Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-23
No21


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, | was bound to present in the
court. My intention has been to make
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, but for the sake of
his child, and-and for the sake of you,
Hannah, whom l love, aud always have
loved, better than all the rest in the
whole world"
Withdrawing her hand from his, she
rose. Presently afterwar ds, Mrs. Amer
son, returning by way in the rear of
the grounds, heari ng suppressed
sounds as of pursuit and entreaty,
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 low voice:
"Oh, Cullen. Cullen!"
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 vo1 -~cre
going to get these nice thi .or
Pearce. He'll be run mad with deilght
at them"
''Fm glad they please you, Hannah"
Cold as it was, Hannah accept the
assurance with whatever pleasure
there is when distracting 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. Yet to her what sleep was
vouchsafed 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 perturbed
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, bade her g ood-by.
"Good-by, Sister Julia. IL would
have enjoyed my visit more but for
but for being uneasy about Cullen and
Pearce."
"Good-by, Hannah. God bless you'll"
Singular the power in some women
to assume cheerfulness they do not
feel. The Creator seems to have given
them this faculty as a means OF de-
fense against the consequences of
wrong-doings such as men may COM
NIT, II not with impunity, with inAic-
ton of punishment too slight to be
much feared or cared for.
GAS / didn't come back last night,
Cullen, know you are not surprised
to see me so soon this morning. It
seems to me that must have dreamed,
whenever I slept, the whole night,
about you and Pearce"
''I'm glad you stayed, darling. I
and Pearce were as lone some as could
be, but he went to sleep by sundown
and 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 forbearance, he was, more than
even his won't, demonstrative of his af-
fection. 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