The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-02
AWon1an's Humiliation
How Mrs. Alfred Elliott is Atoning for the Folly
She Committed.

2 a servant, and never to seek to be any
thing but a servant She was to be alb
sclUtely Obedient 10 him and the chill
dTen, and never to attempt familiarities
with any of them. She was 10 be pre-
pared TO obey orders at any time in
4 the twenty-fOuT hours. and never TO
ask for any evenings off. She was 10
+ have 10 visitors of any kind whatever.
4 and never To go away from the farm
All these hard conditions the poor
4 woman accepted readily. She signed
+ ar agreement I'D which they were en-
! bodied, and Immediately entered upon
/ her new duties
Her former husband and the children
I address her as Mar, while she al
I ways saws Sir" to Elliott. The chill
/ dren have been told that they must
never speak to her or of her as their
mother
Mary, wells Master john. bring
/ m2 some more meat at once"
: Yes, sir says his mother.
/ Many" cries Miss Margaret L want
/ some more pie. You're very slow"
! Yes, Miss Margaret. says the
mother. This sort of thing goes on
all day long at the Elliott household
/ The family drudge does all the work
that an ordinary mother would do, and
all the work that a servant would DO,
and We she does not receive any of the
consideration that either mother or ser
want would. She is eXpiating her ter
rible folly.
She gets up at o'clock in the morn
ing and cleans her masters and his
children shoes. Then she lights the
fires and does some of the other rough
work. She waits on She table at
breakfast time and then sees that the
children have their rubbers on and
their clothes are in good condition
when they start out fCf school. She is
never allowed 10 say anything unless
she is spoken TO.
Elliott does not keep a coachman
any longer. On Sunday he drives the
children to church five miles away.
The servant, by special permission, Is
allowed to go there on foot
When an old friend of the family
calls one who knew Mrs. Elliott in
happier days, the former wife must still
act as a servant. She must not shev
in any way that she recognizes the
visitor. This is part of the agreement.
e, o. .
Mrs Elliott feels that she must sub
nit to every humiliation and sacrifice
to atone for the crime she committed.
She stands in profound awe of her for
mer husband, man of cold, silent,
and infeXibie character.
When he was asked how he was able
to carry out such a strange arrange
ment he replied;
1T works very well. ] have nothing
20 complain of. The children are glad
10 have her round the house. She does
more for them than most servants
would and her wages are very little"
Mrs. Elliott's name before she mar
RED Elliott was Miss Laura BrOkaw.
She came Of a good family and always
bore a good name until she made her
great error. She is a tall handsome,
.dignifed woman. Her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence BrOkaw. live at Flush
ing. Belmont county. Ohio, about thirty
miles from here,
Mr.. Elliott belongs to one OF the best
and oldest families of the township in
which he lives. He is a trustee OF
Shortcreek township, was a candidate
for county commissioner and is the
president Of the Harrison County Az
ricUltural Fair association. He is about
- years old and of fine appearance. |
The famiIy- consists Of a boy AID a
gitl. both handsome children.
The home of the ElHOtts is on the
road leading from Georgetown to New
Athens and is about i've miles from
Cadiz. The house is an extensive two
story building. with a porch on the
front and back. and it is situated on
farm Of 200 acres that lies in one of the
richest portions of the state. The
whole farm is in the territory of the
Adena Coal company and is all under
lad by the Pittsburg vein of coal.