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Show SWHUSBAND ANDpj j CHAPTER CXXXVII. An Accident. IwJUh knit lndy hd rurd, fcnd 1 was trying to rad. Clifford had nf4 th drawing room for ua, und I felt toMly and atono. 1 had boon unoblo to fls mjr mind ob lh otorr, and had orandvrod off tn my though t. What waa Clifford dotnc? Waa b with Mabol Morton. Had Mufiol t)d laonard, and hat had b I Mid or don? Of a idttan my momigfl re rudely intrrruiitrd. With a avrfe-h of the fant taint, a rn apt i ig and Jarrtnf of mhfrl tM train vaine lo m atop. I had hn thrown from my aoat, and Kdfth, wuh nd. waa oryln. whlla Mandy, thrown from hr narrow bed, waa on bar kn pravii. wildly lo tha food Uod to aava ua from death. "h. tlod. don't let ua die!' aha hal and ntd no attention when I ordered her lo set Up and find out what waa Um mMter. "lon't be alarmed." the eondurior bad rented. tttara la no rtanaer. We ran i over a tramp, and In trying- to avoid him the train foi a food aha kins uw.'' I "Waa ha NlllexJ ,'' l aaaed. horror I airlrken. "Yea, poor fellow." h anawared. Jnat aa t train started up arain. Hut the I accident had tail en my thoughts from I mfr own, .trtuh-lw, y oon I tmi quiet rd VI amly and Kdith, I, too, weni , to bet. IP WE ONLV UNtw: I hud read somewhere thtat the aerrel of the preaervatlon of love la repreaaion Thut U one would keep love alive, a ftlfl Inaiead of a draught of affection, and taken as eaarlnaiy aa an eplcura lakea a prUeleaa vintasa waa a poeiuve require-utetit. require-utetit. If this wars true perhaps 1 bad wasted my own and Clifford a love by demanding too free an eirKeion of hla affection, We t true that the difficulty of attain ment niede love precious? If I had been more Indi f f rrent . rared leea ra t her nra tended to rate lee, would It hae mad any iltftrriM-e" My queetlotta were etill mareeered when I fill nsteep. And In the morn lit w were too huay bavinl bre-kfaai. aretlina our thing;a tocether rearly to lea ve the train, to have any time for ttitmapef-tlon. Aa we drew nearer boma I began to feel afraid: I had the asm fee Una; that I waa a-otns; to receive. And that I deserved, de-served, reproof that 1 had ao often ex periem-ed when a child at home. I harl done jh methtiijr that I kn w would offend mother. , A TELEGRAM. The train drew up t little station Still ariu distance from home. It had ararce'y come to a stop before a meeeen-a;er meeeen-a;er boy entered and commenced cUlnr: ."A telesrram r Mrs, Hammond, Mrs. Hammond. ple..-!' J pulled myself together with a start. dins; ona bit. W han Bona Is married ar aolna; to have a real old eJouihern jamlKM-ee, aren't wa, mother r "Tea, anytblna In reason." she a mi led back her answer. "And Mildred." Waa continued, "the Merrlweathers are aa pleaeed and smelted over It aa we are. Iitlil will toe homr frtm board Ins arhool, and she and ! and Toots' llarrolda are to bs bridesmaids, and ' th. Mildred." Zona Interrupted. rou will be maid of honor, won t you?" "Matron rather' I interposed; "you foraet I'm an old woman now." L That waa my rumf. be must bsvs a mes-wtfe mes-wtfe f'r rrr. 1 rt'otioni. and bs handed n.r the ? H'W i r on which so often tot't (w.