The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-18
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VIII the seG5 ase Gy IND ssg psn 1RGhn e as
IT succeeded in, capturing the Widow
EEfescGtt at the house Of a sick Woitiaii.
This time haying been, fairly cunght, she
made , no tesist',nte, but brushed back
net st na , kfa5y hait PVT oI her bon
and deteriiined Expression around the
CORNERS of her mouth, said to the oifi-
Ger: ."NbW, sir, / aiii ready" =
On he way to court she maintained the
most Impressive silence. In vain did
Sheriff Patterson try to engage her In
conversation about the case. !
oW; entered the =. courtrooii'. "' AZ f last
he WHISPERED to lis ciiei Sute MfH s T eS
btiy was sitting iii front of the jtidge,
and not three feet from her sat her hus,
band. with a troubled ana d6wncdst look
np6n his Weather-sed med fiite: He had
s i S Sgans end p9 Ecw TtnFsd H. was va"
ii bold manner had: deserted him. LAW,
Yer Hobbs read the petition Of Mrs,
Tewksbmry for divorce. Then he proceed.
ed in d l6dd ihd IltIipbiis, voice: II will
gall upon the Widow Prescott as. bur
first Witness The Widow stood up
ana WAS sworn; The lawyer began to
e euesaes ner with it, s$e $d td bs
She evaded most Of his queries. Again
and again he tried to bring her round
to Il direct statement of what she had
seen and knew. The widow was much
more than Il match for the learned coun.
sci. and brought the laugh of the specta,
tors upon him; dtd even the jidge siniled
sra sMtx and s;appre7s d SORT IF smils
and answer more directly. Il don't want
to go against my Bible oath, judge, bu,
l can't answer such questions. They
don't give me chance to tell the whole
truth-the whole truth is what you want,
judge, isn't it?" EYES," he responded,
that is what your oath requires
wen, then let me say what | have
said the judge. wi "Giv s" the court what Sh,
you know about this case.''
Lawyer Hobbs protested that he
wished to continue his examination,
you can ask tho witness Sour questions
when she has made her statement" re.
Piled plt The ;; judge: "Now proceed, Mrs.
Some ONE. married fUl * ! Ste hoYpy judge,
easy and comfortablc; and sonic are un-
happy and know too much about it, keep
on the watch for it all the time, they or
their friends. [ have seen some things
i'll this family I'm not going to repeat,
and some I'm willing to testify to. You
see, judge, Mr.. and Mrs. Tewksbury are
like the rest Of us, good enough in their
way, and fond enough in their way; yes,
they, are 80 fond they get to expecting too
much Of one another. He's great burly
rush and clutter. She's a quiet, timid,
half sick little woman, with a baby at
her breast MOST of the time. But she lust
worships hin1-t tell you, judge, that's so,
when her relations let he alone. They
think Tewksbury's rough ways mean
cruelty, when, they are the latural out
coininss. :, If they would just let her alone
she, would fall down before her husband
i'll her admiration, even if lie laid a hand
upon her-which he sometimes does. But
then, you know, judge, the making up
with them is about as sweet as first love.
They don't 60 along even lind smooth like
most folks; that's fact, Judge Still
they get as much, sometimes, [ think,
more happiness out of marriage than com
mon. When you don't love il man, and
never did. you jog along, but "tisn't liv-
ing-it's just passing the time and wait
ing for the mourners. Somewhere under
heart good enough for any woman He
loves his little mite of a woman, do
really believe, according to his stature
which is big and loose and rather uncer-
tain in it's motions. When he takes hold,
though, things have to move. And his
children, though he commonly doesn't
take much notice of them, let anything
hanpenIl to one Of them. and he's us quick
Of feeling as any man 1 ever saw. Why
Judge, when their third boy, smart little
fellow i'll his seventh year, died, you
should have seen how he took on: he was
a changed man for. II good while, and
leaned then upon his wife for comfort
1t seemed as if his heart was broken and
it took all of her strength and affection
to keep him anyways cheerful"
At this allusion to the death of his
boy Tewksbury shifted uneasily. in bis
seat and began to wipe his eyes with
the sleeve Of his coat Mrs. Tewks-
bury's, pale face turned deeper pallor
and the tears ran down her hollow
cheeks. She glanced timidly toward her
husband. and, overcome by the sight of
his grief, she instinctively reached out
her hand towards him. He grasped it
and suddenly almost crawled from his