Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-16
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i bought a cheap bottle. which | am
ashamed TO carry about, and menthol
does me no good. unhappy onla that
! am. / am sure that 10 woman OF
my age and constitution is SO tried;
and you. who ought To have more con
Sideratian. try me more than any one,
] have not rested all day: l shall not
all night. for thinking of darling little
Percy. How could YOU have the heart
TO refuse him the change he so sorely
needs What can you possibly have
to do that YOU can not undertake his
cares | fear YOU are getting very self
ish. Do, pray. eradicate such Il fail
ing: for s~elfislncSs in any one Is bad
enough, but in an unmarried woman,
who is totally dependent upon her rel
atives, it is simply unbearable, Write
to Grace Immediately, and say that, in
accordance with my desire, you will
have darling baby. / should have tel
egraphed you to this effect, but L
thought ii better to write. As usual,
your petty .penny-wise' policy makes
you Indifferent TO my convenience.
The few shillings representing the rail
way fare-how many-Scyenteen?-
that would give me Jane in exchange
for Topham, are more 10 you than my
tCIlIOIls iiIi WERE II UOt lHIl int TAT
ter is better, and therefore she is able
TO perform her duties. | should have to
1e selfish. and insist upon her X
change. You must excuse my remark
ing, dear Judy, that one would imas-
inc your income is yours. not mine.
We have no fault 10 find with the
house or the cooking here, but | can
not say Seaview agrees with me.
IICxx-axn. os tIa nfhapc n1aIa ~ A N =
plant. / must endure for their sakes.
Still no letter from Elsie? Are YOU
positive she has not written? You may
have overlooked the letter. rs you are
SO busy. With love from all.
~ 'Your affectionate mother.
IA. H."
AS Judith rose from the table, after
going through the form of taking
breakfast. she saw the telegraph boy
opening the gate, and two minutes af-
ter held IA message in her hands. 1t
was from Claude, but contained bad
news:
IL. is not here. Going TO Fletcher's
Iii not there, coming on TO YOU"
Judy had again to wait. in terrible
suspense. till eight o'clock in the ven
ing, when she heard the welcome
sound of CIaude's football. For the
servants benefit, she appeared to be
intent upon her book, aud affected sur
prise when that young person opened
the door and announced MIR. Towns
hend." But when the maid had with
drawn, her assumed expression gave
place TO one of real pity. for her broth
er-in-hw looked so anxious and hag-
gard.
"You have nothing TO tell me, in
dith:' he asked, .huskily. as she took
his hand: and. as she ~sorrowfully
shook her head, he sank back into n
chair, muttering: Heaven, how shall
L bear it,
While Judith stood sorrowfully
watching him. wishing, with all her
heart, that 1t lay in her power to as
suage his grief, he suddenly spoke.
"YCu don't understand it, Judith.
OF course not-how should your We
returned from Paris on Friday even.
ing. and OH Saturday morning | left
her at the Charing-Cr RI hotel. When
L returned, an hour later, her maid
told me she had taken n of her
trunks and gone away in n cab. 1
waited until three o'clock. when | tel
cgraphed to the Fletchers: but she had
not zone there. so L came down here,
hoping to find her"
but why should she behave in such
an extraordinary fashion, demanded
Judith.
1--WE had quarrelled."
Already? Oh. Claude.
II can't help IL, Judith he declared,
~passionately: ''she drove me mad. We
had not been married a fortnight be-
fore she began to find more pleasure
I'm the admiration of casual men we
met than in my attentions. She is sc
beautiful. but so wilful. that she can
not live without admiration, and-I
can't bear it.'
"That is forgetting your resolve to
trust her wholly Judith reminded
him. IF you are not able to trust her
new, what will your lives be as the
years go on!'
You think | deserved this. them
he demanded, fidrccly. How have l
injured her? Have | not loyed-nay,
idolizcd her ever since | have known
her? If my love was not sufficient for
her. why did she marry me? She
knew my temper and my weakness, as
also. how my early life was embit-
tared. and that if | married her |
should expect or TO live for me only.
She told me she would be content to
do so, and i believed her. But in n
short week after our marriage she was
very weary Of my devotion. While
my eyes were dwelling upon her face
in loving content, hers were seeking
the Insulting homage Of strangers"
"At table-d'hote men gave the wait
ers fees for the nearest place at her
side or opposite to her. Did we walk
or drive, we were followed or met by
one or other of the men whom she en-
couraged. AS ii her natural fascina-
tons were not sufficient. she took my
money and Jewels / gave her to deck
herself out TO please men who were,
for the most part, roues and gamblers,
and whose admiration was an insult.
i tried to bear with il because OF her
innocence and inexperience, thinking
that, when the novelty had worn off,
she would tire of her amusement and
see the shame of it, as / did.
But no, Sever weeks of it were
not sufficient to cause safety, so l
brought her to London. Torn as my
heart vas by jealousy and ~disappoint-
Uent, | ~endcavored to be gentle and
loving to her. Should l never see her