The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-27
NATION BOOK OUT.
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is the most serious of all relations, and
girls and boys should early be instruct
ed about the secrets of their own ma
| lures, the object of marriage, and the
serious results of any marriage Where
| true love is not the object. confess
myself that was not fit to marry with
the ignorance of it's holy purpose. sun
day school teachers, mothers, fathers,
and ministers. look into Gods word ana
see the results of sim God has written
of this so as to force you to educate
your children. Talk freely Truth Will
purify everything it comes in contact
with. Ignorance is not innocence, but
is the promoter of crime, My people
are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
About five days after we were mar
ried DR.. Gloyd came in, threw himself
on the bed and fell asleep. was in the
next room and saw his mother come in
and bow down over his face. She did
not know that 1 saw her. When she
left did the same thing, and the fumes
of liquor came in my face. L was terror
stricken, and from that time on knew
why he was so changed. Not one happy
moment did l see; cried most all the
time. My husband seemed to under
stand that knew his condition. Twice
with tears in his eyes, he remarked:
OH Pet, I would give my right arm
to make you happy 1 will not stop
to tell you all I suffered. He would be
out until late every night. 1 never
closed my eyes. His sign in front of
the door on the street would creak in
the W1nQ, ana L would SIT Dy the VIII
dow waiting to hear his footsteps.
never saw him Stagger- He would lock
himself up in the Masonic Lodge and
allow no one to see him. People would
call for him in case of sickness, but he
could not be found.
Mrs. Nation and her first husband
did not live together long, and shortly
after they separated, he died. she
began teaching school but later lost
her position. She says:
This was a severe blow for me,
for I could not leave mother Gloyd
and Charlien to teach in another place.
and knew of no other way of MAX
ing a living except by teaching.
resolved then to get married. made
it a subject of prayer and went to
the Lord explaining things about this
situation. 1 cannot take care of moth
er and Charlien. I want you to help
me. If it be best for me to marry, I
will do so. have n. one picked out,
you think best. I want to give you
my life, and 1 want by marrying to
glorify and serve you, as well as to
take care of my mouner and Charlien
and be a good wife, p"
I'm about ten days from that time
1 made this subject of prayer, was
walking down the street in Holden
and passed a place where Mr.. Nation
where he was then editing the ''War-
rensburg Journal He was standing
in the door with his back to me, but
turned and spoke. There was Pc
culiar thrill which passed through my |
heart which made me start. The next
day I got a letter from him, asking |
me to correspond with him. 1 was |
not surprised; had been expecting |
something like it. / knew that this |
man was in answer to my prayer. and |
David Nation was to be the husband |
God selected for me. He was nineteen |
years older than L, was very good |
loo x-a11 i,,f
cessful lawyer. My friends in Holden |
opposed this because or the difference
in our ages and of his large family |
l gave him the loving confidence of |
true wife and he was Orten very kind |
to me. We were married within six |
weeks from the time l got the letter |
from him. Mother Gioyd went to live |
with us and continued to do so for |
fifteen years, until she died. My mar
ried life with Mr.. NarIon was not a |
happy one. found out that he de- /
ceived me in SO many things. 1 can
remember the first time I found this |
out. I felt like something was broken
that could never be rnended again.
What a shattered thing is betrayed |
confidence! oh, husband, and wives,
do not lie to each other, even though
you should do a vile act; confess to
the truth of the matter, There will
be some trouble over it, but you can
never lose your love for a truthful
person.
Mr.. Nation brought suit for divorce
against me while was in Jail. was
very much astonished at it, for never
thought that our disagreement would
result in his desiring a divorce. We had
lived together twenty-four years, and
while we could not agreed never want
ed a divorce. His petition stated the
reason for this was extreme cruelty
and desertion.' He sued for all the
property and wanted the court to have
me pay for the cost of the trial 1 shall
always believe he was induced to do
his by the Republicans, thinking to
hinder my work.
the people of Medicine Lodge were
shocked at this, for they knew / had
been faithful to my duties as a wffe,up
when I went to Topeka told Mr.. Ma
lion if he would stay there with me-
would pay his board and room rent |
which 1 did He came to Topeka and
The first thing that ne took offense at
was my Directing to his opening my
NAIL for when he did I never saw a |,
1ollar sent for a subscription and some
lines would find parts of letters des- L
royed.
ION the day of the trial, Mr.. Nation
Gould not produce a witness to prove l.
vas other than kind. except the affi-
iavit of a. man who could neither read |:
Tor write Mr.. Nation wrote out what
lie wanted this man to swear to, and II
ne man signed it. for he could just
write his name. This man was in Ok
ahoma at the time. My neighbors came
If their own accord and testified to my ;
having done my cooking and house
work; rising in the morning and fire. {
luently cooking meals and taking them II
o Mr. Nation, who was still in bed.
Judge Gillette the same man who was
IN the bench in my Islander suit pre-
'ided. Mr.. Nation did not get his di-
Jorce because of my extreme cruelty
)ut because testified that I could not |
Tor would never live with him as
wife. 1 could not. I was very much
yrieved to bear this reproach, of di-
forced wife. l made my home during
he trial with my dear friend, Mrs.
Judge Howe. who is still living. and she
Knows how bitter this trial was to me-"
Chapter vi tells why my name is not on