Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-02-29


II hewe meant he should say harsh |
word to N aighed poor little Blanche
Eyeufr lhough It were common
p5ssil Nn0 stern husbands to speak
qmIetay IS nieek little wives ole would |
not nov. sf it had not been for his
mother Believe Mrs. Everard has
hated hae ewaf since crossed the thresh-
old.
There was a tap upon the door:
q" netSe9 Blanche calculated, with a
little AutknkD f SURPRISE as she took the
sciled and fumpled scrap of paper from
the boy's dirty fingers and opened it.
Inside was written scarcely legibly;
u believe | am dying. Could you
come q mel The boy will show you
the wAy Don't tell John. E, E."
Blanche snrned the billet, and glanced
at the back 1t was certainly directed to
"Mrs Eversrd," and John and his moth
er were out for the day, so she could not
consulk With either, and somebody was
dying She guessed who.
Itw6s the middle of the afternoon and
- biting hlast outside, but she swiftly
dornN her fur cloak and babe the little
rasged I'M Ssigcrslead the way
Her face Va Rqslte eoiarIess and she
returnedto her roo-a .1.at iro.sxs later,
and she sweet eyes were dimned Cd WIN
weepAn
rAre TOp ill :" demanded her husbandf
~ nm quite we'll answered Blanchk /
meeting his look sweetly, and repIyiB
to Mrs. Eserard seniors remarks pRn |
her paIIor so uncon sefously as aimosRo |
disarsn that lady of the suspicpHs
which 81 was really always opkhe
VAC ind grounds for; and LUG mad
tosa lready about the note III y had
taAse Is. John Everard eut pt the
nous several hours in the at irnoon.
slts more than ever thollSht you
would ssibmit to, John" shs re 9arked to '
her son IN the evenings S
Don't make a mou-ssin out of
moiehiIl, mother" responded5ohn with
the least touch of impatiencel and think 6
lng Eemorsefully of the mornings I'M e
lkinaness;to nis six months pet. al re-
say thesboy came about some charitable I
business or other"
fWhy didn't she tell US where she had t.
bcena" demanded Mrs. Everard, Sr., ma.
il
PERHAPS she was afraid of another n
ecture upon extravaganza There F
mother think we had better drop the
Iubiect.n
Four or five days later she followed
ser son into the library. BY sharp watch
ms she had found that Blanche went
tut every day at 3 o'clock returning h
'arely In time for dinner. II
John listened quietly while she told d
Inn. II was a little odd that Blanche
lad never spoken of these afternoon
'romenades of hers, which seemed such
regular thing, too; but his conscience "
iad given him more than one twinge u
atety IN connection with his mothers
vowed dislike and distrust of his pretty. :"
wife.
"Irs all right, mother, of course" he W
nd, resuming his book. III
"Well, then" she said, with an un-
ohtedPleading mingled with the re. =
'ntfulness of her tone, off you are So
nientto her, you will perhaps have ~
me Kindness to spare your own err
other" CO
And she gave him letter which she ig
ID been lingering nervously all the
ne sal
lonn EVered read the letter through "4
owning. He
III is the old stc.s4p he said ret.rr;,n me
to her "HA Asf-money and in he
BIT and h,seRnrs u 10 foot the bills. cal
OLDHAM the last time shouldn't do II %
am. Whenever Ned is ready to settle the
'wn; to some steady and nsefu me