The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-02-14
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%ciety.' but that we feel their kindness,
and will accept it, whenever we can.
Occasionally we will go and visit them
Symington. for instance, is quite within
Il walk; and when they visit us'-she
smiled-"I hope I shall be able to give
them Il little hospitality. without need OF
a Caleb Balderstone."
MY darling!"
"Do not be afraid of me"-she kissed
him with n slightly quivering lip. Il may
be young and foolish. but know how to
keep my husbands dignity, and my own.
Now, shall | write the notes, or you!'
You he said. and. plunging into q
f~avOrite book. referred to the matter no
more.
At supper time she laid before him
silently a little bundle of letters. which he
read. and Their looked up with the bright
est smile.
what a comfort is n wife who can get
one out of Il difficulty! You ave the pref
test way of putting things-French grace
added to Scotch honesty. How do you
manag it,
Il don't know. l just say what ! feel;
but ] try to say it rs pleasantly as | can.
Why not:'
"Why not, indeed! Only so few do it,
He looked at her. sitting at the head OF
his table-yOung, indeed. but with q sweet
m%atronly dignity, added to her wonderful
crystalline simplicity-lookcd ut her with
all his heart in his eyes. "People say that
though a mans business success rests
with himself, his social status depends
upon his wife. | think. whether rich or
poor. | may be quite sure of mine
A glad light was in her eyes. bu, she
made no answer. except just asking if the
letters would do.
YES. But, little l~aw-givcr, I soc YOU
have accepted one invitation-the Sym
ingtons':"
You do not object? You liked them?
And they will nave a house full of pleas
ant people for Christmas-Ladv Syming-
ton told me so. 1t is not good for man to
be alone-not even with his oW II wlfn. who
is half himself, and therefore no variety.
! cannot bear YOU to hide you" light un-
der Il bushol."
always nothing but me-"
1T is always you-it ough; TO be-" she
cried. with that rare passion less az
pressed than betrayed. You think SO
little of yourself that it Is rght some one
shonld think for you Everybody will by
and-by."
I'VE shall see. Once | had ambitions
for myself"
And o l have ambitions for YOU.
They can wait. We are young. We bide
our time. Only We'll leave nothing UNI
done. Wen watch the turn Of the tide"
And meanwhile wen 70 to the Sym
ingtons," said he. with a smile. "You
see, | let you have your own way"
$50 Won Oupht if Won think il IL tho
right way. And | may send off these
notes? You agree
Yes. But" half testing. half earnest,
suppose | had not agreed. what then?
There is a little word in our English mar
riage scrvice-it was not in the Swiss one.
| think-'love. honor, and obey"
THE two former imply the latter: but
if an English wife does not love or honor,
must she obey
would you obey"
Silence paused a moment. and then
answered softly. but very distinctly.
NO. Neither God nor man could require
it of me. One must both honor and love
the man that one obeys. or obedience is
impossible. If II wife sees her husband
doing wrong she should try to prevent
him; if he tells her to do wrong she
iloilI'i III lNl NIbh IL iISit1 t1iH
man. even though it be ones own hus-
band. Hoderick. you might cut me up
in little pieces as the children say, but
not even you could make me do what |
felt | ought not to do. or hinder me from
doing what | thought was right"
"NIy little rebel. No" snatching her
TO his bosom, my little C~onscience-the
best conscience Il man can have-a wife
I urhN 10 nfr,iI 90 ,otI,,r md ,,aIn1r. 49,
even of himself"
And are you not angry with me-
"~Angry-because YOU spoke your mind:
even though l thought one thing and
! you another-as may happen many and
many n time. My dearest. did | not tell
you once ! wanted Il wife, not a slave?
Time enough for you to turn slave when
| turn tyrant. | may like to rule-most
men do; and it is fair they should if they
| rule wisely, but | should despise myself
if | attempted to %tyrannize. Now, kiss
me. Our discussion is over; our quarrel
| ended"
Not a quarrel only a difference OF
| opinion"
in which each holds his own till sat
isfactorily convinced to the contrary"
"Or till both see that there may be a
WISDOM Deyonu botn tnelrS, WHICH Is per
haps the best lesson one learns in mar
riage. Except one-my husband"
And for the second time she took and
kissed his hand, not in humiliation of re-
pentance-what had she to repent off,
but in that tender reverence, that entire
trust without which obedience is a fc-
ton and love an impossibility. Then,
ceasing to talk, he put her on the sofa,
with her workable beside her. and
threw himself on the hearth rug at her
feet, to Improve his mind" he said, and
hers-by reading aloud. But, as often
happened now, he was so tired that all
these laudable intentions failed. He laid
his head against his wife's lap, and fell
fast asleep with the book in his hand.
CTo be continucd.)