, 1878-04-06
HOW A WOMAN MANAGED IT.

10g6 on Iont0 street, near seventh ave-
nue.. He does not live there now. Tn,
place that knew him once will neve
know him forever, if tho late Mrs. P
can prevent it, and she thinks she can
It came about in this wise:
James Pelger is man who is AYERS.
to labor. He is q reformer who ha.
passed 40 years of an extremely useles!
life in bewailing the condition of hi.
fellows and devising ways aud mean.
for bettering their condition. He has
devised schemes for the amelioration oi
the condition of the Irish. who are pop.
ularly supposed to be groaning under
the horrors of English rule. and he has
probably raised as much money to set
revolutions on foot as any man in New
York. excepting. always, the enterpris>
ing and industrious Fenian Head Cen-
ters. He is Communist, has been ac-
tive in several temperance movements,
has organized q score of charities, and
many other schemes looking to the pro-
gress of the human ace. Latterly his
soul has been moved toward the noble
red men of the forest, and lie has sub
mitted great many plans to the de-
partment of the interior for civilizing
them and rescuing them from the doom
that seems to perpetually hover over
them Indeed. his zeal for the poo-
Indian went so far, once. that he pro-
posed to act as commissioner and take
the entire management of the Indians
off the department and run it all him>
self.
But Mr.. Pelger's love for the human
race was too broad, too diffuslve. to
take in those SO near at home as his
own family. He had magnificent ap>
petite. bat was SO engrossed in the af'
fairs of the world at large that he per-
mitted Mrs. Pelger to supply his living
as we'll as her own, which she did by
taking in odd jobs Of sewing. doing a
little amateur millinery. and when the
wolf was very close to the door. de-
scending to the Laundry. Fortunately.
they had no children. Heaven sent
them one, but reclaimed it. The weep
ing mother was consoled at its death
somewhat, and bore the loss with COM
posure. HE might have grown up
and been like his father" was her re>
mark, aud she wiped her tears and
smiled again. How fortunate it is that
there il no sorrow without some ale
Walton.
Every morning Mr.. Pelger was in the
habit of saying:
..Give me half dollar. Mariar-I
have got to attend meeting to send
provisions to tho sufferin' East In
dams T. And Mrs. Pelger would pain>
fully extract that coin fiom her pocket.
and sit her down at her work.
III SepIemher-it was the 1S-st o
acting of ibe Friends of Humanity.
SsTh MIR, T ger was President and
ecvessrv- be wa intro
na s4urdock o. la
oAs. and 1counbed at once.
iss Lavina was short haired and he
as loag-haired. Miss Lavins was
sthetc in her tastes and progressive
her ideas. and 80 was Air. Pelge1.
Miss Lsvina was an impassioned speaks
YER. and if there was any thing in the
world that MIR. Pelger dotted on it was
impassioned oratory. He did some.
thing in that way himself. And then
he ascertained that Miss Lavina had an
exceedingly prosperous millinery es-
tablishment at Indianapolis, which she
attended to with the help of a maiden
sister, when not away on her mission of
mercy, as she happened to be ut this
time. BY the way. she combired busi>
ness with reform, for she always bought
her goods in the daytime in New York,
while she attended meetings for the
amelioration of the condition Of the hu-
man race evenings.
Miss Lavina fell desperately in love
with Mr.. Pelger as Mr., Pelger did with
her. 1t was case of attraction on both
sides, and the second evening Mr.. Pelo
ger, as he was escorting her to her
lodgings, murmured at the cruel fate
that did not bring theA together before
he was bound in the iron chain which
could not be unloosened, meaning the
lawful Mrs. p, who was at that mo-
ment darning his other pair of socks IN
the humble lodgings, the rent of which
she paid.
Miss Lavina sighed and wondered
why it was that souls were made for
each other-organisms that were hsr-
monious, and natures that were sympa-
thetic, were not brought together. and
propounded the startling conundrum:
'.When humanity had reached its ut
most development, and man to man is
what man should be, would it be thus ?"
She thought not. And she mildly sug
gested that there were such things as
divorces in this cold world which could
be utilized toward righting the wrongs
that had grown out of an utterly abnor-
NAL condition of things.
Mr.. Pelger pondere1. Why should
he not be divorced and marry the Muir
dock, and on the proceeds of her mil
linery establishment live snmptuously
every day. clothed in purple and fine
linen, and have more means to devote
to his projects for the advancement Of
humanity +? Why should he always be
tied to q mere clod who went to sleep
when he read his essays to her 1t was
not to be thought of.
And 80 he suggested to Mrs. P. the
advisabiiity of divorce. Mrs. Pelger
at first demurred. just enough to gel
him to argue the point, and giving rea-
sons for it, which he could not go back
of in the future. Then she demanded
to see the affinity which be had select
ed, which was matter easy of accom-
plishment. Miss Lavina and Mr.. Pei
ger came together next morning. anG
they iabored with Mrs. Pelger to con.
vince her that it was the proper thing