St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-26
CHAPTER III.
An EXPLOSION.

Chapter IL.
An EXPLOSION.
/ 1t WAS settled that August WAS to bt
/ quietly discharged at the end of hi,
month. which was Saturday night -
| Neither hc nor Julia must suspect ANY
/ discovery of it. indeed. This WAS set
tied 10y Mrs. Anderson. She usually
settled things. First. She settled upon
the course to he pursued. Then she
settled her husband. He ALWAYS made
Il show nt resistance. His dignity re-
qurcd Il show of resistance. But il
was only il show. He always meant to
surrender IN the end. Whenever his
wife ceased her fire of Small-armS and
herself hung out the flag of truce, he in
>tamtly capitulatcd. As i'll every other
dispute. So in this one about the dis
charge of the ..mScrable, impudcmt
butchmam," Mrs. Anderson attacked
her husband 1T all his weak points. and
she had learned 10y heart catalogue OF
his weak points. Then. when he was
sufficiently CALLED to he entirely miser-
able when she had expressed her re-
%ict that she hadn't married somebody
with some heart. and that she had ever
left her fathers house, for her father
was 0lrdys good to her: and when she
had sufficiently reminded him of the
lover she had given up for him. and
of how much he had loved her. and how
miserable she had made him 10y loving
Samuel Anderson when she had con
Quoted the quarrel through all the pre-
Il
point in the end hy Il comp de pdrtic
somewhat III this fashion:
''That'> Just the way, Always the
way with y"u men. | suppose | must
give up to YOU as usual. You've lordcd
ii over me from the start. cant even
have the management of my own
daughter. But | do think that after
I've let You have your way in 81 many
things. You might turn of that fellow
You might let me have my way i'll one
little thing. and Nou W0Uid if you cared
for me. You know how liable | am to
die ut any moment of heart disease. and
Vet you will prolong this excitement in
this WAY.
Now. there is nothing Il weak man
likes 50 much a> to he considered
strong. nothing Il hcnpcckcd man likes
;" much as To he regarded a tyrant. If
N"u ever hear a man boast of his de
termination to rule his own house. ynu
may feel sure that he is suhdued. And
il hrnprrkcd husband always makes Il
great show of opposing everything that
looks toward the enlargement of the
work or pri >ilcgr> of women. Such Il
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