Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-24
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kW her chamber and sat down alb
III stractedly before her dressing ta-
BILE She had been married little
more than Il month, and her first quar-
rel with her husband had taken place
not quite five minutes before. She had
left the scene of the conflict with the
proud air of II victorious general with
drawing his troops, but now, as she sat
down to review the battle, her heart
sank with the heavy consciousness that
she had had decidedly the worst of it.
1t was not that she had not glori-
GUS cause, nor could she claim that she
had been taken unawares. Pauline had
long foreseen and been prepared for
this struggle. Her array of arguments,
firm and invulnerable, had been drawn
| up In line of battle and reviewed many
times. Words We're to be the only
| Weapons. Tears, the exclusive and
overwhelming allies of her sex, We're to
be scornfully rejected. There should
be a fair contest, in which man, tradi-
tional oppressor,s serene and incredu-
lous of defeat, should be overcome on
1 OMi llcid uSllOll anu WIN LIS
own methods o. warfare, but so cour-
teously and with so little flashing Of
| arms and war af artillery that he
might scarcely know himself beaten,
and peace was to Follow, immediate
and lasting.
Few campaigns, however, follow the
| exact lines marked out for them. The
attack had come SO sudden. That gilt
tering line Of argument, so invincible
when on parade, had fled heller SHELTER.
A horrid sense of confusion, the sharp
sting of wound, blind sliirmish
with poisoned arrows-obsolete and I'M
worthy weapon-and the sight Of the
enemy, man, in agony, and down goes
woman once more. vanGuished by her
self.
Pauline drew a sharp breath and,
turning quickly, took up her husbands
photograph to study it intently and
| curiously, as If she had never seen it
before. She herself was twenty-three.
She had married man of sixty. She
had secretly feared and adored this
man. her fathers friend, all through
her girlhood, admiring him for the abil-
ity which had brought him, typical
"self made" man, from errand boy to
owner of one of the largest dry goods
shops in New York; plying him for his
| misfortunes, the hysterical. weak mind
ed wife, who had died five years ago,
and his two SONS, both weak and bad,
who had done their undramatic worst
to ruin him and his fortunes.
The story was commonplace enough,
but it had come very close to Pauline,
who had watched the fortitude and
strength of her hero from day to day
for SO many years.
There had been plenty of people, at
the announcement of Mr.. Sewal's sec
ond engagement, who had whispered
of doting old men and portionless girls
Wi +srs4s,.s:.aa fe.. y .a9e,leY hnt Pauline
hau no 1ildsiJns us 70 the position OF
things. She knew very well that he
was marrying her for nothing more
| sentimental than that he wished SEN
sible and agreeable companion for his
old age.
During the past month she had
watched and studied him with an in,
terest greater than she had ever felt
before. She had been amused and
touched by the evident relief he felt at
the orderliness and regularity of his
l ut the modesty OF their first months
bills had been positively pathetic.
Are these all|' he had said, tapping
the pile she had presented with q per
emptory forehnger and looking up from
under his heavy brows In his searching
way.
Are you SO anxious for more" she
had retorted, laughing, and he had
commented shortly, Yet we have lived
very well.
Once or twice she had caught an up
preciat1ve twinkle in his eye when she
had boldly and saucily stood out
against his Will In some small matter.
Mr.. Sewall was In the habit of read
ing his morning paper Mt the breakfast
table, habit he resumed after the
wedding journey. Pauline eyed him
askance for several mornings, saying
nothing. Then one night she brought a
book to the dinner table and read de-
murely throughout the meal. 1t seemed
omlnous to her that her husband made
no sign, but toward the end OF dessert
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