El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02

a safe and feasible plan for the pur-
pose Moreover, I have done every
thing I could in the meantime to mt
gate evil that cannot soon be removed
- When YOU talk of tearing off the
skin or of cutting off the unfortunaLe
limb, must I remind you OF what you
cannot 4 be ignorant, that the most
skilful surgeons have given their
opinions that if so cruel an operation
could be tried it could hardly Iatl 70
ae followed by modification or bleed
ing to death. Let me ask, too, wnetner
should neither of these fatal effects en-
sue. YOU could like me better IN my
mangled or mutilated condition Jhan
you do nOw2 And when you threaten
a divorce and an annulment of the
marriage settlement, may 1 not ask
whether your estate would not suLIer
as much as mine by dissoNlng the
partnership between them?
After saying the above, Mary c. n
tinues in the following remarkable
paragraph showing that the south
even then expected the aid OF EnSlaIlu
in case it should have an anti slavery
war with the north
- am far from saying that 1 reel
the advantage Of having the pledge or
your arm your stronger arm, If you
please for the protection OF me anu
mine, and that my interests IN genera
have been and must continue to be the
better for your aid and counsel IN the
management OF them. But, on the
other hand you must be equally sensl-
BILE that the aid of my purse VAL nave
its value in the hands of Old Bun
CEngIand), or any other rich, Huglou5
fellow who puts US to the expense OF
another tedious lawsuit
Taxes Of the South.
The next paragraphs of the novel take
I'D the charge that the south IS not
then paving its share Of the taxes, ana
Mary shows that the agricultural south
has in its slaves more mouths to FEED
and Ihence must Duy more man 80; ~;
north and, therefore, pay more IN n
direct taxes. It shows that the manu-
featuring north, making great part
OF the goods it uses, must pay less, Ihat
it has the shipping that carries the
southern exports, and altogether Inal
the business advantages of the Union
are on Johns side rather than hers
She then continues her protest against
e possible divorce, as folloFv;
." I mention this as 1 have already
said not by way of complaint, for 1 am
well satisfied that your gain IS not al
together my loss in this more than IN
many other instances, and that what
profits you Immediately may profit me-
also in the long run But VIII not
dwell on these calculations and COM
parsons of interests, for when / con-
suit my own heart and call TO mlnu
all the endearing proofs you had given
on your part of blame on mine It IS
must needs hope that there are other
ties than mere interests to prevent US
from ever suffering a transient resent
ment on either side or without cause
to bring on both all the consequences
of a divorce, consequences too, when
would be a sad Inheritance, indeed Tor
our numerous and beloved offspring
As to the charge that her people have
had the most presidents, Mary goes on
TO defend the South as follows:
" AS to the other point relative TO
the head steward, I must own my
worthy husband that I am altogether
at a loss for any cause Of Installation
on your part of blame on mine. It is
true, as you say that they have been
oftener taken from among my tenants
than yours, but under other clrcum-
stances the reverse might as well have
happened. If the stewards appointed
had made their way to the important
trust by corrupt and fallaciOus means;
If they had been preferred merely be-
cause they dwelt on my estate or had
succeeded by interpOsitiOn of my own
contrary to your inclination or finally,
if they had administered the trust IN
faithfully, sacrificing your interests
for my own or the interests of both 10
selfish or unworthy purposes-ln
know, John that you are too just and
too candid not to admit that no such
ground exists
Appointing Stewards.
The head stewards in question
could not have been appointed with
out your own participation as well as
my own. They were recommended to
our joint choice by the reputed fair
ness of their characters, by their tried
fidelity and competency in previous
trusts and by their eXemptiOn from all
charges Of impure and grasping de-
signs, and so far were they from be-
ing partial to my interests at the ex-
pense of yours that they were rather
considered as leaning to a manage
ment more favorable to yours than to
mine. I need not say that allude to
the bounties direct and indirect to your
teams and boats, to the hands en-
plOyed in your fisheries and manufac-
lures, which, WITHOUT such encourage
ment, would not be able to meet the
threatened rivalry Of interfering neigh
bOrs- I say only that these IDEAS were
IN the heads OF some of my tenants
As for myself I should not have men
toned them but as a defence against
what I must regard as so UnfOunded
that it ought not to be permitted TO
make a lasting Impression
But laying aside all these cOnsid-
eratiOns I repeat my dear John, that
the appointment of the head steward
lies as much, if not more, with you
than with me. Let the choice fan
where it may YOU VIII find me faith
fully abiding by it whether it be the
best possible one or not and sincerely
wishing that he may equally improve |
better opportunities of serving US both I
than was the lot of any of those who
have gone before him.. "
This speech of Mary practically
closes the story. Madison evidently |
thought there would be a reconciliation
between the north and the south and
he had no idea that the black arm
would have to be cut off before JOna-
than and Mary could have an indisso-
luble union. This is indicated in the |
last paragraph which reads as follows: !
Now John, who had a good heart as |
well as a sound head and a steady tenn
per, was touched with the tender and |
language Of Mary, and the |
pickering which had sprung up ended /
as the quarrels OF lovers always, and |
of married folks sometimes, do IN an 1
increased affection and confidence be-
tween the parties"