Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-01-08

JENNY, DO YOU THINK I AM AT ALL TO
BLAMEY
it! won't! won't! | won't!'
Calm yourself, my love- 'l'm not
your love! You've disgraced me-" Sob
-sob-sob! "rll get a divorce. Your
children are shamed forever" Good
heavens, madam. you will drive me in
sane! Can't you keep still five minutes
till finish my work, and then I'll come
to bed with mo, sir! No, sir! You
and are parted forever well.
dang it all, I'll get divorce or any
thing to please you; only let me-
1.-THE blastoderm"-
c"What! Cursing your wife. are
you" "A blastoderm Is not curse.
1t is the OUTER NO sir! No, sir! IL
you dare say one word more into that
miserable instrument I'll smash the
wretched thing to pieces!D
Bang! Br-r-r-r-r-r!
At first Jenny tried to keep up her
stenographic report, but as matters be-
and leaned back in her chair prey to
varying feelings. Surprise sorrow at
the quarrel between her uncle and aunt
and an urgent desire to burst into
laughter at the absurdity of the situa-
ton struggled for the mastery. She
could picture the gentle professor-mild
in all matters except in the enthusias-
tic opposition with which he confronted
the materialistic tendencies Of the age
-harried to death by his scolding wife
as she stood behind his chair uncon-
sciously registering herself in the in
strument.
Hubert had stopped his promenade
and was now writing in a rocking
chair in incipient commissions.
ITS shame to laugh" Jenny said
"Think of poor old uncle going through
all Of that, and that was only the be.
ginning But it's time to 60 to the mat.
inee I'll put the record away, for an
idea has struck me. I'll think it out al
the theater, and when we get back we
can put our heads together"
mo objection to doing that now
And Hubert did it, receiving in return
slap and being called IAN impudent
fellow"
The lecture, amended and excised a
the latter end. was delivered with grea
eclat Professor Theophrastus Me
lanchthon Potts. having insisted OF
hearing his record repeated and having
directed Jenny to destroy it. which sh'
did not do. was very silent and was ev
identity weighing something carefully il
his mind. Finally he said:
"Jenny. do you think l am at all t.
blame?
"Well, yes, uncle, in one way-yol
are too much absorbed in your studies
and forget everything else
81 thought so; thought So" he nut
tered
1t was the beginning of the summe
vacation. and Mrs. Potts and the chill
dren had already departed for -
Beach. where they were to spend tn
next six weeks.
A few days later Jenny and Huber
were in the study conspiring. As a re
E suit of their conclave Jenny sat dowl
E at the typewriter and hammered Off tn,
following:
Highpiane College. -.
, Mrs. Potts. - Beach,
Come home next Thursday evening
: without telling any one. Slip into tn,
I house at p. m. and hide in the littl
" anteroom to the professors study. 70,
will hear something to your ADVANTAGE
e The professor will not be there alone.
: (SigneO A FRIEND.
q well, you are born casuist, Jenny
3 Will not be there alone That's good
a He won't be there at all He won't b,
: home from the faculty banquet befor,
: Top. M"
t At 8 p. IN. sharp Thursday evenili;
;! Mrs. Potts turned the latchkey in tn,
q hall door of her home. Stealing quietl,
i in and creeping from the hall into tn,
anteroom noiselessly. she put her ear t,
u the keyhole of the study door.
d Her bosom heaved with tumult o
: emotion. She was torn with rage an,
: Jealousy. In the paroxysms Of anger t
: which she had been used to give wa.
= and which had begun to become chron
t ic the accusations of unfaithfulnes
e and her own jealousy were simply in
vented and feigned as scourge for he
: husband and as weapon Of offenst
But now she felt the pangs Of tina
, most frightful Of all sufferings. an
Q the tooth of the serpent was deepl
G buried In her bosom.
I A confused murmur was all that wa
y at first audible, but as her breath an
Il pulse, accelerated by the exertion {
hurrying from the depot Gained som,
p what she heard these words in til
II voice Of Potts:
INV. loyp"-ha a-a-"sftlI a poo,nant