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haviour Of men 10 their wives, and never met
with one man--no. not even your father, and he
came of gentle kind--who did not scourge his
wife the very moment she was in his power
And, Leo, mark my words, you will do it too.
Il is human nature it seems thing not to be
helped
'Scourge their wives ! sconrge a woman!
such lovely creature as Flora Webb = thought
| |. But what do you mean by 'scourging p
| Il mean what say. Do you think there is
only one kind of scourging ! certainly do not
mean beating though many fellow, if he dar-
ed would strike his wife, or slap her face, if she
only acted little perversly, Just as he had ac-
ted, perhaps, only the moment before: but the
scourging of which 1speak. is with the eve ay
YOU may stare, but It's the Married Mans Eye
Come, let us 90 to the village; owe every bo-
dy a visit, particularly Ormsby, who is Just mar
ried to mj little pet Every young woman by
tell in which way she offends his married eye,
but will warrant that he has begun his scourg-
ing already. There is your aunt Phllida; she
sees this matter as ! do, and that has kept her
from marrying. Before We settled in Camper
down. she had plenty orosj'rs for rich women
are scarce. That old Mr.. Root offered his hand
to her full thirty years ago
look over the way, uncle: there stands that
little red haired Dawson, the meanest looking
man ever saw. Is it true that he made an at
tempt to address my sister Fanny, while was
in Europe
Yes he made desperate attempt, but he was
repulsed with scorn. Do not speak of it before
your aunt, for it puts her in passion. I only
wish we could keep him from coming so often
to Camperdown, for he is hateful to me, as well
as to her E; and Mrs. Campbell--that is, our
f Jenny Hart that was--has set her face against
him. and that has decided his fate here
what is Mrs Campbell, the Jenny Hart OF
the thrcad.and-needle store ?---she whom all the
young men used to gaze at so ?--the one that
every body was in love with ?
: Yes, and will take you there tomorrow
, She is on visit to New York to day. You
; aunt told her all about Dawson: and so, as
said. having set her face against him, he vii
not find it very convenient TO settle in oul
, nerlbnrhood. Let him remain at Starkfnrd.'
. why, uncle. never knew you so bitter to
ward any one before. What has he done tC
meritall this p
well Leo, we talked Of scourginc: of mar
Y ried men scourging their wives with the eye
, bu, this man. for one that calls himself mani,
Q more brutal than savage. Just look al hun
n little pary fellow. not bigger than my thumb
, with red hair, a frecliled face, a nose that yo
can hardly see. deep set little red eyes, an ca
I like a long oyster, and neck like IA crane :
[ There he roes and he has laugh and Jok
il with every one he meets. There come. on
rook Mr.. Foster, the engineer. An Atre
=. Gray does not stop he touches his hat, an
J.. walks on. It has cowcd DAWSON for a second
n but there comes Job Martin. the tax-ga,herer
il now Dawson has said good thing. and the
n are laughing at it. There comes our good Nj
o PARCELS See how Davisons hat goes OF
It him there was bow for you
r WHO is this Mr. PARCELS, uncle :? do nc
j recoect ever hearing the name before
!. 'IIe is retired merchant and has bought
r estate at Wicklowe. in the next village. He
d very rich and little Dawson fawns and cringe
v before him, like spaniel. see it all now :
n there is All only daughter there, too. Miss Pa
n cells is not what call an ugly woman, but if
II were not for her immense expectations, ugly a
|. Dawson is himself he would look for moi
e beauty. The fellow has been twice married
e Yes. there he goes he has left the others. al
A. walked off with good natured Jenny PARCELS
q But surprising that Miss PARCELS is ugly
ID Surely this man can nave no pretenSlonS to N
1t hand; and he is upwards of forty, by his looks
4 There is nothing better nor worse TO be sa
:. of him, than that he scourgcd his wife to deaf
" lie married an only child; ] speak of his FIR
r wife, for the second one, poor thing no, luck
e creature died of a pleursy, before he IA
Al time to commence operations His first Wi
l. was Young lady Of good birth, and, as wa
} supposed at the time, of good fortune. She ,, wa
e an intimate school friend OF your aunt NINA
It bu, their intercourse was interrupted AFTER I'll
=. oarrians Mr.. Dell. the father of Christine
ID was reunited to b, rich, and DAWSON so ''lero
y tiated himself with him, that, being hypochor
Jr;,c and mt y good business man, the tello>
Il soon became his fctotum. Every thing fe
into his hands and the short Of it is that h
= determined to have Mr.. Delis money. and hi
daughter in the bargain, since he could not g.
one without the other.
.Ah uncle. recollect now: did not see
Mrs. Dawson with aunt Phllida at the spring
the summer before went abroad ?
!. Yes, about four years ago, inst before ST
II died and it was there that saw how the wretc
a treated her. and yet no one else perceived 1t bl
your aunt and myself. Very lew look decpl
:, into such matters Christina was compete
= into the marriage but your aunt thinks ifal III
- propertv had been settled on her DIVISION wou
;. have treated her differently. doubt it,
IS 1T is scarcely possible to tell YOU in what h
deyiltries consisted but they were of snch
= nature. that in ten years-it was slow pol>o
| that eye of his-he fairly worked this gent
= creature out of existence. | only wish yc
# dared ask your aunt all about it. for women III
10 derstapd this misery better than men; but
almost sets her raving. Oar principal reaSc
j. for quitting Starktord, was because he IA
l. brought an estate there. Before the wrciC
of married poor Christina Dell, he was the mo
a devoted. the most obsequious the most tender
lie lovers. lie had to work hard 10 get the inn
IN cent Young creature, for her dislike to nm
,e first amounted almost to aversion. lie consul
o. ed her taste in everything, and seemed TO ha'
a no will but hers.
Ar Well, Leo, only look at this man, one vea
after marriage nay one month. for he began in
er mediately. lie could not bear to hear her laugh
d. he could not bear to see her pleased with an
he ones conversation; he sneered at her whenev
Or she opened her lips-unobserved mind, by OF,
e. ers. By his hard manner, he drove of all h
p early associates, those who loved her dearly al
lie could have comtorted her. His eye-that lit
! red eve OF his-was kept on her whenever 81
or opened her lips to speak, or to give opinion
and it had the power of a serpent over her.
I'd There is no thraldom, Leo, like the thraldom
er a married mans eye. He expected impossible
m ties, almost, from her for her constitution W,
ry very delicate, and when she did the utmost thu
n, her feeble strength allowed, he sneered at he
he At table, he never helped her to ANYTHING
thought she liked. She could not bear IA
a meat, neither could he F.; yet am told that in h
ut own house he would not allow the cook to sci
a the meat up well done, lest his wife might pc
IN chance get piece that she liked. lie actual