Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-29
THE WIFE BEATER.

"Iaddie. F" she said 90 last. placing her
hand on Rogers head, perhaps you arc
right In what you dil. atm only WON
an, my boy, aud so was q liitlo shocked
nj hearing you say you had struck Katie.
You see, wife heaters are not generally
looked rpon as q very noble race ot meu,
and
81 shall never touch her again. told
her 60" interrupted Roger, "and shall
bcop my word "
"Of course. 90 nsseEted bis aunt. "no on,
knowing you would doubt your word Tor
moment You are an EXCEPTIONAL man.
nay dear Roger. and therefore ! say again
perhaps gov were right, perilous us the ex
pertinent 4. do not cxoucrate your wife
from blame. Soc should have had more
sense. Tor she is ~ no means only silly
pretty doll"
mo indeed cried Roger. 81 am very
proud Of katle's common sense. She g.
Often clear headed and Wiser than two men
put together
"Quito &C., An the moe blame to her
for 40 grossly Misunderstanding your
character. She should have bcrn more
duuful. meru ohudicnt, should have stud
led your wishes more
"shc always studied my wighcs--al
ways, cried the young man wmthfully.
rising from his position aud paclng up
and down the rom. 1T was only that
she did not understand that I would be-
master, that when said thing meant
II. Othorwi1e she is the sweetest littie
wife any one ever had"
"Come here. lad1ie Put yonr head on
my kness--so. You say you didn hurt
her much. How do you howi She IL
terrible little coward, Ia wee Katie, and
breads pain.
Most women do, " went on Mn. Crom.
bic. "But " was not only the bodily pain.
for don suppose for a moment that you
did hurt her much. You are not u brute,
aud, n, you say, Il was but a toy whip.
Think moment. and please under
stand / am not pleading for Katie Ia the
least. am only trying 20 show you the
state Of the case from her side Of view
"she had gone on IN her foolish, impo.
rious little way. thinking she was govern.
Ing her big husband, utterly unconscious
that he on his side was storing up every
single opposition TO his will, to pour out
the whole of ID one day upon her In cold
and bitter justice
"shu was wrong. very wrong; but, Rog,
err ask you NJ = mana stern one, but
think Just one-aro you perfectly with.
out blamein
There was silence again for some i've
minutes. then the Young man raised his
eyes, and they were wet with tears, 20 his
aunts face, and said. ~ see, auntie.
was bliud, too, and I have sinncd too.
Tell me, do you think II h. too latci VIII
Katie hate mo nowF
"lf know anything Of Katie, she viii
fgFalNe Vgft lunL lfl lUV.auN
But, Roger. remember one thing. She can
never be quite the same again. A woman
never forgeta. DO what you will, do what
she viii. she will always feat. you now. al. |
ways be little bowilderud. little uncor |
tain, never SURE Of you again.
men mover understand that every true.
loving woman builds mp an ideal " the
man she loves and cllnEs 20 that ideal
desperately even after the god OF brnss has
plainly shown the feet OF clay. There.
lhddie, will lecture no more. Goodby."
There was no carriage 10 meet him when
he got out at Althorpe station. two mile,
from the Towers. aud though he ,.ia not
expect II he felt somehow chilled.
by the time he reached the gates he waa
really nervous for the first tins Ia hlslife
lie walked into tho house and gave a
slight shivcr ~ the thought crossed his
mind that perhaps Il would always be va
In the future. No Katie would come ny.
ing out 20 meet him. and be knew that II |
that should be the case bis life would In.
deed he desolate.
allow foolish I AMP he muttcrcd. "she
could not know when was coming hume.
She must be Ia paradise; will 40 there"
So he mounted tho low, broad staircase
on 10 little room he had furnished for
her with every luxurious trine love could
fancy, and which they had named para.
disc
Katie was lying on a low lounge staring
into vacancy. shohad been hoping against
hope that he would come but she knew
that the train had been IN some time
She looked 40 slight, ~ frAil. 10 fearful
y vi that feeling Of terror came over
him. Was she going 10 dlei
katie, my wee Wiley, said Roger soft
With n stlhed cry she spranr 10 her feet
anu held her arms out 20 him with touch. |
ing look Of appeal aud love. lie clnsprd |
her, half faintlng, In his arms as he whls.
pcredi
LOOK up, wee wiley your big bear has |
come back 10 you. Let us forget the past, |
and with Gods help begin atresh"
But not one man In 200 could have act. |
ed ns Roger did without being either a
tyrant or brute, and not ono woman In
q thousand ~ Katie did without feeling |
insulted beyond bearing aud having ev.
cry atom Of love Ia her for the man who |
struck her killed forever on thespot.
COSY.