The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-19

Antony was very graVeiul' AoSo ="
always hopeful, and he went to see Mary
that night, quite confident in MS
mothers final success. A few days after
wards Ada was married Ito the richest
commoner in Airedale, and the presump"
tive heir of Towton baronetcy. Aske
was deeply enamored Of her beauty, but
bv no the man to be its slave
MANY things rivaled Ada in his heart,
AVG in the earliest days Of her married
life; his estate, his hunters, county mat
tiers, and politics. -.
He was an Englishman Of the old
order, and had no very exalted ideas of
women, except rs the ppRS tress Of house
holds, and the mothers OF children.
Ada's Efforts to establish q female auto
cracyin Aske hall soon cameto disastrous
failure. Atfrst George "Pooh! poohed!"
her orders and tried to laugh away her
netting and tears. But he was not the
man to put himself out of the way tor
an unreaSODaDlo WOu1nn1 oAN OWN AA0
concession was soon given up.
In three months it had come to a sim
pie announcement Of his Intentions, and
a perfect indifference as to how she &C
oepted them. Thus he would say:
"Ada, l am going to meet the Towton
hounds in the morning; you had better
90 with me-ag allop will do you good"
But if Ada met the request with a
negative of any kind, he accepted it
without demur; and if this produced
tears or complaints, he generally began
10 whistle and left the room. This
"rudeness" brought on passionate at
tacks of hysteria, and George went to
the hunt and sent the family physician
to watch her through them.
Very soon poor Stephen had a double
burden of household trouble to bear.
Ada began to bring her wrongs and hui
Mutations line, and Mrs. Thirske
warmly espoused her cause. A com
planning daughter and a weeping wife
were enough to make the most splendid
house miserable, and they were but the
. elements out of which far greater troubles
were to come.
In the meantime Antony's affairs were
equally unsatisfactory. Mrs. Thirskt
bad spoken to Stephen about Mary Hut
ton, and for the first time in her mar
7 ried life admitted a failure. Antony
! would not believe that she had done he
best, and he forgot in this n denial tn
] ninety and nine unreasonable favors "a
D had before procured him.
Stephens opposition to Miss Hutton
was sulky and positive. He dare not
in the first place, disebey his wife's Oh
ders to forbid the match. In the second
he was angry at the authors of this neN
J element of discomfort in his home. L
I the third, he was not prepared financial
d to support another household. Ada
settlement had been a drain on his bus
1.nfddess; he had other losses, and anothe
. wedding and house-furnishing, with th
= increased allowance necessary to mali
= tain it, was really beyond his presen
means.
: He was quite sensible of this last res
son, but he did not want to admit
even to his wife and son, so he sullenl
and authoritatively forbid Antony
marry any one at present and for SON
months there was q growing feeling
anger between father and son.. Thenor
day, after a stormy interview, Anton
left his home without q word of farewell
= and Stephen, too proud and angry
seekafter him, had to bear, in addition
his own sorrow and disappointment, Il
D mothers fretful ~reproaches and anxiet
The very day 0 N which Antony lie
his home Ada returned to it. There hi
! been between her and George Aske
~ wearisome succession of fierce dispute
= and at length, in q moment of inten
passion, George had struck his vii
Mrs. Thirske was dumbo before two Eu'
sorrows, and was really i'll, and Steph'
was dangerously angry.
Aske suffered three days to pass al
then sent for Ada. Ada refused to
= turn, and Mrs. Thirske supported her
!, the refusal. In a week Aske's messae
became SO insolent that Stephen W
!, compelled to reply to them, and the pc
= father, against his sense of what was b
for his child and himself, wa forced In
= supporting the refractory wife. Intol
!, able words passed between the husba
and father, and when they next met th
instantly gave each other the Yorkahi.
mans warning-a word and a blow, a
the blow first.
,ks After that it was open enmity, a
Stephen was well aware that he was
Mt armed to fight SC rich and 80 bitter
ON enemy. Aske'srevenge was asubtle o.
Ter He began within a week to build on /
same stream as Stephens a much lar!
;f mill. Stephen WINGED at the conf
al competition, but had not at first a
idea Of Aske's real motive. When
nd mill was finished he "loched" the sire
and thus as his mill stood higher
than Stephens, deprived him Of
water whenever be felt disposed to 10
He had no right to do this"
course he had not. He knew that ',