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Adelaide Lindsley; leading no longer—and ! must leave fierce paroxisms of pain. They stood by the My absence will be a relief Their tears tell like | to you—I am sure it will—as tor me, , coffin, but } you. 'C. B. LEWIS, Pause and Read! ee not together. j | THE “MARRIAGE IN HASTE.” rain upon the little pale face that lay | I cannot stay hers and be in your | oo anew within it—but they did net mingle. | Presence each day, where I can hear | THE ne sikkUris Co Rk) DORE: | Each one alone wept over their | your voice and meet your eye, and | . E | dead, and sarunk trom intruding up- | feel that your most indifferent ac- | =o scssensseensioorecsianensediinesamaennsserias Kt | on the grief ot the cther. | quaintance is as much-—nay more | s | aie" reely than before in the circles of | Oh, it was very, very terrible! a | to you than I am. Boss Li verman j trogs gayety and fashion. She tried to | dead child in the house, and the | *“*While our child lived, I strug-' Th B 8 Ist torget her misery by plunging into | father and the mother mourning each | gled against these feelings; I could | | e u er ee y | mes Kalb] a whirlpool of excitement. There, | in a separate room: each yearning | not leave her without a mother’s | Has opened a | 5) acre. too. she occasionally met her hus-|for the sympathy and companion- | care, and I had no right to take her | T! band; and she would steal away in-| ship of the other, and retusing to} with me—no right to cause your | | = _AND sun to some quiet corner and gaze upon seek it; each feeling that their es- | heart another sorrow, or to bear her + rar ~ | Se ar efe! him unobserved, with none to. mark | trangement was worse than death, | from a home ot luxury hke this, to N EW Ns) T A B L E, | ri the starting tears. and yet using no effort to prevent the | one of privation. But now she needs | { =~ e ~ vepo It had been Mr. Fletcher’s wish] gulf that lay between them trom | me no lenger; no one needs me: St. Louis, Post-Dispatch late that their unhappy difficulties might | growing broader and deeper! and I must go. H Gaemhacinacs ok § St not become matter for gossip and Katie was burned. The single **You desired ‘that our difficulties | speculation with the world about sunbeam that illumined their life- | might not be made public; and, onj i a | them,and accordingly never neglect- path faded away, and all was dark- | that account, also have I hesitated F a ti ed any attention that the usages of | ness. long before concluding to take this OPERA HOUSE, vy society perscribed. step. But, if you could only know sai But ne thought her frivolous and CHAPTER IX. how I have suttered during the past 2 sity heartless. He did not know that the} Abouttwo menths after Katie’s | year, lam sure you would forgive His Buggies are New w smiles he saw were worn only be- death, business of importance called} this apparant disregard of your o5 ort cause ke had desired that their es- Mr. Fletcher to the south, and he| wishes. I could die, Willis, to save % trom trangement might not be made pub- left home with the intention ef being | you a single pang, but this torture is} His Teams Fresh and Spiritee—and jae pe tear # E lic, and because, to conceal ker grief, absent four or hve weeks. tar worse than death—and I connot heafe she was torced to assume the mask He bade Adelaide adieu, im the | bear it. hischar ges are reasonable. wick of gayety. He did not know that] presence of a transient guest, in a ‘*There is yet another reason why ‘ TI often, in the darkness and silence ot calm, quiet voice, and she respond- I leave you—I cannot be a depen- CALL AND SEE HIM. L I "lL sche night, she had stolen to the door of ed just as quietly. But, as he was} dent on your bounty. I cannot stay grea’ his room, listened intently if happily closing the door, he turned suddenly | here in the midst of affluence and aaa cies a Ps aes Bee she might catch the faintest ae ee and met her eye, fixed upon him} splendor, and feel that you believe FIFTY CEN TS . : Cs a sigh; and then, shivering and witn anexpression that thrilled his | that for such baubbles I bartered my Sing trembling crept back to her couch heart. It was but tor a moment, | truth and purity of heart. THE WEEKLY ST. LOUIS D E P T ME comm again, to weep and mvan until the but, he could not foiget* it. That “Willis, Wiliis—you wronged me a It j % ig A morning. He did not kmow that glance haunted him day and mght;{there! Iwas young and imagined : 7 ef lit once she had teund the door ajar. in solitude, and in the crowned mart; | myself slighted, and when you offer- 5 yaa St ® ered and, knowing by his quiet and regu- walking or sleeping, it was before | ed me your hand, I accepted 1t— ra Tr lar breathing that he was asleep, had him ever, and brought to the heart | scarce knowing what I did. But, ~ : the fy glided softly ‘into the roem and | that had begun