LITERATURE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7735, 10 February 1905, Page 4

LITERATURE.

esttobiv reconciled. (Contlnacd.) Arthur Bemtagtqn had come to before this tomiKlf. Tl>e very morning tbe accident he had found a bun-sß-'-rfta-el Either'* dainty love-letters, £" (yU at illusions to the future sweetno of their lives together; the d:l'r t, jeg.ity had suddenly dawned upon Wl6m. TUeie cwi.o before him a viss-: "ten »I ftetber as he had first met her {'. j- dfese of pale blue, with Jnughng ejux, leaking eut from under the r irtdrtHramed hat. How pale and >• «ui* sb» had grown : He hart been B Jross t« faor Ural morning because of dftmt trifle Aecustoniod to self-re- ! Bant w»uicn, her childishness soiueS tjim«f jarred upon him. Ho forgot that ho bud chosen her from all •there, aaJ It was his duty to make *!l Ufiaga easy for her. Pierced with muiMoi remorse he started up, resolv«kl to seek her at once ; but as he lauted the door s dreadul shriek Mng out and then his mother's teritffUd call for help. • Mrs Remington, busy at her cookjbtg table, had required some jelly to • Ae taken to the cellar. The one ser- ■/ nil not bving forthcoming, Esther fed Toluntoorwl to carry it. It was A almpto tatkt and Mra Kemington ■illiagly confided It to her ; but paw Esther was awkward and inexjpcrlcficed j her. high-heeled shoes mug-fat the cellar stairs; her tead awun round,-she faltered, and MmA (ell heavily down the whole «tccp fHght. Arthur scarcely knew how he reachad her or carried her up those dreadful steps again. Hie hastily summoned physician looked very grave {odted over his «ew patient. And _ then, in the territto delirium that followed, Reovngton began to realise all . that his young wife had suffered in their brief wedded lite. Her constant complainb of Ms coldness brought tha tears to his eyes. It (is a tortaring experience to waken to a flense ol our own deficiencies tot late for expiation, and this was hi: OMKlJiion. It came upon him like « re relation that he had been a care Jess and inconsiderate husband ; but his easy-going nature had received t chock that developed all his highei qualities. Hereafter ho was resolve: to fead a. life full of consideratior tor all humanity. When Esther came slowly -back t< ' health and strength again, her fathe tasisted, with rather an imperioui ■leaser. that Ms. daughter should ac •ompany him home. " And you may depend upon it.' &• added, " that I shall detain he •s Song as possible from a plac. wtoere she is expectfed to do genera housework." Mrs Remington naturally enoug] rerc-nted this remark. T You are mistaken, sir," shesaii In her 'stiff way. "I do most of th work hire. I seldom call on Esthe to assist mo." Mr Harston pointed towards hi Saughter'i room, i ™ Hew came I to find her theh then 7 " ha sternly asked. v Has sh ■ot been performing a menial's wor " '■ -"It was unfortunate that Esthe could not do • me a s'igjht servic without endangering her i'fe„" wa the ccM answer. "Hul as for mvnii work—pray remember that my son' wife occupies no higher a positioi than my son's mother." f'Esther is rtot accustomed to any thing of the kind. She was brougii up hi luxury," safd Mr Marston. "In that case you shou'Jd not hav been so ready to give her to a poo man,'* said Mrs Kemfngton. " I'v done my to make your daugh . fcr's home comfortable, I could do n< mor * V nhappilv, she has few rt sources within herself, and, attache —too much importance to trifles." ■" Hush mother ! '* interposed Ar thur, who had listened with ill-con eealod impatience to all this. " Wha . fault exists lies at my door. I mad too little allowance for my poor girl' : pleasUre-Hi\TH? nature, and dpnic - her the social excitement to whid riw had been accustomed. In future—' "We-will say nothing about tha ■ow." Mr Marston spoke decidedly "My daughter will remain with ni tatil her h>#qltUi is re-establi.sfiioJ ; then we can decide