Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-01-21
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daughter, and whom asked why he wanted
such burial replied: "If there be rcsurTcc-
ton of the good, as somo folks say thcre will
be, my Christian wife and daughter will
somehow get me up and take me along with
thea.
Man may pretend to dcspiso religion, but
they arc rank hypocratcs. The seu captain
was right when he came up to the village on
tho sea coast, and insisted on paying $40 to
tho church although no did not attend him
self When asked lis reason, lie said that
hc had been in tho habit of carrying cargocs
OF oysters and CLAIMS from that place, md he
fonnl since that church was built tho people
were moro honest than they used to DO, for
before the church was built lie often found the
load when he calno to count it n thousand
clnms short. Yes. Goodness is profitable
for both worlds. Most Of the great honest
permanent worldly successes arc by those
WHO reverence Col and the Biblo. But what
do say is that if q man have nothing but
social position and financial resources, q
woman who puts her happiness by marriage
in his hand rc-cnncts tho folly Of Abigail
when she accepted disagreeablo Nabal,
'syyhose possessions were in Carmel; and tho
mgr w;ls very great, ind she; had three thou-
seaid sheep, and ono Thousand goats
II There be good moral character accom-
panied by aflluent circumstances, l conSrntu-
late you. If not, let the morning lark fly
cloar of tho Rocky mountain eagle. The sac
rifce of woman on tho altar of social and
financial expectation is cruel and stupendous.
sllotch you scene you have more than
once witnessed A comfortable homo with
but IN attractive daughter carefully ind
christianity reared From the outside world
comes in man with nothing but money, I'M
less you count profanity and selllshncss and
fondness for champagne and general rock
lcSsncss rs part of his possession. lilo has his
coat collar turned up when there is no chill
in the air but because it gives him an air OF
abandon, and cyeglasS, not because he is near
sighted but because it gives classical ap-
pearancc and with an attire somewhat loud,
cane thick enough to be the club Of Hercules
and clutchcd at the middle, his conversation
intcrlnrded with French phrases inaccuratcly
pronounced, and u sweep of manner Indicating
that he was not born like most folks, but ter
restrinlly landed BY arts learned of tho
devil he insinuntes himself into the affections
of the daughter Of that Christian homo. All
the kindred congratulate her on tho almost
supernatural prospects. Reports COMO in
that the Young man is fast in his habits, that
he has broken several young hearts, and that
he is mean and selfish and cruel But all
this is covered up with the fact that ho has
several houses i'll his OWL name, and has
largo deposits at tho bank, and more than
all, has father worth many hundred thou
sand dollars and very feeble III health, and
may any day drop of, and this is the only
son, and round dollar held close to ones eye
is large enough to shut out great desert,
and how much moro will several bushels of
dollars shut out
The marriage day comes and goes. Tho
wedding ring was costly enough, and the
orange blossoms fragrant enough, and the
bcnediction solemn enough, and tho wedding
march stirring enough. And tue audience
shed tears Of sympathetic gladncss, supposinS
that the craft containing the two has sailed
OIL on placid lake. although Gods knows
that they are launched on Dead sea, its
waters brackish with tears and CHASTITY with
CHASTITY faces of despair floating to tho surface
and then going down. There they arc the
newly married pair in their new home. Ho
CurilS OlG 10 DC u bJIellL- LII VIII 10 iObu-
49, ,,;e ---,,i-----y-A-:--o Lavish of money
~ MS own pleasure, he bcSrudges l,u, IL
pennies he pinches out into her trembling
palm. Instead of the kind words sho left
behind in her former homo, now there arc
complaints and fault findings and curses. Ho
is the master and she tho slave. The worst
villain on earth is the man who, having
CAPTURED II woman from her fathers house
al. ~ fbo o,.1.ine off l,oc
been pronounced, says, by his manner if not
in words: ~ have you HOW in my power.
What can you do' My arm is stronger than
yours. My voice is louder than yours My
fortune is greater than yours. My namo is
mighticr than yours. Now crouch before me
like a dog. Now crawl away from me like
reptile. You ere nothing but woman, any
how. Down, you miserable wretch" Can
halls of moasc, can long lines of Etruscan
bronze, or statuary by Palmer and Powers
and Crawford and Chantry and Canova, can
galleries rich from the pencil of Bierstadt
and Church and Kcasct and Cole and Crop
sey; could flutes played on by an Ole Bull
or. pianos fingered by Gottschalk, or solos
warblccl by Sonntag, could wardrobes like
that of Mario Antoinette, could jewels like
those of Eugcnio make wife i'll such
comwlnionship happy?
Imprisoned i'll castlol Her gold bracelets
arc the chains of u lifelong servitudc. There
is u sword over her every feast, not like that
of DamoclcS, staying suspended, but drop
ping through her laccratcd heart. Her ward
robe is full of shrouds for deaths which sho
dies daily, and she is buried alive, though
buried under gorgeous upholstery There is
one word that sounds under the arches and
rolls along the corridors, and wceps in tho
falling fountains, and echoes i'll the shutting
of every door, and groans in every note of
strnccd and wind instrument: "Woel
Woer' The oxen and sheep in oldcn times
brought to the tcmplo,of Jupiter to be sacr-
feed used to be covered with ribbons and
flowers, ribbons Oh tho horns and flowers on
the neck. Dut the floral anil ribboned decora-
tious did not make tho stab Of the butchers
knifc less dcathful, and Ill tho chandeliers
YOU hang over such woman, and all the
robes with which you enw-rap her, and oil
the ribbons with which you adorn her, and
all the bcwitching charms with which you
embanl her footsteps arc tho ribbons and
flowers of n horrible butchcry.
AS if to show how wrctched good woman
may DC IL Sillciluiu Sti Vuil'iiooi We n.'' wv
recent illustrations, two ducal palaces i'll
Great Britain. They are the locus of the
best things that arc possible in art, in litera-
turc, i'll architccturc-the accumulation of
other estates, until their wealth is beyond
calculation and their grandeur beyond des-
cription. Ono Of the castles has cabinet
Set with gems that cost s2,50O,OOO. and tho
walls of it bloom with Rcmbrandts aud
Claudcs md Poussins and Guidos and Raph-
aels, and there arc Southdown nocks in
summer grazing on its lawns and Arab stecds
prancing at tho doorways on the "irst open
day at the kennels" From-the one castle the
duchess has removed with her children bo-
cause she can no longer endure the orgies
of her husband, tho duke, and in
the other castle the duchess remains con-
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