Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-04-11

Hatuidiiy CiSdI anu rosy uuu nSr SyOp,
accentuated by dark line beneath
them, were in attractive contrast to
her reddened hair. But she was not
thinking of herself or the admiration
she evoked, a subject which was gen.
orally of overpowering interest Mat
ters of more poignant moment had
crowded all else from her mind.
The next week began and advanced
and still no news from Dominick.' He
had been gone fourteen days, when
one evening In her perusal of the pa
per she saw his name. Her trembling
hands pressed the sheet down on the
table, and her eyes devoured the print
ed lines. 1t was one Of the many short
dispatches that had come from the
foot-hill mining towns on the recent
storms in the Sierra. 1t was headed
Rocky Bar and contained descrip-
ton of the situation at Antelope and
the snow-bound colony there. Its
chief item Of information was that
Bill Cannon and his daughter were
among the prisoners at Perley's Ho-
tel. A mention was made, only line
or two, of Dominick's walk from Rocky
Bar, but it was treated lightly and
gave no idea of the real seriousness
of that almost fatal excursion.
Berny read the two short para
graphs many times, and her spirits
went up like the needle of ther-
mometer when the quicksilver is
grasped in warm hand. Her relief
was intense, easeful and relaxing, as
the sudden cessation Of a pain. Not
only was Dominick at last found, but
he was found in place as far re-
moved from his own family and its in
fluences as he was from her. And
best of all he was shut up, incarcerat-
ed, with Bill Cannon, the Bonanza
King. What might not come of 1t?
Berny was not glad Of the quarrel,
but it seemed a wonderful piece OF
luck that that. unpleasant episode
should have sent him into the very
arms Of the man that she had always
wanted him to cultivate and who was
the best person in the world for him
to impress favorably. II Bill Cannon,
who had been friend Of his fathers.
took fancy to Dominick, there was
no knowing what might happen. In
sudden reaction of relief and hope
Berny saw them almost adopted chill
dren of the Bonanza King, fiouting
the Ryans in the pride Of their new
found honors.
| It made her feel lenient to Domi-
nick, whose indifference and neglect
had put her to the torments of the
last fortnight. After all, he could not
have let her know his whereabouts.
The wires were just up, and the rural
mail-carrier had not yet been able TO
effect an entrance into the snow-bound
town. Why Dominick had chosen to
go in this direction and had attempted
an impossible walk in heavy snow
storm Berry did not know, nor just
now care much. sensation as near
remorse and tenderness as she could
feel possessed her. Under its soften
ing nlluence-spurred to generosity
and magnanimity by the lifting of the
weight of anXiety-she decided that
she would write to him. She would
write him letter which would smooth
out the difficulties between them and
bring him home ready to forgive and
be once more his old self, kind, quiet,
and indulgent, as he had been in the
! first year Of their marriage.
Then and there, without further
waiting, she wrote the letter. 1t ran
as follows:
MY Dear Husband:-I have only
just seen in the paper where you are,
and, oh, the relief! For two weeks
now l have been half crazy, wondering
about you, waiting to hear from you
And nothing ever came. Dominick
dear, if you had seen me sitting here
alone in the den every evening, think
ing and waiting, looking at the clock
and listening all the time, even when
| was trying to read-listening fol
your footsteps which never came-you
would have felt very sorry for me;
even you, who were so angry that yor
left me without word. It's just beer
hell this last two weeks. You may
not think by the way l acted that
would have cared, but did. l do
If didn't love you would l mind how
your people treated me? That's wha
makes it so hard, because / love yol
land want you to be happy with me
and it's dreadful for me to sec then
always getting in between us, til
sometimes lately have felt they Were
going to separate us altogether.
"Oh, my dear husband, don't let tina
happen! Don't let them drive mi
away from you! If have been bad
humored and unreasonable, have hat
to bear lot. | am sorry for the past
am sorry for what said to you tina
night, and for turning on the gas ant
scratching the bed. am ready to &C
knowledge that l was wrong, and wa
mean and hateful. And now you ough
to be ready to forgive me and forge
1t all. Come back to me. Pleas
come back. Don't be angry with me
| am your wife. You chose me o
, your own free will. That loved 20,
so that l forgot honor and publ
opinion and had no will but yours