The Red Cloud chief., 1874-09-26

F@f6ea have I ever, till forced by ne
sapsity, which should be as eviden. 4
fyeuSself as to me, asked your conpli
aDee to ary wish 10 opposisiou to yoal
oWn?"
.sOh. Of course it is always you Wis
ere right. | viii say no more Pur.
sue whatever course you see proper.
Ny happiness is Of no consequence no1
Il was diFeren: once. You would
not, a few years since, have been &C
regardless Of my comfort. But it il
always 80. When men have beer
married . few years. they grow tired
| of their wives, and unkind. l little
thought, when I left my fathers house
su6 became your wife, that l should
liss 10 repent the choice l had made"
The injured lady, now completely
overcome by . sense Of her wrongs.
hid her face in the cushions Of the so
"a and sobbed like a child. The poor
husband, meantime, walked the room,
sgitated, and waveriDg between his
sense of right and his desire to yield,
a. usual, TO the beautiful xife's uu-
reasonable wishes. On the one hand
urged by the fear Of Bankruptcy, from
which every honorable man shrinks.
and the dif6culhes which were daily
increasing upon him, to the strictest
economy: on the other hand, the tears
and reproaches ofhis wife, Of which
he entertained an unqualified dread.
urged him to an acquiescence in her
requests, come of it what might. The
conflict In his mind was every moment
becoming more unequal; his wife was
before him, the other evils at a dis
lance. Men are weak, sometimes. es-
pecially If so unfortunate as to have
yirapos for wives. They dread a storm,
ami agree to almost anything to avoid
it. Then. to, q man dislikes 10 see a
woman's tears. certainly ifhe be in any
way concerned in calling them forth.
They appeal most certainly to the
soEOr faalines of his nature, are in fact
a tacit acknowledgment Of his power,
by which he is both fattered and
erieved; and, unless bis heart be nat
urally harder than adamant, or he has
become Indifferent to such scenes from
their frequency. he will make any sac
ri6ce, Weld any point, though his con-
science whisperthat he is doing wrong.
Having entered upon this subject. let
NE breathe a few words into the ears
Of those ladies' who are in the habit Of
a constant resort to this timely femi-
nine weapon of ofense and defense. /
would warn them, that too frequent
use will blunt its edge. Men grow
wear of sameness, and even beauty in
tears will. after q time, cease to be in
.teresting. Laura, becoming tired OF
the position in which she had ihr"r
hersa. falsed her head languidly but
stu reclined upon the sofa. her hands
elapsed, her eyes in fearful resignation
raised to heaven, as if all thought OF
worldly happiness had faded from her
mind. The husband was subdued.
He approashed her, and took o oil
her fair hands, and promised every
thing that she required. It was some
time, however. before the lady conde-
seconded TO be psci6ed. But turn We
fam : soeue Of cold sel6shuess and
we'd p~ajustice to one more calculated
10 swaken pleasat emotions.
One evening Henry Pond returned
rstuInedlfion his business wearied and
harrassed IN mind and body by the
daily increasing difficulties that hung
like q storm-cloud over all engaged in
trade. stoppages had occurred, aud
we're stf, occurring, in houses hitherto
suvpossd 10 stand so ffm As to defy
|nR fines, however unfavorable. Mer-
chsnts met as usual, it is true, ION
Change" but the busting activity that
formerly characterized such meetings
was changed for suspicious whisper
ings and anxious looks. Confidence
between man andmsn was shaken, and
nothing Was heard but the cry Of
hard times" Henry retasned home
upon the. evening alluded 70, his spft.
its more than usually depressed. which
not even rhe happy home that wei
coined him, the affetionate smi'es Of
his wife, or the jovial voices OF hi;
children, could raise.
Concluded ncrt meek.
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As to that paragraph about Ksshe'