The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-04

her good sense and aInlabIe MANNERS
and valuable estate h brought WIN
her.
I'm the unlucky fit, however. "nich
was upon him. he Jonathan. looked al
the black arm and forgot all the rest
To such a pitch of feeling was ne
rough up that he broke out INTO
the grosSest tauntS upon Mary Tor heI
misfortune, not emitting al the SaEhe
time to remind her OF his ~orbearance
to exert his superior voice IN the ap-
pointment of a head
He had now, he said, got his eyes
fully opened: he saw everything in a
new light, and was resolved TO act ac-
cordinsly. AS to the head "
lthe President Of the United StateS.)
he would let her see that the appoint
ment was virtually in his power, and
she might take her leave Of all chance
Of ever having another OF her ten
ants advanced to that station.
AS to the black arm, she should,
if the color could not be taken out.
either tear off the skin from the flesh
or cut off the limb. Fol- 1t was his
fixed determination that n or the
| other should be done or he would
sue out a divorce, and there hould
be an end Of all connection between
them and their estates.
HdNC hS SAAA W.
the marriage settlement, and flaws
have been pointed out to me that
never occurred before. by which l
shall be able to set the whole aside.
White as | am all over l can no
| longer cOnsort with one marked with
such a deformity as the black on your
person.
Mary was SO stunned with the Ian
guage she heard that it was some
time before she could speak at all.
AS her surprise abated, she was al
most chOked with the anger and in
dignatiOn which was swelling in her
bosom. Generous and placable as her
temper a she had Such a proud
sensibility that she could not sup
press the violence of her emotions
as to the unjust and degrading treat
ment Of Jonathan. Her language, &C
cordingly, for a moment, was such a.
those emotions prompted. But hel
good and her regard for John
whose qualities as a good husband she
had long experienced, soon gained ar
a~scendancy, and she changed her tont
to that Of sober reasoning and effec'
~tionate expOstulation.
my dear sba you see wha
a passion you have put me into, but i
is O over. and | will endeavor to ex
press my thoughts with a calmneS
and good feeling which become tn
relations Of a wife and husband. A
to the case Of age, I shall say but lit
tie. (This may be Missouri. I'VE botl
have such q tender regard for him am
such a desire to see him on a leve
with his brethren as to his chance fC
making his fortune in the world, an
l am sure that the difficulties whicl
5 have occurred will in some way b
got over. But l cannot pass so light
oyyn w. oI>~ H. 49,
cast on the color Of my left arm, an
n the more frequent appointment Q
. my enantS than Of yours to the hea
stewardship from our joint estates.
g Nov, as to the the first point. vo
a seem to have forgotten, my worth
n partner, that this infirmity was full
It known to you before our marrias
a and is proved to be so by the dee
Of settlement itself. At that time yo
e made no objection whatever in on
# union, and indeed, how could YOU ure
% such an objection when you were cor
scious that you yourself were not er
tirely free from a like stain on va,
Of own person?
le The fatal African dye. as you we
know, had found its way into YOU
body as we'll Is mine, and at the tin
=, had scattered spots and specks oy,
- your body as black as the skin 9
I HIS oihis LII dllIioUSn YOU nave |
certain abrasions and other applic.
lions taken them in some measure on
: there are visible remains which oue]
to soften at least your language whe
- rejecting on my situation.
You ought surely when you ha,
SO slowly and imperfectly relieve
- yourself from a Notifying stain-a
though the task was comparative
so seay-tO AVE some forbearan,
and sympathy with me whose task
=! so much more difficult to perfor,
Instead Of that you abuse me as if
rs had brought the misfortune on m
~ self and would increase it at will.
as II you had pointed out a ready W,
: to do it, n | had sighted Your a
~ vice. Yet SO far is this from hei,
'" the case that you know as we'll &C
- do that | an not to blame for the o,
lei gin of the sad mis-shape. You knl
that l am as anxious as you to ger /,
of it and that you are as unable as
Ell to find out a safe and feasible plan :