Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1850-02-15

rent little hands, ana bending over her, whisper
ed, 'Pettest of pets then returning to hi:
mothers side, his eyes trimming with tears, hi
said, |Uh, mother, Jessie must not die Il. Do no
wait to make up the sixty dollars. | vii
/ give up my school, and 90 into the cord and tas
sci factory. They give boys high wages there.
No, my son, we must pursue steady plan
All that is gained wril be lost if Won are inter
rupted now; no, at the end Of the week shall
have made up the sum, and then, without the leal
of running in debt, shall have made up the sum
and then. shall set out with my light little bur.
den, and return with it heavier trust,-but much
| less burden
oh! dear mother, if you ouIy had some OF
that money that father says he lost in business
George paused thoughtlulv for rev mo-
ments, and then added How did nv father
ever get any money, mother! Was his father
rich p
no, my son, but my father was-at least
VIVA. is called very rich, for farmer
Then 1t was yours after all. Surely my IA
Their would not take it from you he is not such
man--at least he was not always, added the
boy, biushing with painful consciousness.
Your father took it, used it, and lost it, nv son:
but you must not blame him. the money was his
according TO law
What ! your money his? don't understand
thst, mother. ! don't see how money can be-
long to person that does not earn it, nor in
herlt II, nor have it given to him. Oh suppose
you did give it to him, mother!'
40; the law gave it to him
Its mean dishonest law. then n law fiji to
have been made by pickpockcts Who made
such a law , when was it made, mother ?
OH long while ago
Why don't they alter it, now they know bet
terp
They probably think il is better as it is. Men
are bound to support their families, and thew are
supposed to BE- more capable of earning proper-
ty than women, and OF taking care OF it,
Wen, suppose some men are much more
capable of earning and keeping property than
some other men, but for that, all the property is
not given to them. And certainly some women
are every way more capable than some men,
What would we have done, mother, but for what
you have earned and saved! And if YOU had
kept your own property, how comfortable and
happy you might have been, instead of havinr
halt your heart in the grave of my poor little sis
ter, and the other halt contriyng how to take
care Of the rest Of us
4 have but done my duty, dear, and YOU must
look on the best side, George and tile mother
Was proceeding to Snow that best side when she
was interrupted by the entrance of her husband.
whose lond voice and thickened utterance indi-
Gated that he was i'll his usual state of partial in
cbrlaton. lie was accompanied by Mr. Hut
ton, one OF his early friends, who for the sake of
Mrs. Warren, still endured her husbands soci-
ETY.. Georges color rose at the sight of his ia.
ther, and mist came before his eyes. His
mother perceived this, and saving 'Good-night.
my son, she pushed an unlighted lamp towards
hlm. lie lighted it, and after pausng a moment
at Jessie's crib, and drawing a deep SIGH, he
withdrew to an adjoining closet bedroom.
Well, Madam Warren, said her husband. in
loud, husky voice, have not You a bit of pie or
crutnb OF cake to give us ? Hutton and | have
walked out from Boston, and are sharp set
81 am sorry then have nothing to offer YOU
oh! women always say there is nothing; |
guess | can find something : said Warren set
ting opon the cupboard doors, bat discovered
nothing but very clean shelves, and few cups.
plates, etc. Alter muttaring his disappointment,
he perceived in corner black bottle, and talk
ing ont n cork, by Joycr he said, heres bot
tie of wine this is luck! We've no wine
glasses, hut Wen drink Mrs Warren's health in
umblers they do! Pleasant provisions Won
keep, Mrs. Warren! y yirtuouS woman is
crown to her husqand hey, Hutton p
oh, put up the wine, Warren said Hutton,
i shant taste drop of it
4 shall then. Here's a health to you, wife
and friend !! and he tossed off glass of it.
Mrs. Warren rose, and putting her hand on
the bottle, said mildly, y on must not drink this,
John. The doctor ordered winc-whey for Jes-
sic, and | have bought it for that
Never mind : and wrestling the bottle from
her hand, Warren set it down Violently upon
the table, and lighting cigar sat down beside IT.
Mrs Warren was SO accustomed 10 his coarse
ness and scl-indulcencc, that this caused little
sensation, and she returned quietly to her sew
ing. Hutton did no. so easily digest the matter
lie sat down By the table, and alter biting his
nails for few moments, he said, Warren, why
do you 90 to that Roger Smiths If you must
haunt grocery, go clScwLers he is 4 ras-
cal =
y ascal!-I fird in very liberal fellow
Liberal! ycs-running up accounts with the
husband for the wife to pay. Did you hear how
he served poor Mrs. Farren, the best wife-al-
ways excepting yours--in RoXbury ?
No; you know hate gossip
well, thi, is too true and too sad story to be
called gossip. The POOR woman had laid up
pretty little sum of money. She was obliged to
hide it to keep it from her good for-nothing hus-
band. lie got wind OF it some way or other and
turned over her franks and drawers ill he found
II. lie tneN tdVflcu IL 10 ElO9er IStnlln ana PAID
his drinking account with it, and tnen boasling
how he got the money, b gan a new score =
Hear m, out. The next day poor Mrs. Far
rem went pcnniless to SIN tbs. to buy loaf OF
bread for her childrens breakfast. The scoun-
drel refused it -
That was rather tough own-but then what
business bad she TO hide the money? She knew
il was his, not hers, BY the law OF the land
By the law of the land it may be- but not by
the law of God; and there IS neither truth, hon
or, nor manhood in husband who will avail
himself of such Il law, to take away the rghttul
property of his wife.
'rut-tut! what nonsense you talk, Hutton !!
4 married woman can't have any righ;fnl prop
erty. Her husband is bound to protect and sup
port her, and that is quite enough for her,
And if he docs not !!
why he is compelled to--thc law compels
him. AT this moment the door of the little bed
room to which George had gone was set ajar.
The law abounds in tictons,' rcjoined Hut
ton. Does the law compel him A? You and
know some wives who have supported their fam
lies---including their lordly husbands--for
years Warren filled another bumper of vino
and drank it off--'and yet the money they earn
is not their own, and is at all times subject to
the husbands rapaci;y. There is no end to the
wrong done BY men who fancy that old and bar