Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1903-10-10

full reminiscence. "She Is woman.
and poor" she said. "A woman, too.
whom society forbids, upon penalty OF
Punishment from the circle in which
she was born and bred, to seek live
lihood by manual labor. II Is easy for
men to talk OF freedom OF thought and
action. The world Ia before them. To
them the bread OF charity and depend
ence mean one and the same thing The
latter is the only nourishment Of most
women from the cradle to the tomb I
wish the passage between the two was
shorter-for their sake"
II never looked at the subject in that
light before" was Edwards remorsefuf
reply. Poor old Harriet! l see now
how much more she merits pity than
contempt"
She is no worse off than thousands
OF her sisters" said Constance, In
harsher judgment Content yourself
with giving thanks that you were
born a man.
She had spoken out OF the pain OF
wrung spirit, with no thought of plead
ing her own cause. She was too proud
to murmur, least OF all TO her hus-
bands brother But the conversations
was a key that unlocked for her In his
heart recesses Of interest and sympathy
which must else have remained forev0
barred against woman who whatever
we're her virtues and Vaccinations, had
deliberately bartered her charms and
:, perjured herself in order TO secure an
eligible settlement
:. And, to do her justice, she 10 supe-
= rior TO the practice of thesrts that make
Harriet acceptable to my brother and
= odious to everybody else" he mcditat-
, ed. she offers no profession OF devo-
|. ton to the man she has married, while
she accords to him the respectful duty
Of a wife. Elnathan seems satisfied.
Perhaps he Graves nothing warmer.
Pray heaven he may never guess Of ow
much fate has defrauded him in with
holding from him the free, glad affee-
tons OF true womanW
: IL there were any changes In his be-
havior to Constance after this, II was
to be discerned In gentler address, in
unobtrusive regard for her wishes, ex-
= pressed or surmised, and a prolonsa-
ton OF his stay in a house that held so
few attractions for her. That this ar
= rangement was highly satisfactory to
his brother was not without effect In
, shaping his conduct. That Harriet piled
him with solicitations to remain before
his decision was announced, and was
loudly voluble in her protestations Of
delight when the question was gsttlsd,
r had not a straws weight with aim.
a She annoyed him less than formerly.
however, either, as he explained II to
q himself, because he had learned charity
from Constance's defense OF the lonely
q spinster's policy, or because she kept
herself more in the background than
a was her wont. She seemed amiably
a disposed toward Constance, too, and he
a strove to credit her with kind intsn-
r lions with regard to one whom meat
, people in her situation would have
: hated as usurper. She abetted what
n ever project OF outdoor excursion or
q domestic recreation was proposed by
n him for Constance's diversion, offerinK
herself as the wife's substitute In the
~ sober phaeton drive on breezy after
; moons, that Constance and Edward
A might act as outriders, and never
:, failed to call the husbands notice 10
, her graceful Workmanship and the
brighter bloom planted in her cheeks
by the exercise Mr. Withers never
7 tired Of chess, and the indefatigable
: toad-eater apparently shared his zeal
a on this point. The board was produced
7 nightly as the days became shorter ans
: the evenings cooler, and music, reading
9 or conversation upon art and litera-
n ture was carried on for hours by the
remaining two of the quartette without
, interruption from the automata bent
7 over the checkered surface.
v For Harriet could be taclturn when
4 need was-a very lay figure In dumb
ness as in starch. Whether she ever
n ceased to be watchful was another mat
\ ter.
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