The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-19

think Our friend Mack realizes what
a loss he has sustained in this kind
of property
"He is losing the respect of men,
and, if I am not mistaken, his domes-
tic happiness is at stake. What re-
mains worth living for?''
X X X X X
Margaret's father, who had always
been her confdant 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 of his life. He
resolved to have an interview with
her husband.
'You see, sir, made mistake, !"
said the young man, telling Mar
garet about my business affairs. Wo-
men don't understand these things" I"
"You made a mistake in doing the
thing, not in telling your wife about
it." said the elder man kindly. "Wo-
men have keener moral perception
than men. You would do we'll to
submit the moral side of transac-
ton to her."
"Oh, my dear sir, where would I
come out :"
"A successful and honored man.
Aside from this, I 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. "
II did not know you had such ad-
vanced ideas in regard to women"
said the young man. ''I knew you
had some views about justice, which
are somewhat"
"Old-fashioned, were you going to
say, or advanced also ?'
mo, sir, think they are hard to
follow"
Not at adjust the opposite. Ny
boy, none of us is strong enough to
trife 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
I think your sense of right has been
obscured for time by your haste to
get ahead in the world, but take a
fresh start-you'll be astonished to
find how much easier it is to get on
when all the right-going powers are
on your side, and men learn to trust
you. Take fresh start. This does
not count"
"My dear sir, it has connted most
seriously; it has made us wretched.
Tell me what to do! !"
MAKE restitution to the widow
from whom you bought the property.
Get fair valuation on it and pay
her the difference. Well fix it up,
and I 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
cosy evening was spent by the fam
lily party, which usually included
Margaret's father, who seemed to
take a growing interest in their home
life.
One evening as the elder lawyer ac-
companied the widow home after a
pleasant visit, she said to him
1t was you who showed us how
right must triumph"
1T is estimated by the poet, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, that out of a hun
dred people, ffty-one are to be found
on the side of right, so the world is
saved"
"Saved by a majority of one," re-
piled his companion.
''Yes," said the lawyer, "a major
ity of one, yet saved, thank God.'
''Do you know, I feel so indebted
to your counsel in the settlement of
Our affair, have often wanted to ask
you what ought to do about it."
"There is one thing, my dear ma
dam, that you can do. 1 will quote
as the reply of an eminent jurist to a
like question from 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"
"Yes," replied her husband, cit is
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