Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-02-10

tomorrow"
..oh, that z s!eg affair
glancing owe be .tE
can't you pu Re;aags
Kennedys aree 81 - the .iGori1 fce
to stay over Sumo.
81 cannot, Henriet l:s rot 50
be attended to at once"
"But, Joseph, You can't go without
me. You know you never did suoh a
thing"
''I am afraid ] must do it this time, ~
he replied, mourniully.
They sat in silence for some minutes.
Twice Mrs. Allestree wiped away sly
tear with her napkin. At length,
bravely assuming q cheerful aspect,
she asked: "How long will You be
gomez"
81 cant possibly reach London, ac-
complish all I want to and get home
again IN less than ten days"
"Joseph, it will kill Us BOTH"
"Ah, no, my dear" he laughed |;
''it won't quite do thai. At least, /
hope not. 1t will be very, very hard.
But think. my love, We were apart five
long years once on time"
"Ah, Joseph" with rob in her
voice, "that was before We had ever
lived together. We only knew each
other by let er, you know"
"And mighty comfort did we take
out Of those same letters. Isn't it
stral gs that in two and forty years we
shoulu never have had occasion to
write to one another? Not since you
were Henrietta Shower"
''It is singular circumstance, she
replied. eyes, we can write. Do
you know, Joseph, the thought OF it
already consoles me little. 1t will
be such delightful novelty"
1t was good thing for Mrs. Allies.
tree that she expected visitors. But
after the guests had departed her con-
dltion was pitiable. Especially as no
letter had come.
Mr.. Allestree had gone away early
on Saturday. Now it was Tuesday.
She had managed to be patient over
the Sabbath, but on Monday morning,
when Jimmy came up from Stoneton
empty handed, she had refused to be.
lieve that he had not dropped the let
ter or that the postmaster had not
overlooked il.
There were only two deliveries in
the twenty four hours. and at the
evening the same performance was re-
peated.
On Tuesday Mrs. Allestree went her.
self to Stoneton and delivered a severe
lecture to the postmaster upon gen.
ersl indifference of Government Of
fcials, thereby greatly annoying the
poor man.
Mr.. Franlwell began to dread the
hours of delivery. Twice day, what
ever the weather, Mrs. Allestree pre-
sented her handsome, anxious face at
the window.
When he handed out the post to her
and she found not the letter she longed
for, an angry face it was that peered
in at him, and stern-albeit we'll
bred-voice that demanded of him to
hunt through every box, lest perchauce
he had made some error in distribut.
ing.
The deserted, neglected>wife must
blame somebody, aad she would not
blame her husband. She did not at
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 fer such neglect. To thi nix
that this, their first separation in so
many years, should be unLridged by q
word!
She could not have the consolation
OF writing to him, for he had left no
address. thero being al uncertainty
about the very part OF London in
which that troublesome Perley was
was living.
1t was the way Of men, and he, il
seems, was not better than the
ssts si thsgs 0ass out si hes ssghS