The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 13, 1883, Page 6

Adelaide Lindsley; THE “MARRIAGE IN HASTE.” BY MRS. JULIA C- R- DORR. « “Now let us go up, Betty; is he asleep ?’’ “Vest ma’am; but how very pale! Mrs. Fletcher! I don’t right to let you see you are, know as I do him,”’ This was said as they were as- | cending the stairs. In a meee they paused before the door, and! Adelaide waited while Betty Mr in to reconnoitre. Pvesently the lat- ter reappeared with her finger on her lip, and beckoned her to come in. “He is asleep yet,’’ she whisper- ed; ‘‘now if you want to see him, you just step carefully around by the bed there, and it he stirs a bit you must hide behind the curtain.I don’t know but Dr. Gray will e’een-a- most kill me,’’ she muttered, as she turned away to wipe the tears that were chasmg each other down her withered cheeks—*‘but the poor creeture—I could not help it!’” Adelaide did as she was directed. When Dr. Gray entered the cham- ber, an hour atterward, he found her kneeling by the bedside, but in such a position that her husband could not see her, even if he awoke —with her tace burried in the tolds of the curtain, and weeping her very life away. Mr. Ellsworth had al- ready informed him ot Mrs. Fletch- er’s return—he was not theretore, greatly surprised, and only said, as he pressed her hand. : “I am afraid this is an imprudent measure, my dear Mrs. Fletcher. Your unexpected presence might de- stroy your husband’s reason, if not his life.’’ **I will be very careful, Dr. Gray. Oh, do let me stay with him! I will do just as Betty tells me.”’ ‘*Well—well, only look out yourself’’—and so she stayed. Mr. Fletcher improved rapidly under the united care of his wife and Betty—but the former, faithful to promise, had never suffered herself to approach him, except when he was asleep. He thought as he grew better, and began to notice the ar- rangements of the room, his kind old nurse’s taste had improved won- derfully—the drapery of the win- dows was arranged so much more gracefully, and the little vase of flowers always looked so fresh and bright, and he told her so one day, but she only laughed in return for for the compliment. *-Dr. Gray,’’ said the convalscent one morning, about three weeks af- ter Adelaide’s return, ‘‘you cannot imagine what strange dreams I have. Every night my poor, lost Adelaide comes tome, and bends over me, and I can teel her breath upon my my cheek, and hear the rustle of her garments; it all seems like reality and then when daylight comes, | tind I have only been dreaming. Sometimes lhe with my eyes shut and feel her presence im my very hearts core, but do not dare to look up, because I know thatif I do the vision—it | may apply such a term to that which is felt rather than seen —will leave me. Do you believe that disembodied spirits are allowed to visit us? I sometimes think that she 1s dead and that—’ “Oh, pshaw! You mus’n’t be thinking of such sober things, Mr. Fletcher. I haven’t one bit of taith in ghosts or in dreams either,’’ rephed Dr. Gray, with a beaming smile—*‘but now I will just tell you what you may do. The very next time this vision appears to you, sup- pose you just open yeur eyes, and see if you can make any discoveries, eh?” Mr. Fletcher openea them very wide now and gazed at him incredu lously. ‘Oh, Dr. Gray. w hat non- sense !’” **No nonsense at all, I assure you, my dear fellow. I think it the most reasonable proposition I could pos- sibly make.”’ “But, Doctor, has Adelaide—is 1 ty wife; in shert, what do you m ean?” « ‘Precisely what I said: now, take this . Composing draught and gu to sleep , + I shall not speak another word And he did not; but the kind meaning smile with which ne left the room sank far down into Willis Fletcher’s heart, and awaken- to you.” | ed there a world of hope and happ:- ‘ness for which he could not account, land he resolyed to follow his ad- vice. How impatiently he waited for the night! He watched the sunbeams upon the windows-blinds as they sank from one slat to another, and | thought they would never reach the lowest; it seemed to him that there never was such a long atternoon— that the sun never would go down. ‘Betty, isn’t it time for have my toast and tea?”’ “Ea! mo, is only four o’clock. Are you hungry ?’’ He turned uneasily upon the bed, with a sigh of weariness. ‘sOnly four o’clock!’” Was he dreaming now? Surely his sigh was echoed—very, very sott- ly; and not by old Betty, either. A faint tinge of red stole over his cheek, and his blood flowed faster; but in a moment, he chided himself for his folly, and tried to go tosleep. At last, it was really dark—the evening wore away. Betty, com- pleted her arrangements for the night. and took her usual station in an easy chair by the fire. Soon he knew that she was fast asleep, and it was almost time tor his nocturnal visitor. He shut his eyes, and lay very still, but with an ear that was aliye to the faintest sound. He could hear bis own heart beat; but that was not very strange, for its pulsations were quick and heavy. At length he heard a very hght step ; it was scarce heavier than the tall of a snowflake; but it did rot escape him. He felt that semething approached his bed—it bent over him: warm breathings tanned his brow—a tear tell on his cheek. He could control himself no long- er—his eyes opened, and, with a low murmur ot delight, he extended his arms. **Adelaide—my love—my wife!’" me te Sies| Gk CHAPTER XII. **Are not these lodgings rather too expensive for your altered circum- stances, Willis?’’ said Adelaide to her husband one morning (two or three months from that time) cast- ing her eye around the luxurious apartment in which they were sitting as she spoke. ‘We are not hving very much like poor folks.’” ‘“*What do you mean by my ‘aiter- ed circumstances.’ Adelaide? You have retered to them several times, and I could not imagine what you meant; now do explain yourself.’’ “I mean, of course, that you have lest your property—or at least, most Of it; andj have got to (let me see —yes that was it) to begin the world anew, and I have been thinking that we had-better begin rather more economically than this. What do you have to give a week for these rooms ?” **Not a cent more than I can af- ford, my dear wife. What in the world put this into your head? Who told you any such trash?” “Why I heard in England that you had failed—lost everything; and then 1 thought—’’ She hesitated—and her hushand, after gazing for 2 moment upon her blushing cheek, caught her tondly in his arms. ‘‘And you thought it I had lost everything else, 1 would need my wite? Oh, my Ada! my darling! how could I have ever distrusted you!”’ “And how could I ever have given you reason to distrust me ?"” respended Adelaide. ‘But you have not told me about your failure yet—what was it?’’ ‘Just this: I made some very rash and foolish movements with re- gard to mv businets, and came very near losing every cent. Indeed, 1 believe it was at one time rumored that [had made an entire failure. But affairs turned out better than I had any reason to expect, and I escaped with the loss of only a very tew thousands. [ donot regret them: for it will learn me to be more cautious about my investments the tuture, and now I have some one to be careful tor, he continued, as | i ee im | ing and postage; also enclose a confiden- | | tial price list of our targe oil chromos. he folded her still closer to his heart. ‘‘And you really thought you were - | coming back to privation and tail, did you, my Ada?’ | “Yes; but I did not fear them. I} enly taought that under such circum | | stances you would have faith in my | loye.”’ i | “s] have—I have, Ada Nothing | on earth could ever make me doubt | you again.” | “J don’t know about that,’’ re- | plied Ada, playfully shaking her head; ‘I should not like to run the H risk.”’ | As a member of the lower house. Mr. Fietcher-passed the next winter | in Washington, and ct course Ada! wept with him. He could not lose her again so soon; and very proud | was he of the grace, the intellect and | the varied accomplishments that made her so sought after, as the brightest ornament of the circle in which they moved. There was a “‘levee’’ at the White House. ‘*Willis,’’ whispered Ada, ‘tyou said George Tilden and his wife would be here—are they not stand- ing near the large bow window ?’”’ “*Yes,that must be George; let us Cc. B. LEWIS, THE { Boss Liveryman Has opened a } EW STABLE, One block west of | OPERA HOUSE, His Buggies are New His Teams Fresh and Spirite. and hischarges are reasonable. go and join them.’’ They crossed the room; and very soon Adelaide clasped the hand of George Tilden’s tair blue-eyed bride, and gave to the young, trembling stranger a kind and sisterly greeting. “She 1s very beautitul—very loye- ly, George,’’? said Adelaide, later in the evening, as. Mr. Fletcher had taken Mrs. Tilden away to show her a fine painting. “I need not tell you I reioice in your happiness.’” **I know you do, Adelaide, and I hope you will love my Earth as a sister. She is very voung, and needs the companionship of one whom she can trust.”’ “I could not help loving her, George, for the sake of our old fnendship, if tor nothing more. But, oh! what has become ot The- Tessa ?”’ George’s countenance fell as he answered: ‘Poor child! she leads a wretched lite, I fear. She could never agree with her step-mother; and_ finally married a man nearly 70 years old —partly because he had plenty of money, and partly to escape from the petty tyranny to which she was subjected to at home. She looks care-worn and heart-sick. Her hus- band is jealous ot his young and pretty wife, and she seldom goes out. Ii she does, he will not leave her fer an instant; and subjects her to a constant surveillance that must be expressibly galling. ‘lruly, dear Ada, ‘lhe way ot the transgressor is hard.’’’ Our story is ended, kind reader, Is it necessary for us to ‘point the meral ?”’ THE END. Given Away. We cannot help noticing the liberal otter made to all invalids and sufferers by Dr. King’s new discovery for consump- tion. You are requested to call at F. M. Crumly & Co’s. drug store and get a trial bottle free of cost, it you are suffering with consumption, severe coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis, hay fever, loss ot voice, hoarseness, or any affection ot the throat or lungs. It will positively cure you. No. 6. ACliff Dweller of This Day. From the Wheeling Intellingencer. Near the famous Krnawah Fall’s near Charleston, an immense cliff overhangs the river. For some years past the cliff has had a tenant, who dug a hole under its huge wings and hves there all alone. 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