The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-12-19
WOMAN'S WONDERFUL INFLU.
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 Woman yields powerful influence over mans destinies, ;" sad Woodtich William, the other day, as he breathed gently on chunk of blossom rock and then wiped it carefully with the tail oi his coat.
 "Womsn in most cases is gentle and long suffering, but if you observe her close for several consecutive weeks you will notice that she generally gets there with both feet.
 I've been quite student of the fe male mind myself. l have, therefore, had good deal of opportunity to com- pare the everedge man with the everedge woman as regards ketchin' on in our great general farewell journey to the tomb.
 "Woman has 6ggered good deal in my own destinies. My first wife was a large, powerful woman, who married me before l hardly knew it. She married me down near Provost, in an early day. Her name was Lorena. The name didn | seem 10 suit her complexion and phiz zeek as a general thing. ltwas like call ing the fat woman in the museum Lily.
 "Lorena was woman of great strength of purpose. She was also strong in the wrists. Lorena was offoreign extraction, with far ay eyes and large, earnest red hands. You ought to have saw her pre- serve order during the hour for morning prayers. had hired man there iR Utah, in them days, who was inclined to be scoffer at our plain homemade style of religion. So told Lorena that was a little afraid that Orlando Whoopen- kaugh would rise up suddenly while was at prayer and spatter my thinker all over the cook stove, or create some other rue. tion that would cast a gloom over our devotions.
 Lorena said: Never mind, William You are more successful in prayer, while l am more successful in disturbances You go on with your petition and will preserve order.'
 She dld so. had hardly got quar- ter through the morning prayer ere Mir Whoopenkaugh, the rank middle from OCT the deep rolling sea, began to mur- mur, Give it to us easy,' and to ask me in sarcastic voice if was sure that I'd got the central office all right.
 Just then heard Lorena rise, and soon after that l heard Orlando Whoopen- kaugh fall. drew my prayer to close and looked on, pleased and somewhat interested beholder. At first Orlando looked kind of shamed to be fighting with woman, but pretty soon he found that he had no time to be ashamed. You ought to seen that low, scoffing cuss shed his yellow hair at Lorena's request.
 "Why, Lorena jest simply wore him onA hM changed mau. l heard afterward that he was soured against women. Last we heard from him, he was up sround Salt Lake wandering aimlessly about z on and asking the police if they knew of good nunnery that was designed specially for gentlemen.
 "Lorena saved my life after that in a singular manner. Being large, power full woman, of course she no doubt pre- served me from harm great many times {; but on this occasion it was a clear case.
 "l was then sinking on the Coopon claim and had got the prospect sh aft down couple of hundred feet and was drifting for the side wall with indifferent success. We was working day shift of six men, blasting, Inviting and little timbering. was in charge of the crew, and eastern capital was furnishing the ready John Davis, if you will allow me that low term.
 "Lorena and me had been a little edgeways for several days owing to lit- tie sassy remark made by her and re- tort on my part in which thoughtlessly alluded to her brother who was at that time serving out little term for life down at Canon City, and who, if his life is still spared, is at ity yet
 "f l wanted to make Lorena jump nine feet high and hollow, all had to do was jest to allude in jeering way to her family record. So she got madder and madder till at last 1t ripened into open hostility, and about noon on the I3sh day of September Lorena attacked me with large butcher knife and drove me into the adjoining county. She told me also that if ever returned to Provo st she would cut me in two right between the pancreas and the watch pocket and feed me to the hens.
 thought that if she felt that way about it would not return. felt so hurt and so grieved about it that never stopped till l got to Omaha. Then heard how Lorena, as a means in the hands of Providence, had saved my un- profitable life.
 "When she got back to the house and had put away her butcher knife, man came rushing in to tell her that the boys had struck big pay streak of water, and that the whole crew in the Coopon was drowned, her husband among the rest.
 "Then it dawned upon Lorena how she ad saved me, and for the first time in her life she burst into tears. People who saw her said that her grief was ter rible. Tears are sad enough when shed by man, but when we see strong woman bowed in grieE we shudder.
 waited six weeks for Lorena to apol. so' ,he ls.ter did nos ressh me. Then married again. Woman has always yielded great influence over me. Es- nariallv th0se women who have marvief3