Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-01-04

morning"
"Obl eaifssoGaay, cIasle,cg urged
his wife, II DO so wahlssc go !! John
Iisfold, Fthat good friend Eof miiiel a.
ways. knowing or yomabsencs, asked
mo TO go with him. but declined"
"yo,I should haze ,acdep tea. Mrs.
Nelson, To-. get even with Charley
hete v said. Mr.. Jackson sYou need
noe shake yourhead II Inc, old man.
i consider il my Christian du3S atgSoll
Your wife how, you go 10 see ALL the
iprsytY girls, throwing gus Young Ffel-
lowe in the shade. Why, we arcSnoi
'inH'with him. Only last week Miss
Carer the preltiest girl IN thcISiaie.
SAID with u pensivea glance Charley
thefccgfWhat a pity tells that aff the
designating men are married ~ gtliI
"Tbey are moi Mr. Jackson FINN
SURPRISED At Miss Carriers 'kindnGss,"
replied Margaret in Her lightest tone,
to;coverthe' little .heart-pang hiswortls
had caused. ~ 1i'l6 Mq NA%8siA y
'ThaiR- you, Mrs. Nelson, us! aw-
fully nioeof y6a1o soothe my wounded
va6i1E. 1h6s6re, 61e ftai husband 81
yours ought to be looked after, really.
Can't we prevail on you to show Your
self in our town. any way? A GOOD
many incredulous fair ones insist that
you are a n ytb. though shall from
this good hour give eloquent testi-
mony as TO your charming reali.y.'t
n See here, Jackson, you are avipcr.
Pm not going to warm you in my
besom any more. so TO speak, il THAT'S
the way YOU attempt 10 poison my do
nestle happiness. Don't believe a
word he says, Margarct-he's making
it all up on me-" calculated Charley
Nelson in n half-annoy ed, pleased
tone, - rl~ ft4r1 r, rea
"Fac,. assure you, Mrs. Nelson.
Twas only last week that Miss Jennie
Bell asked me to let her know the
state OF your health SO that she might
put her importunate suitors off while
longer ii there was a possibility of Mr.
Nelson's being a widower soon"
4 Assure Miss Bell that am taking
a tonic three times day. going in for
massage and all sorts of things to keep
old age from telling on me! And
since my beauty sleep is doubly pre-
cious after taesc startling revelations,
| will gay, good night" and with II
light laugh, she bowed, and PASSED out
OF tho room .
tered their room, he found her prone
upon the bed, her face buried in the
pillow, sobbiDg, as only a woman hurt
to the heart can sob.
With her ligh, words and brilliant
smile still fresh in his mind. for he had
noticed with thrill of pride how well
she had parted Jackson's rather two
edged badnage, and how pretty she
was as she stood to say goodnight at
the door, he exclaimed in genuine as
constituent: M
"Why, Maggie darling, what on
earth is the matter what has hap-,
pened 7" teg a
'You ask me that !" she answered
Indignantly and yet piteously, as she
lifted her tear stained face from the
pillow. a.t@
'Oh! Charley, how could you treat
me so? would proclaim you in any
crowd, and you you have NOT only
ignored, denied me abroad, but in my
very presence baye made jes: of my
health, and and the chance of being
n widower soon "
But, Margaret" he pleaded, sit
was Jackson said that not | Besides,
had no idea my little wife would be
30 foolish as 10 mind that nonsense"
as it nonsense she questioned
with quivering sigh. But if, when ]
you come home. instead of wild re
oicings on your return, should en-
ertain you with the charming times i
lad at the thcater, or last reception
If the nice things John Harold or
Win Smith said to me--would that be
nonsense, too? Supposn,' with u de.
liant little toss of her lovely head, aud
hat quick reyulsion of mood common
o women-"suppose try IT," .oaoeiil
But with a quick, impctuous ges
ure, he drew her close to his heart
nd whispered some love words which
rought the love-light back to her,
yes, the tender curves back to her
ps. LILLEY Moore WATSON.
December Is. 1895. ~