The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-28

eagerly upon her unfortunate friend,
and blushed deeply.
"Every heart knows its own bitter
ness, you coniding goose" she said,
with bitter smile.
cam I mistaken, Madge? Do you
love somebody ?"
"Don't ask me ~ answered the hunted
wife, in agony. "My secrets are my
own"
"What will become of you if 1 don't
go to court to give my testimony ?"
asked her friend, anxiously.
"You couldn't do me any good by 60
ing, you simpleton. Your illegal rela-
tions with my-beg pardon-your ador-
able scamp were finished before he ever
saw me, and the Court will look upon
them as boyish follies that have no
bearing whatever upon the present
case. know how the whole affair will
terminate. 1 am already proven an
adulterer-think of the outrage, Sara
and, consequently, my entire pos
sessions, except the right of dover in
some real estate-should any such right
be left after the present suits are finally
disposed of at my expense-will revert
to my legal master. 1 shall be di-
vorced, or, rather, he will be, for every
thing is going in his favor. 1 shall get
my maiden name, and a smirched and
ruined reputation. 1 give you carte
blanche to win your mate if you can. l
have no use for him. 1 know he loves
you with ali the depth of affection he
possesses, which isn't much at the
best"
80, Madge ~ cried the poor girl, fall
ing upon her knees at her feet, "do you
really think he IoUeS me ?'
"Why, you simpleton of course he
does ! And he can't be happy without
you. His education has been such that
he thought it derogatory to his manhood
to marry you after what happened, you
know, and he's so utterly destitute of
principle that he will always like him
self better than you; but, if you want
him, why, catch him."
The Court resumed its sitting, and
the suit ior divorce went on to its cul-
mination in accordance with Madge's
prophecy.
"Another evidence that women are
supported and protected by men," was
the defrauded child-woman's only COM
ment, as she returned to her mothers
home, disgraced and a beggar. Yet she
was not utterly cast down. The bread
she had cast upon the waters in her
effort to exercise the demon of intem-
perance which had so long held sway
over Jason Andrews, was now to return
to her, after many days. Her step
father was her unf1inching friend. He
would not suffer the least change in her
mode of living, but, with her mothers
consent, allowed her the free use of her
suite of rooms, and her old authority in
business affairs so far as he or his wife
were concerned.
Didn't L make a great deal better
use of your husbands natural gifts,
such as they were, by curing him of
drunkenness, than you would if 1 had
let you patch him up with that brandy
you begged for, that would have sent
him forth again upon the world, a
drunkard, whose last state would have
been worse than his first ?'' asked
Madge, earnestly.
"Yes, child. think 1 can safely say
that Jason owes you a far greater debt
than he can ever repay"
mo, he DOESN'T" said Madge. "He
is able to pay all he owes. Do you
know what want him to do for me ?'i
| al don't know that do"
"Well, I'll tell you. / want him tc
lend me the money to take me through
a medical college. My old desire for q
useful life has come back. My ex.
master having become possessed of my
f entire patrimony, must now look Out
f for myself, in spite of the laws which
protect women"
"But Jason don't want you to study
medicine, daughter. He's amply able
to support you"
Support me, mother! Nonsense
Why did God endow me with a brair
and tongue? why with muscles an,
| ingenuity and will? why with rest
t lessness, and feverish desire to dC
E good? why with the power tha
= sometimes comes upon me to save life
if am not to use these gifts ?"
l As usual, Madge carried her poin
D with her mother. The needed pecun
iary assistance was rendered, and al
! outgoing steamer conveyed the would
, be medical student to an Eastern city
e Through the many intricate investi
cations in the great science of physiol
ogy, wherein our heroine becam,
r wholly absorbed in the wonders of ,
new world, good reader, we may no
e follow.
!. The quackeries of physic, like tn,
q quackeries of law, despite the eruditioI
of its devotees, contain so many ab
surdities, that Madge, who was ever OIL
n the alert TO discover them, interrupted
y the regular routine with TROUBLESOME
b questions. So she became excessively
unpopular, just as she would have beef
e in law school.
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