Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-02-20

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hard !; but | don't wish to find no tau
with Mari
/ You're too good to her. I sal
holly.
| Caligula lifted his head. She is m
wife, sar,' he answered, simply.
You're too good 70 her, all th
same. Caligula.'
SO she says, Mist Hub. tie tha
she's most high sperited about. Sh
says It makes her heaps OBJ trnbble i
the way Of gitten' the divose.'
divorce Does she want divorced
Yes, Mist Hub, sar. She's bee
tryin' for de divose dis year Will
past. Mebbe she'll git it, sar, de Law
yer done says. I'd be sorry said Ca
ligula, sighing. But de Lord under
stan's de matter. He's de best Ia u
yer know, sar. You see, Mist Huh
sar, I've sorter put the case in hi
hams. He knows Mari. He mus
kinder see what powerful fine won
an she is, settin' 'Postolical Success
sion out the account, and them higl
sperits he Civ her. A handsom
woman, too, pursued the sweep
Strengthening. His eyes flashed will
marital pride; but across his darl
and heavy jaw there passed th,
punched look peculiar TO those specie
Of animals who suffer without outcry
| did not understand the expression
being, as say, but twenty-slx But
understood that / did not understand
it, and sat before Caliguis awed ant
silent. Who was /, that ! should com
fort, instruct, or edity nv Negro
sweep9 Lovep I had thought my
self in love once or twice, in summer
vacations when the moon was or
the river; when the twilight touched
the sea !; when the wind blew soft hail
against my face; when the scent o
flowers was strong; when people il
parlors sang love songs without thu
lamps; when it was not incumbent t.
reduce ones visions of domestic lift
upon rural clerical income to thu
Conference OF an immediate engage
ment.
This black brute, it seemed, could
love woman, in his own way. Well
what way it was.
Christianity ? had chosen the ga.
cred profession, whose peculiar pre-.
cinct it is to define for other men
their duty to God and man; to in.
spect their. motives to judge their
conduct to prescribe their principles;
to be their leader through the subtle
perils and delicate intoxications of a
spiritual consecration.
Suppose ] prated of resignation, Of
self.denial, of purity, of integrity to
this Negro Baptist, building my fire
there, crouched, patient, kneeling on
the seminary floor! IL
looked at the man with . peculiar
interest, remember, as if ]. had new
or seen Christian before; as if 1 had
discovered the type Of character. My
heart said Caligula, teach me-
was still young enough not to ask
for the other side Of story that ap
pealed to my sympathies and it was
not until l happened to lunch one day
with Mari's lawyer-a professor 10
the Yarmouth Law School, regret
to be obliged to say-that it occurred
to me what shock it would be to
discover in my st. Calignla some or.
binary domestic tyrant, Of uncertain
habits, temper, or purse strings, from
whom the protective marriage laws
of the parental state would be richly
justified in freeing that handsome,
high.splrited, but long-suffering fe.
male, Mari. ''
| measured my escape by nv sea-
saiions when Burrage said, care
lessly:
You have a phenomenon up at
Depravlty Hall. in the shape of your
sweep; one Of the best husbands l
ever knew in my life. En-? Oh! yes,
the divorce. think l shall be able
to get the woman the divorce from
him. Should have got it last year if
he'd neglected her or showed temper.
She'll make it inoompatibility, I
thiDk-under the present laws.
Curious case. The worse she acts
the better he treats her. He's hard
pushed, poor chap. Very curious
case. Why, COMPOUNDED i'll the fell
low seems to love the woman SAYS
he promised to, ,chen they got marriedi'
Having neither experience nor
wisdom with which to help Caljgula,
| offered him the only trifles at my
command-monev and reverence.
He accepted both, without remarks.
He seemed to be suffering from an
attack of dumb gratitude. But next
week he appeared with new broom
l am not vorsed 10 the natural his.
tory of brooms; but l suppose this
to have been rectangular 10 shape,
for the corners of my bedroom were
clean forevermore.
Being very much occupied about
this time with my debate on the Gel.
ibate clergy, with the lectures on
predestination, some Hebrew roots
on which | had got sot down in! the
class room, and few other matters
of Importance, think, as nearly as
can recall, that had little or n . con-
versation with CAligula for several
weeks.
One day he hung about. after his
work was done, with that pitiable
bow. | was reading Baur on the
Fourth Gospel I remember. Cali
gula seemed at large remove from
the argument. l was tense with zeal
for the honor of the tender evangel.
and the affairs of this colored brother
seemed unimportant beside the liter
airy history Of the disciple whom
Jesus loved.
Caligula said Busy, Mist' Hub p
why, yes, Caliguls; rather, lust
now. Anything wsnted2'
No. sar; tank you, sar.'
He moved away. His hands came
together at the lean fnger-tips with
submissive motion.
'Caligulal Come backl'
Yes, sar; tank you, sar.'
'Tou had something to say to me.
What troubles your What has Mari
done now?'
Nothing, sar, of no great conse-
quence; but the divose.'
obi The divorce,