Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02

not by way OF complaint. for I am wen
satisfied that your gain Is not al;ogetner
my loss In this more than In many otner
instances. and that what profits you I'M
run. But / will not dwell on these cal
culations and comparisons OF interests:
for when 1 consult my own heart ana
call to mind all the endearing PROOFS you
had given of yours being In sympathy
with II, l must needs hope that there
are other ties than mere interests TO pre-
vent US from ever suffer ng transient
resentment on either side or without
cause to bring on both all the conse-
quences of a divorce, consequneces too,
which would be a sad inheritance. IN.
deed, for our numerous and beloved on-
spring."
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 loss
for any cause of dissatisfaction on your
part or blame on mine. II Is true, an
you say, that they have been oftener
taken from among my tenants than
yours, but under other circumstances the
reverse might as well have happened liz
the stewards appointed had made their
way to the important trust by corrupt
and fallacious means; X they had been
preferred merely because they dweit On
my estate, or had succeeded by inter-
position of my own contrary to your iu-
clination or, finally. IL they had admin
istered the trust unfaithfully. sacrificing
your interests for my own or the inter-
ests of both to selfish or unworthy pur-
poses-in either of these cases you would
have ground for your complaint But l
know, John that you are too just ana
too candid not to admit that no such
ground exists.
90 st,1.1 ri IN
could not have been appointed with
out your own participation as well as
my own. They were recommended 10
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 aii
charges of impure and grasping oe-
signs, and so far were they from De
ing partial to my interests at the eN-
pense Of yours that they were rather
considered as leaning to a manage
ment more favorable to yours than 10
mine. ] need not say that / ailude 10
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. l should not nave
mentioned them but as a defense
i
founded that 1t ought not TO be per-
mitted to make "A lasting impress
sion.'"
But laying aside all these consid-
erations l 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 fall where II may
YOU will find ME faithfully abiding by II.
whether Il be the best possible one or not,
and sincerely wishing that he may equal
ly improve better opportunities or serV.
ing US both 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 De
cut off before Jonathan and Mary could
have an indissoluble union. This is indi-
Gated 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 con
siderate language of Mary. and the bick-
ering which had sprung up ended as the
quarrels. of lovers always. and OF mar,
ried folks sometimes, do In an Increased
affection and confidence between the par
ties" FRANK q. CARPEN Elk.