The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-04-20
Married Three Years.
well, Mary, why don't you tell hi

well, Mary, why don't you tell him
you won, stand this uea,men, ? The
voice was remonstrative, almost vehe
ment. 1t was qni'e evident that the
speaker vas considerably stirred.
'rhere is no usa, George, have lef,
NO hing undone TO alter this state oi
things: hnt cannot move Robert Gro.
yer hc seems to delight in making my
lif. miserable T'- vote. was not pas
sionate. bn. weary and plaintive.
Hes a scamp = This lacoric state.
mcnt was intensified, hv strong blow
which sent q shiver through the small
oval table by which the speaker sat.
Mary, the wife Of Rober, Grover.
did not seem startled 1t the opprobrinm
which inhered in the epithet bestowed
upon her husband, and yet she did not
look like woman who was in anywise
unused to the hearing or the speaking
harsh words, as she eat rocking 70
an fro, in her low chair, few feet
from her brother, with her head resting
upon it's back. 1t was dainti'y posted
and pretty.shaped head, with abundan,
hair, and the face was a pretty one, too.
With soft outlines and sweet lips. and
eyes pleasant to look within. think a
searching analysis might have pene
rated to some wrong or want in the
face which bad its meaning in some
thing beyond. In certain phrases Of
feeling like the present there was dis
quiet and disappointment about i, which
had its root in the character. and did
not indicate soul in harmony with
true aud Christian ideals Of life.
Only think, George, ofmy asking nv
husband for new silk dress this morn
ing, and l haven't had ore since last
April, and what do yon think he .aid ?
! can't imagine, Mary; but I
shouldn't he surprised at anything,
after what l have heard
well he went of into towering
passion, and declared that he never saw
a women yet who had particle Of rea
son or common sense, and that it was
absurd 70 talk TO man about silk
dresses who was likely to fail before
before night, and he insisted that i,
would serve the whole race right il We
had to come down to linsev v ,olsey.
and spin and weave i, ourselves, az our
grandmothers lid before us'
George Humphreys leaned back in
his chair and laughed outright, 4 laugh
which xas made up Of indignation and
a"lnsemen'. Perhaps the latter triumph
al at this moment That's jus, Ike
man, hn said Get one of Them pra
roRei, sni he's cure 10 o. on in this
fashion,
IL was anything 10 fne 'ut matter
to iangh at suhioined NJ :. Grover, IN
tones which plainly showed 'ha, be-
bro'her'e merriment At t!is iane,nre
had hut her.
Oh. now, don't mind his, sis. It's
Outrageous tha, yon should b. insul' 4
in this fashion, and you shan't besny
more.
No. I don, ssend 70 answered.
Mary Grover, firmly and 49, - -
m ada ~ -. ,..u that thrse .hirns
hav~ cached too terrible pass for ms
20 bear them any lenger'
We'll Mary. wha, are yen going 10
do now?' asked the young man, with
eolicitade, for there was an ambiguous
threat in his SISTERS voice.
4 am going to leave my husban.',
George Humphreys; am going .ou,
into the world to toll with N, ha,.as
for my daily tread rather than snbri,
any mnger TO his tyrannies and insults,
Her tones were raised to a higher key
now, Is though they would not admit
ofneither argument nr contradiction,
and the flush on her cheeks cor .;rmad
the words.
why, Mary, has it come to this ?
asked George Humphreys, shocked be
yond future speech for the moment.
Yes. il has, George. Yon woall
not have your only sister stay mere te
drag out life which is worse tha,
death And grea, sob swelled III.
dainty throat over the snowy lace
rntiing.
No, | wouldn't Mary, darling-hi.
fra'ernal sympathies quickening again
Only / didn't know but something
might be done before yon take such :
step. It's never best 10 be rash, 70.
know.
! ! know il, George; bus ! hass.sv