(i i4nd bed tiSas is lnecrllied FTe" held tot a i-encil. "Hian quick; gotta gat oft"' he exploded. ex-ploded. I aigns the blank, ma opened tha eneasaas. "I shall not accept what Muriel tells , ms aa final. Will write. lovs. Lon- 1 ard." t knew then that 1 bad been e t pec Mr a something of this hind ever since I. left ( home: that I should have been wounded 1 In my vartfty had he failed to object to ' CI I f f ord s ) I k h - h a ruled proceed i ng, and my ae:niti'si- neek acquiescence. fo he had written me J hoped I I should arrive before the letter came. My ; slaters were not mors Inqulstttv than t other young girla. but they knew Clifford's Clif-ford's writing, and I did not wish them , to surmis slther true or untrue sltua-' sltua-' tlons. I decided that when T answered Ms letter let-ter I -would tell htm that for the present . affairs between us must be In status quo; that Clifford's unprecedented reception of 1 mv news had thwarted all our plana at least for lh peesent, -. - - - - - Does II eem tliat I tared vary litll , for lnir.1' That Is not so. I liked him Ix-tter than anyone I had aver known, was happier when with him. But I was a contentions) woman, as I had been a conventional girl. The step I considered taking was one altogether outside of my creed, snd whlls I never doubted that at : some time in the future I should merry ,l.onaM and divorce Clifford, I think 1 that war down In my heart 1 was glad i of th respite. I CHAfTtd CXXXVIII. I When at last wo drew Into tha little jhoms station I saw. a en before the train I stopped, mother and th girls waiting, and old Mom with the depot wagon to tak my lugraar and drive ua boms. They were all deiig-hied I e mS, hut mother looked older and esd. How could I sadden sad-den ber further by telling of my unhag-j unhag-j omasa? j ought f to accept Clifford's judgment In s'lsm-e because of her? Or ought I to I mas her myofifidant to a certain extent, and sax her hli? I,ng before we reached the hone I had decided. The ftuwh f welcome soon had faded and she i looked so delicate, so frail thai my see filled with tears when 1 looked at her She was taking lather's death vary hard. "Ws have some eiecLaJ asws for you. Mildred," mother s gsattl vote interrupted inter-rupted my nualnga. 'Us ahould have wrlttsn you yesterdsv hsd we not rs-1 celved Cliffords telegram." Ho Clifford hsd wired mother. That was thoughtful la him. "What is it, mother?" 1 asked, never i dreaming of what she would say. "Zona haa promUed Curtain Merri-wwalher Merri-wwalher she would marry him." mother . .JfcttlJedln her slightly stilted maimer "Oh, I am so glau!" I cxciaimsd. Zona waa my youngest sister. Juet It, and Curtstn t had known all my Ufa. M Yes, we are all pteased," mother continued, con-tinued, while fema biuahed and looked perfectly happy. "Curtain is a dear THg trniNOTIMI OF YOUTH. They will be happy, because taey wtll be mated. I thought. Moth are young. Both have all their Ure before iberu. I Their aapertencee will com to the as to-! to-! rether: not separately aa had mm and .Clifford's. Curtain waa aa thoroughly a boy, aa was Zona a airl. He really It new I no more of the world than dtd she. They would, learn their leewon In com pen v. I Zona never would have to listen to tne praises of older women of the world, and ( bs told that sbe lacked poiee, that eh , was stupid because eh wasn't as wis .In woidiy lore as they. "Weiir Klsa a otca broke my rrr1s, i "haven't you anything more to aay?" j Els waa yuat between Zona and me, and she often dec is red she was going lo be . th bachelor maid of the family. "Oh, 1 think U yust perfect! And Zona. you alwavn wer a favorite with tha af erri w sa t hers. " "Yea, I shan't have to get acquainted with my in-laws"" she thrilled happity. "Tfeey know all my hadnee beforehand " "When la It to bar I aeaed. so eacited that srtr own affairs slipped nom en tartly lata lb background "On soy BtnoLaentb birthday, Zona admitted. ad-mitted. "You see, Mildred," Flsa broke In. w never had a bt of fun when you were married. CI" ford earned you rtabl off t Korop, and It dtdn t seem Itks a wed- I |