The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-02

portrait by Gilbert STUART
know. had found its way Into yonr
abode as wei as mine and At TIL" time
your body as black as the Skin on my .
arm, and although YOU have by cc,-
tain abraSon* and other applications
taken them IN some measure out. there
are VISIBLE" remains when ought 20
soften at least your language when
rejecting on my situation
You ought surely when YOU have
so SLOWLY and impcricctly relieved
Yourself from mortiiylnF sta:n-a,-
so easy--to have some forbearancc ana
symPathy win me whose task is SO
much more difficult 10 perform. Instead
or that YOU abuse me as IL ] had
brought the misfortune on nyself and
would Increase IT AZ VIII, or az II You
had pointed out - ready way TO DO IL.
anu ! had snpht"d Your ADVICE W,
20 far is this from being TIA" case
that YOU know as We'll as | do ;ha,
the SAD niSshape You know that
am as anxious as YOU To get rid Of Il
and that you are - unable as am to
ma out safe and feasible plan for the
purpose Moreover. have don. every
thing could in the meantime to mil
gate an evil that cannot soon be re-
when YOU talk OF tearing OF The
SKIN or of cutting on the unfortu-
rmve nnin, must ! remind you OF what
sk.llfui surgeons nav" given their
opinions that If 50 cruel an operation
could be tried it could hardly fail 10
be followed by modification or bleed
ing To death? Let mo ask, too. whether
should neither. OF these fatal effects
manElcd or mutilat.d condition tnaf
you do now? And when YOU threaten
Il divorce and an annulmcnt of the
marriage settlement. may | not ask
whether your estate would not suffer
as much as mine Ivy dissolving the part.
ncrship between them
q
tinues in the following rcfnarlabie
p para showing that the South even
case IL should have an antislaVcry war
with the North:
the advantage OF having the pledge OF
your arm. your stronger arm. If Won
please, for the protection OF me and
mine and that my interests in gen
eral have been and must continue TO
be the better for Your aid and coun-
sci in the MANAGEMENT of them fiut.
sensible that the aid OF my purse will
have It's value in the hands OF Old Bull
/ lEnEland). or amy other rich. litiCious
fellow who puts us 10 the expense Of
another tedious lawsuit"
The next paragraphs of the novel
take up the charge that the South is
not then paying its share OF the taxes.
and Mary shows that the agricultural
south has in its slaves more mouths to
iced; anu hence must buy more than
The North. ana. therefore. pay more in
lacturlnE North. making a great part
oi the goods 1t uses, must pay less;
the southern exports. and altogether
mat the business advantages of the
Union are on John. side rather than
hers. She then continues her protest
against u possible divorce as follows:
mention this. as have already
sad. not by way of complaint. for |
am well satisfied that your gain is not
altogether my loss in this more than
IN many other instances and that what
profits you Immediately may profit me
also In thc long run. But ] will not
dwell on these calculations and com
parsons OF interests. for when | con
suit my own heart and call to mind all
the endcaring proofs YOU had given of
yours being in sympathy with il.
must needs hope that there are other
Ties than mere interests to prevent us
from ever suffering transient re-
sentiment on either side without
quences OF q divorce. consequences too.
which would be a sad inheritance in
deed, FOR our numerous and beloved
offspring"
As TO the charge that her people have
TO defend the South as follows:
AS to the other point. relative TO the
mead steward. must own. my worthy
Tor any cause OF dissn tisfaction on your
! part or blame on mine. 1t is true. as
you say, that they have been oftener
taken from among my tenants than
yours but under other circumstances
! the reverse might as well have hap
| Dened. IL the stewards appointed had
/ made their way 10 the important trust
| by corrupt and tallac!ous means; if they
had been preferred merely because they
dWelt on my estate, or had succeeded
! by interDoSition of my own contrary
/ 10 your inclination, or. finally. if they
I had administered the trust unfaith-
I fully, sacrificing your interests for my
/ own or the interests of both to selfish
! or unworthy purposcsin either of
/ these cases you would have ground for
/ your complaint But know. John. that
/ you too just and too candid not to
admit that no such ground exists"
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 reputcd fair
/ fidelity and competency in previous
trusts and by their exemption from ali
charges OF impure and grasping de-
| signs. and so far were they from be-
f. ing partial to my interests at the cX-
pense of yours that they were rather
considered leaning to Il manage
ment more favorable to yours than to
mine
II need not say that allude TO the
bounties. direct and indirect. 10 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. l say only that these ideas were
in the heads OF some OF nv tenants