Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-01-21

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stfeek, then up another, through de
suburbs until he reached the. open
country and back again without stop
! Ok rest for fear Of catching cold.
The town clock struck the hour Of
four. 1T is stlil too early to get into
the house." he said, the front door
is never, unlocked before six o'clockl
WIN they be able To unlock the door
anyway? A piece Of my key sticks in
the lock; the women are Imprisoned
and cannot get out. But now 1 can
stand this no longer I must have
something hot to drink and Sit down
somewhere. There is a train al four
o'clock" and forthwith he once more
wended his way to the railroad depot.
A snug corner and a cup of hot
coffee somewhat restored him. But
he was very tired and pretty soon he
was as sound asleep in his corner as
his wife had been the night before on
her lounge.
And how did his wife fare? She
awoke in the middle of the night
! MlLn a hLhEln AALAONN LAAkMNGAGA 0hN
of her wits by a horrid dream, in
which her husband had appeared be-
fore her, wounded, bleeding, and torn
by huge bloodhounds. Pretty soon,
however, she comprehended the stu
alton. Her face bathed in tears, she
paced restlessly up and down the
room wringing her hands. "0h, the
wretchl To stay out all night just
to think of It'll Such a man has the
effrontery to talk 10 me of love. Not
content to act likes villain, he eve
had to make fun of mi last night by
pretending he would hencefOrth be
home at IL o'clock.
"Who would yer have thought him
so base? They close the beer house
after midnight, hence he cannot pre-
tend to be playing cards there all
night, Heaven knows where he IL
spending the night, in whose COM
pany he is enjoying himself, while
IL But he'll find that l am not his
dupe. 1 shall leave him at once.
There Is a train at seven o'clock in
the morning which / am going to
take and go home TO my parents
and so forth and so on. More wiring
ing of her hands, more tears, more
self-pity and accusations, until in
her eyes her husband appeared q
veritable Bluebeard.
At Eve o'clock she called the serv-
ing maid, whom she tent to the gar
ret for a Valise, and commenced to
pack. The maid said nothing, but she
was surprised that her master had
not risen and did not help his wife.
However, she made the coffee and
then went after a cab.
The front door was wide open, and
a lOcksmith busy with the big lock,
when Annie appeared in the hall.
The landlady ran to meet her, ex-
planning in a hurry of excitement:
"Did you hear about it, madam? A
thief was here last night and made
an attempt to enter the house. Some
one must have frightened him on.
He left a broken key stuck fast in
the lock, and I was unable to unlock
the door. I had to call from the win
dow until I aroused q neighbor, who
ran for 3 locksmith. Now I am go
ing to have a patent lock put on and
spoil their little game. But you look
very pale, my dear madam. 1 am
sorry to have frightened you with
my burglar story. Are you going to
take a ride so early in the morning?'
Annie nodded and passed on. She
was glad that the woman had not
seen her valise, which her maid had
already put into the cab.
what a narrow escape l had last
night. How near 1 came being
robbed-perhaps worsel" She was
now thoroughly angry. $50 much
more reason for leaving the fellow
no matter the consequences! For
the present 1 shall remain with my
parents" Thus musing, she arrived
at the depot.
Before purchasing her ticket she
intended to leave her valise in the
waiting-room. Annie entered anC
made for an empty table, when sud
denly-she dropped the valise and al
most screamed aloud-wasn't thai
her husband, 'her" Gus, sitting ther'
in a corner and snoring loud enough
to make everybody in the room smile
at his nasal pOwers2
Suddenly the sleeper opened hil
eyes. Whatever the outcome, sh'
: must avoid a scene in q public room
Annie tried to appear quite uncon
cerned, and took q seat. beside heI
husband. Somehow her anger hal
suddenly vanished.
] ooh, darling, what brought me-
mean rather what brought you
, here2" he asked, astonished at tn
: unexpected appearance Of his wife
. dressed for q journey.
> "Never mind, dear. Don't bottle
about that now" she Whispered
"Come, let us ride home, when I wi
explain all"
Gus acquiesced in silence. All b
could do was to drag himself TO