Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-02-06

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Cecile-It isn't the hard, never-end-
ing work from dawn till the stars
come out could stand that, because
I'm well and strong-but a woman
likes to be treated with some consid-
Grafton, especially when she's a WIFE
He's not exactly ill-natured-not
harsh-spoken-but it's his stolidly In
different manper that cuts to the
quick. And III not stand it, 1 don't
have tot 1 never agreed to any such
conditions. He knew that 1 was not
raised on a farm, and that such
drudgery as falls to a farmers wife.
especially during harvest, would be an
unbearable load to me. The hands he
admired so much are already becom-
ing hard and wrinkled and my face
looks like-well, nothing like the one
1 used to see in the glass. The little
girl he hired is not much of help,
though she does the best she can
But that is not why 1 am leaving him
not on account of the toll. He never
comes to me at the close Of a hard
days work and says an encouraging
AlC mas AGNCI dShCu Aut II III
weary. nor has he shown the least
thought for my feelings. It's just up
with the dawn and work and work for
a taskmaster who takes 1t all as a
matter of course, or frowns because l
did not do more. When l leave I'll pin
note at his plate telling him he
should have bought a slave instead of
marrying g wife. And yeti love
him! Oh, my God! How love him!
Paul-Gonel Left home! l half sus-
pected something was wrong these
past few weeks; she has acted so
curiously cold that l feared to ap-
proach her. And then I've been so
troubled lest the rains would catch
the grain unhoused that I've over
worked my men. and her, too, / fear
Poor grill She was hardly fitted for a
farmers wife; but If she could have
stood 1t through this season we would
then have had money, and 1t would
have been lighter on her. 1t nearly
killed me to see her toiling in the
kitchen for that army of hungry men,
but 1t took every cent / had in the
world to pay them. and the best
could do was to hire the little Swede
girl to help her. At night when her
work was done l longed to go to her
room and throw mT arms around her
and tell her how grateful / was for
her sacrifice, but when I looked into
her eyes they seemed so blue and cold
and spoke so eloquently of disgust at
4 olI OF not
ture. Perhaps after all it is better.
Her father is well of, and with him
she will have her music and flowers
and books and young friends-things
which seemed to be denied her in the
everlasting grind at The Naples
here. God bless the girl, and may no
harm beset her path!
Mephisto rubbing his hands,
Here's where 1 come in. What fools
these mortals BET" Shakespeare stole
that from me. and is getting all the
glory for the theft; but what mat.
ters? This is a world of deceit and
hypocrisy. sometimes feel like
shedding a few tears-the crocodile
kind, you know. I've case now that
appeals to my love for the romantic
Here's couple of young people who
are wildly in love with each other and
the idiots don't know 1t. Now, it shall
be my pleasant task to hunt up good
nice, smooth gentleman-from my
point of view-and induct him into
the finer passages necessary to make
the play one of the proper human in
terest Let's see Where will / find
such a Will mean such a courtier, II
you please. / want man gifted with
all the graces of the-er-the devil
and withal he must have the appear
ance of a Sunday school teacher or
his way to meeting. All! have him
Ready made to order! Iscariot by
name. Quite a ladies' man, if I re
member correctly. A tall fellow, de
void of that old womanish attribute
called conscience. think he had a
liking for her once, and has yet if
mistake not. For she's wondrous fair
and Iscariot was ever an epicure. Ye
gods of gehenna! Whoever thought
such fine game would drop into my
dark net? But you can never tell
Iscariot has done some good work fol
my dominion, and doubtless would be
overly glad to tackle job of this kind
especially as there seems to be ne
| prospect Of danger. I'll have to make
that clear to him, or ne won't go in
he's dreadful coward. I'll endow hin
with such gifts of speech and manner
which, added to the store he has, will
cause the lady to fiutter in his hand
like a captive bird, finally to quie
down in gentle siumber and there res
content. What pretty playI The cas-
Is ready: / must up and awayi