Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-31

10 her. l DOuSht III 3" ~" DAOOA'N
the other day, and she said 1t star
lied her when | brought it home,
and she burst into tears and said she
would always treasure 1t for my
sake and never wear it out. And
now it's come to this. I'll go and
see the lawyer"
"Elizar he bawled out again at
the head of the basement stairs.
ELIZA. come here at once"
Ten or twelve minutes afterward,
which was probably ELIAS idea of
cat once" that young maiden walk
ed into the room and said:
"If it's any more fault finding
I'd rather go today, directly. l can't
stand it. You don't know how to
treat a woman, and"-
perhaps l don't, Eliza" the
major said, with very suspicious
look of tears in his eyes. Perhaps |
l don't, and"-
'Lor', sir" the girl exclaimed at
the appearance of those eyes, while
her Young and tender heart was
touched at the sepulchral tone of
his voice, don't take it like that.
don't mind your little tantrums,
and III stay to oblige and willing.
Missis told me not to mind and that
YOU couldn't help it, and it was only
a way you'd picked up, but that
YOUR art was good"
"Ahw the major shrieked now.
'Your mistress! Oh, never mention
her. Tm-I'm going away again for
a little time. II shan't be home
for-for-well, never mind. Good
by, Polly" stroking the head of the
somnolent parrot, which instantly
? awoke and bit his finger savagely.
I "Goodbv, Tib," to the cat, who ig-
| nored him with glacial Indifference,
"and goodby, Eliza. I-I-never
mind. Oh, Matilda"
r "Goodbyw Eliza repeated while
< weeping. She had kindly heart
q "Goodby! Why, whatever for? And
y amt you going to say goodby to
e mi8sis, who's just come in"
"Come in! | won't see her"
e But all the same the major had tt
:, see her. A handsome young woman
: burst into the room, a young woman
II charmingly dressed, whose frs
words were, ooh, the sweet darling
n has come back, and there he isl?
eyes, l have come back to m.
< wrecked home and happiness
l. Wrecked by vipert" the major
1t groaned.
k "My dear Samuel" his wife cried
n "Have you gone mad? When you
Y must have got my letter telling you
that lib had gone off again. Ant
r. now you call the sweet thing a vi
y per-"
9Th! Pray, madam, was it Ti
~ you were going to Brighton with ?"
er ''You goose! You never read tn
er letter I sent you to the house yo
IN were staying at. You never
. owe read that" her husban
at said, giving the blotting book sue
ID, slap that it slid off the desk on
as the light pink carpet, carrying tn
nd ink pot with it. 'That's enough fc
Ike any husbandw
I'D $50 it ought to be. But sure
Try you got my letter."
nd NO. l went on to my old col
ct. nePs yesterday morning, but h
ed, wife's mother was there, $3.50
I'd" came home"
lu- "Well, as you've been looking
eet my blotting book, you had bett
lot do so again, or Pll do it for you
| of After which the wife of the major
mi heart picked the thing up and
all peated the letter while supplyil
who what the blots had obliterated. A
hen then that bewildered persona
ring found that the "H," as he h
his thought, was a lady's way of writ
pack "Tib,' and where blot No. l h
hid fallen it had obliterated "we," a
blot No. 2 had obliterated "and y
tch- can" At which moment the Pc
with man brought the letter itself,
is in dressed to the major and forward
hat! from his old colonePs house.
the first his wife was terribly angry
was his cruel suspicious. Then, after
10th had gone down on his knees Z
will promised all sorts of things, such
hing not raving quite so loudly at
servants and fussing about
ting house so much and promising
amp keep his temper better, she torg
se it him. And to show her forgiven
it of she wore the awful blouse for
whole afternoon when she was g
Ie'- at home" And lib and the pa
| H. had fight and then went to S
poor together amicably, and Eliza be
away ed on the happy home.-Aon