The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-08

IaIriy reDelIeo agalnsC the wnoie ar
rangement), and by the time you receive
this letter we shall be on our way to Cali.
sornia. / realized two thousand dollars
from the sale of my gimcracks, and this,
with what Archie has, will do the work,
I reckon. Tell father please to try and
think well of me and forgive me. If
had acted in any other name in so dire
an emergency I should not have been
worthy to have retained the Lee. which
looks very prettily now sandwiched be-
tween Marion and Harris"
BY the way, this was the first bit of
impudence / had aver known my daugh-
ter guilty of toward her father. Her let
ter ended in this style:
Glove me and pray for me, dear
mother. / will keep you informed of
our whereabouts. Hoping and believing
that everything will come right before
long, I am yours and dear papa's loving
MARION"
Oh, the storm that followed this, or
rather the awful calm that preceded the
whirlwind of q few days later. My hus-
band neither ate nor slept for two days
and nights, and we hardly spoke.
When his rage found words, then he
cursed and left me-cursed me in lam
guage I can never forget.
"You have done this, madam You'll"
he howled. "Now reap your reward.
Five minutes more and you will have
neither daughter nor husband. This
house is yours, and you will find your
self provided for economically, madam
not a cent will you have to spare for the
child you have aided and allotted in dis
honoring mel"
Then the door slammed and ! was
alone.
Twenty years Of married life, and the
very first quarrel followed by o separa-
ton! ! drained that cup of bitterness to
the dregs. For weeks I heard nothing
from my daughter. and for twelve long
months not a word from my husband.
The ~colonel's lawyer took charge of all
financial affairs. and my comfort was
strictly attended to. In this respect
there was nothing to find fault with:
but, oh! the utter bleakness and barren
ness of my lifel How plainly the whole
past stood out before mel
During all the years l had spent with
Francis Lee, / had never once asserted
myself. BY entire conformity to his
wishes and implicit obedience to his
will, l had managed never to come in
contact with the angularities of his inn
petuous nature. My love for him had
kept me entirely passive, allowing my
husband and my master to rule me as
absolutely and imperiously as ever a
dolnineering king ruled over the weak
est Of his subjects. To be sure, love
kept the chains from clanking, but they
were there all the same; and now they
cut into my very soul. The first ray Of
Light that penetrated my gloomy home
was a letter from Marion.
do not grieve any more about this
unfortunate business" she wrote. II
say, do not, because such grief is wicked.
You have done no wrong. Let that
thought comfort you first of all; and
then do try and be happy in the thought
of my happiness. Archie is gaining
strength every day--in fact, he is almost
well; and he has received an order to
paint a picture for one of the wealthiest
men in the whole west. He is to be paid
s~plendidly for it, and we are so happy
about it and everything else. God only
knows how glad | am that l went to my
husband in his misfortune. He lust