Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-31

that she shall be mistress Of a certain
sum-
because it strikes at that ideal Of
unity which should lie at the foundation
Of home"
But how would you like it If that
ideal of unity left you in position where
you would never know whether your
purse was going TO be full or empty"
That is entirely different A man is
accustomed to handle money aud get il
in businesslike ways. A woman isn't.
and she doesn't know how to deal with
it. If you don't like my blunt speaking.
please remember that you invited it.
Most girls don't open this sort of a dis
cussion."
But we would have to discuss it
afterward, so it seemed to me best that
we should know we understand each
other before"
"Why should we ever discuss itH A
wife naturally and properly leayessuch
matters to her husband, and she ought
to have confidence enough in him 10 do
it gladly"
1T wasn't lack of confidence
"You have read The Woman's Record
until you have imbibed wild ideas about
women's rights, Mary. That was all well
enough before you knew me. But if you
cared for me, as you said you did, You
should have forgotten everything else
Love cannot exist in harmony with such
ideas. The truth is, Mary, you never
loved me. 1t was all mistake"
"Oh, how can you say that"
"If you had, would you ever have
given a thought to what the future
might hold beyond the fact that we
would live it together? Love implies
self foFgetfulness. All the traditions of
the human race, all the instincts of the
human heart, teach that woman yields
the ordering of her life into the hands
of man. Yet, while / am all on fire, you
are coolly planning how you may keep
yourself independent of me-"
"You make it sound all wrong" she
said with something of a sob in her
voice. II didn't mean it that way"
Chow did you mean it? do not see
how it can have two meanings You
mean it or you do not. You love me or
you do not. Which is itP'
81 don't knowl Idon't knowl only
know l cannot bear to have you angry
with me-" She was sobbing undis-
guisedly now. "If | was wrong, John,
forgive meP'
Liddell started to his feet in uncon-
trollable excitement, but Carne pulled
him down.
"My dear little GIRL" John was say
ing, II knew you couldn't really mean
it. 1t was all that Woman's Record.
We will subscribe for The American
Cyclist instead, and these three unhappy
days shall be forgotten forever"
"We have heard enough" said Lid
dell feverishly. "Come on. We must
intercept them at the hotel before they
use up any more of it.
Crane turned to him inquiringly.
"You think you have found your miss
ing plot?"
"Think? | know He threw me of
the track at first by his dense stupidity
out there wasn't any question after tina
reconciliation. Ii | only could have fel
certain few moments sooner woult
have put stopt to it ON the spot"
"What?"
81 would have stopped them before tn
final moment. 1t will be harder to ge
them to give it up now"
mark, explain yourself. Remembe
that am inexperienced in these subtl
matters. Am to understand that yol
propose to make those young people re
sign the last half hour%'
, 81 am going TO demand my property
my plot Most certainly"
"But-where will that leave themP"
"Where they were before"
"That is to say, separated and heart
broken% ...
swell, yes, suppose SO. can't he'll
that"
Rather hard on them, though, ism
tt?"
"But Maurice, you mustn't let you
sympathies warp your sense of justice
That reconciliation belongs to me, il
trust for my hero and heroine, coul
not conscientiously surrender it,"
Couldn't you supply them with al
otherp"
"Patchwork No; that is somethin
, of which l will not be guilty. Ho
4 would you like to have your life stoppe
in midcareer and be compelled by son
. ruling power to live out another man
, course for the rest of your yearsp Yo
would rather die with your individual
ity."
eyes, but it isn't altogether parall
: case"
'It is entirely so. If | were to fort
my characters to finish out the volun
8 on makeshift plan that didn't properl
belong to them, just because have tt
brute power to do it, would be III
worthy of my trust. Don't try to argl
me out of it. Maurice. My own i
stinctive perception of what is rig
l. must govern my actions"
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