The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-07-03

from some inward emotion.
: somehow her heart did not
= N he IN 1t to-day, the anniversary
and Jim's-that had al
= beep her culinary Joy and pride.
,boughts kept travelling back to
day-her wedding day-just FIVE
I. ago, when their happiness
med. indeed, almost too full to last
bis life.
M woman paused in her prepare
i TO rest for a moment. She sat
u on the crude Kitchen chair and
u the corner of her checked gin
n apron to wipe away the moisture
had collected on her forehead
4 bending over the steaming range.
an instant she seemed to lose sight
,pr surroundings; two big hot tears
lpd up TO her eyes and rolled slowly
N each tanned cheek.
squirrel scampered out on the
! Of a sycamore near the kitchen
dow and regarded her with his
/ on one side, as though wondering
\ II was that made Priscilla sad.
then the little cuckoo clock in
dining room, Jim's present on her
birthday, struck the noon hour,
,ng Priscilla from her reverie, She
ND hurriedly, and taking down a
agate spoon from a hook COM
Iced to haste the turkey,
-om time to time, she glanced half
pctantly, half-anxiously, Though
narrow little window for some
Of her husband. He generally
4 IN about that time for dinHer,
The minutes dragged themselves
rly by, and one o'clock chimed;
no welcoming face from the door
! What could it mean? Priscilla
dered, intuitively guessing, what it
d be that had power to detain
on this day of all others. With a
IsmOthered sigh, she crushed back
maddening thoughts that seemed
ling into her brain, and made a
Iul effort to hum some bright little
biz an hour later, the potatoes We're
y for peeling and the rolls had
Ened to a faultless crust. Jim's
could not repress the quick thrill
ride that went through her, as she
a snowy cloth from the neat pine
shelf and started toward the
dining room to spread the table
three.
y found 'Lisbeth curled up fast
Pp In the middle Of the old-fash-
lounge that had come to her from
grandmother, a tiny yellow kitten
big eyes pressed close to her
bby cheek.
+ mothers eyes. alight with the
THAT is greater than all others,
ID fondly upon the sleeping child
nn instant. Then she went closer
knelt down by her darling-the
ature Of finland kissed the
Dth, flushed face.
yer the table had been put in order
set agleam with white and gold
P ana the best silver" Priscilla
back to the kitchen to put the
ping touches TO the array of APP
'lng dishes spread here and there
Y The range to keep warm. She
go another fifteen minutes, but
jim did not come. She was not
alous or suspicious wife, but how
she help remembering at this
The preoccupied manner he had
Tor the past few weeks-the bro
disturbed sentences of his dreams
more than all, the bits Of torn
\ she had found in the pocket of
Of his old coats while mendlng 1t
agitation when she showed them
i'm?
yel there was only a heavy sink
y ler heart, a sort Of vague. nnde,
misery which she tried heroically
nt down. q
I IRE needed replenlshlng, and she
Iea toward the woodshed for a
OF oak, resolutely brushing away
ears that kept coming to her eyes.
somehow they wouldn't stop, and
seemed to walk without seeing, as
y dream. She selected a stout
y !. ny the range, and turned slowly
uaSe her steps. AS she passed the
erlO' voices from the vicinity Of
:. summer house beyond came dis
~ ~ % her sharpened ears, and she
y lnvoluntarily. 1t was his voice,
\, enough, and the other, unmis-
NY that Of womanl
Ou}-don't cry" be was saying,
'p,l'Simgly halfltenderly. GOOD
~ 4 hard enough as 1t ls.-but to
-, 'ue,, IKE this-Margaretg
'o s did not wait to hear more.
stea1 dark eyes had grown black
...uulgnation, and pain marked
~ sueaRs across her face. with a