The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-21

my white lawn ties packed In. Annie?
] wish you would ind one for me" The
) Rev Arthur Belden stood in front Of
the mirror finishing his toilet. Ills
coat was hung carefully over the back
Of chair; his hat, shining and speck-
less, adorned the peak OF the head
board. He was brushing his hair devot-
edly He was a tail man, He crouched
little in front Of the low, mirror to
make the parting straight The position
was.hot altogether becoming, But he
stared az himself unseelpE. He was
absorbed in the perfection Of the part.
.I,Iise a white tic best with this suit.
he want on. hbsently whlsking the
clothes brush over his neck and sleeves.
PerceiVIns that his words met no re-
Spouse. Don't your" he said. He look
ed lnaulringly at his wife she was
bending over the washstand. one hand
grasping . curyed.neek bottle, the
other finbling in small travelling
bag.
Whats the matter?" he asked,
she lifted perpiexed face. II can't
find the bag OF sho. p rinse the nursing
bottle. Twas sure put It IN this
satcheiH she put down the bottle and
gave both hands to the search.
eoh, never mind being so particular,
for once, just rinse It out and let IT
go. / can't iind those ties anywhere"
She abandoned the travelling. bag,
and going over to low steamer-trunk.
took out. box after box. examining each
in the dim light with close, near-sight-
ed eyes. She came upon It at last. It
was neatly. labelled "ArthuFs Ties"
She handed 1t TO him and returned to
the trayelling-bag.
Thank you, Annie You always do
things 90 nicely" he said, kindly, He
selected sti6 length of lawn, and
squared himself of in front Of the mir
ror for a silent tussle.
She shook the shot in the bottle. She
had discovered Il In the outside picket,
put there to BE- handy. She ri1sed the
Aattle teargully with water from the
toilet-piteher In imagination she saw
microbes and germs and bacteria slip
from the pitcher into the bottle, They
rose They hoated Indignantly around
the head Of Baby Freddie, awake in his
tmprovlsed crib. They crossed the hall
10 three.year-old Tommy asleep in the
little room beyond.
''Thnt Miss Colby win be great nd-
aition 10 our table" he said He was
regarding himself ubsently in the mir
ror, "Where did they SAY she was
2 from? Upton, was IT,"
Upton College, Iowa" Z.
"oh. yes. Shes well educated, GER
tainiy. Did you notice her alluslon to
Dante? ] must look up my Dante, Did
s youiput It in7"
eNoi there wasn't room finally. YSs
know you wanted that volume Of Re
iigious Anecdotes. for your sermons,
and It Is so big had to leave out the
Dante and three or four small Shake
speares."
''oh. yes. Well, never mind, l can
borrow one, perhaps. Ut really 81 a
pleasure to meet an educated woman
once more" He smoothed his coat col
lar carefully and craned bis. neck to ex-
anime the at OF the hack In the mirror.
BE crossed the room on tiptoe and peer
ed cautiously into the crib. A pair OF
round eyes. intelligent and non-commIt-
tai, stared back. The small mouth was
closed hrmly over a fat thumb, HE
isn't asleep. Is he?" whispered the faith
er. drawing back and reaching for his
hat. II hoped that you could so, An
ME. But shall not be gone I0ns-just
own 70 the beach for ailttletwh I
told Miss Colby We would come. you
know" He paused, waiting for a reply.
Eyes. Arthur. you go. will come la
ter, II can. perhaps"
EDO tFy TO come" He kissed her and
Closed the door softly One round,
obiique eye follower his departure over
thetop Of the crib. The fat thumb was
removed The mouth remained open to
emit q determined protesting yell.
She crossed to the crib and patted the
sturdy legs gently. There. there fred
dy. lie still. Be good boy and 60
Z slecping" she murmuTed softiy,' in a
half chant.
AAN hAuAAB - al ENAAAEEus uE
closed over IT. The round eyes rested
complacently on her face She smooth-
ed the clothes. giving a9monitory pats.
grooming softly nonsense. The round
eyes dr6oped to mere alltS They flew
open. They regarded her Teproaehfully,
The mouth took q fresh grip. The lids
dropped once more, faltered, huttered
and were lost She drew the knitted
blanket oyer the little Bgure.
She removed the waist OF her travel
iuE dress swiftly and slipped on mus
jim dressing sacque. She gave a Sigh
OF relief as she lifted her arms freely
above her head. She transferred boxes
and clothes quickly from trunks to
closets and drawers. She arranged the
top drawer for Arthur, the second one
for herself The books were placed In
high shelf by the medicines Before
they were married they had read
Browning and discussed Meredith. She
noticed that both Browning and Mer-
n6lth Ind somehow been left behind
llut the alcohol bottle was fun and the
4iTewater handy. The Dante was there
ntteF all. Arthur would be pleased.
She gave the last touches 10 the un-
packing. She laid out the night clothes
She went twice TO the kitchen to AJAX
Mrs. Gbodseil about FRESH eggs and
milk. She learned the way 10 the Ica
box She found out where the kind
1lnss were ke?t and how 10 manage
the fiekety bucket When at last phe
had laid her bend on the small board
iHE hoGse pillow Visions Of Group and
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