The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-07-15
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THE PEAcEMAKER.

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1T is Mr.. Sharp, the manager at
the Bee Hive, you know; he wants to
marry me. When I refused, he paid
me a weeks salary instead Of notice,
and dismissed me-
Mr.. Sharp has supreme power at
the Bee Hive; indeed, many suspected
that he was partner In the firm. It
seemed cruel to dismiss Violet Clay
ton because she would not marry
him: on the other hand, 1t would have
been difficult for him to retain in his
employment the woman he had want
ed to make his wife.
Don't fret" Miss Ward said ten
derby. "Of course you could not
marry again if your heart lies buried
in your husbands grave. In a day
or two Mr.. Sharp will see this, and
though he may not feel able to keep
you at the store he will help you to
find another post"
"Miss Ward said Violet Clayton
sharply, "you are quite wrong. You
don't know half the wickedness or
cruelty of the world. When I told
Mr.. Sharp could not accept the honor
he offered me, he was furious, he not
only dismissed me, but said that he
would prevent my getting another post
in any establishmentsth this side Of Sixth
avenue, New York, as he would refuse
me reference"
Looking at the sweet, flower-tinted
face, recalling Mr.. Sharp's plain,
rubicund visage, and contrasting his
fifty years with Violet's youth, Miss
Ward wondered how any man could
have proposed such bargain.
my dear girl" she said eagerly
don't fret so: indeed things are not
so bad as they look. None of us at
Osborne Lodge will doubt you, even il
Mr. Sharp refuses you reference;
and we are such a hive of industry
here, between us we know so many
business houses, that think we must
| hear of something soon."
Violet tried to smile, but the at
tempt was a miserable failure.
"You are more hopeful than Mrs
Wilson She gave me just month
to hold out; then she said | should be
thankful to marry Mr. Sharp
Il don't believe you would marry
him if you were starving"
ST couldn't said Violet, with 1
scared glance around the room, a:
though to make quite sure she could
not be overheard. "Have you neye
guessed my secret, Miss Ward?
am not a widow. My husband-hell
me!-is alive"
Don't look so Mortified" went OF
Mrs. Clayton. Nov I have told 70,
so much, I may as well finish. M.
father was a country physician, and
was his only child. / grew UP prett,
and attractive, or people said so, anC
my father tried to provide for m,
future; for he had saved all he could
and invested it in bank in our near
est county town. 1t came to jus
$4,000. Alas! Miss Ward, the banl
failed, and my father died from tn
shock of hearing my little FORUM
was lost. n
after my fathers death, his lawyer
Mr.. Clay, came down several time
about the winding-up of our affairs
He fell in love with me, and in
month l married him. I did not Low
him then, and I told him SO; but b
said the love would come in time, an
he was content to wait. He was
very rich man, and he took me to
grand home His sister lived with hin
and had always kept his house, an
he said that as I was young and il
experienced she had better go o
doing so.
Cant you see the position? I ha
no duties to fill my time, no friend
no amusement. My husband was Ell
crossed in his profession, and neve
: thought how dull my life was. An
Dora-his sister-was ever on tn
/, watch to make mischief between u
was as miserable as could be.
:. thought Georges love had left me.
!, knew that Dora hated me. My healt
a failed, and the one thing / longed fl
was that / and my baby might die t
J., gether If my boy had lived, thin
e he must have drawn my husband
t heart back to me; but he died at a fe
t weeks old, and I was desolate. E
s this time knew a great many peopl
e and I plunged into society and gaiet
d in order to forget. There came
/ time when I was so frantic I didn
a care what did so that deafened m
grief, and then one day Dora Cla
= carried long story of alleged mi
r deeds to her brother, and George a
+ cused me of marrying him for b
o money.
st went away that night, leavin
4 letter saying that he had broken m
e heart, that I married him because
r thought he loved me, and because b
: had promised to teach me to love hi
Y back again. Now his sister came b