The Delta independent., 1899-01-13

pettsd girlhood. and now. In the da-s
when every woman seemed turning
against har. purse. cellar and Iartier
were empty and her husband gons,on .
stupid foray 70 The mountaipa None
could aay when he would seturn or
what new SORROW would meet him then
Other men managed 70 earn money or
make money somehow outside their pay
Why should she. whose tastes. shs Hid.
were 70 much moro refined. b. mated
with one who could only spend!
There IL a time when many homely
face becomes radiant with . beauty too
deep for aAllow skin or heavy features
to hide aud VIXEN . really winsome
face Lccomes we'll nigh angelic, but
even ~ Laura Winn bent over her sleep.
ing child or nestled the unconscious lit
tie one in her bosom the sallen drs Of
discontent. thwarted ambition and
wounded self love smoldered In her
deep. slcmbrous eyca ThsFe were
hours now when Baby Winn was left
TO the scans cara Of the household nurse.
while the mother took the air upon ths
piazza during the day or fitted about
from parlor to parlor along the row as
night. She was restlesA nerv0uA ~ all
could sec She frequently Asnailed
Bpyson with queries for newA always
decorously asking FIRST IL couriers had
come or were expected from the conf
mand aflcld. yet speedily coming back
" the real object Of her constant
thoughts. the now much honosed Oh
Ger. her next door neiRhbor. For three
days after he IVES pronounced able to
sit mp ahe did not suoosed in seeing him
st all. thcrXh SO many other aud. it
should be explained. much older Won en
did. but that did not abate one whis
her determination TINT he should spssd-
lily sec her.
Juss what her object was she hsrself
could not have told. It WAS IN instinct.
IN impulse. . whim psshsps, bus 30
who had been her lover and was reject
ed had dared 70 gazs into her fsce with
syss serene and untroubled. had met
her bus half yelled references to old
days with polite bet positive indifer-
che told herself. She meant no disloy-
atty TO Harry. % wroas Of any kind
Nos bis OF L. H. bad treated HaF.
cDay very badly. 6hs had dose him .
Wyung thas was oUch creates IN hss
own estimation thar IL was il that of
any oos u heR nsighbpea. amoag whom
the women ~ lease considered ths Ion
Il his ina,nosats . blessing In disguisA
but Lausa fully believed that Barclays
heart must have been crushed IN the
depth Of his woe. snd shat 10 was now
her duty To mako friends aGain-pss.
haps tn some way to console him. NOT,
Of courss. in any way 70 which Harry
could objevs: NOS, Il roofse. In my way
to which the post ought to object. but
we'll. even to herself. n has been said
she could mos entirely and satisfactorily
explain hcr motive Il was impossible
therefore that sire could bcpe to do no
- anybody else. and yet she had dared
70 writs to him. ft WAS only litf2e
note. and yet with all its inconsistSh>
cies it said 20 much:
DEAR CAvTAIs BARcGAv-l cannot tell you
ny Distress NJ ha~rins Of yOur again bring -
vurely wounded. -sps~isiiy u time wh~n
had hdisd 30 hnv" you usfse ead better Know
my husband. but now in his distressing nh
scnrs l. Who more than any woman st this
poss nnxiors ~ show my sympathy and
sorrow. am practically heipls~s Do tell me- u
there " anything can do, though ! sm Su:e
cant see what is t<t fog me. with no cook %
kitehsa. and Mrs. Frnatss and ths ntzsss Frs
sier -en1iny such Inafl. u thingxL ] really
envy them and Mrs Ejyths ths pr,vtle9e cf
thair years IL go,nR to ssss you p~rsouaily. fos
an ! not - lsaAs yOur oadSss frsssds Nv
This Ingenious nate was sent By
Hannibal 1t an houF when the capsain
was alone. and when. had be been dis
pored. no might have hobbled TO the
door and answered in pcrsoD: but hob
bic he did not. ncr did he answer until
after long Thought He received the liz
tle n,issivs with surprise. rad II with
ous trcmor Of hand CT lip. but with
something Of shame and pity that over.
srrcnd his faco lik6 . cloud. Was he
only just beginning to know bor. after
eli!
Fray do not give my srrafch = thou0ht-hs
snsworcd in writing lass shat sfsernoon-Rnd
believe Ely 6srr Nra winu. that have cvery
comfort that ono can pow~ibly drrtro. Every
one II mos: Kind. I expect to bo out with roy
nsn IN . week and shall be deli shisd to ssks
The nsld and scnd Gr. winn back - you forth
with. noss sincerely.
And shat wss how. with pc!ise bus
positive indifference, he had treated her
reference TO old times and old friends.
Shallow as sho VIVA Laura Winn was
deep enough to $50 tbss he meant -
bold hir,sclf far aloof from her. He
could hardly have told her more piainly
he would have nons Of ber. He had
even dared 20 sny it would b. pleasure
to 20 ttst he misks send her husband
back to her sruA And this was the
man she cree thonsLs she loved, tho
man who, si.o believed, sdoeed hes and
woald never outIive the passion oe his
oorr0w at losing bcE.
Even now tho foolish heart Of tho
woman might Rave accepted its lesson
hut 10 wss time fer friends again to
come. and. n Laura expsessed IL ''pry
end pod sud prrsch. " and thss hrosgLs
On n cliy-ax