The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-03-17
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words are true. Sister Julia wants No
child; indeed, suspect she's thankful
for having none Of q husband who has
treated her as brother has"
'sCullen, love, sometimes think you
don't do full justice to Brother Wiley,
because he hasn't the affectionate ma
ture that you have. A man must
make allowance for such differences.
think myself that he is colder to htr
than-than could be satisfied to put
up with; but that is his nature
Eyes, darling, that's his nature. y
Then he laughed loudly.
well, they've both been respectful
and kind to me, and l can't but wish
they had baby or something that
would bring them closer together.
Brother may not know it. but he's got
for a wife one that's a saint, if know
what that means. It has always
seemed to me pity that they have
never come to understand each other
well enough
'You little innocent. the difficulty is
they understand too WE'LL
Cullen! Cullen'' she said, in half
playful remonstrance. Then they
turned from the theme to that which
for both was one of unmixed felicity.
The person just now referred to was
worthy of their praise. The Marstons
had been reduced considerably in the
establishment they once kept, partly by
injudicious management, mainly by
debts which the head of the family as
surety for some of his neighbors had
been forced to meet. In this condition
Julia, the plainest and not the young
est of the Marston girls. was induced
to take Wiley ANDERSON, who was we'll
enough looking, tolerably hammered,
known to have made considerable
money in trade. and to have excellent
expectations from the death of his fa-
Their, now we'll stricken in years. The
marriage had not been happy. The
health of the wife, poor to begin with.
was not helped by the life led with a
man far more selfish and coarse than
she had believed. She was thankful
that she bore no children, much as
she needed the comfort they often inn
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nection what he had counted On, bet
ter social position. With his own ac-
cumulations and the few thousands
come with her he b,lilt the nice two
story mansion on Clarke street. and
deportedl himself us we'll as he could
learn how i'm the circle to which I.Ae
had lifted him. He showed much
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made about the house, and the trees
and flowers planted by her in the
front yard. Finding in time that she
had been married to a man whom she
could not respect and therefore could
not love, the strength of her charac-
ter enabled her to endure his society,
and to seem to ignore some low
irregularities which he took not very
much pains to hide from her. Dis
gusted with his vulgar snobbishness
and that which he had injected into
his father, she became fond of Cullen
for his openness and hearty simplicity,
and wished to live on entirely afec-
tionate terms with him and Hannah,
but, yielding to her husbands in
functions, she observed the restraints
which she saw were unavoidable, yet
strove not to hide her wish that rela-
tions were different. She had been in
the habit of making brief calls when
on the way to or from the plantation
beyond. and Hannah, as often as Gull
len consented, had visited her in town.
Only in one matter did she act con-
trary to his avowed wishes; that was
the old gentleman's hostility to Han"
Cullen off from an equal share in his
estate. More than once, joining with
her mother-in-law, but employing
greater plainness of speech, had she re-
monstrated with him, and there was no
doubt that her behavior was the main
influence which began the change in
his attitude. When all prejudice
seemed to be removed at the birth of
Hannah's child, she was free to express
her heartfelt qualification. Hence
forth things went OH as smoothly as
could be desired. 1t was not possible
for Wiley and Cullen to make show
of affection which neither felt and
which each knew was not felt by the
other. Yet they behaved with decent
civility whenever they met, and their
wives came to trust that their family
relations would become as they ought
to be. The father, as happens often
with old men after the death Of their
wives, lapsed sensibly from the vigor
which hitherto he had maintained.
During this while he seemed to have
grown more and more fond Of Cullen
and Hannah. At the beginning of his
last rapid decline, three years after
Julia, her husband making no oppo-
sition, suggested that Hannah should
stay with them in the house, as her own
strength was not sufficient for con-
slant attendance upon his increasing
needs. This was done, He was care
fully watched by both sons and their
wives; but it was easy to see that OF
all their ministrations those of Cullen
were most acceptable to him. With
Cullen he sometimes held brief consul
tations which ended abruptly when
Wiley came in. Yet he professed to
have equal affection toward all OF
them. held to his faculties until near
the last, and died calmly, as if he
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