The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-12

shelter In the VIDE WOrlu. Sne dlun'G
say where she was going. 1 presume
she did not know"
"Did anybody come to see her while
she was here ?''
ga man, do you mean, or woman ?"
IA man."
"What sort of looking man is he,
sir ?"
"Tall, dark-haired, dark-eyed, and
square-chested."
"I haven't seen him."
"Did you hear her speak of him ?"
81 did not. But, sir, allow me to ask
you one question, as you have piled me
with many. How came genteel-look-
ing, Iily-handed, cultivated young man
like yourself to be married to an un-
gainly girl like Madge? That was the
name she gave us. She's homely and
self-opinionated and uncouth-the very
opposite of you, sir. If were you, and
she wanted to be rid of me, 1 would
consider it good riddance, assure you"
"But she's my wife, and Pll allow no
other man to claim her,"
'Does any other man want her ?"
at looks very suspicious"
"Well, sir, it's useless to talk. I can't
tell you where she is. My husband
gave her to understand very clearly that
he didn't harbor anybody's runaway
wife"
Il ~ rriv Y,Hy in form
tion about her? ?r
"None whatever"
"Good-day, ma'am."
"Good-day, sir" closing the door and
peeping after him through the window,
as he hurried down the street.
'The coast is clear, Madge You can
come down now"
Madge entered the room weeping bit
terly.
Long and earnestly the two women
counseled together.
"Did you ever give your husband any
cause to be jealous of you ?" asked
Madge's friend.
"JealOuS! what a question ~ cried
Madge, angrily. ~ should like to know
what you mean"
"I beg pardon, Madge. I believe in
my own soul you are chaste as ice and
pure as gold. But men have a way,
whenever their wives fail to do their
bidding, of casting suspicious upon
them, which all men and most women
take for granted. Especially is this the
case whenever a wife, situated as you
are, is possessed of a gentleman friend
who dares to aid her."
al counseled with my mothers hired
man, a distant relative of my father
and a perfect gentleman, to whom ]
agreed to direct my letters, intended fol
my mother, that she might know my
whereabouts"
Then, starting suddenly, she threw uE
her hands with an ejaculation of pain
81 see it all now!" she cried. "Georgt
has got the letter from the post Office
that 1 intended for my poor mother
And he will try to use the fact that
directed the letter to Mr.. Morrison tt
prove me guilty of wicked thoughts anC
deeds. 1 feel it in my bones Oh, fo
an underground railroad and an ap
proachable Canada for fugitive wives t.
flee to ~
"Would it not be better for you to g,
back to your husband ?"
"Can the legal husband of Madg
Morrison be a man who has stultifiet
his highest and holiest obligations t,
another? Can he be a man-whom j
were flattery to call brute-who OBJ
tanned her by deception, and would nov
retain her, against her own conscience
by violence?"
"You carry me beyond my depth
my friend"
l 81 can't help it. Human laws are be
yond the depth of everybody who i
not blockhead."
? "Have you decided what to do? Yo
+ know my husband will be displeased
: he comes home and sees you here"
: 'If you would only hide me till Georg
Hanson leaves townW cried Madge, des
r perately. "He won't remain man
days, and, after he is gone, can go ou
: and hunt place."
"Pd gladly shelter you, my poo
darling, but it will not do"
t "Are you afraid to do right?"
"Some things are right which are nc
e expedient."
''Then they ought speedily to be mad
S expedient."
't "Well, confess that haven't you
l. courage. / wish 1 had. You'd bette
go now. After you've found place,
o want you to come back and report. J.
: gladly shelter you if dared"
II mo wonder women don't stand b
# each other. They're afraid to, ,"thougt
II Madge, as she looked into the miro
and was startled by her own ghastly az
b pearance.
II "Can't you swap me one of your ol
dresses for my old one ?" she asked, he's
itatingly.
l. Certainly"
= "And will you cut off my hair ?r'
"What an idea Your beautiful hal
y is your chief glory"
"What's glory to me? All desir