Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-18
"Iynder wba, condittops,v

Under what conditfonsf"
"By taking additional oaths OF secrecy.
"And you will set yourself free at once?
she asked, anxiously.
81 will do anything that you like, dear.
he said. "Yon shall do what you will
with me. Tomorrow, IL you will let m,
leave you here, / will go to headquarter
aud take the oaths which will free me TO
ever. After that I shall nave no will bul
yours"
And you will never. never go into thi,
life again,' she urged.
"Never-I swear it on my honor" he an
swered, solemnly.
Neither he nor she noticed that ths
phrase came somewhat oddly from him
To Julia's ears 1t sounded all right, foI
she had more than once tempted him sore
ly to break his word aud she had not sue
ceeaed in doing so. And Stephen himself
had always, apart from his profession
lived the life strictly of a man OF the most
rigid honor and Womb no more have help
ed himself to a shilling out of his neigh
bors purse than he would have struck his
wife across the face.
To some people this may read rs An i'm
possible character, but believe ME it is not
so, 1t is no more impossible than IL is i'm
possible for thousands OF well-born, we'll
educated men Of honor who go into Gods
House of their own free will aud take the
most solemn oaths of fidelity before God
and man, and afterwards hold them so
lightly that our divorce courts are filled
to overlooking and a husband who really
loves his wife after u matter OF ten years
or so is looked upon as a curiosity, as IL he
were some strange animal with habits
which need studying because they are 80
unusual.
Nor are the men only TO blame in this
respect-there are plenty OF wives in Eng
land, especially in London, whose behav-
Tor is n disgrace to their womanhood and
a shame to themselves. For instance |
know one little IN who was married
a few months ago She is not in the least
degree pretty, though she gives herself
the airs OF an acknowledged beauty. She
has q little air of tossing her head aud a
spontaneous sort Of grin which comes into
play on all occasions. In season and ont
OF season, aud otherwise she Is a little
skinny, ungraceful bunch of bones with a
nut-cracker nose aud chin and q mole on
her cheek. She is still young. but not
quite so young as she gives out. and she is
utterly and entirely, and l fear irretrieva-
bly,, silly Ia every respect. =.
Well. this young persons husband Is n
line, good looking, young fellow, n triie
slow, perhaps, but distinctly honest. He
Is already s impressed with his little
wffe's utter foolishness that he spends his
time for the most par, I'm an agony of fear
that she will one day do something too
foolish and childish for words. The re-
suit Is that she goes freely about, bleating
of the trial that dear Jacks jealousy is to
her.
I've only been married four mouths"
she explains, and it Is hard I can't speak
to any other man because dear Jack is so
Jealous" Inc so on. Well. at last l found
out what this nice young persons ambi-
tiOn was. What do you think, To have
an attendant mani A man who will 60
from one dowdy afternoon to another
dowdy afternoon and be at her beck aud
call, to stand by while she firts with other
men aud thankfully accept the crumbs
that fall from her beautyship's table,
Little idiot So as she is not attractive |
enough to secure a really smart man, and |
rs several very smart men. to my knowl.
edge. do not care to see poor Jack" on
the grill, she has to content herself with
an ancient beau, who has been the laugh
ipg-stock OF society for many and many a
Fol my own part, I don't think
poor Jack" Is brilliant, but, hang me, II
I wouldn't rather spend an hour talking
TO him any day than to the pompous old
mummy whom Mrs. Jack drags from one
place to another with such an air Of CO
quetry and pride.
Yet Mrs. Jack would be nightly Offend
cd II anyone ventured to question her
right 4, be called an honest woman, or
AlRtsd that she was not doing her