The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-09-01

counsel and did not speak 10 Ike n...!il
cf what she had heard. This IS worth
remembering. Speaking to or c"y!ns
over husband never cid any SoGl yet
When Brcmlnil MAS at home. which
w;rs not often. lie was more affection
! axe than usual, and that show,i his
hand Tic affection YVES forced i;r,lv
! 70 suothc his cwn conscience and Isa-tly
To soothe Mrs. Brc,nmii It failed il
both regards
commanded by their c-cellenc:es Lord
and Lady LytrCn to invite Mr. ard
Mrg. Cueac!:-Brer!:nil to Peterhof on
July &c at o:3O p. IL. " Dancing" was
{ in the bottom LETT hand corner.
II cannot So said Nrs. BrcMmil
ut is tco soon after poor little Florr!e;
but it need not stop vou, Tom.
She meant what she said then, and
| Bremmil said chat lie would go just to
put in an appearance. Here lie spoke
the thing which was not, and Mrs.
Brcmmil knew it. Sho guesSaI-.a
woman's guess Is much more accurate
than mans certainty--Jhat he had
meant TO 80 from the first, and witt!
Mrs. Haulsbcc, She sat down TO think,
and the outcome of her thoughts was
| that the memory OF dead child was
worth considerably less than the atfec-
! tons OF living husband. She made
her plan and staked her all upon it. II
| that hour she discovered that she knew
Tom Bremmil thoroughly, ard this
knowledge she acted on
Tom, said she, Il shall be dining
out at the LongmCres on the evening
of the goth. You'd better dine ct the
club.
This saved Bremmil from making an
excuse TO get away and dine with Mrs.
Eauksbee; so he was grateful and felt
small and mean at tho same time,
| which was wholesome. Eremml left
the house at . for 4 ride About half,
past in the evening large leather
covered basket came in from Phoirs'.
for Mrs Brcmmil. She Was Il woman
who knew how to dress, and she had
not spent Il week on designing that
dress and having it gored and hcmlned
and herring gbonod and tucked and
rucicd Cor whatever the terms arc( for
nothing. 1t was Il gorgeous dress, slight
mourning. / cant describe it. bUG it
was what rhc Queen calls "a creation"
"a thing that hit you straight between
the eyes and !Mad2 YOU gasp. She had
not much heart rur what she WAS going
20 do, but as she glanced 1T the long
mirror she had the satisfaction of know
inc that she had never looked 80 we'll
III her life. She was large blond and
| when she chose carried herself sUpc ru!y.
After the dinner at the Loa%mCrCS'
she Went on TO the dHnce-a little late
and encountered Brc:uail with Mrs.
Haul;shcc on his arm. That made hcr
flush, and as the msn crowded round
her for dances she looked magnificent.
She filled Up all her dances cxcep: three,
and these Sue left hiaH!;. Mrs. Hau!ls
bee caught her eye once, and she llncw
it was war-real w&r-betwccn them.
She started handicapped in the struG
gle, for she had ordered Br2mmil about
just the least little bit in The world too
much, and he was beginning to resent
| it, Moreover, he had never seen MS
| wirC !oc1 ~ !3vv:y. ic stared. az her
| from COorways and Clarcd at her from
passages rs she went about with her
| partners, and the more he stared the
more taken was he. He coula scarcely
believe that this was the woman with
the red eyes and the blacl. stuff gown
who used to weep over the eggs at
breakfast.
Mrs. Hau!:sbco cid her best 10 hold
him in play; but, after two dances, he
crossed over to his wife and asked for
a dance.
"l'm afraid you've come too late,
Mr.. Brcmmil," she said, with her eyes
twinkling.
Then he begged her 20 give him a
dance, and as Il great favor she allowed
him the fifth waltz. Luckily five stood
vacant on his programme They danced
1t together, aaG there WAS littlC f!ut-
/ ter round TIE room. BremDil had Il
sort Of Il notion that his wife could
dance, but he never knew she danced
so diVincly. At the end of that waltz
he asked !or another as favor. NO:
aS Il Ti@h;--;lad -IrS. BGcmnil said.
"@!!ow me your programme, dear"
lie showed it a3 a naughty little school
boy hands up cuntrabGDi sweets TO q
master. There was Il fai. sprinil;nG Ua
~" cn it L"si1,5 az atsnpgc: Mrs
ErcmM.i sad nothing, hit she smii.G
cont"Hrtlrg.i =, Kan Egvp,nril ,hrDu"n
seven and r!u,---:wo Us S'--Hnt Ir-
turn,d inc card with her own name
written ahuEc Il pet name that only
she and hc.' husband used. Then she
shook h"r finger at him and y1id, laugh
inS "Dh, you silly. silly huy"
Mr.. }!al;i.abca heard that, and i-shc
Owned :s mucr--;clt She had ths wort
OF i. Hr,lum:l accepted seven ana niuo
gratefully. They danced s.Ycn ana sat
on ~iu3 ~ one @! the liJtla tents. What