The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17
VOLUME VII.

upon by herself and others as reproach,
for which she must suffer untold hu-
initiation through dread Of its discovery,
as well as the agony unspeakable which
civilization, so called, has rendered an
unavoidable accompaniment Of the ma
ternal relation?
"The quicker get about my work the
better, Mr.. Lillieuthal," I said, chang
ing the conversation as abruptly as 1
bad begun IT,
every well, since you will have il so.
Would you like hotel on the plan Of
the Azara House %
! reflected a season before answering.
The dread of my husbands interference
in my plans rose up before me, and
weighed upon my spirits like a night
mare.
81 cannot risk so much Indebtedness,
Mr.. Lillienthal," said. "You are very
kind, and if l were my own master, as
every human being ought to be, es-
pecially when struggling for their own
maintenance, ] should not hesitate to
so far presume upon your confidence in
my ability and integrity as to accept
the full limit Of the assistance you
proffer. But, under the circumstances,
cannot do So"
Then, il you will not let me help
you, what next do you propose ?n he
asked; and l could see that his pride was
wounded
Above all things men most delight i'm
/ befriendiug women in patronizing
way. And this is not always because of
their selfshness, either. believe that
unperveried manhood delights in pro-
tecting dependent womanhood; aud l
thoroughly honor such men as Colonel
Ingersoll, who assert that women should
have all the rights and immuuities of
men, with the additional right Of pro-
lection, a right which men do not need
after their minority is past and woman
has protected them till she has brought
them up to maturity.
Il have "A great favor TO ask, Mr..
/ Lillienthal," I said, hesitatingly, "but
. it can only come through you with Ger
tain restrictions, as wish TO shield you,
or, rather, see you shield yourself from
the legal power that Captain Grey is
liable to enforce upon me at any time.
/ You must remember that 1 am bond
woman"
''You ought not to be, was the i'm
pul-Tve answer.
"a great many things exist that
ought not, Mr.. Lillieuthal, but we are
compelled to deal with what Is, rather
than what ovgtt to BE-"
"Wem?"
/ He looked at me with the usual puz-
zled air, and waited for me to proceed.
''I should like you 10 erect a rude hab-
itation for me, that can use partly as
a shelter for my children, and partly as
a kitchen and dining-room. Then ]
must have a range built, and some
tables aud dishes, aud I will keep a res
tauraut. You must not sell me the
house and fixtures, for then they would
be my husbands, and he could deprive
me of the power TO repay you. But you
may lease them to me at such price "a:
disinterested parties may deem just anc
proper, and will pay you at the end o
every month the rental price Of your in
vestment."
81 must say you are becoming Z
shrewd business woman" was the mat
ter-of-fact response.
"And yet hate business womenr'
answered, impulsively.
"Why >" be asked, in surprise.
Because my education and conse
quent instincts are against them. /
always seemed 20 me unwomauly 70
women to engage in business"
"Then why do you do it?'
"Because necessity knows no law.n
"Every woman should be supported
10y her husband, - said my friend.
"But every woman isn't so supported
and hence We have the anomalies de
test, aud of which 1 am one" 1 an
swered, bitterly.
"Why don't you get a divorce, Mrs
Grey ?"
The question was so abrupt and, {
my mind, impudent, that / could oul
j. stare at him.
"Nou forget that you are addressin
J an English woman" / answered, risin
Il with offended dignity from my seat o
d a packsaddie, aud busyiug myse
y nervously with waiting upon my chi
90 dren.
e 81 beg pardon, Mrs. Grey. NEAR
no ofIense, but, seeing you are angry,
a may as well tell you that in my opiI
ion, English or no English, a woma
e who will abide by a fraudulent marriag
j. contract till it crushes and destroys be
y is only a few degrees removed from
fool"
l. Mr.. Lillienthars thickly articulatC
a English was even more cuttir
ie than though he had not been laborir
IN TO express his meaning through a 70
eign tongue.
3" "What do you take me for, sir?'
answered, with spirit.
re "a lady, madam, but a fool, neve
be theless," was his very honest reioinde
My cheeks were afiame with ange
r and 1 could feel my eyes flashing.
be should not have been so angry If I hi
Ne not felt that the honest words be had
OF bluntly uttered were so provoking
e. true. But there is nothing else Ia
ed dies so hard as human prejudice.