Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-12-30

Philip to think I look lovely. knew
he'll think if, though he won't Fay il
the provoking man! How is my di ess /?
Auat Margaret says it's my own faul; #
1 don't make Philip Worship me, apG ii
| manage right can have such 4 house
and furniture au / such dresses rs I've
never dreamed, cf.
eff those things will make you happy,
| hope yoa may get them. For ny
part, it | ever marry, | want husband
who will MT belong to any enc but ne,
and th.n think l could he contcnte!f
with cru, of bread"
"Ita no wonder. Myra, that you are
an Old maid, with suon notions. How
are goa going to get Il husband who
will not belong t. any ore else? Ii
you are the first wife, You will never
know what day your husband will
bring home n second. Aunt Margaret
said to me, Whatever you do, don't
think OF being any man'e first wife, for
you will live life of dread before he
takes his second. and life OF misery
aferwsrd.' Aunt Margaret his got
sense. She's fourth vile. Sac is
pe!ted, and has her own way il every
thing, and she knows her husband
won't take another; but her sister, who
is first wife, is put off on sage-brush
ranch, and don't see her husband once
year"
Do any CT our readers object to tie
foregoing style OF conversation? Ii;
Only exhibits the practical, everyday
application of religious principle
which cur Governs ent has regarded So
SO sacred that for years it has been an
etfectual shield from the penalties of a
law which is openly violated by whole
people.
In tue end, Ruth had her wav. She
tormenied Philip until he bought Il
pretty cottage fer her. and fitted it ap
with the best that money could buy.
In other things, however, she found
that her influence over the man she
called husband was very slight. After
six months Of married life, the opin-
ions so confidently expressed in her
honeymoon were greatly modified.
"Philip cares no more for me thar
he would for Kitten she declared
retulan!iy. "If I talk to him half an
hour without stopping to take breath,
he never hears one word. I've half &
mind TO ask President Youpg for a
,.ivorce."
Why don't you?" inquired her
friend Myrs. to whom these omplaints
were addressed.
"Well, you see, with all his faults,
Philip isn't q bit mean about money.
I don't know any other man who would
be likely to buy me such house as
this; and as for dresses, you know your
self that half the girls in the city are
ready to die with envy when they sec
mine. I haven't showed you his last
present"
Ruth tripped into the next room. arc
came out with an iulaid box in her
hand.
He gave me this on my birthday"
she said, opening it and display ing q
gold watch and chain ard pair Of
bracelets of elegant workmanship.
"Did you ever see akything 80 per
fectly lovely in all your life? Ish2wcd
them 10 Milly Allen yesterday, and she
looked ready to cry. She was married
the same week was. and she is wearing
her old things yet, and has to live in
the house with two of the other wives,
and they order her around as if she
was little girl; but then. Milly never
did have any spirit. She couldn't
speak for herself, no matter how she
was treated
"Brother Allen treats her we'll
enough himself, doesn't he?"
"That depends on what you call
good treatment. He isn't cross to her,
but he tells her he can't afford another
house. and it's no use talking about it.
You see, the trouble is, he was sealed
to Milly and Sarah Spencer on the same
day, and Sarah happens to be the favor
ite. SAe's got place of her own, and
new things, and he spends half his time
with her, which is about all that could
be expected of u man with six wives"
"I'm sorry for Mllly." Myra said.
"She used to be good girl when I
knew her. and she deserves a good hus-
band"
Well. I'm sorry for her, too, of
course; but she ought to have had more
sense. When man marries two girls
on the same day, one of them is going
to be neglested-anybody knows that.
told Milly how it would be, but she
didn't believe ms"
"After all, Ruth, think you onght
to be pretty we'll satisfied. You have o
fine house and fine clothes, and your
husband spends half his time with you.
What more can you nsk?"
want him to spend more than half
his time with me, and to act as if he
cared for me-" and then, to her friends
surprise. Ruth buried her face in her
hands and began to sob.
Meanwhile, in the home that enly
few months ago was SO peaceful and
happy, an evil spirit sat enthroned.
The f9st wife. after q season of apa-
thetic despair, woke to full sense of
her misery; and bitter jealousy for the
girl who stood between her and her
husband seemed to change her whole
nature.
She might get over il all in time, 80