Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-02-06

'CuE captain aYOldeu HIS WIFE, Az
her pale. sad face was reproach 70
niu and he knew well that his whole
conduct was indefensible.
Dav by day the coldness increaSed'
bpt il did not interfere with the cap
rains enjoyment. He called at Lazy
lzirloch'g as often as he thought pru-
dent and he troubled hlmsen ""o0'
his wife Just as little as possible.
The old gloom and melancholy re
turned to the unhappy woman, VINO, w
as she would, could not tear her
..ar, from the man she loVed-could
no, I'VE him less, although she knew
mai ne was unworthy Of her
TeqD there came new phase ID
a.r nartyrdom. one that was most
nairfsl when her heart and soul rose
in rebellion against the cruel Iate
mat was hers, when she cried 10
Heaven and asked why such torture
nd punishment fell to her lot.
There were hours when she would
sit watching the sea. brooding silently
aver her sorrow, and then giving way
m such bitter tears that Angela gre"
seriously alarmed.
The unhappy and sighted wl1c mao
not felt this keen rebellion against her
tate before; now she was keenIJ.
alive to it.
Mother and daughter were walking
ane morning down the Kings Road
and they stopped before a shop with
number of pictures in it. Lady
I,qura,s attention was riveted TO one
of them. The subject of It was the
martyrdom of young and beautlIul
woman Underneath it was inscribed,
"a Woman's MartyrdOm." Her lady
ship stood gazing at it with fixed at
fontjon. A woman, young and taIr,
win 4 veil Of golden hair falling over
hrr white neck and shoulders, lay
fastened to the rack In the back
GROUND w,re the dark walls OF prison
cell and the white body of the woman
stood out against them in bold FeleI'
r,vo grim executioners stood ready TO
Lca}r their hateful task. In the cor
ner half hidden by the shadows, was
handsome man with a cruel, III
~tmphant, evil face,
r. was not the fair limbs bound so
tightly. it was not the cruel deep INES
made by rope or chain that drew
Iadv Eaura's attention and kept 1t;
il was the expression of unutterabie
pain on the face, the agony In the up
turned eyes What her history could
be who should know? Why she was
diving that terrible death none could
tell. But it was plain to see that be-
fore the physical pain of her martyr
dom had begun her heart was broken
Her ladyship seemed fascinated by
che picture.
Angela" she said in low voice, i
ehouIa like to buy that. I must have
1t for my own"
1T < a melancholy picture, mann
ma returned Angela. who knew by
instinct what her mother thought and
felt
II mast have it, my dear, she de-
cIa,pC. "a Woman's Martyrdom!
Augel | have been thinking that, de
suite their smiling faces, most women
ar. martyrs in one way or another.
some i've and move with dagger in
their ncart. others with a sword suS-
pended over their head but | live as
the woman in the picture, fastened to
me rack That woman's martyrGom
!. more merciful than mine When
h., avecutioners amply that instru-
ment she will soon cease to feel any
main. and the ropes that fasten her
daIicare body are not so terrible as
tho weight that drags at my heart.
She will die quickly; but l must live
or while suffering torture. Angel, Is
every woman's life a martyrdOm?"
No mamma" she answered gently.
Think how happy you were when my
ratrn~ was alive. Think how happy
and beloved YOU would be if he were
living now"
y must have the picture. Angel, a."
reneated Lady Laura. NV dear, l
nm the woman fastened to the rack;
and there is one who sees all NV pain
and smiles over it. But in the pict-
rre of my martvrdom II should he
GLADYS Rane who stands nv the rack
r.a5,, n oDD1, Tho Instrument
oh hush mamma, cannot hear
i, boar won say sncb things. # freaks
NV hearr DO let me narsuada Won
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.,,r mind with melancholy, +bougr+s
,.honovor vo, look at i