St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-29

- in her sleep, but he was not certain
4 He called again more loudly, an
i then put his fingers in his mouth an
:. whistled. Probably can wake tn
! baby anyhow, and the baby wi
wake her." he said; but no respons
-, came down the hue. The bah
!, seemed to be sleeping with almos
supernatural soundness, and, man
testify, Mrs. Whitaker had her dea
ear up.
Mr.. Whitaker was almost besid
himself with rage. "a woman" h
said, who would treat her husban,
in such manner as this, is capabl
OF anything. Either Ellen will stoJ
', sleeping with her deaf ear up or W,
will SEPARATE" A third time he ap
Piled his lips to the tin pipe anc
bawled into it until he was hoarse
He thought he heard his spouse walk
ing across the floor, but when he
called again there was no response
and he knew that he was mistaken.
The soul of Mr. Whitaker was filled
with gloom. In his anger he INDUCED
in sardonic humor. II suppose she
rather relishes having me down in
the cellar here all night; it is a good
joke! But let her take care She
may laugh upon the other side of her
mouth before we are done with this
business" And he laughed wild
and bitter laugh. Poor Mrs. Whita.
ker, sleeping sweetly upstairs, in
perfect Inconsistencies, would have
been deeply panied to learn how
gravely her husband wronged her.
Il must get out OF here somehow
or other" said Mr.. Whitaker. 1.-THE
window is small, but | can crawl
through ii, | reckon, if | try" He
unlocked the frame containing the
wire screen which protected the win
dow and pushed it outward. Then
procuring wash tub and climbing
from it to the window sill he thrust
his head out and dragged his BODY
through. When he reached the from
pavement his face was covered with
cobwebs aud his clothes with coal
dust; but he exulted in the thought
that he was free man.
He took his dead.latch kew from
his pocket and was about to try to
open the front door, when he re.
membered that he had locked the
door and put up the chain bolt.
There was no use trying to ring the
bell. The wire was broken, and Mrs.
wouldn't hear the bell if
the wire hadn't been broken. There
was but one last hope of making her
hear, and that was of throwing
gravel stones against the window.
Mr.. Whitaker tried the experiment.
The hrst handful produced no effect.
The sleeper did not hear it. Neither
lid She hear the second handful. nor
The third, nor the tenth, which was
dashed against the glass with such
that Mr.. Whitaker expected
to see it shivered to fragments.
Mr.. Whitaker was a t his wit end.
There was faint light burning in
the room, and as he looked up at it
and thought Of his wife slumbering
quietly on while he was in such great
.rouble, his wrath grew so fierce that
he felt capable of doing something
.eally terrible. But what should he
10! The poor lady was as much be.
'ond his reach, for the time, as il she
lad been in China. He thought for
moment of trying to borrow lad
Ter; but where could he get ladder
n the middle of the night? No; as
lis sense OF personal injury deepened
lie more and more firmly resolved
hat he would punish Ellen somehow
'r other for her indifference. AS he
ould lot obtain admission to his
,wn house, why should he not fy?
Why should he not go off somewhere
md give his wife something to worry
,ver IN repayment for all the wrong
he had inflicted upon him by persist.
ng, against his earnest and repeated
emonstrance, in sleeping with her
leaf ear up?
Mr., Whitaker turned passionately ,
way from the house and walked i
apidly down the street. He had no {
PARTICULAR destination in his mind,
nut he hurried along with vague t
lotion that he might perhaps go to
hotel when he telt calmer. In a i
ew moments he came to the railroad {
epot not far from his dwelling. 1t t
vas brilliantly lighted, and as he {
ooked at it he remembered that {
rain started tor New York at mid {
light. He walked into the waiting
DOM. The minute hand on the huge I
marble clock indicated three or four
minutes OF ~. Mr.. Whitakerrushed /
p to the ticket office and bought a ,
icket tor New York. Then he hur-
led into the car and took a seat. He t
ad upon his head his velvet smok- /
ng-cap, so that his appearance did :
ot excite remark. Presently the c
rain started and Mr. Whitaker act
ally telt a kind OF malicious Joy as \
e thought he would soon be far
way from his wife.
1t was slow train, and he had
lenty OF time to think, and as he v