The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-03-14

answer 10 L question OF ltoderick's. .M%
is a RIchcrden man all j tie
country; would never face a U;nS, Tie
pass in winter, and if he came bo ni'hi
run away again. You haven't biz o' "ooi
rooms or grand enough dinners for huWsa
By-thc-hy, Blackhall is rather q HHl,
house. Silence, and 4 little gloomy wa
allow. You ought to keep up good Gu"
and | think. if l were you, l wou,d hh .S'
entirely new curtains and carpets bas'Ye
next winter
Silence smiled. 1t was one Of H.,
numerous little remarks which she bas
already learned quietly to smile at ri't
out showing o~ffense, even if she felt o,"
A. days sped on, the constant presono.
of an idle woman in a busy house hay
To say the least. it's difficulties. Tho ma,
ter did not feel thcm-his wife took cam.
of that-but the mistress did. NAM
time would Roderick notice how tired vha
looked. and why was it so? Had sbo ~.
Bella to help hcr!-women were olvor.
company for one another at homo. wb;,o
the men were away. His wife's ONLY ~.
swor was that silent smile. The fact tbo,
her guest was his sister tied her toncuo
even with her own husband.
at is not for very long," she said evor,
morning TO herself. and went through tbo
days work as we'll as she could a.
night she would often creep away. laor
ing the brother and sister together ma
mount TO the attic (Which Bella had IN
sisted should be made into a nursorr
because there one can't hear the lit,la
wretch crying'), to sit with the child in
her lap-the ugly. clfsh, troublesome
.IilJ l,n,paI fn Iicoacn owl ,.
from its cradle-and wonder with an
agony Of pity how it would fight through
life. or whether. after all, Gods mcrcr
might not be best shown by taking !,
back again out of a world where nobody
wanted it. and into which it had never
asked to be born. A great mystery
which non can solve.
She and Bella were always friendly.
even a~ifectionate. in n sort of way: but
nevertheless she often felt weary. 50
weary: like Il person who had to speak nil
day long in a foreign tongue. At least
such was the moral effect of her sisters
companionship. The two women might
hav" been brought up in two hemispheres.
Their views of life We're so altogether df.
fcrcnt that they could moi understand one
anothcr's language ut all. Still, this must
he borne; and it was borne. Things might
have been Il great deal worse.
Only when she heard her husbands rest.
less call for her all over the house. and
noticed Il nervous irritation in him when.
ever he was left long alone with his sister.
Silence began To wish for some sign of
their suspense being over. Evidently
both husband and mother had discarded
the runaway wife, either on her own nc.
count or that of her brother with whom
she had taken refuge.
wv" row in the same boat now, R0dy,"
Bella said one morning, when the seventh
days post had zone by. Il don't care; do
YOU: Clearly You will have to adopt as
waits and strays both me and the child.
I'll call ii after YOU, 'ltoderica,' or per-
hapS silence.
NO, not Silence" he answered. hastily.
II beg your pardon. but there can be only
one Silence in the world for me-" taking
lovingly his Wifc'S hand. "Advise with
her. Bella: she will be sure to suggest the
wiseSt and best thing"
Bat when the talked things
over. which they had full opportunity Of
dong. for Il deep fall of Christmas snow
Shut them in. and made Blackhall i'm
%pr"@nahlr even t0 more courageous and
less luxurious folk than Mr.. Alexander
Thomson. they came to no satisfactory
conclusions. Though strong on the queS-
ton Of her wrongs. and her correspond
Ing rights. Mrs. Thomson seemed to have
Il very feeble idea of her duties. TO any
course which involved the slightest
trouble. or cXcrtion, or self-denial, she
always offered innumcrablc mild but in
Surmountable objections.
Its all very fine to tell me that if |
cut my husband adrift, and refuse to live
with him, | can't expect him to maintain
me, and must maintain myself: how can
maintain myself: 1t isn't genteel for
women TO work, and it isn't pleasant,
either. You talk of independence and all
mat and the comfort my child will be to
me; but ! don't like children; and I'm
sure, Silence, | shall never enjoy being
poor. You knoW"-shc glanced round the
"II.laSlioncd ioom, and helped herself
WIN an air of exemplary condescension
To the best dish of that meal which had
been considered dinner. but which she
Always called lunch-"you. my dear, who
nave always been accustomed to that sort
o. ihlng, may find it easy, but | should
not"
No. SAID Silence. abscntly. She wa.
,"lihinS, not Of herself, but of her hus-
o"hd-oi his long, Woodworking days
spent at the mill, amid surroundings not
100 pleasant and with the perpetual whir
ol machinery in his ears: and to sensitive
organizations inccSSant noise is of itself
Il torment almost indcScribable, though
"HoAldaliable To those who do not under
St'hd TINS. He did, and felt it, too, yet
ne never complained. Even now, as 81
renee watched him come up the brae, with
somewhat tagging steps, she knew ne
would enter with a cheerful face, ana
"H'h he had put off the mechanic, ana
put On the gentleman" rs he said, laugh
ihE, one day To- Bella. be his own tender
sen To both of them. For The common no.
,Iol lE@l Il man may justifiably vent all
MS BUSINESS worries on his womankind