Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-10-11

lonely and miserable. At about half
past 0, as ! was feeling quite worn ont
with excitement and fatigue, | thought
l would go to bed. l kissed mamma and
begged her not to worry about Celia.
II wonder what she is doing?" she
said tearfully. II do hope they will not
quarrel, Dot"
l said Twas sure they wouldn't, as
Celia had never quarreled with anybody
in her life. / was just going up stairs
when I heard the front door bell RIM
violently.
Il can't see any one, Dot" mamma
called out to me. II am too tired and
upset tonight"
Were out, James," l said to the
footman, and added reassuringly to
mamma, 1T will only be what Celia
calls a posthumous wedding present"
I waited a moment to see. Suddenly
l heard a peremptory voice saying:
Here, James, take in this box. Denise
is coming on with the others in a four
wheeler. Where is Miss Dot?"
I simply flew across the hall. "Oh,
Celia, darling Celia, whatever is the
matter?' l cried excitedly.
Celia stopped to kiss mamma, who
: had rushed into the hall at the sound Of
her voice, then she slipped her arm
through mine. "Come along into the
dining room, dears, - she said, land I'll
tell you all about it, but do order me
some dinner first; I am dreadfully hun
Cry" She spoke quite brightly, but her
face was pale, and l don't think her
tears were far off. Then she told us
what she had done. AS soon as | left
her she arranged with Denise to get out
at Peterborough and catch the next ex-
press back to town. Vernon had luckily
never seen her. Poor mamma looked
rather daxed, as though she hardly IN
derstood what had happened.
''It r him right, Celia, I said
angrily, "but whatever will he do?
Won't he be fearfully angry?" felt
nervous, but Celia only shrugged her
shoulders.
"Likely he will, she replied coolly,
"but after all what car he do excepting
swear? You see, l have begun asI mean
to go on, Dot, and / must await devel-
opments. / expect he will 0 0 fetch
rue back, she added ch~eerfully, land
try to hush it up. No man likes being
made a fool of, but it was really more
than l could stand" She yawned and
raised her pretty arms above her head.
"And now let's 60 to bed, Dot. I'm so
awfully tired. It's useless to sit here
and speculate as to what he will do. 1
am all right in the meantime, as l have
brought my trousseau back with me.
The next morning Celia received a
frantic telegram from Vernon, and in
the afternoon he arrived. Mamma and
I thought it kinder not to see him. Celia
had a long interview with him in the
dining room, after which she ran up to
us, and, giving us each a hasty kiss,
whispered she would tell us all about it
tomorrow. Then they drove off together,
and Denise followed with the luggage.
I believe they staid at a hotel for the
night and caught the express to Scot
land the next day. We did not see Celia
again for several weeks, and when she
wrote all she told us was that Vernon
was a "dear." They seem happy now,
and I sometimes think l never saw a
man kinder or more attentive to his
wife. Celia seems devotedly fond OF
him. OF yours I g always knew she was
strong minded, but I must say I have
often wondered how she managed Yer
0 n.-Westminster Budget.