Butte record., 1855-12-29

a long time in coming. and lie Lad am
pie time to nurse lis wrath. Whsle
sitting there, he thus so,i.oauizcd:
"Ihat ever |, Philanhcr Pepper,
should he so treated, and bya woman,
too, IS not to be believed. ! can't be-
Heye it, no, uor I won't either. But
She slan't escape. tLat'> certain; If sAe
should my rcputati,nf for dignity would
Be forever gone. for haven't / told
Solomon Simploton all along low Twas
gong to make my wife stand around,
and hoW ! was gong to make hcr get
up and make tie fire every morning,
a5d let ma lie aIed, and how was
gong to shut Ler mp and feed her On
bread and water, if She dared to say
She wou,dn't 30 ~"
y cosy i..tlo aranecmeut, Mr..
Pepper said a soft voice behind l;m-
lir. P. ~taIt 4 up, ana there stood
Mrs. z. right behind bis chair, laugh
ing inst as hard as She cou,d. 1ir.
z. PIT on q severe look.
"Sit down in tiat chair, madam"
hc said pointing to tile one he Had just
vacated, 'wa.ie have d I5-.e coAJcs-
sation with you."
Nov ] Should be pleased to lrow
vly you did not obey my ord>s ills
morning. and where You have been all
.le G,eeHool.' =
~WLae ] have been t1is fareuao1,
}ir. Pepper, have uot t.e least oo-
iection to tn vou; lave been down
town doing little shopping. l have
pmcha al some lovely naps,n-; pa nt
oo,- at G.1a. a.d >lc holding tacm
mp dcmuc'y for Lis Inspection; only
paid a dotar piece ief taem-oz-
ts,mely cheap, DON'T you think SO,
She added.
Mr.. P. was ato.i-lcd; how he
3ag,d to tam 5ho conversation in tils
rav was a mystery ,4 lin. Spddealr
lis bottled wrath broke loose. IUn-
.ne fcrcciy upon Lr. he said:
"netseT Jane, vDu disgust me: you
.etm to maLe1,rr ii4ltof this matter;
III iti-uorc serious taau you imagine
you viii Gal ID Eoor cost PIE cDtl....
# yaa demo. instantly les ny parton
IN saJMi. yy marlar, -al cHel,
m5 authority To bring yoa II q proper
sense # 1oumi-cnatct, by .iap.! IN
ing von IN one OF my ciamters I'LL you
are wiling 90 pro}are STRICT o5clheAce
to my wishes"
AZ tie close IF this very eloquent
and d;auifcd pcech Air. p. drew him
selfup to hisfall height, aad stationed
himself before Mrs. P.ready torcoeire
cxrossicns Of cuow and per.tenco
lie Lad no doe't t.at -le would fall
lo%n al lis feet and AT:
"Dear PhiIaalar, won't You please
forgive me ti;- time. aai iii never do
70 amy muc."
AID he was cc.uc to say 6e,eoy
Jane. voa'd jctJernot," Lat instead of
Jo.uc all tbs, what 10 von think Size
did. Iar.h,dA.m right ia Gle face,
Air. P. was awful wlatAr. lie
spoke up in voice q ta'Wder and
said:
Mrs. p, walk ri-at up tair-, Ills
very minute, aud don't let tile grass
grow under your feet Hli'c yog
ar. going, reit2cr You have began
yom antics III coed season, Mrs. r.,
but I'll haze you T. knew 5lat it won't
nav to continue chem auY llgth Of
time With me, Mrs. =. Again
command vou 10 walk Up rairs.'
-Wcll, really, 4.r. p, it is not at
all necessary .or yon to speak 50 ioud,
I am not % 4 af as taat comes to; but
as for walking UP stairs, have not
the lgitcst objection 10 20 dong after
/ have recovered from my fatigue; but
I can't think Of doing so before.
"But yon must, Mrs. P.
~TAon al I've got to say IS this,
vou'H have to carry mc, for lron't
va.k."
Mr.. P. looked at his wife for a mo-
ment with the greatest a-tonislnent;
bnt as she began to laugh at him again
he thought to himsc'f:
"She thinks won't do il, and hopes
to Get off in that way; but it won't do;
uu tairs she's got to 60, il have -
carry her: So Lore goes, and taking
the form of Lis lady in lis arms, lie
soon had the satisfaction ii seeing her
safely lodged IN her prison, and care
h.av lockiug her in. lie tationela lit
he re3-haired youth on tie front door
steps. to attend to callers and also see
that Mrs. p. did mot escape; and he
then belook himself to a 7 staWaut for
his dinner, and after despatchinE that
he hurried off to Lis Office and was
soon curI0 scd in business.
About the middle of the afternoon,
cur yoms ssulluel rushed into the Of
Gee, ana said, never waiting 10 take
lreat:
~lir p. had better mn home ia-t
g. f tas Le can, fer tla- woman what