The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-12-14
A TWENTY-FIVE POUN DWIGHT,

Sooner OF later in every marriage oc
ours a crisis. Either love is triumph
ant over the errors and selfishness of
each, and NAH and wife are united in
what might be called a new marriage,
and are one indeed, was the power of
death and time to separate them, or
the process of assimilation is failure.
Observing all the outward decencies,
man and wife are in heart divorced so
that it is always "I' with each, and not
"we.' Or worse yet there is a moral
battle, and from that day society hears
with disgust the stronger will, husband
or wife, as it may be, declare continu-
ally, " You must, you shall"
/ To this sharp turn in their road, John
Medlark, and Jessie, his wife, were
fast approaching.
Nobody suspected it. Only here and
there is one found daring enough to
hint that, with marrige, the certain
rises, and the drama really begins.
The majority are of opinion that, leav.
ing out certain exceptional eases. the
play is over And where there is q
good husband, as John was pronoun-
ced by everybody TOR once that addle-
headed abstraction was right), and a
good, pretty, dainty, dear little wife
like Jessie, loving and beloved, what
an ungraciOus croaker must that be
who could have cast doubt of thei,
future!
And yet John and Jessie Medlark
were coming to a crisis in their united
lives, and coming under evil auspices.
How it commenced, Jessie herself
could hardly have told you Perhaps
from a few idle words. When we talk
of growing, we are to apt to think only
of corn and wheat, acorns and roses, al
though, IN every years doings, is a
crop sown by somebody's words. But,
however, it came there it was, in Jes.
sizes mlnd,-a persistent, evil thought ;
a thorn for ranking, burr for cling
ing. This daughter of Eve, like her
first grandmother, was restless in Eden.
John loved her. ''Of course in one
way" Mrs. Jessie admitted to herself.
with a little toss of the he d. that
slgnitied how could he help it But
she suspected-grievously suspected
that he regarded her as a child that
she was not allowed her due weight in
the family councils that she had not a
proper hold on his respect that he
valued her as a housekeeper, and a pref
ty toy, and was blind to her loftier
qualities. The suspicion, being en-
couraged, had taken entire possession
of her, and perverted all that was was
best and dearest IN her life. And such
a suspicion IN such a woman implied
bitter resentment, of which it would
be difficult to bring her to repentance.
1t is easier to convince ten sinners than
one self-rlghteous person, and Jessie
was both proud and self-righteous. A
gh-stepping little woman dare saw
you may have seen her. If Won have
you would certainly note her. With n
certain consciousness of superiority
IL the very daintiness with which her
skirts fell about her, and her cuffs set
tied themselves about her white wrists ::
with no heroic hues, nothing very large
hearted or liberal in her pretty face,
but "good little dots and dimples. +" q
touch OF coquetry, a spice of wlllful-
ness-Just the woman to dote on her
house and her husband, to rule the first
admirably and make it comfortable. to
try to rule the second, and occasionally
to make him little comfortable. There
you have her
There can be no doubt we are coming
to the time when there will be recog.
nized physicians and systems of treat
ment for moral ailments. Grave doc
tors will then listen profoundly to
.sYWptoms of weakening affection and
loves In that day, when a
IAN shall hear from a husband
is in trouble with a chronic I'M
y about the temper in which he
hd bis wife, and is often silent
pc would be sociable, if it were
the dread of introducing some
sing topic, that physician will
the entry at once; ''Aetive
es required, and no time to be
had reached this chronic un-
ty. John Medlack was busy
La the firm of Bobbin, Medlark
he was the working partner the
o urged large ventures and en-
I'd them who made the most
Rnt sales who "drove" the es
ment (partners included), and
Pbies besides geology and pet
pm. He was urged, not only by
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