The Progress., 1896-08-06

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the window.
When he handed 0ut the post to frF .
and she found not the letter S|e
longcd for, an angry face it was ina
p.crpd in at him. and STERN albeN
Wcll-brod voice that demanded o, h'T
to hunt through every box, lest per
chance he had made some error in dis
trihuting.
The deserted neglected wife must
blame somebody. and she would nG'
blame her husband. She did not AZ
first even dream of blaming Joseph.
BY the middle of the week her whole
mood changed. She felt hurt, deeply
hurt. There seemed to be no reason
no excuse for such neglect, TO thlnN
that this. their first separation IN 50
many years, should be unbridged by
word
She could not have The consolation q
writing to him. for he had left no al
dress there being an uncertainty ABOUT
the very part OF London in when mat
troublesome Perley was living.
It was the way Of men, and he, 1t
seems, was not better than the rest OF
them. Once out of her sight he forgot
forgot all the love and daily deVo-
ton of fOrty-tWO years.
BY Saturday morning Mrs. Al!eStreo
was ill-ll enough 10 go to bed. jim
my had to fetch both posts, ana, alteF
delivering in person the first one, ne
vowed to Molly that he would not ap-
proach Mrs. Allestree again Will"
Mr.. Allestree was away.
All day Sunday Mrs. Allestree lay
silent in a dark chamber. Molly could
not get a word from her, nor would
she eat. I, was almost restful to be
, so weak. True, she was in despair
She had given up all expectations OF
seeing Joseph again. but. compared
Q with the bewiderng tOssings OF vain
o conjecture, her present state was one
Of quietude and peace.
, But by Monday morning she wa'
suffering torments once more. She felt
+, that if Jimmy returned without either
- Joseph or a letter she would surely DIE
n and indeed, she nearly died as it was
When the wheels sounded again up
g On the gravel, Mrs. Allestree sat mp IN
, bed She was whittier than her hair
- No voices were heard below. Sht
70 clutched her heart and gasped, Blu
ar presently door opened and steI
came up the stairs. 1t was the step 0
~ Joseph. As he entered the room sh
or tfell back among the pillows
~ my dear Henrietta, what's all this?
an He looked around almost accusingl
n upon the two frightened women, as
no he had caught them in the act OF as
a. fascinating their mistress.
Didn't Jimmy tell you?' she muy
ID INJURED
N "You know Jimmy never tells any
no thing. He did say you weren't wei
NO But have you been very i'll, dear"
The women had withdrawn, and /
he seated himself upon The bed.
Joseph, you might have sent II
ont one little line"
, a "Wh-what? ] don't quite compr
bend. A line?"
10" eyes it wouldn't have hurt you
write line.
in Henrietta, wrote to you every d
ped and sometimes twice day"
AT They stared at each other.
rful But l never got solitary letteI
will she said presently. II sent to eve
delivery--went myself until becal
ac- i'll. Mr.. Framwell said there "
ONE nothing from you. 1t nearly kill
me, Joseph
However" he muttered, "tt
couldn't have Henri
ia! | have it. Wait; I'll be back
twenty minutes and the gentlen
fairly ran out of the room.
He laughed all the way downsta
and she heard his ha, has between
shouts for Jimmy to bring back
trap. In a few minutes they raft
L[lIl out of the grounds, and within the Il
VIZ mentioned they ratified back again,
KIN Mr. Alestree tore breathlessly up
GIa stairs, bursting bOy-fashiOn into
- wife's room. He carried package
= letters, which he spread out in CT
on the bed. There were fourteen
them, and every one was addressed
Miss Henrietta Shower.
For a short space nothing was s
and then the two aged lovers begal
laugh, and they laughed until
l. IT cried.
nope Joseph" she said. cts very fuI
Buc very, but it was almost the dealt
r nVf me. How did you come to do it?''
"Why, Henrietta, love, when
hei got out of your dear, familiar pres
ever the old days came back. compile
each You were little Re.ta Shower, and
Joseph Allestree blushed; he did
."he often quote poetry
n y and our two and forty years
years Seemed mist that rolled ava.
ion to - ------.-
e yo, Swear by the Kaiser.
The German kaiser certainly has
sh faculty. of making himself popular