheerfully what he did not like
(through all his tender fctions she knew
he could not like the mill very much),
fighting with hardships, submitting to
poverty, and proudly conquering any
false shame about either taking up his
daily burden and carrying it without n
murmur or reproach--she felt-yes, amidst
MI her pain, she felt something as the
medieval women must have done-the
noble ladies who bucklcd on their good
knights armor and sent them forth to
battle, to live or die, as God willed, but
never to be conquered, never ceasing to
fight, like true knights, to their last
breath,
But Bella could not understand this
sort of thing at all. She shrugged her
shoulders and raised her brows.
"It's an odd taste, Rody, but you al
ways were so odd. To be out at work
ali day, and come home tired and dirty,
hungry and cold, and then say you like
! it'll wouldn't be you for the world nor
Silence either, shut up in this lonely
place all the year round. No wonder
mamma would not come to Blackhall;
It would never have suited her at all
and Bella,laughed at the bare idea. but
/ ought not to find fault with the poor
old house, for may have to come down
to it, after all. No telegram or letter"
Nothing"
"Well, don't look so grave about it..
Plainly they have all cut me; let me tall
back upon you. viii you take me IN
Rody? Ill sell my jewels brought u
lot with me, you llnow-and pay you Tor
my keep When it's all gone You can turn
me out to starve, only it wouldn't be
creditable to either Thomsons or Jar
dimes if MRS Alexander Thomson ana
her baby had to stawe."
What nonsense you talli!' said Rod
erick. turning away and changing the
conversation at once
But that night when the household was
NIL gone to bed, and they three sat over
the fire listening to the wind bowling
and the slect FACTORING against the panes,
he resumed the subject, and, somewhat
TO Silence's surprise, began very tenderly
b,t with unmistakable decision, to ar
range what his sister should DO. Ills
Arrangement it was-not his wiie's-as
he plainly said, thereby taking from hel
the weight of a difficult and painful thing
81 will not promise to keep you always
Rella. for think husband and wife are
hotter left alone together; but we sRal
not turn you out, my poor girl, whatever
comes" said he, laying brothery hand
on Bela's shoulder. ",rhe little we have
and you see key little II is--you s4pl
share, till something can be arranged be-
tween you and your husband linen
with what you have of your own-my
mother will surely pay it over to you
we will find you home close by us, II
the manse, perhaps, where l heard to
day there are two vacant rooms"
"What! to be shut up in n miserable
country lodging, with only baby an(
nurse! Dreadful!
mot quite so bad rs your other alter
Misunderstanding. And, Bella, we mus
look things in the face. If you have NJ
marriage settlement, and my mother keep
her money in her own hands during he
lifetime, and both she and your HUSBAND
cast YOU off, you have only your brothe
TO fall back upon. l am not rich now
YOU know that; but you know also that
rich or poor, should never let my siste
'starve.'
'cNo. a thousand times MOI" cried 81
lence. taking her hand--for Bella, seein
this was no joking matter, had suddenl
taken fright, and, as usual, burst int
, tears. at may not come to that; but
, it does, believe me, poverty is not as ba
ms it seems You shall never want TO
love. You will live close beside us; on
home will be open to you; and the child
: the children" lin timid Whisper "sha
grow up together. Oh, we shall be yer
happy, never fear
mo, no; | should be miserable!" An
| she sobbed and moaned, and talked
, "cruelty," hard usage wished she wa
"dead and out of the way'-the usual bi
ter outcries against fate of those whC
, having made their own fate what it il
have not the strength to bear it.
| Deeply grieved and not little wounded
4; Frederick sat beside his sister, his wife NJ
9 interfering could interfere till he
Q misery had little subsidized, and the
s said, quietly
"Now, we will speak no more to-nigh
hut tomorrow we will consult lawye
and find out the right and wrong of Il
> case, and your exact position with r
5 gard to your husband. VIII that doY
mo, no." she said. Don't be in such
y hurry. Wait till make up my mind. 1t
Q 30 difficult to make up ones mind Away
n Money isn't everything, as Silence say
r but l never had her enthusiasm for pc
= erty. And the drink--which to her
~ such horror-why, we're used to it
Richerden. Alexander Thomson isr
the only drunkard in Scotland. If cou
70 but put up with him little longer!
10 Both Roderisck and his wife looked G
E. ceedingly surprised They made no 7
"a mark-they always had carefully avoid,
n making any remarks to Bella about h
: husband. But when she was gone, III
" they stood alone together over the dyil
D fire, they spoke of her with pity deep
than either had ever yet expressed
mark my words; she will go back
at him yet. Do you think, my wife, s
e. would be right "a wrong?"
II "Wrong! was the answer, clear a
of Arm.
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