Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12

through the tears, "as 1t was my rails.
ing. have tried SO hard since then.
Don't say a word against him, for ]
would do anything, Hal, anything.
would take in washing, would scrub
all day upon my knees, If only could
win back his love-"
Hal looked one moment at her in
speechless Indignation. then uttering
an exclamation of disgust, burst into
tears of rage and left the room.
l threw back the curtains and con-
fronted my wife. Mabel, my darling, "
/ cried, holding out my hands to her,
Gin spite of that letter, written in
your own writing, l believe you
against yourself"
She looked at me, her face changing
from surprise at my unexpected ap-
pearance to bewildered amazement.
THAT letter in my own writing, -
she repeated; what letter?'
EDO you ask what letter." I asked,
my anger rising again. 81 should
think that but one letter would pre-
sent itself to your guilty conscience.
The letter you dropped from the desk;
the letter you would not let me read;
the letter written to your lost love,
telling of the life you abhorred, and
the husband you could not love- The
answer you received this morning.
You kissed it when you saw it; is it
not SOP"
Eyes," she said quietly, st received
the answer this morning; read it,"
l was lost to all shame; l snatched
the letter from her hand and opened
it. The envelope contained but a
printed slip of paper from a promi-
nent publishing house.
The editors regretted that the
manuscript received was not availal
BILE for any of their periodicals; if
the author wished it returned, stamps
must be sent.
looked up bewildered
IT wrote q story" came from the
crestfallen little figure on the sofa.
1--WE needed so much money, and +
wanted to please and surprise you. l.
dropped one Of my pages and you
must have picked it up AM
But she got no further, for had her
in my arms and she was sobbiug on.
my breast.
zone good has grown out Of this,
anyhow" Mabel said, after q little,
when we had grown oalmer. Il am
becoming a famous kOusskeeper, am
I not?'
Indeed you are, nay darling" / an
swered, truthfully. Many a tim0 1.
have almost been forced to praise you
against my will. But it cuts me to
the heart to see these disf1gured little
hands. All that must stop now"
mo, no, Andrew" said Mabel quick
ly, "let me, become able to be mistress
of my own house. The expenses were
diminished almost half this month,
and l am just beginning to learn
where to save. Premise me you will.
let me?''
ION one condition" I said that
you do not believe me to be the sordid
creature you just made out to Hal"
Mabel laughed saueily, but the an
swer in her joy-llt eyes satisfied me
fully.
Society Music.
Mary will have to be asked to play
when she goes out in society. A proud
mamma will attend to that. And Mary
will play, with faithful accuracy, some
thing from Chopin Or Beethoven or
Mendelssohn, and the young people
will watch her chubby fingers thought
fully and wonder when the selection
will come to. an end, writes Cynthia
Westover Alden in Success Magazine.
They will applaud, too-when the end
is reached-for that is good manners,
and everybody likes Mary anyhow.
And then-well Lucy Smith, who has
never taken lessons, will rolliek UP to
the piano and begin "coon song"
hands and feet will beat time all over
the room, half the listeners will hum
the refrain; everybody will see the
difference between the piano as a PEN
ance and as a pleasure, and only
Mary's mamma will make unpleasant
side remarks about the degeneraey Of
popular taste in music.