The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-10
N-Continued.

in her hand, wherein their %inconingS
and outgoings were set down with
scrupulous ncatncss and rs much ac-
curacy as was attainablc under the
circumstances.
How clever you are" RoGorick
cried, enthusiastically. until he discov-
cred the sad deficit, which must be
met somehow. How? "PerhapS the
people would wait; Richcrden trades
men often do"
"lf they could, we could not" Silence
answered. %Gravely. They must be
paid
How? Not by asking my mother:
II is impossible" added he. abruptly.
"And otherwise what can | do? 4 can
not die: TO beg | am ashamed.'"
Rodcrick spoke with great bitterness.
His wife made no answer, but went
into her bedroom and brought out 4
large jewelers. c~asc-necklet, bracelet.
brooch.
1T was very good of YOU. dear, to
give me these. know what they cost.
for | have found the receipted bill:
still, if We had, not jewels, but the
money"
Rodcrick drew himself up with cx-
cccding pride. Am | come to such n
pass that | require to sell my wife's
ornaments? 1t is a little hard" Then
bursting out hotly, as she had never
before seen him do-"No, Silence. you
are only a girl: you don't understand
the world, or YOU would never have
suggested such n thing. Not that; any
thing but that"
There is nothing but that, so far as
! see" she answered gently, but firm
ly. 1T is true l am 4 girl; but ! am not
quite ignorant of the wcrld-at least of
its troubles. Mamma and | were often
very poor-sO poor that we did not al
ways have enough TO eat; but W. held
Il heads high. because we owed no
II anything. She used 10 say, My
child. what we can not pay for we will
go without | always obeyed her. l
must do SO still. You must never ask
ne to wear these Jewels
He was so astonishod that his sud
den wrath melted away in a moment.
L III a. hN ga
have ruled with a word. Yet by the
way she quietly put the ornaments
back and laid the cas- aside. he knew
she mean what she said, and that
nothing would ever move her to act
against her conscience.
DO YOU not care for them, the gifts
] gave YOU said Roderick. tcndcrly.
ts,. ga, ,l-- ~ ,A.D De-, I
care for YOU still more would rather
never wear jewels to the day of my
death than see my husband look as he
has looked this day"
But to sell your ornaments. even if
/ can do it. which | doubt? My poor
child. what would Richerden people
say
Would Richcrden think ii more dis
creditable that YOU should sell my orna-
mcnts than that your tradespcople
should go without their money: Then
l think the sooner we leave Richerdcn
the better
"llavc we quarrclcd:'
Il don't know said she. half smil-
ing.
koderick paused "A minute, and then
held ont his arms.
You are right; | VIII 10 it,"
".Not You. dear; these things are so
much easier to onc than to men.
Let me 20 to the icwclrr and say"
THAT YOU do not like thom:'
NO. for that would not be true. |
like thcm very much-as l like all
pretty things. liut l like other things
bcttcr-honor, peace. and a quiet mind.
We will SGT ourselves right now. and
after that we will hc carcful-very
careful. You must earn the money.
and. like Macbeth, leave all the rest
to me- thcn lhis will never happen
again. | being 50 clever rs YOU say"
The laugh in her voice. but the tears
IN her eyes who could withstand
either: Not l.odcrick. certainly BE
sides. he had the sense To sec. what
not III men can sec. that there are
things which a Wo4au can do better
than a man. in which n woman is often
wis and Il man foolish. II is not II
question OF superiority or mfcriority.
but merely difference.
Il perceive" he said. Il must give
YOU the rcinS an1 'nk into my right
place in Tie household chariot. Well.
perhaps I. is best. far better than turn
ing into n dom,-ti, ph"etan and set
ting the world on fire. Seriously. my
darling. this shall n,l happen again. if
YOU will help me
So ended their first quarrel, Nhicl