The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-05-13
MRS. HARDNESS WILL.
a NEw ARRIVAL.

JDuu 4u4leLOu returned To Lls slsLel
home and hurriedly re-packed his knap
sack. Tirzah watched him narrowly
but f1rtively. She had dreaded the ina
result Of the interview between the old
time lovers; but her dread had beer
based upon different conjecture from
that which now filed her with fear an,
trembling.
John Hariiue, whose visits at thr
home Of Israel SapD.ngiou bad becomi
the theme Of much ue'ghborhood gossip
lost no opportunity 70 impress his wiG
with the opinion that it was very dis
honorable in John Ingleton 20 call upon
Mrs. Peter Tu6bs. And Tirzsh, though
she could by no means excuse her hus-
band for the dereliclions with which
Rumor constantly accused him, had
Joined him in apprehensions IS to the
propriety Of permitting Lie to meet her
old afiancsd az ALL Her affection for
her husband had been so severely tried
from the FIRST day Of their union by his
refusal to comply WIKI the sacred terms
Of their contract toward her parents,
that she had long ceased 10 entertain for
him the least shadow Of respect or az
fection. And hiscruelty IN forbidding her
10 return to her mother after the news
Of her fathers suicide, and when she
was only ten miles away on her West
ward journey, had, from the first, filled
her with loathiug; aud, now that she
more than suspected him Of transplant
ing his afiections-suCh as he had-to
the idle, showy aud improvident wife OF
Israel Sappiugtou, she thoroughly de-
spised The man. Could any husband,
were these conditions reversed, feel any
other than emotions of disgust and loath-
ing for the wife who would do by him
as John Hardine did by Iirzah? Aud
yet, the probable comparison must cease
here, for il was not practicable for T!r-
zah 20 break up hor home and divorce
her husband, which he would have done
at once had she been the guilty party.
Aside from her babe, she was without
kindred 10 whom She could look for as
sistance. Her widowed mother, for
whose benefit sine had toiled far beyond
her strength, only to see her earnings
transferred 20 the pockets Of her hus-
band, was now no more, aud her broth
er john evidently had trouble enough
Of his own; so she saw no way before
her but 20 grope on, struggle on aud toll
on iu life's most unsatisfactory endeavor.
seeking what solace she could in the go
ciety Of her children, cultivatiug, as
many, many mothers have done through
all the centuries, the maternal at the
expense Of coujugal, thereby over-est-
mating the one, and failing rightly 10
comprehend The vital importance Of the
other.
That Tirzah, as the years roll cd on,
became the over-indulgeut mother Of
many children, who grew up with the
same contempt for their father which
had long been her ruling sentiment in /
regard TO him, was not TO bo wondered /
at, deplorable as 10 was. But ! must /
not get further ahead Of my story.
John Ingleton clasped his knspsack
and stood calmly before his sister, his
face pale aud rigid and his eyes filed
with tears.
'You don't mean TO go back to see
Lie do you ?" asked Tirzah, with dep
recation in her tone and manner.
''No, Tirzah. She would not permit
it, and she is right. with my own ac-
cursed hand I dgged gulf between Us.
To separate myself from her is 10 sever
my soul from my body. Every nerve
aud teudril OF my strong nature
reaches out 10 her with uusated.
unutterable, unquenehable longing. II
was not my fault that God created ms
for each other but it was 10y cruel, sad.
wicked and irrevocable mistake 70 place
the gulf between us.i
"Ihen where are you going, John 2n
"Back to Colonel Biteman and bis
regiment. Then, as soon as I can afford
IT, will return to our younger brothers
and sisters"
Have you nothing ahead, John? No
property or money 10 depend upon, I |
mean ?'
"NO, Tirzah none to speak of NV
salary was all consumed in providing
for my poor wife during The brief and
trying months OF our most unbanDy
marriage"
"Well, I'm glad you're goiug away.
John. Peter Tubbs is not aa Israel sap
pington."
"But he's even worse II possible"
"How, John ?"
"He gained his wife 5y "a fie-s cruel,
damned lier'
81 can't see how that was, John. He
told Lie that you were married; and
by your own confession it was true.u
"Hes, but it was not true that I had a
wife when be married Liza, aud he
knew it,"
care you sure Of that, John ."
81 know it, or I would not say So"
"Then be is a dou5le-dyed villain
Alas why is it that men will take ad-
vantages in matrimonial affairs that