what is best fo you btfib. To this decision Arthur submittci In sileace when he found that it wa ■"Briber's wish to go back to her oli homo. At parting he clasped her it his-arms and implored her lo forgiv - Ms past thoughtlessness-. she ans «wd languidly, with the apathy o a statue: "Indeed, I hive nothing to forgivt! I only regret, that we have under ' stood each other so little. Two sue! different people should never hav k v Come together." "You will write to me often, ani send lor me when you desire'to com* home ?" he asked her. She assented indifferently, anil ii another instant he was alone upoi the station platform. ■ .Tha weeks went by and lengthened into months without bringing hom a«ain Arthur Remington's wife. He 'J'®? wtrc ' ew f cold, and constrain «. Her father needed her, she wai qulta well and contented, and wouii write again soon. This was abou Oc siAqtance of each letter, and in voluntarily Arthur adopted thesam fonstraint. He had re ~ solved to let her choose her own tim< to return to him, but he forgot thai it was Impossible for her to read be - I,neS of Ws letters, or t< • from their contents h!s lone » ,resence - the mean .. , ho ™ s seomcd very empty «w bu heart desolate. apoa * >im ,he j° ai Ws Were estranged. 1 left Mra aH hi » m °nev i" P° sit,on <1 the bank bKahCd _'!' B mother in a home o; "solved to go abroad ( »«nlie expressed his intention ol Slkif* .? rt of his fortune ot ~P?T r ' Marion haughtily declin W tho propdiition in his daughter', name, »■> he itrirmaCed, and Arthur aow seriously hurt ond angry, SL» IS |J!" B i.- 10 a ,ifu - lon « eitrangv nwit from but wife. If she could _** without him:, he could live'witli«'Jt her, ,he proudly thought. Uut at flret he would gratify a long-repressed yearning to revisit tho plane where he had first met hi< lost Jove. It was in the sweet, early autumn, which brought -back so , vividly the; old hapi»y days, that v . Arthur reached Rusper. As he strol- . led idly along the now solitary walk, the awetet, laughing face of Esther came before his memory with a thrill of positive pain. Surely he had been sufficiently punished for his thoughtleesness. CouW nothing regain him bis sweet wife ? As he thug pondered he turned a sudden curve in the path, and Ih'ore . stood before him a slender figure clad in pale blue, with a wide-brim-med hat : but Ihe grey eyt?s .were not laughing now ; they had filled suddenly with tears, and husband and wife stood gazing- into each other's faces. Dut only for an , tastant ; the next Esther was in Arthnr'a arms, hc-.d there with a passionate intensity that it seemed .would never relax, while kisgud rained upon the sweet , tear-stained facAi " Never sliall we part again ! " he ' murmured brokenly, " Esther, promlse me" that neither pride nor estrangement nor anything but dwith dial! separate us again in, this life." Esther's laca lit up with a sn#e as 6'lii whimpered softly • " I promiso." • fliey sealed the vow with a kiss of entire recotreiliation ; and after ajl Arthur Remington went abroad, but not tfione—his wife accompanied him. , *P* e Times, in a harvest , forecast, says it is estimated to avo- : rage aimut from 32 to 33 bushels per acre. The total yield will be . about 8,233,4-10 bushels, or 250,000 , bushels mors than last season's production. The Times estimates that the surplus, after satisfying local requironents, will be 3J million bushels. ' HOLLOWAY'S OIN'TMENI AND PILLS. . « Are the best, cheapest, and most : popular remedies at all seasons, and f 'finder all circumstances they may be 1; w ''h safety, and with the cerof doing good. Eruptions, |- she8 ' and all descriptions of skin gyuaeopos, sores, ulcerations and burns bpncfit «l. and ultimately y thc ' 4! hea,in S. soothing and ig~"| y>p g medicaments. The ointBbR: ruhbed upon the abdomen *" tendency to irritation in WZ?* and averts diarrhoea °^ the intcstines overcome^by edi "' accord ? n ®