Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-10-09

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kill-joy and scarccrow st every turn.
snd when he is away can feel poth-
ing but a sense of exquisite relief.
All, my dear, there arc more women
than we suppose in the same plight.
"Ohi what shall we do? What
can women like Us do? What shall
l do? cannot 90 back to Mr.. Hun
nicut J" exclaimed the poor woman.
But Mrs. Gillicwigs was not so easi-
ly discouraged: she had her remedy
already.
Mr.. Wiseman lives next door.
We will ask him what TO do"
So they went to tiud Mr.. Wiseman,
and stated their case. Mr.. Wiseman
,.,-.sssstl..st at all a#7Fie,i -er asto,ished. ;.
but listened with the air OF one who
hears great cry about little wool.
- a very common case" he said
too common: but the remedy j.
simple and easy. You must 20 to
court. The law will protect YOU.
That is precisely what laws and gov
ernmrnts are made for-to protect
the weak and /, dress the innocent" ;"
And then, must say, Mrs. Hunni-
cut aud Mrs. Gilliewigs looked ut
each other somewhat ashamed /: for
what could be palmer, and why had
they never thought OF it before:
Of course they started at once for
court, where the Lord High Fiddle
stick was dispensing justice, ,anG there
| ihcy learned two things that Mr..
Wiscman had forgotten TO mention
first. that justice costs Il great deal of
time and next, Il great deal rcmoncv.
In fact, there are i great MANY dis
| trc>Scd DANES who can never avail
! themselves of The law, which is So
ready to protect them. for this rca on.
! Ana how Mrs. fluniicut managed it
i. Il mystery, but she dill conirivc
not actually to starvc with her chill
drcn and at last her case was called
! in court. aud Mrs. llunnicut told hcl
story. The Lord High FiddlcStick
irowncd darkly.
I" " here are your proofs, madam!
| he asked in Il tremendous voice.
Proofs Z" echoed Mrs: llumnicut
somcwha; frightened.
Yes. proofs. Who SAW him beat
you? Who saw linn abuse the clil.
drcn? Who heard him call Won
nanlcs VINO can testify that yOu
were really half starved besides This
rvant-mai,i. whom YOU have proba-
bly, hired to tell Il certain story -
Nhy-why nobody, my lord
-tannncrcd Mrs. lIuum.cut.
on mean to say hat when man
| does such things he does them il
secret: Tou would like to lave IL.
! believe that when Il man abuse. hi.
wife he does not ring n he'll or sount
Il gong to call in the uri.hhor>
Very Suspicious. For my part.
will not believe in crimes of which
thrr" are no proofs. Murder alwav.
Will out in my opinion. And pray
how did il happen. madam. that YOU
did no, rush out at once and acgwaill,
your ncimhbor,:
| =" For the childrrn's sake wished
10 keep ii quiet, said Mrs, IIunnicu,
- .ind Il woman does not care To cx.
pose her husband. i! he is an agrr.''
| Wrong a"aIn,' rctoricd the Lord
! High Fiddlcsiict. wv here IL wamal
really i wron"rd the first thing she
does i to publish the fact. And
really il is a>tnni>hin" how nany ill.,
jurcd wives there are. aud how nobo-
| dy ever sees or hears any + I'll,
! dreadful thing, done 10 them. Now
madam. her" are >0mc Of Mr.. llunni.
cuts acIua;.tanccs. Let Us see i:
! they consider him an OGRE.
Then Mrs. Terra Gotta made hcI
appearance. and declared thai 20 far
: from being an ogre. she considered
! Mr.. liunnicut the most amiahlr man
She knew. He was very fond of hi
wife. He often praised her. and he
( spoke to l.cr very kindly. His wife
came much nearer the character. She
was always sour, and would neither
| lalh nor visit, and when Mr.. iiunui-
cut tried to Joke with her, She would
| look down aS if angry. And tha; hc
! should abuse his children WAS mon.
strous. They should >yc how hc
! danced her clii!,ircn on his knee, and
the presents he brought them.
Sir. and Mrs.. jasmine confirmed
| Mrs. Terra Gotta statements. Ogrc>
have II pGculia: cast of rountcmamcr.
quite different from Mr.. I!unnlrut
They had always considered him tire
best of fathers and husbands. and
never heard Of amy truuHlc in tEc
family, thoug.i they had wondered
that 50 pheasant Il nian should :havc
such 4 gi"omy and umSoc;a3lr wife.
Mrs. -Ilnurauih came ucN!. and She
declared that she had never heard OF
any trouble in the Nunmicut family.
till one morning Mr. lIunnicnt rush
Ell wildly into her hOrsc. saving that
his wife had taken his children and
deserted him. That he exhibited
every sign of anguish hat she pitic,l
him with all her heart: and for the
accusation that he had ever abused
his children, that was simply ridicu-
louS.
Then the Lord High Fikdlestick
got upon his legs again, and assured
the court that the case before them
! was omIy an example of the crying
evil OF he day. 1t was growing the
fashion for wives to consider them
selves injured. The story OF prin-
cess, deceived and then barbaruusly
treated by an ogre, was the favorite
romance. If mau out of six hundred
dollars income refused his wife Il
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. silk dress, she
complainc d of inhuman treatment.
Ii "A woman wished to dance all night
and her tirrd husband preferred to
stay ut home, that was cruelty. III
husband complained that tho roast
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