| Show REVERENCE IN A WIFE BY AUGUSTA MOORE well katie so you expect to marry marrs E dward edward after all I 1 thought you were only flirting with him 1 that w was s what I 1 intended mary i but somehow the artful fellow has cheated me into agreeing to have him 1 I thought thou 0 ht how all your grand tall talk about freedom and never bending your nek to any mans yoke toke would end tia the old story I 1 not so im not going to wear ivear the yoke edward is to obey ubey me he will I 1 know he Ms has hardly angwill any will wili but mine now and I 1 donit tnt flint hp I 1 ever lanan lanau nave lie fie dont pretend to oppose wein mein me in anything I 1 be hired to have him were he to presume to treat me as helen Nornia normans ws lover treats hen her and I 1 told her so he is always telling her of her faults t they have agreed to kindly tell each ot other her of their faults and help each other to overcome them I 1 think this 1 is a most excellent way 1 well I 1 dont I 1 am free enough eliou h to tell ed his faults but he would gouid not dare to return the compliment it would make me an angry rv in a minute in fact mary I 1 thick think I 1 am a fortunate girl I 1 have bave found a mail man with plenty of f meney money a gentle gentie gentleman nian ulan of disposition very generous gen rous crous who dorsil up me and ia is w will ill ng that chat I 1 awad alway have my own way who is in short unable to hinder me from having it and A nd do you thinks that you manhave the blessing of god on your marr marn marriage martlage lage when it is entered upon in a spi ritso utterly the reverse of what it requires I 1 admit that the bible is antho authority tho rity consider what its teachings areal are 4 1 I 1 do it says submit one to another 1 I 1 suppose I 1 shall submit to ed a part of the time it would be only fair lair I 1 kate the Biblo bible says Wives submit yourselves unto your own husbands as unto the lord for the husband is the head of the wife even as christ is the head of the church therefore as the church is subject unto christ so let the wives be unto their husbands in everything and let the wife see that she rev erencen her husband how dare dar eyou esou you sou presumptuous girl resolve to trample on oil gods arra arrangement and his law you may be sure that trouble is before you if you go forward to the marriage altar with sueh such a spirit as now ilow animates ani animates mades mares you As for edward he is infatuated indeed if lie ho gives his ills honor lionor and his happiness into your hands katie angry at such plain talk abruptly turned from her companion and walked rapidly away the expected marriage took place for a few months edward edard ed ard walked in a 1 trance of senious and imaginative bliss then down he came and never more did lie ascend the hill hills 3 of joy he was as ins kate had said quite unable to control or to cope en with ith her tle tie and he loved oved her too tenderly she had over him the tile immense advantage of loving him very little she could tear his heartstrings heart strings every hour he could s scarcely stir hers at any time you perceive perceive good reader that she had him children were borato born to this pair kate managed them something as a tigress might manage her young edward was allowed to have no word in the matter in a few years the poor door man crushed and overborne died kate was provoked with him for this piece of independent action slie She liked him she made him very useful she hah had had not thought lie he would go without leave but he did it kate lorded corded it for a few years more till her children became too strong for her then they albeit they knew not what tiey they we redoing avenged their mather father fht lier iier they broke their mothers spirit spirl and tand her heart and yon bent gray mul mui mumbling libling old crone in the almshouse alms aims alouse is all that remains of the once lively and beautiful kate she bowed the wind she reaped the whirlwind |
