The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-10-20
REDEMPTION
BY MARGARET A. NORTON.

IL. contents and all, RICH: through the
big pane "f glass in the dining room
window
Then. with slightly heightened
color, but apparently otherwise calm
and placid. she began hllin@ some
glasses with water Ia substitute in
place Of the u>uai beverage.
Ralph. aStOniShed aghaSt. his mouth
open. stood a II turned Ia stone and
watched his wif,'S movements To
his sstoniShed gaze she appeared IS
cool and chilly a. "a winter morning.
They had told her - why. even
Raiph'S "NNH mother had warmed her
that Ralph'S ugly temper had spoiled
his first wifr'S life: that he was given
10 fits of 'mranurSS." which while
they LASTED m:.dr life near him, or
with him. "a misery and e terror.
They" haG said that she would rue
the day Size married him. for Ec was
"overhcutiu= ami tyraunica'" and had
nO th0u-lt r"~ anyone bat himself"
To alt we'll meaning critics. except
Ralph'> mother. Rachel had turned a
Smiliu. hul unmovcd face. With Mrs.
ROdmau she h"d talked earnestly.
For ~vrur months her tacrrulne>S
and the luy, Ralph undoubtedly bore
his handsome and cheerful wife held
his ty-aWir.u temper Wirhir bounds.
But This lovely April morning he had
risen with a'' lis diSagrec',hlr uror"n-
stiles .u fhc surface
RaechcI had not uttered "a word OF
rem0r~trausr. NOT even when h"r hus-
band kicked thc uu"iTend!r= ear. threw
chair 10 his path ?" th" other side
81 th' room AN" nearly BROS" the
covers col ''r new rnu-c when he
''.''N'''.. '.' "''', >-.' .'.'''lrI
h"' '' '''''' '"i' ''' merry ''H'i'r>N
"S'' "i.''''~"'.'" "I SIaI'' .'- Ut WIS
i'"' ".'". ..'-'--H ms own '"I'i'~N-
me-. '.. ''' .'I''b i'" drops "i
MOI '".''". "'' Its wrist "hi hl'- with
hu.'"''" "E'lr 'hr"Wn ih' Offending
cup ''''~~ '." room. landing 1t IN
scraps "H P, pretty ana priced ru-, That
Ka'h'I acted
was men 'hhl Nh" I"t'""ed his
'Auii'I'''- "'' q" ms horror ana me
Su''l'' '+'''''l- OF MS lS''.~h resent
HiSil- h". "''H '"'l""e" MS example
bui went I"N several h"t'er- Tor the
WINDOW pam" "AN valuable one ana
tl'e '"I''' ''" "H" al Iheir best Neu-
dlhS S'Ii~-
Neither Np"k" during the hasty
meal mar Followed.
At dinner she acted just a. usual.
Ralph was very silent. He noted that
the debris or the morning explosion
lay where u had fallen Ills mother
and uncle we're coming Q" Tea.
After dinner he gathered up the
broken glass and cleared away the
eOffee grounds.
That night she. Drenared :. letter n
was MOI long. In IL Rachel told her
husband that she had been warned
about hi, ntiammabIe tempcr. that
she loved him despite thai very had
bIemlsh. amt she believed r,. was man
" enough To- conquer his ruling pas-
sion. She Told him thai she meant
for while. "ouIy Tor while. and
Just a> au object lesson. tn show you
how terrible such behavior * When
see thar my acts are not hearing
fruit and that YOU are not hearing
fruit amt that You are not worth my
descending q" such tactics then ! shall
say good-hy.' and forever '."u,l-by'i I
cannot liz" with a husband unworthy
my RESPECT should still love YOU.
Ralph but I should leave yuu just the
same a~ n my love had departed. Tor
j am an individual with right TO
happiness. aud II would he unnbtain-
able with YOU Think 1t over. nus
haHu
Ralph never m'"'l""'H ~" I"tier'
hu' II vas n''hH '''"'''''> ''''"'' he III
f"We" ii> ''>''''hS wee !" ger tue
heller 81 luih a~'''' I'm" "H'h Nc ~"
Il proved Q" h' III" las. Time MS
Tim" ia" stoned ami Killed "a hen mar
ha" Gu '',''
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