The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-06-28

away the ntLteI 10 rcleeu the Olu repro
bate, the unlawful custodian Of you
quiutuple eagles, from public suspicion
"And how was it all discovered o.
partly, as I said, through you
dreams aud rawlings, and partly through
testimony wrung from the cauting Old
hypocrite himself, whom you will bo
glad 10 know is now at san Quentin
serving out three years sentence for
obtaining money under false pretenses. "
E Thank God!' 7 calculated, fervently.
'Gcu will pardon me, Ethel dear, but
it seems to me quite inconsistent in you
to praise the Lord for the incarceration
Of Elder Chalmers, when you were
/ ready 10 screen your husband. whether
innocent or guilty"
And Mrs. Motley looked at me re-
proachfully, and with pity.
'Nou mistake my motives, my pre-
cious friend" answered, earnestly.
MY husband was on trial for murder,
Of which knew he was not guilty, and
] was determined 20 see him viudicated.
Besides, he is, or was, a slave 10 "A dis
eased appetite, and was not responsible
for what he did while under the iufu-
ence Of rum. He is now truly peniteut,
and have a wife's abiding faith ia his
complete reformation. We shall be
happy yet"
"You precious, hopeful, and deluded
simpleton," said Mrs. Motley. trying 10
speak playfully. "Don't you know
that there is about as much chance to
cure a drunken man Of his coustitu-
tiouai indrmity as there is TO cure a case
Of hydrophobia ~
"The Lord God omuipoteut reigneth."
I answered, with devout emphasis
that made my friend smile sadly.
"If the Lord can cure evils so effectu-
ally when his attention is called TO
them, or he is eoaxed TO DO il, cannot
see why he doesn't prevent them alto
gether," she exclaimed, in reply. "Pre-
vention is certainly better than cure"
Mrs. Motley, believe you are grow
ing skeptical 90 ! exclaimed, in aston
ishmeut
"No, dear" was the quiet answer.
81 90 not doubt the wisdom and mercy
OF our Heavenly Father, but I clearly
see that We do not always comprehend
his laws. am provoked with you be-
cause you do not protect yourself from
Gerald, rather than To depend on God
TO do 10 for you. II thrust my hand .
into the fire aud keep it there, I do but
mock NY Creator when I ask him 10
protect me from the pain tnat naturally
follows"
Il don't understand you, Mrs. Not
"Well, my dear, I mean just this.
You know your husband is a confirmed
inebriate You know he is liable at any
time to be attacked by sprees, and when
he is in his cups your life, your chill
dren, aud your property are in constant
''Then what would you have me to
do"
"Protect yourself
"IIow >"
"Under the law"
"Aias, dear friend, there is no pr3tec-
tiou for women under the law except
through the divorce courts, and YOU
know an Englishwoman prefers death
to divorce"
owe are all governed d great deal
more by prejudice than common sense,n
said my friend, refleciively.
"frs. Motley, vould you odU;se me to
ioarc D,y husbandg"
The supreme loftinsss with which .
asked the question provoked a laugh in
"Of course not" she said, earnestly.
'Women are made to be beaten and
robbed and trampied under foot by
Why should they COM
piain?"
This sarcasm was a revelation more
potent 20 me than any other method Of
reasoning could have been. And yet
was determined 20 cleave to Gerald, aud +,
had faith 10 him.
'rell me more about the trial, Mrs.
Motley. What did my dream have to
10 with acquitiing my husband ,"
"In your deiirium you seemed to be
always talking with the woman Of
whose murder be was accused, and you
were so positive that she was not dead,
but a living accomplice and companion
Of the hypocritical ex-Elder, that my
husband was constrained TO thoroughly
investigate the matter, and he proved
that you were right"
"But l have been certain all along
that the creature was dead"
"Yes, you have thought so in your
normal senses, but in your delirium you
nave seen differently"
"Absurdr
81 know is seems absurd, but The fact
'emaius, nevertheless, that you so
plainly explained all the minutise Of
he plot laid 70 entrap your husband and !
screen the guiltier parties, that Judge
Do"ny was constrained to give heed to
your ravings, and the result was that he
lneafihed the whole scheme. Elder
OAiimers' who for pretense makes lopg
prayers aud disdgures his face that he .
may appear under men 10 fast had
raised stop thief cry through the no
lice TO divert public attention from hi,,-
self" 'li-
"But you don't mean to say that Isa- [
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