The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-08-30
THEIR
HONEYMOON
BY Harrief C. Canfiefd
Copyright, 1896, by Harriet G. Garfield

whispered.
why. no, Beth! l rather liked IT,"
Liked 1t" My hat is full of rice
and your shoulders are simply covered
with it, The publicity of it. Jack, If
they'd only let us slip OFF quietly, Now
every one will know that we're Just
married. You mustn't pay any atten-
ton 10 me! You must read your paper,
and them
And them" smiling whlmsically.
why, then you must 30 into the
smoking ear dear"
When jack abandoned his paper for
cigar the old lady behind Beth leaned
forward. "ENeuse me-" she said, "but
are you going farT
Yes. II long distance" Then the
kind old face won her confidence. and
she added volubly; My husband has n
farm cut west We are going there
now, but we intend to stop ut several
places on the way"
Il was thinking" the old lady said,
"of the many bridal couples that have
passed over this road. How many of
them, l wonder. are as happy now az
they dreamt they'd bc?"
"Oh, many. | hope" said the little
bride wistfulE. Don't you think so?"
1T all depends. or course the honey
moon can't last forever \ man may
love his wife better every day he prob
ably does-hut he forgets to tell her so,
and womaa's heart Is n curious thing.
She can't live ON faith and apple dump
linnG Shn
your husband ever forgcts to show you
any OF the little signs of affection
want you to remember That he loves
you just the same and believes In your
love for him. but. being nun. he isn't
continually looking for sign"
THANK YOU" Beth whispered CRATE
fully. and I'll remember"
The old lady left the car at the next
station, and Jack returned.
In less than two months Beth was
the established mistress of the farm
house. though Jacks Aunt Mehltnbel
who had ruled there SO long, was loath
to rcllndulsh her scepter
In Aunt Hitty's presence Beths splr-
its We're strangely subdued. Even the
Swedish girl In the kitchen felt the de-
pressing influence and hummed Il
dirge whenever Aunt IIltty entered
her domain
The weeks went by, and the little
wlfe's happiness was seriously In dan
ger. Her nature was an active one but
jacks aunt opposed her every effort
TO be useful When alone with her
husband Beth was happy; their honey
moon had not waned. She longcd to
tell the kind old lady so But Jac,,
could not often be with her. The farm
work demanded his attention. Once,
when she supposed Aunt Hltty was
taking her afternoon nap, Beth gave
way to her feelings, and. burylng her
face in jacks old coat. she cried MS
II her heart would brenk.
That evening, as she sat on the wide
porch. waiting for Jack to join her, she
overheard Aunt Hitty talking to him
''She is so utterly incompetent"
Aunt llitty was saying, and SO child
ish. This afternoon | heard her cry
ing-actually crying! | often wonder
why you married her, John"
because | loved her, that is suf-
ficlent, | think" jack answered. Poor
little girl crying, was she"
Then he came out and found Beth,
standing white and still In the moon
light
This is II lonesome place, isn't IT,
dcarr he said, very gently Il think
1t would do you good to return Mrs.
LcnnoX's call tomorrow 1t Will cheer
her up, and Tom too"
Mrs Lcnnox and son seemed glad to
see them and insisted upon keeping
Beth until after tea You needn't
come for her, Mr.. Bradley" Toms
mother said my son Will take her
home"
This was the beginning of the great
intimacy between the two families.
Jack was very busy on the farm, but
disposal He frequently drose over for
Beth and brought her home in the
moonlight. Jack rejoiccd In their
friendship and had no thought of jeal-
ousy until Aunt Kitty said;
Beth IL never happy unless she is
with Mr. LennoX. I'm sure 1t doesn't
look well for her to ride with him as
often as she does" Jack laughed at
the idea, but II came again and again
until he imagined that Beth shrank
from his caresscs, and he resolved not
to annoy her In the future. His wife
felt that the honeymoon was waning
ut last and bravely tried to follow the
old lady's advice and believe that Jack
still loved her
BY and by the grain rose and fell In
golden waves and the sun beat pitlless-
ly down on the tired men tOiling In the
harvest fields. In the midst CT 1t nil
Jack suecumbed to the heat and had
to be helped to the house Aunt Hitty
took immediate possession OF him and
prescribed rest In darkened room.
He slept heavily for some time, and
when he opened his eyes Beth was
bending over him.
Jack, dear" she said, sis there moth.
ing | can do for you"
Nothing" he answered stlfly. II
shall be all right In day or two. All
that worries me Is the wheat It's sure
to rain before long, and there's no one
to take my place In the field Tom
Lennox can't spare one Of his men. and
l wouldn't ask him to-"
Beth waited until his tired eyes clos
ed again and then stole from the room.
An hour later Mrs. Lennox welcomed
her In establishment.
What brought you out In this fear
full heath she asked.
Beth told OF Jacks sudden illness
0nd the great need of help
"And now" she said, Il want to hire
out to Jack, and want you to help
me-"
You want to hire outp" Mrs. Len
nox gasped. What do you mean,
child"
II know there's not much | can do"
she said humbly, "but | found some