The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-03-25

""Oh, dear re no! I have no tasl
for these gayeties."
"But it would please Mrs. Kendo
so much to have you 60, and she vi
look so well. Her dress is beautiful
and it is . pity shc should not be q
happy as she will be lovely"
He Helaughed cheerily, but answered
"Oh, shall see her before sb
leaves. Her mother will be With he
aud the De Bauns; people know I am
staid old fellow, and do not expect m
at these places"
"Nos always Of course, but you ough
to 60 as often as you can to please Mn
kendon. You think woman have n
business capacity; think some me,
have very little social capacity and a
long as We are gregarious I do not kuo,
but that one may be as important as tn,
other: If some women try to do tw,
or three women's work, aud so get ner
vous and cross aud drive their husband
from home, some men perhaps-I d.
not know-may try to do two OF three
mems work, and so grow unsocial and
leave their wives to mopc aad seek 9th
er society,""
She said this in a alf-bautering, 70,
earnest way; aud raising his hand with
a jesturc as he would say "caught in
my own trap" be laughed and replied
"Some women will have the last
word !" then added, "Mrs. Kendon has
not particularly desired that I should
CO."
"She will not, Of course, particularly
desire you to 60, when she knows you
particularly desire to stay; but if I
were married and my husband did not
particularly desire to go out with me,
and see me when I had taken particu-
lar pains to look we'll, I should particu-
larly desire his lordship to stay at home
until doomsday, and put a particularly
nice spoonful of salt IN his coffee into
the bargain"
His face was very bright as he stood
and hesitated moment, then said:
"Zelia certa,nly is very considerate,
and am something Of Blucbeard. I
guess you are right; women understand
each other better than we understand
them. suppose l should 60 out with
her MORE"
81 am very sure you should. She is
very bright and childlike, but has a
rich vein Of deep feeling; and you
ought to take more care than you do to
make her feel that you love and cher
ish her, and find no society so pleasant
as hers"
She was looking at him through
tears, as she ceased speaking; and he
answered with a very pleased yet
thoughtful expression
III see Z have been selfish, and shall
begin at once to do works mete for re-
pentance. I had proposed to myself
an evening Of hard study but often
f. Most necessary its that we forget
Topay ourselves Whist to ourselves is debit
I do not want to tax you, but if you
could find and look over the two dccis-
ions, and mark the passages which con-
tain points noted here I can MANAGE"
After giving her some directions and
extending his request to a couple Of
statutes, he went of, looking younger
by several years, to dress and accompa-
ny his wife to one of the "affairs of the
season." Margaret worked with a
cheerful alacrity, in hope she might do
something to prevent an evil, whose
shadow she felt rather than saw lying
across his threshold. Sometimes she
read to him, but ottener for him., that
he might be in his place as the hus-
band of a gay and beautif Ill woman.
She sometimes felt that it was not bus
mess like for her to b. shivering 1t
shadows as SHE did |; but she was only
woman, and would keep on trying to
do several things at one time. -
The Board of Managers met the week
following the instigation by the Trus-
tees, and what could equal the surprise
of the Hon. gentleman to learn, that
sa id Board had not only refused to re-
quest Miss Irouton to resign, but had
passed her a vote. Of thanks, three to
two; Judge Kendon could not under
stand it. In all his experience he had
not met such case. The lady mana.
gers had been unable to agree on an
important question, and had voted
unanimously to refer it to the Trustees.
At great Inconvenience and loss Of
time, these had met, aud partially in
gated the question; and now their
unanimous decision was cast aside as SO
much waste paper. :-,-,
Mrs, Granger, who with Mrs. Spauld-
ing had voted As directed by the Trus-
tees, was 80 mortified at the result that
she resigned on tho spot. The Board
failed to accept her resignation. She
soon found that by leaving the Board,
she strengthened Miss Ironton's hands
and resumed her place. The majority
disputed her right to vote after her res
ignation and matters were rather tan
gled.- Then Mrs. Bateman resigned in