Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-09-15

q CEDAR FALLS. SEPT. is. 1871.
How NARY Morrison Came TO Leave
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BY SARAH EDWARDS HESsHAw.


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''No man in the world should treat
me sol cried. 1t is shameful -
Ilit is unfeeling /! I would not bear IL!
Mary. iet asgo home!' n tHfTl
Then Mary broke down. She
cried, she moaned. she shook --she
moaned and wept again. her brok-
/ en- rest and unwonted cares, ,cher dis
appointment and suspense, added to
my anger, were too mucl, for her. I,
Gil the time, continued my III. Judged
sympathy, and pressed my foolish,
hut well~meant advice. 81
'Icould not bear each trealsnent
and whst il more wooldntl II
cannot be aay won ans duty Here
you drudge from morning to night
you go nowhere; you see nobody
you take no rest; aud all you get Ia
return is only neglect and indiffer-
ence!'
But what would you do:' moaned
Mary.
! DO! / would find out what to do!
I would not live 90, that's certain T!
~ould drown myseif first,' went
on, working myself up. Il would
take poison -at least / would go!-
The ideal Taking you from such q
home as you had, aud bringing ysu
here just to slave for him /, Come,
Mary, 60 home with me. You will,
seont you ~ kgGl 11AgE4 = ~
Il don't know what to do, I'm
sure said Mary In a hopeless tone.
Well then let me decide for you. .---
Come, I'm your sister IL l am not
your husband. and I have so,as claim
on you. Let us pack up and take
the baby and go! When my gentle
man comes back he will find by exs
perience how nice It Is to have peo>
pie take French leave,r Aud / hope
his tea will be strong enough then,
and he can twist the window -shades
too / added. wrathfully. and the
boots about to his hearts CONTENT
And perhaps he will find some one
who will toll hours at time over
his shirt-bosoms,' said, thinking of
the lady he had gone off with. -
Come, Mary I added, mother will
be 80 glad to see you! l will go
right away aud do the packing
You go to bed. poor child and get
some rest. Yes, you have a home, j
am thankful 10 say, and, mother
tool' .-r...., .g..--.. .nsr.
III this was cunningly said it WAS
the eanning Of Instinct, not of ,ieIib.
Grafton Mary did often yearn In her
poor, little. tired heart for that home
and that mother. and although she
did not give me leave to take her to
them ] went forward all the same,
and took her consent for granted. "
] got out her trunks aud mine. I
secured the house for everything
Mary could possibly want either for
the baby or herself packed sum.
mer clothing and winter clothing,
and everything Of my own. and also
. lunch basket. before retiring that
night. Twas up again In the early
morning, and sent Greta to order the
omnibus. / dressed the baby, and
hurried kfast. and, In short. gave
Mary no opportunity to resist or to
reflect. Once or ltw ice she said alb.
ruptly, % Kate do you think IL is
right for me to go.'
Right! I replied decisively,-.
right to go to your 'own fathers
house! Yes indeed! you ought to
be thankful you have such q home
to go to! You would be wrong not
TO go. I think .-I
AT last we were off. Mary wept
when the train fairly started, but I
settled myself In my seat with q
sense of triumph. Now Mr.. Obsti-
natus would see whether itwas best
to annoy me and neglect Maryil L
would teach him lesson! Ihad
explained to Margaret that ] was
taking Mrs. Morrison "heim 10 see
her muttsr," and she had nodded
like Chinese mandarin, and replied
"ya-ya.n II was early spring when
/ went out West, and 1t was early
fall when I brought Mary back with
me.
Yes. had carried my point. Mary
was at home. But somehow 10 did
not seem .. had expected. Father
and mother were Of course surprised
but delighted also to see us, and the
baby was an endless source Of inter.
est, But the, questions they asked
were 30 unsxpeotsdly smbarrassing
Even fathers lsimple, hearty How
did you leave John, Mary p I saw
thrilled her and caused her to change
color, 30 I hastened TO make reply.
"Oh! John was we'll but he was
rot at home when we left.' ed
Indss1r said father, i'where was
ho -
.Hs - home on bssInsss,, / re.
Piled, svssiyely. for somehow I felt
that the true state of the caks had
better be- explained first to mother.
1T 10 about time bis great law suit
10 to come on, added father, II pre-
sume he wss sway attending Ia that.
Mary opened her eyes and glanced
at me. Neither Of us knew anything
about great law suit, and IL was .
feeling, rather than . thought, that
shot through me- Suppose l have
been leading Mary astray after all y
But I resolutely put 1t down and
bpsied myself IN gstting her settled
In her own room. How different it
looked when ready fo- her occupancy
from what 1t used to look. Beside
the bed stood . crib. ababy cloehisg
aA& toys were dbpos@d abouS the
rdrlm- NE very funks Iooks1 un-
familiar With ahe nsame Morrison
lettered on either end. 'Ahp IIwas
forced to acknowledge to myself with
. sigh. Mary can never again be the
sane Mary - Of DID,
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After Mary had retired, which she
did esrly. l sought mother and opens
Cd the conversation. ..MotheE.,,I be- !
CAB. 'dSss not Mary iook missls lsbly p
Well. / do not know. She 10 tired |