The daily Alaskan., 1921-10-18
REDEMPTION By MARGARET A. NORTON

.'. ..'.. M.H. Hs H.H. .l.Nh htII.NNr -f.Iaa It contents and aH. right through the biz pane or glass lD yhe dining room window.
 Then with a slightly heightened color. hu1 apparently otherwise calm and n'avId she hersn flIIuC some C.asSes with water to substitute n n'aro ar gro usual beverage.
 Ralph. asranEsl1cd. HCh8st his mouth open. stood as iF turned to stone and watched his vIfe's movements To his a~tani>hcd gaze she appeared as oa1 and chilly Hs a winter morning
 They had toI3 hev-why, even HaHh'S own mother had warned hc0-
 nat Bal0h's ugly temper had spoiled his first wEE.'s life. that he WIS given TO frs os "maanneSS." which while srev lasted made TIta near hJm, or w--h hm misery and a terror.
 .Tnay" had said ,hst she would -1c rro day she married h,m. for hO was "uvarna.r.nE and ry-auDlcBl" and "hEd no rnouEhr Tor anyone hut himself"
 Ta am waU-mcun,nE critics. except Ea'nn'S mother Rachel had turned a smiling hrr unmovc6 face. With Mrs. Enamaa she had talked earnestly.
 Ta7 some months her auCuulHeSs
 and ha love Ralph undoubtedly bore r's handsome au5 cheerful wife held his unnrfrar temper within bounds Hrt -h.~ lovely A7-1 morning he had r.srn with an his TSaE0eeahle p0open- -.n~ 70. -na surface
 Eanrhar had n0t uttered 8 wo-5 or -nwnr,waaea. uar even when her hus- hand Kicked -No u0oTCn5InE cat threw a en..r I0 his path Co tre other side .r -n0 room and nearly broke the n.~a-~ .E her new rCnCe when he ~"-'nrf~haf The fire She F0ereuded 7nt TO notice rhat her merry rpmarEs were unanswered or CIErp5 st Lc was 0n- u0rH through hfS own careless ra-s -n had spilled few drops of Hn- n.~-r n0 his wrist and had. with n ~nra-aE aath. thrown rhe offending rrr r.-.s> The room landing ii 10 se-.n> nr a pretty and u-fze5 -Hg. that 7aarE ara5.
 IT was rNa- that she followed his nvr-0ra nnt ta Ns ho-0a~ and the sudden cooling or his PetaSh resent mont ra- only followed his example r~- wont nrs save-ar better for the window nauo was a valuable one and -na coffee 0rt ono 0f tnpf- best wed. fling gifts.
 N#Hra- spoke during be hEsy meal -ra, followed.
 AT dinner she grra5 inst as usual ErrnN was va-y silent He noted that n. HH.-.~ nT rhe morning explosion 'rr where Ir had fallen Ills mother and nn"a were coming Co rea
 After dinner he gathered up the broken glass anE cleared away rhe ..~ea grounds.
 That night she n-cm-a5 a 1euo- It WIS rr- long Tn r RHohel toft her hr>haaf that she had been warned .nn- h.> -fauwghfa temper; -hS' sr- loved him despite that very bad M'.r-h. and she believed he was man Y a-nr-h -- conquer hls ruling pas ~t.- She fold him that she meant r.- while "0-.v for a while and .--- #s e- n.fa7- lesson Co show YOU how -a-n1a such hehEvI1- IS When 2 ~a. rrn- -v acts arc nar hearing fruit and -hat v0U E7a not hearing r-r and rhar ron arc 1nr worth my r.-rnrr.1c 70 such tactics then ! shan ~.. .-rn5.hE. end forever 'Coo5-hy', ', J ----n. Two with a husband unworthy my -a-naa [ should sun love you. Crrh hu- ! should leave yaG 'ust the same as r my love had 5F00--ed, for ' au a- 51FEvIfua, wfth a right 70 happiness. and st would h0 un0hcain- ar'a win v0l. Think g over. Aus- hand
 Ralph never mentioned the letter ruf '. vas many months before hP a!- lowed his heSetE0E vice Co get the nara~ ar him again. g06 when Dc 5id ?. proved 70 be the las, ume This -r. he stoned and Killed a hen that had done some damage 1n the garden When RacheL who loved BN helpless r-raw-a> SEW the uuJllste5 body she artaf That night when Ralph went nu- rr feed hIS poultry. which nc arroE. despite his occasional cruel raS his poultry house was empty. Rachel had given every hir5 away.
 whau vou can use creatures hu- uararv." she ss15. 'TD agree Co have more here. But rhat hens broken Tihs and body made me understand that vru had Co learn humane principles before va could trust animals ot any E,-f '- v0r~ hands
 r -,as the last lesson necessary. Ralph saw the point Ee began Co re sna-- as he had never done before with any woman who had come into m, Trc the win which refused Co sub mrt rame1y ro injustice and tyranny.
 "T must not lose her" he thought flor ff she goes lt VIII be foHever
 k vep- later as the pair were look Ing at some fowl that Rachel herself had installed h the poultry houses Ralph remarked, remlnlscanty: