The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-01

british instincts. A nice prospect for
my grl-to suffer. to die and to he
| superseded Tn mans second wife
was in her grave but three weeks when
| he had taken third. ! am told he Is
"A great. rough, bullying man No won
der the poor souls died. The son Is
"A tremendous great fellow, too. oh!
blood will tell every time" she eX-
| claimed. M A. Saterlee. the cattle
man: do you know him."
| Yep" Saterlee managed. with an
effort that would have moved a ton.
IL am going to appeal to her" said
/ the lady. Il have been n good mother
to her have suffered for her. And
/ she must-she shall-listen to me"
III | can help in any way" said
Saterlee, somewhat grimly. you can
count on me. Not" he said
a little later. that I'm in entire sym
pathy with your views. ma'am.
/ Now, If you'd said this man Saterlee
had divorced three wives ."
The lady started. And In her turn
suffer, d from torrential rush of blood
to the face. Sateree perceived 1t
through her spread fingers and was
| pleased.
| II you Tdu Salu tndt TINS man, ne
| went on, had tired of his first wife and
| had divorced her. or been divorced by
her. because his desire was To another
woman, then | would go your antipathy
foi him, ma'am. But | understand ne
buried a wife, and took another and So
on. There is a difference Because
God Almighty Himself says in one Of
| His books that man was not meant to
| mn 10
of losing a faithful and tender COM
panion is what sets "A man-some men
| to looking for a successor.
"Mebbe the more man loved his
dead wife the quicker is he driven 90
find living woman that he can love.
But for people who can't cling together
until death-and death alone part EN-
for such people, maam, | don't give a
ding"
And you are wrong" said the lady,
who, although nettled by the applica-
| hiliJy of his remarks to her own case,
had recovered her composure. Let US
say that good woman marries man,
and that he dies-not the death-hut
dies to her. Tires of her. carries his
love to another. and all that. Isn't he
rs dead, even is she loved him, as If lie
had really died? He is dead To her
buried don't come back
We'll. maybe the more she loved that
man the quicker she is to get the SER
vice read over hm-that's divorce
and find another whom she can trust
: and love. Suppose that happened Ia
her twice The cases would seem idcn.
teal, sir, / think. Except that | could
understand divorcing a man who had
become intolerable to me; but | could
never, never fancy myself marrying
again If my husband in the course OF
ma ure had died still loving me, still
faithful to me.
so you see the cases are not iden-
teal, and that only remarriage after
divorce is defensble."
II take your point" said Satrree She
had spoken warmly and vehemently
with an honest ring in her voice. 81
have never thought of 1t along those
lines. See that furrow across the roat
that's where a snake has crossed
But | may as we'll tell YOU ma am. thai
I myself have buried more than one
, wife. And yet when | size myself NJ
to myself | don't seem a regular hell
hound"
IF we are to be on an honest foot
ing" said the lady, Il must tell you that
|
band, and yet when | size myself up
as you call it, do not seem 10 mysel
lost woman. It's true that | act fO
my living"
Il know" he interrupted, you ar,
Mrs. Kimbal. But | thought knew
more about you than seem to- In
Saterlee. And my business at Car
casonne House is the same as yours"
She was silent for a moment An'
then:
Well" she said, here We are. An'
that's lucky in way, We both seen
to want the same thlng-that Is, ~
keep our children from marrying eacl
4 other. We can talk the matter owe
! and decide how to do it,"
I'VE can talk II over anyway, as go
say" said Saterlee, But" and h
4 hshed in his pocket and brought ou
r his sons letter and gave it to her. Sh
5 read it In the waning light.
h But" he repeated gently. that don
I read like letter that n brute Of so
3 would write to a brute of father, now
t does it?"
4 She did not answer. But she opene
10 her purse and took out a carefully an
- minutely folded sheet of note paper,
That's my Dolly's letter To me-" sh
= said, land it doesn't sound like" ne
y voice broke. He took the letter froI
e her and read It,
NO, 1t doesn't" he said. And he sal
]. it roughly, because nothing brougi
y rough speech out of the man so surel
Y. as tears-when they were in his ow
| eyes
d We'll" said Mrs. Klmbal with
sigh let's talk"
e NO" said Saterlee, lets think"
IS ".
d They could hear from far ahead
?. sound as of roaring waters.
A srsl,n a