Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-01-27
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one, out 1T comes sooner or later and
must be tided over by both parties if
they desire the rest Of their lives TIC
go with the current In the case OF
the Cusack- Bremmils this reaction
did not set till the third year after the
wedding. Bremmils was hard to hold
at the best Of times, but he was a
beautiful husband until the baby died,
and Mrs. Bremmil wore black, and
grew thin, and mourned as if the bot
tom of the universe had fallen out.
Perhaps Bremmil ought to have com
forted her. He tried to do SO, think
but the more he comforted the more
Mrs. Bremmil grieved, and conse-
quently the more uncomfortable
Bremmil grew. The fact was that
they both needed a tonic. And they
got it. Mrs. Bremmil can afford to
laugh now, but it was no laughing
matter to her at the time.
You see, Mrs. Hauksbee appeared
on the 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 certain knowledge. She was
a 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 afternoon teas for every wo-
man in the room to rise up and call
her-well, not blessed. She was wit
ty, clever, brilliant and sparkling al
most beyond most of her kind, but
possessed of many devils of malice
and mischievousness. She could be
nice, though even to her own sex.
But that is another story.
Bremmil went off at score after the
baby's death and the general discom-
fort that followed, and Mrs. Hanks
bee annexed him. She took no pleas
ure in hiding her captives. She an
nexed him publicly and saw that the
public saw it. He rode with her and
walked with her, and talked with her,
and picknicked with her, and break
tasted at Peliti's with her till people
put up their eyebrows and said,
"Shocking!"
Mrs. Bremmil staid at home turning
over the dead baby's frocks, and cry
ing into the empty cradle. She did
not care to do anything else. But
some eight dear, affectionate lady
friends explained the situation to her
in case she should miss the cream Of
it. Mrs. Bremmil listened quietly
and thanked them for their good Of
fees. She was not so clever as Mrs.
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 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 part
ly to soothe his own conscien ce and
partly to soothe Mrs. Bremmil. 1t
failed in both regards.
Then sthe ADO. in waiting was
commanded by their excellencies,
Lord and Lady Lytton, to invite Mr..
and Mrs Cusack- Bremmil to Peter
hoff on July 26, at $50 p M" "Danc-
ingo in the bottom left hand corner.
81 can't CO." said Mrs. Bremmil,
cit is too soon after poor little Flor
RE, 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
woman's guess is much more accurate
than a mans certainty-that he had
meant to go from the first, and with
Mrs. Hauksbee. She sat down to
think, aud the outcome of her ideas
was that the memory Of dead child
was considerably less than the affec-
tions Of a living husband. She made
her plan and staked her all upon it.
In that hour she discovered that she
knew Tom Bremmil thoroughly, and
this knowledge she acted on.
"Tom," said she, 81 shall be dining
out at the Longmore on the evening
of the 26th. 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
time which was wholesome. Brem-
mil left the b ouse at for a ride. At
half past 5 in the evening large
leather covered basket came in from
Phelps for Mrs. Bremmil. She was a