The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-24

future as completely as lies in my
power. | have today altered my Will,
leaving you at my death exactly what
the law allows. and not a penny more
have also made out list" Mr.. Sew
all raised a paper from the desk with
out moving his eyes from his wife's
white face, ''of certain shops at which
you can order, / think, whatever you
need for your clothing and other neces-
sites. If there is anything l have
omitted l will add to the list when ad-
visable. The bills will be sent to me
every month. Your brougham will. of
course, be ready at any time to take
you wherever you may wish to go.
But added Mr.. Sewall, raising his
voice slightly, you shall never again.
II 1t Is in my power, touch one cent of
my money while 1 live"
He stopped and held out the list to-
ward his wife. Whatever outburst of
rage or hysteria his experience or the
bitterness of his spirit may have led
him to expect, nothing at least followed.
Pauline took the paper mechanically
from his hand, and went quietly and
without word out of the room.
In the days that followed there came
to her a curious sense of relief, almost
or rest. Her doom had fallen, and there
was sort of poetic justice about this
curious punishment-or revenge. But
there came to her. oddly enough, a first
faint feeling of hope, from the fact that
she had succeeded in moving the man
so deeply. She regretted deeply what
had happened, and though it had been
put out OF her power 10 confess her re-
morse, she had at least been shown a
way to suffer for it
The practical discomforts of the new
order of things showed themselves
promptly. She had emptied her purse
or all the change which had happened
to be in it, sealing somewhat dramati-
cally the few bills and coins in an en-
Velope, and put it into corner of the
desk. wondering half childishly if her
husband would ever realize she was too
proud to take even this advantage of
his forgetfulness or generosity.
Excuse me, Mrs. Sewall, but the man
mas finished mending the window. and
wants to know will you pay him the so
cents now?'
The postman is at the door, ma am;
nell be wanting 10 cents extra on a
letter. ma'am.''
and could you advance me 81 or 81 on
my wages, please?' --.-.-----.------
Poor Mrs. Sewall had hard work at
hrst TO conceal her confusion on these
embarrassing occasions, but her an
swer was invariably: II am very busy.
Maggie; you had better go to Mr.. Sew
all, when he comes home" and at
length the servants came to know it
was no use to apply to her.
This is nice lady" they would
whisper among themselves; there amt
many nicer, but it's wicked the way she
shoves everything onto that poor man.
It's easy to see, too, that he amt any
too fond Of her."
Indeed there was little communication
during these days between husband and
wife Pauline took a piteous pleasure
IN making life as luxurious as possible
for him.
Josiah Sewall was not club man. He
came home regularly to his somewhat
silent. but invariably delicious dinners.
lie and Pauline had sometimes a little
conversation about politics, or purely
lmpersonal matters of the day. He
scarcely realized it until it had become
quite usual He had never before
thought il worth while to talk to women
about such things. Once or twice they
spoke of books. but the conversation
had Jagged and he found himself salv-
ing his self-reSpect with the excuse that
men have nowadays less time for read
ing than women Excepting for the
thought of that one night he would
have been more at peace than ever be-
fore: but that ugly memory would not
icehNc IlllI- L VI NeeAS ne expected utlly
some be.ated storm of reproaches. tears
or entreatieS. When that did not come
he grew suspicious and examined the
monthly bills with bitter curiosity,
wondering if in some way Pauline were
not supplying herself with money
through her power of ordering without
stint. But he could discover no flag
rant excess of any kind. The amounts
seemed, indeed, to his masculine mind,
absurdly small-but then. he had only
his first wife's folly and mad extrava-
gance to compare them with.
a temptation of this kind had. it is
true, momentarily occurred to Pauline
1t was only few days after the begin