The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-03-08

"CsO yOet "Vocs tuy uuspttlu.
Then why did yon not contradict
that libel on my classi lam not
fast, and ! am a literary woman.
Disco..tinnitg my contributions to
the press will not change my ma
tnre, neither will it prevent my
name being known as a writer, If
it is already talked about. 1t was
very rude in George Carter to say
thar, even, If it lad been true,
wien he knew your wife wac a
literary woman. lie must not
come here any more. / do not
wisi, to associate with men SO
wanting in common poli'eness. l
had thought better ot Mr.. Carter
t'an.t at As regards Mr. Nor
tons criticisms, expect to be cri.
ticised, and / do not think nv
style free from faults" He arose
from the table, pushed her from
him and said " IT. is useless to
argue the question farther. Twill
not have my wife known IA a Tito.
rary character. AS regards Geo.
Carter's visits to my house, lie
will take tea with us tpnight, IN
company with Arthur Morton. and
you must not only receive them,
but treat Carter rs you have al.
ways done" ~ can't do it, Mr..
Chester. / have some pride. You
are too proud to have your wife
known as a literary woman. I
am proud enough to resent an in.
suit when my husband tails in his
duty" There was a stern deter
mina,ion in her eye and compress
ed lips that he had mover seen
there before. He was awed for n
moment, but the brute soon over
powered the man, and he said
coarsely: You can be rs tragic
as you please, madam, bnt if
George Carter is treated with any
rudeness tonight, you will be
turned ont into the street before
morning. shall be master of my
own house" He called the cook
and gave nrdors tia, ourper shuuru
be ready by eight o'clock, and ev.
erything should be nice. Alice
hurried off to l.er cIIamber-too
angry to weep or to think what
she should do. 1t was the frs,
time she had dared TO sneak
for herself. The morc size had
yielded, the more tyranical he had
become. George Carter had becn
the most plea, because the
most sensible of the gentlemen
visitors at her house, and she had
liked his company very we'll
Now, what should she do2 Must
she submit to insult from others as
well as tyranny from her husband 2
She turned her head. There Law
her portfolio with the fruits of
many pleasant hours, that size
must resign, and tor what? just
to please him. Had not her pea.
sures been curtailed until she had
scarcely anything left? Should
she yield2 Was it her du,yl-
There was her Biblc-her mothers
gift. She opened il instictivc!y,
and read: Wives, obey your
husbands, as Sarah obcyed Abra
ham, calling him lord" She laid
it down and fell on her knees.
After an hour of selfcommniun
and prayer for guidance, she went
about her duties. Her writing
materials We're slowed away ana
locked up. After going TO the
parlor and dining room, and see
ing that every thing was in order,
she returned to dress for tea. The
old rebellion tried to ma ,ter her.
IL will not sec him. Let him
inrn me ont. can make my own
living. My parents arms arc open
to receive me. They never wound.
ed me Thus" Then her duty.
Was il not plainly written in her
Bible2 She brushed out her beau.
tifni auborn hair, and pnt it back
in shining, waving bands, with, a
single cape jessainine on ono side
OF her finely formed head. She
took out her dresses and selected
one which her husband had partic
ularly admired--a delicate blue or.
ganda muslin, and having arrayed
herself with exquisite taste, she
surveyed herself In the large mir
ror, and found nothing to complain
OF in her tout ensemble. There
was a mist in her large hazle eyes,
and q flush, OH her cl,oek, which
but enhanced her beauty, as her
visitors we're, ushered into her,
presence. There was q lifting of the
frown from her husbands brow,
and faint smile, which did not
escape her notice, as slic responded
to Mr.. Carriers cordial salutation.
with a rather stately, though po
lite, GOOD evening, Mr.. Carter"
Mr.. Morton was perfectly fas.
cinated by the vision Of beauty and
modest intelligence, and soon be.