Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-04-02

Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser
C!oth-bound, 81 stamps. Send to DR.. r. v
Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y.
This In reference to a querulous cal
that foated through the open windows
Of the big parlor:
"Adrienl'
Here l am, mamma"
In the long aperture a delicate face
wal framed, and Adrien Strong's wife
glided through it toward the cane set.
tee that stood winter and summer on the
front gallery Of Sans Souoi.
"Adrien, 60 ask Grandma Strong
please not to have the chicken fried 70,
dinner today. am 80 tired Of grease, ,
she said languidly.
II want it fried" said Adrien, com.
posedly preparing to mount his hobby
horse again.
"You bad, bad boy. Go instantly"
She subsidized In graceful listlessness
upon the settee, arranging her long
draperies in graceful folds. Mrs. Mar.
tin eyed her sourly. That silken wrap.
per had been one Of "the madam's
best. A wrapper that she had worn at
Saratoga and Cape May and elsewhere
in the splendid days when people had
lived at all. But what could Adrien's
mother do, when his wife had been
dumped down" at her door, with just
n skimp black alpaca dress to bless
herself within The girl did look pretty
in that soft apple blossom gown. OF
cours Adrien had been gulled by her
and her mother. Oh, Lord, what fools
men were, to be sure.
Annabel yawned audibly. Life was
inexpressibly stupid-no men about at
all, ave Seth, who scarcely counted for
any more than old Dolbear. She wished
Adrien could see her in that silk wrap.
per. When she did get "hold of the
reins at San Souci, :" she would make
things move at a l~ivelier pace, war or
no war. So far she had been sustained
by a sense Of victory in having carried
this ~aristocratio stronghold 90 easily.
but that sensation was growing stale,
and she was pining for another.
IF I knew where Mr.. Strong was to
be found" she said, addressing Mrs.
Martin for want Of better audience, II
should take Dolbear and the rockaway
and go to him."
ooh. you would" said Mrs. Martin
orisply.
"Yes. Adrien could stay here with
his grandmother and the rest Of you. !
should quite enjoy it,"
II don't doubt it."
~ think Dolbear could find his way
with me to Virginia. A wife has a
right to seek her husband.
docs the madam ~approve?"
Annabel laughed lightly, and, bend
ing over, possessed herself Of the brim.
less hat that Liza had left in her chair.
Slowly she al her fingers along the in
side. my precious boyl TO think his
darling, soft little head should be GOV.
cred by such a thing as this"
"Oh, Lawdi"
: Mrs. Martin was afraid to trust her
self farther. She got up with a jerk.
II reckon the madam needs somebody
to help pack that big box. Old Dolbear
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uoot' ieasins Annape wltnouo al au-
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soulvo, one nelseii as COM
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~ nel siiAen ram, ciosea ner eyes IAN
suioly, suomittlng 70 tne gentie innu'
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t,vpes anu inc noaeysucAles N 1aDi1-
na : salueu'
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nae nos tne neavy texture ny
, aineie yard
y AZ anne q tnia, LIZA she walk.
e CAUTIOUSLY from window to door OF
me loom room (the Martins old dining
room before handing Liza q soiied and