The Caucasian., 1910-04-17

| sixth Woman was created SUBJECT 10
! Man. TO obey in all things Whatsoever
Seventh.-it is OF the Covenant tnat nniv
4 ne who is Master can come unto HIS
| own. Ain / TO ne Master IN ali thIHgs
| Whatsoever.
! Eignth. = IT ready to accept the anove ~
every particular ana without murmui1ng
| signify so IN writing.
/ My ultimat1m. Yours Truly
! JOHN DUGGAN
After long pondering ana With hut
| faint glimmerings of the sensp OF mel
| unusuai communication. Katy began
/ laboriously to compose her answer
She found 1t hard. At last ib despair
she copied with painstaking exacut1dt
from the ulttmatum:
| To John Duggan:
1 am ready to accept in every partJcu-
| lar ana without murmurlng Yours truly
KATE DutiGAN.
That night John came nome. After
| supper ne walked into the little sit
| ting room. soft IN he light OF the white
globed amp. and again feastpd his
eyes on it's homey cozlness. He sat for
long time. fitting Daek in MS cnaIr.
| his feet Drafed against the nickel toul
rod ef the sfeye iNnty watched min,
| with heightpnpd color. When al iengtn
he threw himself on 10 The eourh. mis-
dusty llaOiS squarpiY upon il, SHE start.
ed npfyOusiy IN ner cnair. .lonn look
ed al nef lnqniringly. She made IL
prtsletse 0t reaching tor book frent
he table aud suiu nothing.
There WAS long. eentemplative ST.
tence let tween the two u hen at
length John spose there was "A die
taturial note in mis- voice. new 10 Katy
There's just one article needfuI-i
think lneDtinned II before 10 the
cOmpiaienesS ot the ropnl. ne sau.
sitting up and nodding pinphatically
What might II De. Katy asked.
with il iangnid show OF interest
a plIonosrapD. .lonn announceus
then waltea an impressive moment
No home Is compare without lDusi..
an pnonngrapn is as good as Il brass
| band IN Tue house. It's hvenin aiI
cheerful loike
Every instinct of ner quiet loving ma
ture rsyolted on the instant. and bt-
fore she knew Ii katy was out OF
her chair anu standing over the couch
threateuingiy
a pnoDograph. she cried. catching
her breath s0bbiBgly u wont nave
one OF he grinding. shrieking things.
They drive ME wild
Duggan sat up. astonishment writ
ten large Oh bis broad features. Al
the look on mis- face Katy felt all her
opposition fade into trembling rout
''Sit down. woman. . John command
ed. waving her authoritatively 10 nef
chair. "A phonograph i said did
you not understand rightly:''
Katy stood rigid, taking her last
stand against the defeat she found
hard TO meet.
Johns eyes fixed in disconeerting
stare upon her agitated face. and ne
sat for fnll moment staring at her
In silence. Then his hand began to
tumble in bis coat pocket aud be drew
forth carefully folded sheet of paper.
Did you sign that or did you not."
be cried. waving 1t triumphantly be-
fore her face
II was the sheet on which she had
signed away her Independence. ami
Katy's eyes fell before il. rhe color
receded slowly from her cheeks. aud
she sank Imply into her chair.
John continued waving the ultima
tum before her like tlag Of victory
THE scrpeehin. grindin things. IN
dade.. Well Ioike EN-. an I'm
fhinkin Il man can hev what lie loikes
ID his own house when he's master.
he adtled, tapping the paper he held
Significantly
Katy said pofhIng but sa1 duliy
watching ts 0uggall carefully fold4i
ne disciplinary das.urneni and agaia
stowed 4 IN a convenient pus.ket.