Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-01-26

"Well Kate, so you expect to marry Ed
ward, after ALL / thought you said you were
only flirting with him " rr,....t ,..L., a..
"That was what l intended, Mary; but,
somehow, tie arttul fellow has cheated me in
to agreeing to have him .,.,rt...-
81 thought how all your grand talk about
freedom and never bending your neck to any
mans yoke would end. 'Tis the old story. y
!" Not SO; I'm not going to wear the yoke.
Edward is to obey me. He will, know. He
has hardly any will but mine, now, and I
don't intend he ever shall have He don t
pretend to oppose me in anything. wouldn't
be hired to have him were he to presume to
treat me as Helen Norman's lover treats her.
and told Helen So He is always telling
her of her faults 81 i a4ga, ,t..- .,.. ~
"They have agreed to kindly tell each 9th
er Of their faults and help each other to over
come them. / think this most excellent
way" aars o.r ..n ST., ..s Gn U.s.
"Well don't I am free enough to tell
Ed. his faults but he would not dare to re-
turn the compliment 1t would make me an
cry in Q minute, In fact, Mary, think | am
a fortunate girl: | have found man with
plenty Of money, gentle and yielding dspo-
sition, very generous, who worships, and is
willing that should always have my own way;
who is, in short, unable to hinder me from
having it" .. fH"ii! t.' .at '..." .t.'
"And do you think that you can have the
blessing Of God on your marriage, when it is
entered upon in spirit SO utterly the reverse
ofwhat he requires? ! suppose you admit
that the Bible is authority. Consider what its
teachings are" a6@sf WIN a'' f..- F ~
II dot says, Submit one to another ]
suppose shall submit to Ed. a part of the
time; it would only be fail" '"'d' 81"
"Kate, the Bible says, Wives, submit your
selves unto your husbands as unto the Lord
for the husband is the head Of the wife, even
as Christ is head of the church. Therefore,
as the church is subject unto Christ, so let
the wives be unto their own hisbonds in ev-
cry thing, and let the wife see that she rever-
ence her husband How dare you presump.
tuous girl, resolve to trample on Gods ar
rangement and his laws? You may be sure
that trouble is before you, if you go forward
to the marriage altar with such. spirit as
now animates you As for Edward he is in
fatuated indeed, fjhe gives his honor and his
happiness into your hands. - 81
Z Katie, angry at such plain talk, abruptly
turned from her companion and walked rap
idly away. f'&5Vfs HtG'a'E gA6i
3 The expected marriage took place ~ For a
few months, Edward walked in a trance Of
sensuous and imaginative bliss then down
he came, and never more did he ascend the
hills of joy He was, as Kate has said, quite
unable to control or to cope with her. He
was too gentle, and he loved her too tenderly.
She had over him the immense advantage OF
loving him very little. 7cShe could tear his
heart string every hour. He could scarcely
touch her at any time. You perceive, good
reader, that she had him. 71sh1Il h7i' ~ a
Children were born to this pair. Kate
managed them something as tigress might
have managed her young Edward was al
lowed to have no word in the matter In d
few years, the poor man. crushed and over
borne, died. Kate was provoked with him
for this piece of independent action. She
liked him; she made him very useful. She
had not thought he, would go without her
leave But he did It Kate lorded it fors a
few years more, till her children became too
strong for her Then they, albiet they knew
not what they were doing, avenged their faith,
er. They broke their mothers spirit aha her
heart and yon bent, grey, mumbhng old
crone in the almshouse Is all that remains OF
the once lovely and beautiful Kate She
sowed the wind she reaped the whirlwind'