Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-07-24
Josephine's
independence


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captain Of the Fourtee United
ftates cavalry. and the woman was
Josephine his wife And the man
loved bis aife bat she wo0ld not be
liefs ~ She thought that love could
only exist between people who were
financially independent OF each oh r.
and financially she was absolutely De
pendent on Capt Adams
OF course yon say You love me,
Aillspn. she fald one morning after
heated discussion. hut how can you
Prove a.? n we're rich, II would be
difiereni-ihen yon could leave me II
you wanted fo-but I haven't even
a cent know that you are lovely
70 me but that doesn't mean any
thing except that you pity me You
give me everything you have, because
you have such high sense Of honor
and Of duty and Of niceness for you
are nice. Stilsonl ! wish you we're
not~~if makes such slave Of me-
And what good does the devotion OF
pcnniiess creature Ike me do? You
probably think that devote to get
more out % you And az for your
sense Of duty ] wish you hadn't any /
J wish that you wSre only good 10 me /
because yon loved me~-that I knew I
that u You didn't love me you would
pound me black and blue every day:
but II you had married the Old
scrntch's grandmother. you would be
just 81 sweet 10 her as you are "a
me. and since ] understand your noble
character how can cell whether you
love me or not? And don't believe
that yon dol And ! don't believe that
you believe that ! love you / am
going away. Stson or course you
know that am not. FOR have moth.
Ing 70 80 on, bat am going TO live
all By myself IN the little dressing
room. and you must live IN one room,
the room that has been ours here.
tofore. will not just live with you
because I am poor and have to-
] love you too much' | will stay alone
until ] am a selfeupporting lndivid
uai-not supported good and chat.
tel Are You thinking bad and chat
tely Don't stilsoni ] am not bad
And don't Try 10 dissaude mel"
And thereupon Mrs Adams went up
TO the little dfeaElnRroom, and sat
down a. her desk and wrote. and
wrote. and wrote Writing was net /.
a new thing with her For several
years she had been trying, spasmod.
Icaliy. 70 win her way IN literature
with stoFs or poem but pipe she
high or pipe she low she could not
strike the keynote az whose sound
be walls around The sacred precincts
u editors fan down. opening the way
oT the piper
Bat this viii be accepted. I am
ure. she said 70 herself as she fold
q ~ that particular story. and put II.
nth iss stamp accompaniment into
n envelope and started Il on
She wrote an that week. and then
or story came back She stamped
er foot. tore The printed Slip Of
ranks and regrets into inanliesimal
aEments and said things
Poor old lady said Capt Adams
'nderly. And she wept on his
-east an
Then she went upstairs and wrote le'
iother story and be- due time IL also %,
lme back bu
Then Mrs Adams became desperate
ID enraged. and broke her pen.holder MI
"a threw her ink bottle out Of the
Indow, where % knocked the colo. en-
~ cap on and made spatter work 10
his new blouse. and caused "a stin alo
ID Indignant letter OF inquiry 10 be he
'itten 20 Capt Adams 10 which ief
W Adams replied tha, ho had moth
3 to say ia explanation and as soon moi
he had gone to the troop. Mrs the
lams hied herself 70 The coloners anc
Ice and explained and the colonel {
rgage her freely and with charm frol
& courtesy bat with suspicion Of The
iusemeut In bic eye that made Mrs he
eas feel that she hated him mic
! win be independent" she said ing
ud when she was home again la
! dressing room. and she empha han
ed her words By pounding on the TAX
'ssing table with her brush. aud dre'
pt Adams 10 the next room heard dad
/, and knew that she Was In trou this
+: 80 be went Ia the lock % door aud son
a. beii
what's the matter. deRr7"
I'm % mlsesabiet' walled Mrs
ANS. Go into the hail. want to
mos
ID Cart Adams went into The hall OF 2
cn thai neutral ground Mrs the
Ims met hlm. aud wepl Ia bis - O
is, and that afternoon Capt Adams suo'
Il - The iosl exchange ana bought soei
a mes ink bottle. and Mfs. adams spir
an q novel tAti'
think can dnish B, IN six weeks. sao'
r. Tor ! shah work day ANA night ies'
said 90 her husband Maybe Il s'"s'
b. successial and she ieokea az sV.l.
vith very eisifui ewes thar failed 'NeN
heir effort 20 lock brave.
sut dear. yaa DO uie such an III. ~,
icei7 taid Capt Adams. q love ~,
snd y 8 not being dependent 10 . 80
J what J give you -.