Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-06-20

son. IL the law, without any quSS-
tion of the man or the woman"
"Oh, Rosey, dear, you're talking like
a book, not like girl who's got to live
in a world with ordinary people in
modern times. This woman that you're
arguing about as if she was the moth
er of the GraGchi, hasn't got any more
morality or principle than you could
put on the point of PIN"
"She's been quite good and proper
since her marriage"
We'll, now, let's leave her and look
at Dominick's SIDE. He marries her
honorably and lives with her for near
ly three years. Every semblance of
| affection that he had for her gets
rubbed off in those three years. every
| illusion goes. He's tied to woman
| that he can't stand He went up to
| Antelope that time because they'd had
some sort of scrap and he felt he
couldn't breathe in the same house
with her. He told me himself that
they'd not lived as man and wife for
nearly a year. Now, / don't know
what you're going to say, but l think
| to keep on living in that state is all
wrong. I'll borrow your expression. |
! think it's SIM"
She answered doggedly:
ITS awful, but she's his wife. Oh
IL you'd seen her face when she talked
to me, her thin, mean, common face,
all painted and powdered and so mis-.
erable!"
He thought she was wavering, that
he saw in this unreasonable, illogical
lodging of the point at issue sign Of
defeat, and he pushed his advantage.
"And you-a girl of heart and feel
ing like you--would condemn that man
and woman to go on living that lie,
that useless, purposeless lie? can't
understand it. What good comes of
it? What's the necessity for it? Do
you realize what man Dominick
might be If he was married to the
right woman, and had decent home
where he could live like Christian
Why, he'd be different creature,
He'd have a future. He'd make his
place in the community. All the
world would be before him, and he'd
mount up to where he belongs. And
what is he now? Nothing. All the
best in him's paralyzed by this hell OF
a box he's got himself into. The mans
just withering up with despair"
1t was almost too much. For mo
ment she did not answer, then said In
a small voice like child's:
You're making this very hard fol
me, papa"
my God, Rosey;" he cried, exas
perated, you're making 1t hard fol
yourself. It's you with your cast-iror
prejudices, and your obstinacy, who
are making it hard"
well, I've got them" she said, ris
| ing to her feet 1--we got them, and
: they'll stay with me till l die. Moth
ing's going to change me in this
can't argue and reason about them
/ They're part of me-"
/ She approached the mantelplece
/ and, leaning hand on it, looked dowr
, at the fire. The light gilded the from
} of her dress and played on her face
dewn-drooped and full Of stern de
, eision.
TITS quite true" she said slowly
/ that ! love Dominick. love him will
the best I've got. It's true that
. would like to be his wife. 1t would b'
t wonderful happiness. But l can
have it, and so there's no good think
| ing about it, or trying to bring 1
about. 1t CAM be, and we-you too
papa-must give it up"
, He pressed himself back in his chair
/ locking at her with lowering. sambe
: disapprobation- look he had gcldon
had cause to level at his daughter
r $50 you're going to condemn thi
, poor devil. who loves you and whom
you say you love, to future that's &c
q inE to kill any hope in him? Your
!. going to say to him: You can be fret