The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-02-05
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After marriage arrives q reaction,
sometimes q big, sometimes a little
me, but it comes sooner or later and
must be tided over by both parties if
they desire the rest of their lives to 90
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
IF times, but he was q beautiful hus-
hand until the baby died, and Mrs.
Bremmil wore black, and grew thin,
md mourned as if the bottom of the
universe had fallen ont. Perhaps Brem-
mil ought to have cOmforted her. He
tried to do so, | think, but the more he
somforted the more Mrs. Bremmil
grieved, and consequently the more un-
comfortable Bremmil grew. The fact
vas that they both needed a tonic. And
they got it. Mrs. Bremmil can afford
10 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 GER
tain knowledge. She was a little,
brown, thin, almost skinny woman,
with big, rolling, violet blue eyes and
the sweetest manner in the world. You
had only to mention her name at after
noon teas for every woman in the
to rise up and call her-well, not
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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 sex. But that
Ia another story.
Bremmil went off at score after the
haby'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
Iicly 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
hrows and said, "Shocking!'
Mrs. Bremmil staid at home turn
ing over the 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 Ok
planned the situation at length to her in
Ease she should miss the cream of it.
Mrs. Bremmil listened quietly and
thanked them for their good offices.
She 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
0ver a husband never did any good yet.
When Brcmmil was at home, which
vas not often, he was more affection
ate than usual, and that showed hi:
hand. The affection was forced partly
TO soothe his OWL conscience and partly
10 soothe Mrs. Bremmil. 1t failed il
both regards.
Then 1.-The AID. C. in waiting wa.
commanded by their exceliencies, Lore
and Lady Lytton, to invite Mr.. anC
Mrs. Cusack- Bremmil to PeterhOf q
July 20, at 9 80 p. m "Dancing' il
The bottom left hand corner.
81 cant CO." said Mrs. Bremmil
lit is too soon after poor little Florrie
but 1t need not stop you, Tom.
She meant what she said then, AM
Bremmil said that he would go just t
Put in an appearance. Here he spok,
the thing which was not, and Mrs
Rremmil knew it. She guessed-a WON
ms guess is much more accurate tina,
Aman's certainty-that he had mean
10 go from the first, and with Mrs
Hauksbee. She sat down to think, an,
The outcome of her thoughts was tina
the memory of a dead child was wort
considerably less than the affections O
. living husband. She made her plal
and staked her all upon it. In that hou
Ehe discovered that she knew Tom Brem
mil thoroughly, and this knowledge sh
acted Oh. .
"Tom." said she, Il shall be dinin
eut at the LOngmOres' on the evenin
Of the 26th. You'd better dine at tn
slub."
This saved Bremmn from making a
excuse to get away and dine with Mr.,
Hauksbee, 50 he was grateful and fe
anal and mean at the same time
which was wholesome. Bremmil lie
the house at 5 for a ride. About ha
past 8 III the evening a large leath'
covered basket came in from IPhelp
tW Mrs. Bremmil. She was a woma
Who knew how to dress, and she b.
not spent a week Oh designing tn
dress and having it gored and hemm'
md herringboned and tucked and rue
I'd Tor whatever the terms are) for, not
mig. 1t was a gorgeous dress-slig
mourning. l can't describe it, but
va what The Queen calls "a creation
"A thing that hit you straight bet we
the eyes and made you gasp. She hi
not much heart for what she was goil
10 do, but al she glanced at the To-
mirror she had the satisfaction Of kpo
Sro <hot che had uaver 1cokad s,uyofl