The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-10-05

She gives him the coat proceeds to
I clear away the breakfast things, but
just then baby Carts shrill notes as
! cend
THAT baby" she cXclaims, with no
very tender infection; and dropping
cups and saucers, she hastens to re-
| lIcYo his sufferings Charley has his
coat on by this time, and IS about
to start; he has a lj-minutcs ride to
his work. He steps into the bedroom
and stoops over little Carl
Come. Nell, my girl he calls
cheerily, fetch us the goodby kiss"
"Oh, I'm busy" replies Nell. tartly.
from the depths Of the closet where
she is selecting baBys clothes, kiss
Carl instead, that will do as well
don't doubt you think a good dea.
more OF him than you do Of me any
way" with peryersely bitter intona.
ton
If she thinks he will hasten to her
and coax her out OF her pet, she Ia
greatly mistaken; he is not used to
any such moods IN his bright little
helpmate, so does not know how TO
take them. There is a sudden silence,
then she faces round just in time tc
see him give baby Carl one long kiss
and he turns away mute and hurt, and
Is gone, She hcsitates moment, too
proud to call to him even then. till
nj last her heart conquer8 and she
runs after him; but it Is too late;
he has passed out OF the sidedoor,
gone down the walk and Is Just step
ping on board the waiting horse-car.
How heavily the day passes after
This, only n tendcr.hcartcd woman
mastered by the same falling can
know Never before has she spoken
such words to the husband she loves
so dearly. never before since their
wedding day have they parted for
even n Few hours without a kiss and a
loving word
Theirs has been "A very happy mar
Rage too. having in 1t all the Gle
mcnts Of prosperity and content.
Charley Burt Is a housc.carpontcr by
trade, a first rate mechanic, sober. in.
dn7trious, earning good wages and
constantly advancing at his work.
They have n coy little home, a pref.
ty cottage In the suburbs
To-day she goes about the pretty
rooms tidying everything as usual,
and for the first time takes no pride
or pleasure In them
Sho gets through her routine work
somehow, doing all she thinks OF or
finds time for because To leave any.
thing undone would only add 10 the
suffering of mind i'll at ease, but
there is heavy weight OF misery at
her heart.
VIII night ever come-and bring
her Charley homoH At last every
thing is done; she has prepared
most inviting supper for her good
man" saying To herself;
I'm take baby Carl and run down
to the gate and meet him when he
comes then Won kiss and make up"
sun he does not como. and II is
quito past his usual hour She sits
patiently holding her boy, her face
growing all the time more white and
drawn and anxious.
"Oh, how | wish had said good by
just as ever today," she whispers for
the twentieth time, thcn as tho slow
minutes creep along, Il am afraid
oh SO afraid something has hap.
pcncd," for though he is sometimes
liltlo late II is very seldom that his
time OF coming varies a half hour
and now Il Is two hours. aud her
vague presentImeEts of evil are grow,
iug 70 dreadful certainty.
she gets up and walks the floor
tired out as she is another hour
passes. and I'm the extremity of her
distress and terror she IA about 70
run across to her nearest uctghhor
when n muNed trampiuE approaches
and stops the feet O; them that
bear him are AZ hts gates"
Il seems 10 Nellie Burt that she
dies dozen deaths IN that moment.
while she stands rooted 20 the spot
ana secs them bring tn the man she
loves, senscless bleeding broken.
then she rouscs herself mud Ii Is her
ready hand that arrangrs the bed and
smonths the pillow under the poor
unconscious head
Not dead no that would have
boon q punishment greater than poor
I NrlUc deserves. and moro than she
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