The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-03

an, the pain Is deeper anu 1t Is sna"in
me-"
looked so wilted and uncomfortable
fiat saws to him in still more pityin'
accents:
"Hain't you got wind on your STUN
muck? for if you have, peppermint es-
sence is the best stuff you can take, and
l will get you some."
"Windri he almost shouted. "wind,
no, it is not wind.n He spoke so deler-
iously that he almost skairt me, but I
KEEP up my placid demeanor and KEEP on
knittin'.
"Woman," sez he, ''I would right the
wrongs of your sect If / could. l bear
in my heart the woes and pains of all
the aching female hearts of the 10 CEN
turys."
My knittin' dropped into my lap and
1 looked upat him in surprise and ! says
to him respectfully:
mo wonder you groan and rithe; it
must hurt awfully."
at does hurtw sez he; "hurts n SEN
sitive spirit worse, TO have it mistook
for wind"
He see my softened face, and he took
advantage of il and went on:
"Woman, you have been married, you
y
felt slavish in that time and felt that
you would gladly unbind yourself?"
"Neverln seZ firmly. 81 don't want
to be unbound"
"Hain't you never had yearnings and
longings to be free? ,"
nNot a yearu," sez l kamly. 'If /
had wanted to remain free, / shouldn't
have given my heart and hand TO Josiah
Allen. / didn't do it deleteriously; |
had my senses" Says /, 'you can't
stand up and sit down at the same
time; each situation has its advantages,
but you can't be in both places at once,
and this tryin' to is what makes so
much trouble amongst men and wom-
en-. They want the rights and the ad-
vantages of both stations at Once-they
want TO sit down and stand up at the
same time, and it can't be did. Men
and wimmen hain't married at the pint
of the bayOnet, they go into it with their
eyes open. If anybody thinks they are
happier and freer from care without
bein' married, nobody kOmpels 'em to
be married, but if they are, they hadn't
ought to be married and single at the
same time; it is onreasonable.n
He looked some convinced, and l went
on in a softer tone:
81 hain't goin' to say that Josiah
hain't been tryin' a good many times.
He has raved round some when dinner
wasn't ready, and gone in his stockin'
feet considerable, and been slack about
kindlin' wood. / hain't done always
exactly as l should about shirt buttons.
Mebby l have scOlded mOre'n / Ort to
about his not keepin' geese. But if men
and wimmen think they are marrying
angels, they'll find they'll have to set
tie down and keep house with human
critters. never see year that didn't
have more or less winter in it. But
what does it say-for better, for worse,
and if il turns out more worse than bet
| ter, why that don't part US, for what
else does it say-'Till death does us
part and what is your little slip OF
paper that you call a bill to that? j.
that death ?'' sez l.
He sot quailin' silently, and 1 pro-
ceeded on.
al wouldn't give a cent for your bills
had Jest as leves walk up and marry
any married man as marry man witt
bill. l had Jest as leves,n sez /, warm
in with my subject, 81 had jest as leve'
: join q Mormon at once. How should
feel to know there was another woman
, in the world liable to walk in here any
. minute and look at Josiah, and to know
} that all that separated 'em was littl,
slip of paper about an inch wide ?'
My voice was loud and excited, for
felt deeply what l said, and says he il
soothing tones:
81 presume that you and your husband
are cOngenial spirits, but what do yoI
think of soarin' sOles that find out wher
it is too late that they are welded t
mere Jumps of clay?"
i hadn't recovered yet from my eX
} cited state of mind, and l replied
warmly:
'I never see a man yet that wasn't
more or less clay, and TO tell the truth, ]
think just as much Of these clay men aS
/ do of these sOarers. / never had any
opinion of soarers at alln'
He sunk back in his chair and rithed
for had touched him in a tender place
and still clingin' to his free love doc.
trine, he murmured family:
"SOme women are knocked down by
some men, and dragged out"
His meek tones touched my feelin's
and | continued in more reasonable ac-
cents:
'Mebbe if / was married to a man
that knocked me down and dragged me
out frequently, l would have him &
spell, but not one cent would / invest in
another man, not a cent. l would live
: alone till he came to his senses, if ht
) ever did, and if he didn't, why wher
, the great roll is called over above,
would answer to his name / took wheT
, / loved him and married him, hopin
) his old love would come back agaiI
r then, and we should have all eternity tC
D keep house inn
He looked so depressed as he sat lean
4 inc hnalr in hfs laaf L
: like as not had convinced him, and III
. was sick of his business, and 1 aske,
4 him in a helpful way, "Hain't Their
S no other business you can get into be
r sides preaching free love? Hain't Their
no better business? ? Hain't there n,
cornfields where you could hire out for
\ scarecrow? Can't you get to be Unitel
L States Senator? Hain't there no Othe
II mean job, not quite so mean as this, yo
II could get into ?n
a He didn't seem to take it friendly i
me. You know friendly advice make
+ some folks mad. He spoke out kind {
e, surly, and sez he:
y 81 hain't done no hurt; only wan
everybody to find their affinity"
sr That riled up the old Smith blood i
l. me, and says 1 with spirit:
a ''Say that word to me again, if vo
4 darew Says l, ''of all the mean word
1t a married woman ever listened to, tha
le is the meanest." Sell, ''if you 'afiir
ity' here in my house again, youn
a man, l will holler to Josiah"
He see l was in earnest and deepl
Ip indignant, and he ketched up his Il:
IS and cane and started of, and gla
rt enough was to see him 60.
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