The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-02-06

come out could stand that, because
I'm well and strong-but woman
likes to be treated with some consid
Grafton, especially when she's wife.
He's not exactly illnatured-not
harsh-spoken-but it's his stolidly in
different manner that cuts to the
quick. And I'll not stand it! l don't
have to-! never agreed to any such
conditions. He knew that / was not
raised on a farm, and that such
drudgery as falls to 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
/ used to see in the glass. The little
girl he hired is not much Of a help,
though she does the best she can.
But that is not why 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
word. He has never asked me IL I'm
weary, nor has he shown the least
thought for my feelings. It's just up
with the dawn and work and work for
taskmaster who takes 1t all as
matter of course, or frowns because
did not do more. When l leave I'll pin
a note at his plate telling him he
should have bought slave instead of
marrying a wife. And yeti love
him! oh, my God! How l love him!
Paul-Gonei Left home! / half sus
pectcd something was wrong these
past few weeks; she has acted SO
curiously cold that 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 girl! She was hardly fitted for a
farmers wife; but IL she could have
stood it 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 it took every cent l had in the
world to pay them and the best l
could do was to hire the little Swede
girl to help her. At night when her
room and throw mo arms around her
and tell her how grateful | was for
her sacrifice, but when / looked into
her eyes they seemed so blue and cold
and spoke so eloquently Of disgust at
it all, and at me, that dared not ven
ture. Perhaps after all 1t is better.
Her father Is well off, 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 I 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 ard
hypocrisy. ! sometimes feel like
shedding 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, II 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 courtier, If
you please. l 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 on
his way to meeting. All! have him!
Ready made to order! Iscariot by
name. Quite ladies' man, II l re-
member correctly. A tall fellow, de-
void of that old womanish attribute
called conscience. think he had q
liking for her once. and has yet II I
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 for
my dominion, and doubtless would be
overly glad to tackle Job OF this kind,
especially as there seems to be no
prospect Of danger. I'll have to make
that clear to him. or he won't go in
he's a dreadful coward. I'll epdow him
with such gifts of speech and manner
which. added to the store he has, will
cause the lady to fiutter In his hand
like captive bird, finally to quiet
down In gentle slumber and there rest
content. What pretty play! The cast
Is ready; ] must up and away!
THE NAPLES.
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