Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17


and her downfall is assured. With
nations and with individuals, the
same law is. true. / hold an ideal to
be the souls highest standard of
good and noble achievement"
"Yes, it's something you're always
living up to and never get, and if you
get it then you lose it."
Lose it as an ideal, of course; gain
it as a reality"
Men establish a pew station for
ideals further on, l suppose. Do you
think our friend 2ack realizes what
a loss he has sustained in this kind
of ~property?"
He is losing the respect of men,
and, if / am not mistaken, his domes-
tic happiness is at stake. What re.
mains worth living for?"
Margaret's father, who had always
been her comfort and companion,
from whom she had never before
withheld any important thing, know
ing his high-minded girl so thorough
ly and the trend of the business ca
reer of her husband, could not long
be kept in ignorance OF the unhappy
state of affairs between the young
people.
Reluctant as he was to interfere,
yet his daughters happiness was to
him the dearest object in life. He re-
solved to have an interview with her
husband.
"You see, sir, 1 made a mistake"
said the young man, telling Mar
garet about my business affairs.
Women don't understand these
things"
"You made a mistake in doing the
thing, not in telling your wife about
it," said the, elder man, kindly. "Wo-
men have a keener moral perception
than men. You would do well to sub
nit the moral side of a transaction
to her"
"Oh, my dear sir, where would I
come out?"
"a successful and honored man.
Aside from this, 1 think a woman
ought to know something about her
husbands business affairs. Then if
she is left without his protection, she
is not at the mercy of any who may
be tempted to take advantage Of
her."
81 did not know you had such adj
vanced ideas in regard to women"
said the young man 81 knew you
had some views about justice, which
are somewhat"
"Old-fashioned, were you going to
say, or advanced alsoY
mo, sir, 1 think they are hard to
follow"
Not at adjust the opposite. My
boy, none of us is strong enough to
trifie with justice. She will have her
reckoning with every transgressor.
Now, my boy, I am going to take a
fathers privilege of telling you that
1 think your sense of right has been
obscured for a time by your haste to
get ahead in the world, but take a
fresh ~start-youll be a~stonished to
find how much easier it is to get on
when all the ri%ght-going powers are
on your side, and men learn to trust
you. Take a fresh start. This
doesn't count"
"My dear sir, it has counted most
seriously; it has made us wretched.
Tell me what to dol"
snake restitution to the widow
from whom you bought the property.
Get a fair valuation on it and pay
her the difference. Well fix it up,
and / think things will look brighter
soon"
1t was fixed up and the sunshine
came back, and Margaret was her
old happy self once more, and there
was no more welcome visitor to the
home than the former owner, Of
whom the young wife grew very
fond. Many a cosy evening was
spent by the family party, which
usually included Margaret's father,
who seemed to take a growing inter-
est in their home life.
One evening as the elder lawyer
accompanied the widow home aver
a pleasant visit, she said to him:
"It was you who showed us how
right must triumph"
"It is estimated by the poet, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, that out of 100 peo-
pie 81 are to be found on the side
of right, so the world is saved"
Saved by a majority of one," re-
piled his companion.
EYES," said the lawyer, "a major
ity of one, but yet saved, thank God"
"Do you know, I feel so indebted
to your counsel in the settlement of
Il affair, 1 have often wanted to ask
you what | ought to do about it."
"There is n thing, my dear mad
am, that you can do. l will quote
it as the reply of an eminent iurist
to a like question from a female
client"
"What is it 1 can do?" she asked,
eagerly.
"You can marry your counsel"
When Margaret heard the news she
was delighted. "Father will be so
happy" she said, "and it is so ro-
mantle"
eyes," replied her husband, at is
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