The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-07-11
MRS BOB.
BY JOHN STRANGE WINTER.
CHAPTER XxY.-"MELL,,

ubtefly eSuausteu. III tHe minu OF eacf
there ragged Il wild fury OF ideas: on his
side of anger that he had not been able te
look ut her and tell the one lie which
would have ensured her future belief If
him, of awful dread OF n future which he
would have to live out without her, OF
contempt ut his u~nspeakable folly in not
having secured safety before his marriage
by burning his bouts behind him. And
on Julia's side there was quite as conflict.
Ing u crowd of Thoughts She Thought Of
the blow such knowledge would be to her
people; that Miss Theodosia would Ger.
tainly ncve. leave Anthony Staunton he1
twelve thousand a year now; she thought
of how all her friends would sheer if the
truth came out, those who had nattered
and fawned upon her most OF all: she
thought of how they would sheer and in.
vent wonderful tales ION the best author.
ity" il she and Stephen purte,l--and the
very thought of parting with stephen
brought the hot tears TO her ewes md
made her realize how utterly and entire
ly she loved him still in spite of every.
thing. In%voluntarily when she renched
this poiut she put out her hand md laid il
on his.
He started Violently as he felt the soft
lOuCn. 'Neli, what are YOU gong to dog"
he asked, almost roughly, vet with n sns-
picious break in his voice.
ooh, Stevie! Stevie!" she cried, pitcous.
ly. 81 do love you so. lido love you sol"
The reply was so different from the tor
rent of reproaches that lie had been ex.
pecting, that he, strong man though he
was, broke down altogether. He flnns
himself at her feet and hid his face upor
-, 1,,..a n.l l.,.. IA -,
And Julia bent down over him and nut
her arms about him md soothed him ten.
derby. Don't cry, Stevie," she kept say.
ing. don't cry like that, darling"
At lust he grew calm and presently was
able to speak. 81 thought YOU were never
going to have anything more to do with
me-" he said, with II shudder. ~ though.
you didn't mean 10 own me araiu. ]
thought you were going away from me-"
But Julia held him close in her nrms
against her faithful woman's heart and
laid her check against his throbbinc head.
mo. no. not that, dear" she said. 81
won't-indeed | can't pretend that all
this is not an awful blow to me. / feel as
it I have lived u lifetime of misery in the
last few hours. But am not going to
leave you'll am no doll, no fair-weathe1
wife. told you so once before.p
For a long time he did not saw ANYTHING
but at last he spoke.
1--WE been such an outcast NIL nv life
Inever knew what sunshine was until
YOU came into nv life and p]laddenon
every hour 1 lived. / can never mike
you understand quite what nv past ha
been-what / was born to, a heritage q,
what the world calls sin and we called
nplu h,,ei,ae, Va, lnou, J,.n 4..,. T..
no very hard and fast line between the
man who helps himself out of the wealth
of rich men who can afford to lose and dc
not take the trouble to look after the safe
ty of what they set 40 much yalue On ,fte,
they lose it, and the man who deliber
ately swindles the widow md the ornhan
by getting them TO nut their hit Of money
into bogus companies. | won't eyc1se
myself. Juey-but / tell Won this that j
| should never ave gone into this Of NV
own free will. should never have gone
| into it at all jf I had not been horn ia II
brought up to it lust as | might have been
to any other profession.n
"You are mixed I'M with others-cap
YOU tell me nothing about its"
hoInins' nc nhs"efeu, ~
go ~" ss.s y ihsse,i, ahu Mhae'
~. Douln ner. .ouis"ise uhuei
"ns y even W save my
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lv to hre,L lie wor,I an1 si,a ~ I'M In SUI
cecaed in dong 81 And Stan,'an hin,s y
mad ,Iv,ys ,nort f,o,n III, Saarasn:N.
lived the life strictly of a man OF the most
rigid honor and would no more have help.
ed himself to a shilling out of his neigh
Dors purse than he would have struck his
vile across the face.
10 some people this may read as IN i'm
possible character, but believe ne it is not
SO, 1t is no more impossible than it is i'm
possible for thousands of well-born, well
educated meu of honor who go into Gods
House OF their W free will and take the
most solemn oaths OF fidelity before God
ana man. and afterwards hold them so
lightly that our divorce court are filled
to overlooking and a husband who really
loves his wife after u matter Of ten years
or SO is looked upon as Il curiosity, as If he
were some strange animal with habits
which need studying because they are SO
unusual.
Nor are the men only to blame in this
respect-thcre IRE plenty OF wives in Eng
land, especially in London, whose behav-
ior Is a disgrace to their womanhood and
u shame to themselves. For instance 1
know one little woman who was married
lew months ago. She is not In the least
degree pretty, though she gives herself
the airs OF an acknowledged beauty. She
mas q little air OF tossing her head and a
| spontaneous sort of grin which cpmas into