Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28
Twice Married
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game he was playing to appear interested in
business, practical, honorable, and devoted
to me-
He convinced himself of the truth of all this
He did more. He convinced his employer that
in him he had found the best man for the posi-
ton he could have. By New Years, provided
he could put some money into the business, he
was to be taken into the firm. He persuaded
my uncle that he was man who could take
care of and protect his dearly loved niece; he
convinced my aunt that he was interested in
the church to which she belonged and that he
would eventually join it; and he convinced me
that his restlessness was energy, his conce1t
self respect, his physical prowess manliness, his
| selfishness conservatism, and the uncouthness
| of which he sometimes guilty the manliness
that eschews too much politeness as effeminate.
decided he was diamond in the rough, which,
through my refining influence as a woman
could be polished to perfection.
The morning of my wedding day my aunt
came to me with purse of twenty-dollar gold
pieces five of them. Honey she said with
tears in her eyes, "heah's some money I've
saved up TO you. want you to buy some little
thing just TO- yo'self something to weah. He's
| fine man. honey, and he'll take caah of you.
You don't know the world at all, and he'll
shield you from it and from all knowledge of
evil. But this is just TO- you"
l was more touched by this gift than can
possibly tell. l told Donald about it day or
two later.
His eyes sparkled. "a hundred dollars in
gold!' he exclaimed. Gee! Give it to me !!
I'll take care of it for you! You'd lose it,
you're such careless puss.''
gave it to him, though somehow hated to-
and next day he paid for our supper with gold
piece. l asked about it later, and he turned on
me IN a perfect fury of rage.
Suppose it was one of those gold pieces!"
he shouted. What's that to you? III give
you back your money when you need it; but
what's yours is minei"
Of course / never saw the money again.
spoke of it once afterward; but only once. He
terrified me SO that was afraid to speak of it.
When returned home my aunt asked me
what l had bought / told her the incident !;
but in such way as to shield my husband.
She thought me somehow at fault and was ter
ribly hurt.
Why Donald Did It
Ply degrees, OWNED what Donald had mar
- ried me for-for my money! The revela-
ton did not come at once. 1t is no easy thing
for girl, used to attention and to being called
attractive and clever and desirable, to feel she
has been, after all, the necessary means to a
mercenary end Her pride will not let her adj
init it. Then in this, as in everything else, it
appreciate the situation. By degrees found
myself paying for everything clothes, rent,
groceries, even theater tickets the rare occa-
sions my husband took me out. My property
had been left in such way that was not to
gain possession of it until / was thirty; but
there was fair income. Don got nearly all.
AS soon as he was married he lost all interest,
real or seeming in business and could obtain
work only on commission basis. My aunt and
uncle had left for trip around the world, and
there was no one in whom l could confde