The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-04-23

| lawyer?' Mr.. Henderson had said.
"Well, no, father" Julia answered; !;
''not in any other way than that find
him pleasant companion. He callsand
takes me out occasionally, in which I
hope you see nothing wrong"
81 don't like the way he looks at you,
Julia. He evidently admires you, and
admiration sometimes changes to love so
easily that it is scarcely possible to say
when or in what way the transition takes
place. I understand he is somewhat
able lawyer, but is very poor and is no
doubt likely to remain SO in a profession
that is crowded until there is no longer
standing-room left. You had better have
opinion in regard to this young lawyer
before you allow him to call many times
more"
A scornful and defiant look was the
only answer this suggestion raised, and
the next moment the young lady had left
| the room.
'tYou see how that girl takes and sets" :"
said Mr.. Henderson to his wife, who had
been silent listener.
eyes, my DEAR" said her mother, "and
am now satisfied that her feelings are
more deeply interested in the young
lawyer than any of us had supposed.
But let Alfred talk with her, and he may
be able to turn her thoughts away from
| young Bondurant and get her to en-
courage the attentions of Mr.. Billings.
He is rather lowbred young man, 1t is
true but he is making money rapidly,
and his uncultivated manner need not
alarm us-a few weeks spent in society
will make them all right"
"Qerhaps So" said Mr.. Henderson,
4 hot ha+,
| cism than confidence,
81 had no thought of seriously en-
couraging the attentions of Mr.. Bondu-
| rant, said Julia, the moment she began
to feel the pressure of her brothers de-
Examinations to prevent the acquaintance
from proceeding any further, But
now, if you please, Master Alfred, 1
shall do exactly as I think best in re
gard to this matter
From that time onward the young lady
found employment for the whole of her
willard she had a good deal-in re-
sisting the effort of her parents and
brothers to compel her to dismiss the
young lawyer.
eff you marry him we shall be obliged
to support you both, no doubt, was her
brothers frequent and tantalizing sug-
gestion. ''The young fellow is not max
ing dollar more than he needs for his
own board and clothes, and he has actu
ally been obliged to give up smoking,
because he could not afford cigars, and
was to proud to be seen using pipe"
The young people had been married
four years when the conversation oc-
Cured in regard to the grocer's bill.
Young Henderson had been making
some money, little of which he had
found opportunities occasionally to give
to his sister, and in every instance had
reminded her that he was fulfilling his
predictions. In fact he, and her parents
also, had been continually reproaching
her for her folly in marrying the poor
lawyer.
The unfortunate woman-for so Julia
began to consider herself-had no chill
dren now living. One little girl, born
about eighteen months after their mar
riage, had lived nearly a year, and when
its death and burial came the feelings of
the parents-of the father especially
had been wounded almost. beyond endur-
ance by their being made to realize their
inability to provide for the funeral ex-
penses in becoming manner.
81 must take care of the dead also, as
well as the living" was her brothers un-
feeling remark, made while the funeral
preparations were in progress.
The stern logic of long continued ex-
perience had finally exhausted the spirit
of the poor wife, and she gradually came
to believe that what she had so often
been told was true, and that she had
made great mistake in marrying the
poor lawyer. The persuasion, having
become settled conviction, soon found
expression in complaints and reproaches
| xuhf ,nf lxy hxy
the man who was conscious of doing all
in his power to make his wife comfort
able, and never spending o cent for any
personal indulgence. Besides, the
amount earned would have enabled them
to live in a style of moderate comfort,
had not his wife family continually
urged her into expenditures beyond
what her her husband could afford.
The young lawyer, had, however, at
last got hold of case which he felt cer-
tain of gaining, and which, when decid-
ed, would bring few thousand dollars.
He had taken the case at his own risk
and cost. and was to receive one-half of
the amount received, his client having
expended his last dollar in the suit, and
being unable to do anything more. In
the meantime that over-assiduous and
! agonizing brother-in-law, who was ready
to pay the grocer's bill and take an as
| signment of the claim, had an interest in
defeating the suit and was actually fur
nishing money for that purpose.
But these legal and business compli-
cations the discouraged wife did not
know much about. She knew that the
grocer's bill and other bills were unpaid,
and that the brother had already paid
several of those bills and was holding the
claims against her husband
| "Well, Julia, said Mr.. Bondurant, re.
turning from his Office on the evening of
the day when he left without saying
'Good-by;;" Il hope you have been able
to get up plain dinner with the 80
| left on the table this morning."
II have not used the $40, nor any of
| it," said his wife, handing the money
back to him. ST have had long and Sc
rious talk with brother Alfred to-day,
and have come to the firm conclusion
that under the circumstances it will be
best for me to return to my fathers
house and remain there until you are
able to provide for me and yourself also
For the present you have as much as you
can do to take care of yourself, and my
brother has promised to see that I am
comfortably provided for"
Mr.. Bondurant regarded his wife for
few moments in bewildered amazement
He was carefully holding the SO bill
which he had accepted from her, but