The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-19
We've had wi ane anither.
Vow we maun totter down, John,
But hand and hand we'll go:
And sleep the either at the foot.

| and IL YOU should strike him down the sir
will not he objectionable. BY as complet.
a surrender as the universe ever saw. ex
cept that Of the Son OF God for vour saliva.
ton and mine. she has first mortgage or
| your body, mind. and soul. and the mort.
gage is foreclosed. and you do not NOR
thoroughly own your two eyes or vouI
two hands than she owns you. The Longer
the journey Rehekah makes, and the great
er the risks OF her expedition on the back.
OF the camels, the more thoroughly |.
Isaac bound to be kind and indulgent and
worthy.
Now. he homes. and pay your debts. You
promised to make her happy. Are yor
| making her happy? You are an homes,
man in other things. and feel the import
ance of keeping a contract. If you have
induced her into a coniugal partnership
under certain pledges OF kindness and val
liable attention. and then have failed tc
fulfill your word. YOU deserve to have g
suit brought against Won for getting goods
under false pretense. and then You ought
to be mucted in large amount Of dam.
| ages. Review now all the fine. beautiful
| complimentary, gracious and glorious
things Won promised her before marriage
| and reflect whether YOU have kept vouI
| faith. Do Won say: ooh. that was all sen.
timentalism and romance and joke" and
| that "thev all talk that way"
Well. let that plan he tried on Yourself
Suppose am interested in Western lands
and fill vour mind with rosaats specula-
ton. and tell Won that CITY is already
laid out on the farm that I propose to sell
YOU. and that new railroad will run close
bv and have depot for easv transporta-
ton OF the crops. and that eight or ten cap
italists are going to put mp fine residences
close by and that the climate is delicious.
and that the ground. high up. gives no
room for malaria. and that every dollar
planted win grow MP into bush bearing
ten or twenty dollars. and nv speech Flows
with enthusiasm until you rush off with me
to an attorney 70 have the deed drawn and
the money paid down and the bargain COM
pleted. You can hardly slaap nights be-
cause of the FL Dorado. the Elvsium. upon
which Won are soon 70 enter. You give up
vour home at the East. YOU bid good-bve
to vour old neighbors and take the train.
and after MANY DAYS journey. vou arriv e
at a quiet depot from which YOU take a
wagon thirty miles THROUGH wilderness
and reach your new place. You see a man
seated on wet log in the swamp and
shaking with his fifteenth attack of chil,s
and fever. and ask him who he is. He
saws: 81 am a real estate agent. having
in charge the property around here" You
ask him where the new DEPOT is. He tells
YOU that it has not vet been built. but no
doubt will be if the COMPANY get their hill
for their track through the next Legisla-
ture. Nou ask him where the new city is
laid ont. He saws. with chattering teeth:
"If vou will wait till this chill is Off I viii
show it to YOU on the map I have in nv
pocket" You ask him where the capital
lists are going to buiid their fine houses.
and he saws: Somewhere along these
lowlands. ont there bv those woods. when
the water has been drained of" That
night Won sleep in the hut of the real estate
agent. and though you pray for everybody
else You do not pray for me. Beng more
fortunate than many men who go out in
such circumstances. Won have money
enough to get back. and You come to me.
and. out Of breath in your indignation.
Won saw. "You have swindled me ont of
everything. What do YOU mean in deceiv-
ing me about that Western propertv?"
"Oh," reply. "tbat was al right: that
was sentimentalism and romance and a
joke. That's the wav they all talk"
But more eNcusable would BE in such
deception than You. q man. who. bv glow
of words and personal magnetism. in
duced a womanlv soul into surroundings
which Won have taken no care 70 make at
tractive. so that she EXCHANGED her faith
er's house for the dismal swamp OF mar
ried OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fowerless. shell
terless. comtortles. and goddess. / would
not he half so much to hiams in cheating
Won ont OF n farm "a Won in cheating a
woman out OF the happiness of a lifetime.
NV brother. do not ge. mad at what
but honestly compare the promises Won
made and see whether yoI have kept
them. Some OF YOU spent every evening
OF the week with your hetrothed before
marriage and since then Won spend every
evening away. unless you have influenza
or some sickness on account o; which the
doctor saws YOU must not go ont. Nou
iections OF adulation. and now Won think
it sounds sillv to praise Tho one who ought
to he more attractive 20 Won AS the years
go by and life grows in severity of strug-
gle and becomes NOR. sa rcd bv the bap-
tism OF tears-tears over losses. tears over
graves. Compare the way soma Of You
used to come in the house in the evening.
when Won We're attempting the capture OF
her affections. and the way some Of you
come into the house in the evening now.
Then what politeness. what distillation of
smiles. what graciousness. swee. as the
peach orchard in bio som weaS!
Now some of Won come in and PIT your
hat on the rack and scowl. ard saw: "Lost
money TODAY" and Won sit down al the
table and c-iticise the wsv the food is
cooked. You shove back before the others
are done eating, and snatch no the even
ing paper and read. ohlivious of what
has been going on in that home all day.
The children are in awe before the do
nestle antocrat. Bubbling over with
fun. vet they must be quiet. and with
healthful curiosity. yet they must ask
no questions. The wife has had enough
annoyance in the nursery and parlor
and kitchen to fill her nerves with net.
lies and spikes. As yon have provided |
the money for food and wardrobe, you |
feel you have done all required Of you. |
Toward the good cheer and the ;ntelli- |!
gent improvement and the moral enter |
.ainment of that home, which at the |
longest can last but few years. YOU |
Ire doing nothing. You seem to have |
40 realization OF the fact that soon these !
children win be grown up or in their sep |
llchers. and viii be far removed from your |
influence. and tina. the wife will soon end |
Ter earthly mission. and that house will be |
occupied by others, and you yourself will i
De gone.