The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-04-23

Aho pun poSe, auu UnaU lnCre are other
revenges than loud-noised and yehe.
ment ones, for the widow wrestled
with her annoyance and Jerusha's
cheeks became pale with emotion as
she beheld the young housekeeper.
Not many Sundays were the widow
and her daughter able to endure this
sight, for the housekeeper was very
comely, and Shady was most courteous
to her. So after some weeks the
widow, seeing Shad one day down in
the brook meadow, which was not far
from her house, clad herself properly
and went out to him. And she spoke
some words sorrowfully to him, and
even limited that she might have been
hasty; but, above all, she babe him
take pity on Jerusha.
docs Jerusha want pity! Send her
right out to me, Mrs. Pellet" and in
a few minutes Jerusha, whose cheeks
were very pale, came slowly out to
meet him, and Shad went up to her
holding out his hand, and said some
things to her gently, and-we'l, it be.
came known in the village before many
days that Shad and Jerusha had
made up their minds to marry again,
but that Shad had insisted that
Jerusha come with him to the old
Platt homestead, and that the widow
remain in her old home. Shad had
his way in another matter, too, for
he was married by thesame Judge who
divorced Jerusha from him.
And though Shad was, in truth, Civ
en- to some secret pride that his pa
thence and persistence had prevailed
against the widow, yet he madeno out
ward show OF it, but was gentle and
meek, and continued to find all things
fine; some finer than others, but all
fine.
Soon after he took Jerusha unto
himself a second time the Widow Pellet
was taken and laid beside her depart
ed husband, Zerubabel,, in the old bury
ing ground by the Shepaug.
Now, though Shad and Jerushal lived
peaceably, there were moments when
restraint was upon them, and that
becomes irksome at times. For Jeru-
sha, percleving that Shad was a patient
man, but not comprehending that he
was q persistent one, was at times
greatly shocked in her pride, believing
that her husband had no spunk, and
was in fact what her mother had once
called him, a great cali. This, because
Shad resented not when one OF his
nelghbors sold him a horse that SEEM
ed fine enough to lookupon, but which
one Sunday, in the sight OF all who
were going to the brick church. became
seized with a frenzy like inebriation,
and staggered this way and that, at last
falling down. 1t did not escape Jeru-
sha's eye that the youth about were
laughing, nor that the women smiled
with the sarcastic smile OF contempt;
and was it strange that modification
wounded her SO that her chin quivered
and tears came to her eyes?
And when she urged Shad to go to
the law with the man who had cheat.
ed him with a blind staggering horse,
it offended her that Shad should a
very mildly that he should not 90 to
law. How could Jerusha, not vet un-
Outstanding her husband, realize. that
shad relied upon patience and persist
ence for reparation? which we may
digress long enough to say he IL day
obtained, for Shad bided his time un-
til occasion offered to buy one OF his
horse-dealing neighbours mortgages.
when having done SO Shad persisted
in ioreclosing. Thus patiently Shad
Platt accomplished his purposes.
And there We're other occurrences
which, Jerusha, not yet understand
ing her husband, set down as proof OF
his milksop character.
But it was over thehorse that blind
staggered that serious trouble arose,
and again Shad had a trial. For on
the Sunday following she declared she
would not ride to meeting to be NOR
tilted todeath again. But Shad drove
the s%taggerer around to the stump OF
an oak that was used for q step
and persisted in his purpose, and
Jerusha was compelled to ride
behind the beast again, and there was
another scene in front of the church,
in which Jerusha having been pitched
from the wagon, ruined her garments
and was deeply wounded in spirit. So
that in her pew, instead of regaining
composure, she lost the little she pos.
sessed, and quilted the church in an
ger.
Shad saw her making her way to the
house of her mothers brother, but he
did not follow her. He went calmly
to his home and spent the rest of the
Lords day doctoring the unruly beast
that took pride, seemingly, in stagser.
ing on Sunday.
But next day Jerusha came not nor
the next, and yetthepatient Shad went
about his a%vocations without dismay.
And by and by Shad received a notice
duly weighted with legal verbiase to
the effect that his spouse, Jerusha.
sought to be released from the bonds,
a vinculo, OF matrimony. Shad tuck.
ed the paper away between the leaves
OF the great family Bible. where i'm
portant papers We're kept, so many
that the binding was sadly strained,
and that was all he did about 1t.
Some three months later Shad was
surprised to learn that the court de-
clined to grant the decree. Jeru-
sha had been unable to prove
intolernble cruelty, or drunkenness, or
such other for divorce as are
set down i n the statutes. But the
Litchtield county lawyers were able
men in those times, and they babe
Jerusha to despair not. So-and this
much common repute sets down to be
a truth-one OF them, whose genius
had overcome more difficulties than
one, induced the General Court, or
Legislature, to add to the causes
wherefore divorces may be granted
this clause, "Or such conduct as tends
to defeat the purpose Of the marriage
relation"
And with the blue bound copy of
the new laws this lawyer went into
court and asked whether such con-
duct as the compulsion of a wife to
ride behind a horse, afflicted with the
blind staegers, to church, to the great
dread, modification, and suffering OF
the wife, We're not conduct sufficient