The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-03-29

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"UhU Jane! DO you Mink haze done
dnWhiHU UrOHgr"
health and spirits and put his trouble
precisely within tlp9 limits whore il be.
longCd. He would neither magnify it
nor let it encroach upon his thoughts
There is everything in abiding by duty
Meanwhile Jane had posted ono let
ter and carried the other TO her mis-
/ tress. Mrs JustiS received her with an
air Of armed neutrality
"Mrs. StOrcr is not feeling we'll and
cannot be disturbed. If you have any
message for her, | will take it to her. -
Jane hesitatcd. Mrs. Justis was not
among her favorites.
Il thought she might wish to SEQ mo-
/ The house is to go on, the master said,
and she may havo orders for today. |
came for them"
"Oh, said Mrs. Justis, "I'll SEQ if
you can como upl"
Come up indeed, thought Jane in
dignantly, latter taking care of her
house these three years."
Following Il delay that reused James
suspicious she was admitted To tho front
room on the third floor. 1t was careful
ly darkencd There was II strong odor of
cologne, and Mrs. Storcr was still in
bed. Her checks were burning with
fever, her eyes were CLASSY and the eye
lids red as if with crying
"Merciful God!" cried Jane quite
naturally.
Mrs. Storer hasn't slept all night"
explained Mrs. Justis, who had mount
ed guard at once.
We'll, indeed, neither did |, ma a'am.
couldn't; it was all SO sudden. I'm
sure | don't wonder at all. But perhaps
II you'd dress and come up to the house,
sure you'd feel better | never put out
light i'll your room, ma 'am, and thcro
you'll SEQ the pretty flowers that tho
master fixed last night with bis own
hands against you'd come III, ma an. F."
Mrs. Storcr put her handkerchief to
her eyes, and her mother quickly left
the room. Jane dartcd to the bedside
'Herc's his letter Keep it to yourself,
and have you anything to say to me,
ma am!"
Jano put tho note in Mrs Storcr's
hand and retired to her first post near
the door.
"Oh, Jane, you'll have to do as usual
for the present l may como up today
Wait Let me read this. Open tho win
dow"
Jane opened the window and dis.
creetly gazcd into the street while keep
ing one ear on the door and another on
the rustling letter
A shrek that brought back Mrs. JUS
tbs and startled Jane out Of her senses
was tho result. Then Mrs. Storcr was
seized with fainting spells, and Jane
ran for the doctor.
This family physician, having used
proper remedies and ordered perfect
quiet for the patient, retired to the par
lor and held consultation with her
parents. He was persistent in his i'll
quirics. Mrs. Storcr was suffering from
mental shock, and he wanted all the
particulars. Medical men prefer not to
work in the dark.
In her wild grief Mrs. Storcr had
told her mother some sad truths.
"Oh, you have ruined our happinessl"
she cried repeatedly, regardless Of DR..
Belford's presence. '.Iack has gone
abroad. I'll never sec him again oh,
send for him! Why did l leave him?
Oh, fool that was to let you meddle
between us!'
This continued till tho anodyne took
effect.
Mrs. Justis unfoldcd to tho doctor
Mr. Storcrs infamous conduct and her
own decided action.
81 suppose he has taken that woman
with him, )" she said sadly.
"No doubt" agreed DR.. Bclford,
who was quito beyond being surprised
by anything in the line of immortality.
The story, coming from such author
ity, he quietly accepted and i'll tho
course of time conlided it to his wife.
1t WAS quickly communicated, and
when Mrs. Storer was able to go about
she judged from the sympathy for her
expressed and exhibited that hCr moth
er's solution of the foreign trip was the
correct one
Yet when she read over her husbands
letter she had her doubts, and these
doubts were so strong that she refused
to take any steps whatever OF legal
nature. She objected to putting detect
ives on her husbands path and sim
ply remained away from her home and
devoted herself to her child. If the
worst was true, she did mot want. to
have it proved to her.
Certain other annoyances Developed
as timo elapsed. For instance, little
Jack became bone of contention. In
his own homo where he ruled as prince
his baby ways were humored and his
unruly moments patiently ignored.
Sensible people never look for angels
wings on tho shoulders of healthy,
noisy children Growth means perpet
ual motion, and Jack seemed to possess
| the whole hocso, He caused his irrita.
BILE, nervous gIandfe ther endless nneasi-
ness. The man. with his GROSS expires.
sion, his iii humor and his exaoting
L manner nf1ffs-o,ii1pd tba child lack