Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-11-19
ASHTABULA, OHIO, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10, 1870.

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not sounded like such hideous hetero-
doxy, when set forth by bis lively sister,
"a he now knew IL to DC when confront
ed by the practical working Of her doe
trinc. lie thought Of the traitorous kiss
with which Joab prcludcd the ugly
thrust under Amasa's fifth rib, OF muir
dered Cpsar's whispered nj IN Byute p
Of the peasant and frozen viper, of the
most aggravated and revolving cases of
treachery done by the nearest Of kin and
dearest of heart, while he stood in the
middle of the floor; his hands in his
trousers pockets, his eyes set gloomily
upon the sheet that told him he owed
seventeen thousand dollars to her who
had just wept aJ his feet with meek pro-
testations of grateful dependence The
anna's Of tffrontry offered no parallel to
this atrocious computation. Admit it as
n precedent, and what an upheaving Of
the honorcd foundations of society,
subverson of heavens first and greatest
law Had his wife held loaded revol-
yer to his ear demanding money or life,
the shock would have been no greater.
after this, whom can trustY he
groaned, aloud, and Louise, entering, took
in the full meaning of the tableau.
80 Tom rushing forward to snatch
the paper from him, Il didn't mean you
should see that
He waved her back tragically. 1 shall
keep it. Since you have stated the ex-
tent of my liabilities to you, ! will dis
charge the debt, though | ruin mys If 10
do it,
'It isn't the money! 1t was just the
feeling that was not begger, a drag
and a hindrance TO your she protested,
wildly. yet felt | was doing wrong.
Forgive me, Tom | will never think of
it again
No woman who really loved her hus-
band could have made out this account,
said Mr.. Garvay, with tremendous en-
phasis, stalking from the apartment.
The week that followed was like a
night of years to Louise Garvay. Low
ing, tender-heartcd and timid, the tho't
of her husbands displeasure was at all
times sufficient to deprive her of self
command and courage. But of such a
fell certainty as this alienation, and thro
her fault, she had never dreamed. Treb-
ly loyal, by reason Of the lesson she had
received touching the pcrls OF cont
dantes, she told Salome nothing OF what
she suffered and dreaded. She could not
conceal the traces of her pain, but she
could and would hide from all about her
the cause of the change. And Salome
grown wiser and tenderer in these sad
days, asked no questions, offered no ad-
vice. Tom was seriously displeased, she
saw, and Louise very wlctched, and she
, ; longed to assume her lawful share OF
the wrath she supposed was excited by
the affair of the cheek. But she burst
no, seem to offer herself as mediator 81 c
had had enough of interference. Of the
discovery of Louise's computations il
interest and addition she knew nothing
or she must have spoken, and difed the
. consequences.
y On the evening of the eighth day the
climax came Tom strobe into his wife's
: room, and presented her with folded
paper. 'Pease give me RECEIPT for the
! amount in full he said, haughtiy.
Louise had been suffering with a sicl
headache. Her nerves ere unstrung
Il her frame weakened by slcepless nights
7 and days of weeping. A deadly pallo
l overspread her conntenance, and she hes
!, itated TO open the paper.
you will find. it quite correct, I be
lieve,' pursued Tom. 'Bnt my books are
! of course, subject to your inspection
The folded slip was a check for up
wards of eighteen thousand dollars, pay
I able to Louise Garvay or order.
. TO the wift-punishcd, humblcd
y Taught by experience what were tn,
" baleiul fruits of presumption in the hon
> orable estate to which she had been call
u edit was equivalent. to a deed of sepa
I ration. Toms words had not been all
c sent from her mind Il would allow m,
! wife separate maintenance forthwith
" bid her go her way, and leave me Il
y minc'
. She cried out once, shrilly, like chile
0 under the lash, and tainted.
" The victory was complete-the trl
i umph OF masculine will and right. Ton
felt it, but did not say SO, when, on he
= = recovery from the swoon which bad real
ly alarmed him for some minutes, b
'e magnanimously took the shivering, hal
u dead creature again in his cherishin
" arms, and engaged, at her earnest pray
q or, to tear up the check, and restoI
things to their normal basis.
+ Don't talk of my having any mean
a separate from yours she said, both arm
T. !, about his neck, and NESTING in his mani
u bosom. Il don't wantto- be Independent
= of your ace D
9 Salome, upon the Threshold heard tn
: appeal; bent upon the pair, unconsciou
II of Intrusion, one. look of blended pity
= Indignation and contempt, and retreatet
- Voting won't make women free and
,e quail she said, subsequently, to frien
% of woman's suffrage. Before you libel
80 ate any enslaved race, you should gai
~ the consent of the governed
er Lady's Book.
a. BEAUTY.--A clever writer says, PROV
o. dence made woman to make the worl
beautiful, as much as flowers and butte
# flies, and there is no sin in tastef
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