The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-31
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they desire the rest of their lives to go
with the current. In the case Of the Gu
sack Bremmils this reaction did not set
in till the third year after the wedding.
Bremmil was hard to hold at the best
Of times, but he was beautiful hus-
band until the baby died. and Mrs.
Bremmil wore black, and grew thin,
and mourned as if the bottom of the
universe had fallen out. Perhaps Brem-
mil ought TO have comforted her. He
tried to do so, think, but the more he
comfoIted the more Mrs. Bremmil
grieved, and consequently the more I'M
comfortable Bremmil grew. The fact
was that they both needed tonic And
they got it, Mrs. Bremmil can afford
to laugh now, but ii was no laughing
matter to her at the time.
You see, Mrs. Hauksbee appeared On
tho horizon. and where she existed was
fair chance Of trouble. at Simla her by
name was the Stormy Petrol. She had
won that title five times to my own GER
tain knowledge. She was little,
brown, thin, almost skinny woman,
with big, rolling, violet blue eyes and
the sweetest manners in the world. You
had only to mention her name at after.
noon teas for every woman in the room
TO rise up aud call her-well, not
blessed. She was clever, witty, brilliant
and sparkling beyond most of her kind,
but possessed Of many devils Of malice
and mischievousness. She could be nice,
though, even to her own COX. But that
is another story.
Bremmil went Off at score after the
baby's death and the general discomfort
that followed, and Mrs. Hauksbee an
nexed him. She took no pleasure in hid
ing her captives. She annexed him pub
hcly and saw that the public saw it. He
rode with her, and walked with her,
and talked with her, and. picnicked
with her. and breakfasted at Peliti's
with her, till people put up their eye
brows and said, "Shockingl"
Mrs. Bremmil staid at home turn
ing over tho dead baby's frocks, and
crying into the empty cradle. She did
not care to do anything else. But some
eight dear, affectionate lady friends ex-
planned the situation at length to her in
case she should miss tho cream of it.
Mrs. Bremmil listened quietly and
thanked them for their good Offices.
Sho was not so clever as Mrs. Hauksbee,
but she was no fool. She kept her own
counsel and did not speak to Bremmil
Of what she had heard. This is worth
remembering. Speaking to or crying
over u husband never did any good yet.
When Bremmil was at home, which
was not often, he was more affection
ate than usual, and that showed his
hand. The affection was forced partly
TO soothe his own conscience and partly
to soothe Mrs. Bremmil 1t failed in
both regards.
Then "the A. d. C. in waiting was
commanded by their excellencies, Lord
and Lady Lytton. to invite Mr.. and
Mrs. Cusack- Bremmil to Peterhoif on
July &c, ut 80 p. IN. Dancing" in
tho bottom left hand corner.
81 can't co." said Mrs. Bremmil,
cit is too soon after poor little Florrie.
but it need not stop you, Tom.
She meant what she said then, and
Bremmil said that he would go just to
put in an appearance. Here he spoke
the thing which was not. and Mrs.
Bremmil knew it. She guessed-a wom-
ans guess is much more accurate than
a mans certainty-that he had meant
to 20 from the first. and with Mrs.
Hauksbee. She sat down to think, and
the outcome of her thoughts was that
the memory of dead child was worth
considerably less than the affections of
q living husband. She made her plan
and staked her all upon it. In that hour
she discovered that she knew Tom Brem-
mil thoroughly, and this knowledge sho
acted on.
"Tom," said she, II shall no dining
out at the Longmores' on the evening
of the Goth You'd better dine at the
club. !"
This saved Bremmil from making an
excuse to get away and dine with Mrs.
Hauksbee, so he was grateful and felt
small and mean Mt the same time
which was wholesome. Bremmil left
the house ut for q ride About half
past in tho evening large leather
covered basket camo in from Phelps
for Mrs. Blemmil. Sho was woman
who knew how to dress, and she had
not spent a week on designing that
dress and having it gored and hemmed
and hcrringbonod and tucked and rucls-
cd Cor whatever the terms are) for moth
ing. 1t was gorgeous dress-slight
mourning 1 can't describe it, but it
was what The Queen calls "a creation"
"a thing that hit you straight between
the eyes aud made you gasp. She had
not much heart for what she was going
10 do, but as she glanced at the long
mirror she had tho satisfaction Of know
ing that she had never looked Dwell in
her life. She was largo blond. and
when she chose carried herself superbly.
After the dinner Mt tho Longmores
she went on to the danco--a little lato
and encountered Brommil with Mrs.
uauksbeo ON his arm. That made her
flush, and as tho men crowded round
her for dances she looked magnificent
She filed up all her dances except three,
and thcsc she left blank. Mrs. Hanks
Ice caught her eye once, and she knew
il was war-rcal war--between them.
She started handicapped in the struggle,
for she had ordcrod Bremmil about just
the least little bit in the world too
much, md no was beginning to resent