The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21

would soften his wife's only partially con-
S SSi!ss a oHsr tho 1907 b s@S aaoii oSS he d hST not sa' in eS q
change. He did not know his dsurhter now
rebslled against. Mrs. Sartwells attitude
toward education in general was one cnlcu-
She looked upon u courro in school as a sinful
waste OF time and money. The Apostles. che
and who among oresent.day people we're to bs
COMPARED with the Apostlcsr Education was
merely a pompcrer or that deplorable pride
of this conceited milton. She had many texts
ut her command which went TO prove that TOO
much learning was q dangerous thing. and
these quotations she frequently presented TO
Edna. In the hope that many repetltions or
sHil that S1u Was @ su4s to fo IL se% a pa ms%sS spent V% ns
woenins pride was Mrs. ssftweiIs especial
driving modern nations. RAPIDLY TO perdition.
She told Edna. sorrowtully. that she noticed an
return from Eastbourne., The nrId" which
aped humility was ever the most banefnl va
riety OF that dctestable fauit. and Edna's al
lence ~. the face OF good counsel show"u that
her pride had assumed the sullen typo which
5 so difficult for a good woman TO deal. with.
IL was only when Mrs. Snrtwt1l-ofcnded by
absence Of rctort. and cheated out of her Just
due of argument by the silence Of hor adr"r;
the appalling results OF ovcreducatioa upon an
already naughty nature. that some Eltmmer
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been, changed .ty the two years residence mt
Eastbourne, That Edna was angry at this
stni there was, n reserve and r%estralnt in her
indiEnati9n which Mrs. sartwell sonld not
tathom. The rirl stood sor q moment looking
AT her. then said very quietly:
NJ ;ather has enough to worry him with
out being bothered by our small affairs. Ho
Ike me better than you did before l went
away, and 1 with him 70 c%ontInue thinking so,
nave Tor YOU that G Rusra me to endeayOr In my
humble way-prnyinc that my efforts may be
s h,siisd ,b Sy , a higher Ss ro pow rrdd;ns correct sn%sd those
Ths moment he finds things nre Just as bad as
gone. am now trying to bear patiently and
uncomplainingly all l have to pnt up with in
to save my father unnecessary trouble. You
say l I'm proud. resenttul. stubborn, and all
that. an far worse thtn even you have any
kind OF woman l shall become IL I am much
longer under your sNay.
under your taunts. for l think such things that
~ were TO put them in words-wel!. we won't
learned meekness because / have lived in a
yory much mlstaKen: but I have learned that
with a text at the end OF every exasperating sen;
tence. Now. being. a woman. / underst. and
You said once that. IL he chose me to be mis-.
tress OF this house. YOU would lay down your
i keys and nd deInrn without VI p a mur ynn w0 YG1
flHht for your place. Therefore l want you TO
understand thoroughly what you may expect
som plain OF me In any way or lead him TO think
there IL the least friction. I shall go % him and
happen then?-you know as we'll as I do. So
long as he Is not troubled with our affairs |
shall say nothing. and will try to be as dutiful
and obedient as II l were your own daughter
Mrs. Sartwell sat down. buried her face in
her hands aud wept softly. as one does whose
tenderest feelings are wounded. 1t was hard
stubborn person. resulting in a most uncertain
and unsatisfactory victory-if it could be
upon to face the same problem over again.
She knew that II Edna appealed to her father
anyth,ng might happen. He would be brute
live in peace with his daughter. The man was
CAPABLE OF anything. in spite, Of all the pre-
there was still, the consolation that she might
save the girl BY earnest and devoIed pers's:.
not prntest so long as her father was unmolsst.
ed; SO Mrs. Sartwell agreed that her husband
should NOT be made the referee between them.
over. the happ" home.
Edna had:devrloped into a beautiful woman:
any idea OF. She was more sedate and re.
served than when sho had left home; and more
Prone Prone t" w It t h%os chin In band a. q.
into the future. Resolutely as she had set
herself to pat Marsten forever out Of her
voice often came back to her. AL
though she had. been brought up in a demo-
person was technically MS good as another. yet
she llvei In n country where a grocer's daugh-
considers II quite beneath her dignity to be
ter: while the daughter OF q draper. from her
serene social altitude. would have some dim
guilty IN distinguishing the relative status OF The
other two, although, she would be well aware
That the adjective green, carried compare
ter Of 4 man who had been a workman: yet, |
when she.thought over the %ororosil she had re-
ceired in the school garden. she was slleat
TO think that a workman should as
pire to the hand of his masters daughter. Sho
had conversed with Marsten. and discussed the
never for n moment had the thought Of equal
ity between them. entered her mind. He. was
muir rnlt ya a modsfn snt i HHa' l snGs al thn ran MSs s as a
Distinguishing man has sung. and. Es the young
woman meditated on the subject in all its bear
and less tangible. She remembered that no
thought Of social inequality had ever occurred
TO her while in his presence. She got no fur
Their in the understanding of her own feelings
than, the conclusion that she liked him very
his manlinessa and his determination TO succeed.
When the strike ,came on. aud she knew
that her father and lover Were opponents. her
was hard that one or tho other must be de-
Ieated. and she sighed when she thought of
the two men ,who, we're now dearer
to her than all the world beside.
As the contest went Oh ana ehe raw her
father bending un'er the storm. ageing per
day by day, becoming more and more
silent. her strong affection for him grew
she ycarned toward him. wishing
she COLD comfort him. yet knowing she was
Sometimes a fierce resentment
against Marsten would spring suddenly up in
her heart. He had all tLe world to fight aGainft.
yet he must choose as his'antagonist. out of
the many millions. her father. IL disron-
her TO perceive that this resentment
never lasted long; that she found he-self sym
pathizing. too. with the younger OF tho COM |
and making excuses for him. A par
tisan. has an easy time OF IT, In this world COM
pnred with one who sees that all the good or
al! tho bad rarely, rests with one side solely.
Is like the cotton and The wool
in a piece OF cloth. Sartwell and Marsten
Zach behaved he was lighting for the right: but
Edna saw wrong on both sides and right on
both Sides. although once the fight WAS started
she had not the courage to say this.
But. as war goes On. the original right or
wrong almost Invariably sinks ont of sight.
and We choose our side from other considera-
tlons than those which appeal in times Of ! eaco
20 thinking beings. lie who holds al oof 10
branded ms n traitor; and yet man. with HIS
marvellous cNpncity for self-esteem. fatters
that he is a reson.ng animal.
Sartwell generally "an,e home late. some