to grow cold, stern] Ged knows thatI never thought of and r watched him through her blinding and proud all the glow and warmth | your wealth; I had not fallen as low] The brightest spiciest and best tamily Is low. tears. He did not know that she had ot its earlier days. asthat! paper in the West is offered tor 1883 at TI bent over him until her raven hair He began to wonder if he had not “[ lave secured a situation as pie folio ne coreg re aye On eetee: finns had mingled with his own; that, car- been too harsh— too unforgiving—to | governess, with a salary that will be Tee worn efece werd +8 bs n the ried away by an irresitible impulse, ask himself it it were not possible | sufficient for my moderate wants, | Single Copy, One Year, 1 00 week she had stooped until her lips touch- that Adelaide had, indeed, learned | and by the time yeu are home again] phere is no kly sonereaba A ed his, and then, frightened and | ‘© love him since she had been his|I shall be far away. I tell you this, | double the ane peseetag eect: TH AN KVER BEF oO nN re abashed, she had flown away like wife; that she had indeed tried to | because I know that little as youcare lence. and merits ot the Osis RE — a startled bird. Hedreamed of her | 4tone for the error she had commit- | for me new, you would not like to | for the Se Meecranievannerte oes that night. He knew not that she was | €4; in short,it they had not suffered | feel that I was destitute ot the com- farmer. It yos have not seen it cecure a . bine in his arms, showering soft kisses up- enough—more than enough? forts of life. aeetee it Evetraace Sac ede wee me en his lips and brow. Ah! had he He recalled, too, what little Katy ‘“T intended to have written a lon i sada “ . ca ‘ es See are fre a ee ee | had onidla ahecmntlions fearecine gis tie eo ee ne ee Copies tree on npptntion: : Where all kinds of work such as 3,80 mere dream!’’ sure (no v he theught of it) that his | bare before you—that you nmught see Coben ankene ely Statements, Letter Heads Ney There was but one connecting wite’s cheek was far thinner ana paler | how entirely it has been, your own. Address, Blank x P ? Th link between them, and that was than it used to be; and he reselved | But I cannot do it; my pen is pal- POST-DISPATCH, 4 8, osters, eset their child. Her they both worshiped. that, if her love was not his already, | Sied (as my tongue has been) by] No. 6. tt St. Louis. Circulars, Sale Bills pices The happiest moments Mr. Fletcher he would make one more effort to | feeling that you will believe nothing | _ Vi ae Cree ae z ? sock knew were those in which he sent wees i I may say. Thesecrecy that I main- td SS nee seas isiting Cai ds, W edding Cards, Tt for little Katy, and snatching her uv |. tged on, as he was, by thoughts | tained with regard to my past histo : : : that ¢ in his arms, bere her to the library, like these, he dispatched his business | Ty was worse than folly ; pee surely TH E HORNS is done in the most fastidious style, and at consi and kept her for heurs together, list. With unexampled rapidity‘ and was | the agony of this one thought ought at city prices, We guarant 7e . oH mre ee weat ening to her artless prattlng, and re- | °7 his homeward journey much ear- | to atene for it. ; ‘3 i ; ale < s-lentireé T turning her many fond caresses. lier than he was expected. His new- ‘sAnd now farewell, Willis, my faction. Giva usa trial and be convinced Pine Greidags whiles we owas) playing ly-awakened hope lent him wings, | husband! May the biess.ng of the om / Rive with her, she burst into tears tor and he hardly gave himself an hour’s | Most High be upon you evermore! i a ci i — ; i wane Sian Ge Pa Dee Ge rest until he stood betore his own | Would that I could hear your voice : j A reproved her, telling her it was house once mere. bnt once again—ther could I M one G i csi “naughty to cry.” As he rang the bell, ke glanced | go forth upon my loncly way with a y O Oan and y “No, not naughty, mamma cry. EG at the windows. Not ajstronger heart. Butit may not be; cents| | Mamma not naughty,’? said the a ht was to be seen, and he wonder- | unloved and unforgiven—I must bid On Farms at 7 per cent Interest and Commission Th Se or des ae Gee eee - — the halllamp was not burn- pe ea pal ; pease wersidecigediys ig: *‘Not unloved or unforgiven! O, O 3 t 5 y J **Mamma_ cries? What does “Why are you so dark here, Adelaide, my wife, come back to n O ears lime a { mamma cry for??? inquired Mr. James! Where is your mistress??? |™€ again! I caunot live without M *s = ‘ x6 i ' Fletcher, while his heart beat quick- he asked, as the servant opened the | YOU?”’ exclaimed Mr. Fletcher, as oney furnished on short notice. - et ly. door. the letter fell from his nerveless Grocery House oh ‘Katy not know. Mamma kiss ‘‘My mistress, sir! She has been | b#9d- ‘+I have driven you to this, OF W.E. Walton at Butler National Bank, j rang | Katy, and mamma cry—oh, very | 5°" nearly two weeks!”’ my beloved, by my harshness and Zz oat i bad?’ she replied, clasping her ‘*Well,”? said Mr Fletcher. tor he corel, and now my §punishment c. DENNEY . pr i small hands together. +*Poor mam- did not choose to ask any more ques- is greater than I can bear!’" range | ma! Katy sorry—papa sorry too?’ | tions, ‘let me have hghts and a fire He took up the letter again and} at sheir well known and popul ne i Mr. Fletcher clasped the little | in the library immediately, and sup- reread it caretully. it gave him no aaaienie : : ee it ap } tell-tale to his heart, but he could } Pet as soon as possible; I am cold eGu to her destination : but he found : ae ee es of al draw nothing more from her. Per- | 29d hungry.”’ it the key to the heart he had tearn- square. are leading the good haps = she had looked closely mm her James hurried away. Mr. Fletch- ed to believe so destitute of tecling— | GROCERY TRADE IN ees father’s face she might have thought} er waited impatiently in the hall = eae and worldly. **My pen is 1o- BUTLER crop ‘papa cried,”’ too. while the lights were FS-5 en: palsied, as my tongue has long been, Ree. rae Re Me The httle fairy was the only con- | and the fire kindled. Adelaide ae >y feeling you will believe nothing I re diet necting link between them, and at] dom lett home tor any ieeetn oe sav.” Feed Flour and the best last length that was also broken. time, and never in winter; a Ee He read the sentence over and qualiy af Seah gaa and ¢ They were at a large party one racked his brain with vain conject- ON ce gett st seemed 20) strange, he f : i 7 es boii evening, when a messenger came | UTS as to the cause of her sudden had never thought of it before.He re- GL —— tears deze for them. Their child was very ill. departure. called their last interview previeus jase, eacemsnare aud Cotlery. TH iit With blanched cheeks and trembling SeThe Hbvaey de diiacd z o Adelaide’s illness, and he remem- THEY ARE AT = sible Wein ley: “Haanbed:? Seated, | suimper wilt te sacs a" oa and | bered how tauatingly, how scorntul-} LESS EXPENSE WONDERFULL belo Scarlet fever, in its most malignant | utes.’” 7 > fw con ly, he had told her she ceuld decieve} ‘rian any house in t ‘ cee R4 CHEAP ! 1 othe { form, had laid its withertng hand Tromnediatety acon ‘ him no longer, and how sternly he therefore do not lex pedteti feos Elegant New Editions of Standard Publica j ae, upon their darling, and in lest than}room, Mr. FI ss entering the had bidden her cease to mock him bey pay liberal prices for Produce. In cleor tape, of on che tions. sd twenty-tour hours they knew that thee = jetcher went to his} with her pretended love. And yet, easy mou x continuance of the pat- too olet wich gold and ink side cut bee oe ne ce g-desk, to dispose of Z onage of their many customers. and BOOKS OF FICTION. Jo! there was no hope—their sweet little | pers he carried iss ‘Some pa-| after all thathe had wondered why | Will ziadly attend to their wishes at | 20mets. 27 Geveen Bian 4 pgm ta exe roiems, Prat Bm a oe hy lic | Katy must die! and the first me Teens his person, | she held herselt so coldly aloof, and | *"* and all times. oa Pen pe prey yy va \ There was four davs and nights ef | when he raised = as — e eye | made no effort to soften his heart.! Geods lelivered in the city hm— s ert sees agony, and then Adelaide, in the | addressed to himself, in : a Sue He marveled now at his own bling. | #'omptly. | ANE BEE. 9) queria, “Eaten large type Conta, 2-5 A ae _ sharin een eanicsoagine, fox: the | Miaka ; his wife’s | ness, and hastily springing up, ihe | Chas. Denev. | MYFATIA. By Cusmse Kisomurr. 240 page in one voice | gatos seares, ine, eons wisi an Ray i expression of which earth has ne ee i i | rang the bell vielently. ‘ CORINNE. By Masawe Dx Sraz:. 202 pages is one volame ao pa cs 5 Mail Laat. gis feria iad - i . language. blessed God that it was 2 emotion was one ef sur- | James answered the summen:. H - ym J i over—Miat the finde quivermg Pe = until he recollected that she | “Did Mrs. Fletcher leave word / hein dd : I] were stil, and that the oe hand ad a key which fitted the lock: the { how long she intended to be gone?” | | { neas i} dist hadiclecas = — vane’) next was one ot haif pleasure and | ,, ‘No, sir; at least I have not heard | i and 2 i| ; asped her fingers so close- | half fear. Hiatily Bebe. | that she did.** i omnis 1 y all through the death-struggle | read as follows: roke the seal, | Did she take the cars cr the tors, Sd tendings wich Chemehers dace i would no longer be tossed wildly in} «y] ¢ Sle Heat?” es eso eee | med i - i can endure the lite we are now | Continued S2r-Circalar showing type, paper and st; 609s SONS Bete O12 5 Masti, parent, OU Th i ed. i Sane ss . yles of binding, free om application. Sold by all Bovkselie™*. ir it : Post-paid om receipt of price, by 8.W. GREEN'S SON, Publisher, 74 Beckman 3t., ¥-¥- hes