The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
A COMPLICATED CASE.

a iDM MHIIJAIED JANE.
She was little dressmaker whom
everybody respected. but who. la spite
of the fact that her family consisted of
only one and that one herself, had
never climbed the hin of difficulty, but
was ever az the foot She had ambl-
tlous and ideals. after which she wis
perpeiually striving IN the treadmill
methods of a struggle FOR daily exist
7t.nee. She had possibly some dreams OF
love. but there was always a dismal
awakening until SHE had come 10 look
upon her circumscrihed area Of life as
the only camping ground fate was will
ing She should have SO she made her
self comfortable with the material at
hand and tried 10 think herself happy
when her four walls were the boun-
daries Of her world
fnnfeniment came. Il not happiness.
and then the disturbing element OF love
entered into her domain and took pos
session. AZ least she. who was not
familiar with the dear Ylsage of love.
HAAtfH"'HH WV NNNNMN AWE NNE ANNENNI
god. aud bado him welcome. TO drop
metaphor. she was continually meet
ing q man upon the stairs OF the board
ing house, which was her Riaiio. He
was lonely single man of gentlcmanIv
appearance. but 10 he eye ~ the Initial.
ed be bore the unmistakable signs Of
dissipation. Miss L0nsdale. the little
dressmaker, was not Initiated. She be-
ileyed him 10 be suffering from I'M
health. the result Of dependency. and
Woman'llke. first pitied. then loved
iiim His name was Maurice Dunbar
and be told her that his family had
disowned him because he was poor.
This seemed perfectly natural 10 Miss
innsdale FOR she herself looked on
poverty as disease or crime and shun-
ned contact with the more fortunate of
her fellow beings
They were married and she soon
found that with conjugal compie.
meni she was a complete failure. She
had used her burial fund rs mar
rlage dowry. and. while II lasted. they
lived on the fat or the land. She found
her husband had exfravagant tastes
and she gratihed him. lie had no
money. 10 she provided him with an
she had. and when 1t WAS gone. went
back 70 her dressmaking. a profession
70 which matrimony Is always fatal
She was abscnt.minded. and nearly
cut on a customers ear with her fitting
shears She no longer chatted and be.
guiled the time OF her fashionable peo-
pie with quaint reminders Of other
customers They grew tired Of her and /
took their custom elsewhere.
Il came out In the usual way. Loves /
wings trailed Ia the dust and were dc. 1
spoiled When she could no longer
maintain him. her husband abused her. /
4 made you d lady when married
yon. he said; my family Is far above /
yours. aud be would pose dramatlcal. |
y Ike an injured lord.
q Il have 40 family" she would an.
swer IN tear-choked voice. ~except
you. BE good 70 me. Maurice. and I
win DO anything for you You need
not lift finger; only De good 10 me-"
The disposition Of man 10 whom
such an appeal Is necessary Is already
brutallzed beyond redemption. lie
went from bad 20 worse. gambled.
drank, and ended by beating his wife
aud turning her out Of doors.
That is not pleasant to read about:
think. then. what Il must have been 10
endure. Mrs Dunbar went 10 the
house OF one whom she had befrlended
20 ask shelter Tor the night II was de-
clined on the ground that there was no
vacant room. She would have taken
her friend IN and sat up all night that
she might rest well. There was one
other family, but on the steps Of their
house her heart failed her, and she
turned away and went back to her own
rooms where she could not make any
impression on the man in a drunken
sleep within. Then she walked the
streets until daylight. when she fell
senseless and WIS carried or IN an
ambulance TO one Of the hospitals.
where she remained unknown and un-
claimed.
She Was m a long time. After that
Z here was tedious season Of GONZALES.
Cence. She was In the city ward. but
every body was good 20 her and took an
Interest in The lonely woman. She sent
a note to her husband by a messenger.
who brought back word that the house
was empty. She never intended 20 70
back to him. but wanted the few pos
sessions she owned 20 make her COM
Portable
one day she was reading a newspa-