Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-07-28
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WIZ never COulu stay III one
) we were always moving; if vac no'
from one town to another was llonu
: one house to another; tb- elore l gre"
up with no sense of reg homehke leel-
ing. | married very ouns' anu was
charmed to find tho my nusp'nu no'
only took me to n aug home but also
that he owned tb house and expected
to live in it, as h,said, always.
"At first We were very happy; the
novelty of living home of my own
gave to housekeeping charm. | had
neat tep table, flowers plenty of light,
music and everything as in our court
ing lays, and Henry seemed as pleased
to be with me as he had been before
we were married.
GAS long as summer lasted all was
easy enough. We had agreed that we'd
keep no servant; a woman came every
day and did the rough work and l did
not mind the rest. But when winter
came | gradually left off using my best
things on the table; it was too much
trouble, and as my hands chapped east
~ | left the dishes for the woman to
wash, and that meant to break; so |
bought common white ware. l saw
Henry make wry face, but l took no
notice.
II had kept the sitting room bright
with flowers, my piano open and books
scattered about for Henry often read
aloud; but the cold was intense and |
had generally spent my winters South,
so l felt too miserable to care for any
of these things. Often l did not change
my dress, and after supper would wrap
myself in a shawl and go to sleep on
the sofa; then Henry would go out-at
| first | did not notice how Often-but
when did upbraided him for leaving
me alone, and took to asking every time
he came or went where he had been or
where he was going. AS he was out so
often l did not light the big lamp, so
! there was no brightness.
Il had never cared in the first days
Of my married life to ask any friends
to call in the evening, but in my lone
illness and annoyance | invited several
young people. When my husband
found that out he also stayed in ana
seemed to enjoy the company. Then
the demon of jealousy entered my soul.
Every time Henry spoke to a girl, sang
with her, or played a game, | sulked for
hours, or, perhaps, days. No man will
nndnro that, and avcl,y good girl re
sents such a suspicion from his wife;
SO soon l was again left to my long,
lonely evenings.
My husband was never unknd, but
he seemed quite indifferent to me. Just
then the bric-a-brac craze began, and
for want of better amusement | col
Iected lot of useless stuff, made crazy
patchwork cushions and chair backs,
had little gilded tables scattered round,
and all the other fads of the day. When
Henry tried to move about he was al
ways knocking down something, and
| flew to the rescue with cross or
peevish word to him. He never an
sWered, but he kept more and more
away from home.
Il was out of health and out of spir-
its; but he seemed not to notice. and I
thought he did not care to know. No
one can tell what my dismay was when
one day he came home and began hast
lily packing a trunk, telling me that
his business would take him away for
two months, and | had better get some
friend to stay with me during his alb
sence.
Il did so, and very kind and Judi
cious friend she proved to be. She
soon found out the state of affairs, and
also that loved my husband passion
ately, while he seemed to be SHINING
away and forgetting me. He wrote
once week, cold, short, duty letter
and did not write at all; | could nor
felt as if my heart were breakino
After eight weeks had dragged their
weary length along Henry wrote that
he would be at home on such n dav
Inc day came, and l was in a neryons
IeVer OF anticipation when. Withou+
any warning, neighbor rushed into
the house to tell us there had hean n
leariul railroad accident, and many
were Killed. 1t was the train on which
we expected Henry!
In my weak, over-wrougbt state tho
shock was too great, and before MANY
hours had passed l was living almost
at my last breath, and the LITTLE hohr,
( from whose advent had hoped so
much was dead. For two DAYS | knew
hothlng' then | opened my eyes to SEQ
my husband by my side, love and anxi-
ely IN the dear face and eyes. was
100 weak to think. to renaD,hou a..