The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-04-20

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creature. did not hesitate, accordingly,
to render the poor lady q full measure OF
my better feeling in return for her sorrow;
Poor Henry" she would say. II loved
him so much! l can't but love him yet!
How can forget those early days!"
The safest way for me was, while che talk
ed thus, to hold my head down as closely
as possible to my paper.-At some points OF
her story, do not believe could have look
Ell her in the face without helping the IN
happy creature along with tears Of my own
.When we were married, said she again,
81 didt think of days like these would't
have if my friends had told methey were
to come. loved Henry, and know how
truly then he loved me.-But he has been
led astry. He never would do this of him
self; some one else must have led him into
it.''
After time succeeded in collecting all
the facts from her that were necessary to
the business, and pushed back from the ia
BILE She once more inquired
81 cannot prevent him from taking all
except by bringing the action for divorce?''
81 see no other way" told her.
"Then,' said she, with . heavy counter
anoe, 1.-THE matter is settled forever. am
to live and die alone. Coed day. sir:
loved Henry before he took to these courses.
All, sir,I love him now. | would make any
sacrifice, if could thus avert this dreadful
! STEP"
| She took her leave CT ME sadly, as if she
were passing out into the dark shadow OF
cloud.
sat undisturbed in my office far sew eral
hours Illuminating on the hard case that had
just been presented. l thought within my
| self it was fearful matter thus to divorce
husband and wife forever, when, prehsps,
happy circumstances might ye: intervene to
reconcile their difference; aud felt it worse
than ali that law should be allowed TO
stand on the pages ofthe statue book, which
I drove an unprotected woman TO petition
for divorce in order to save her property.
The more l thought about it, the harder
it seemed to me to be. Yet knew there
was no present remedy for a case like this,
but the one she felt forced to choose. Her
husband had been away from her-had vol
UNFAIRLY deserted her for number of years
long enough to warrant the granting Of
her petition. He deserved to be cut off from
. true and loving woman whom he had 50
basely betrayed, and hoped to be an in
s,rument in bringing about such = result.
Even while sat thus occupied, the door
opened, and there walked in man prehaps
thirty five years, who sat down in the chair
which my unhappy client HAD vacated. He
stated that he was . person long absent
from the city, and therefore wanted legal
advice. depressed myself ready to deal it
out to him, OF course.
Il expec. my wife is somewhere in the
city, he said, and am ANXIOUS to fnd
lher Can you help mel And after that
want more help
| what is your name?' asked
Henry Mallows'
Twas thunderstruck. Taking q careful
, look At him, discovered marks Of dissipa-
tion. could see plainly enough that he
had just returned from = long absence Of
that character, having abandoned his course
only ill he coal in some way recruit hil
pockets, and come back determined to strip
his poor wife Of eli she had To see the
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