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THj$ NEWORTHWKST, THURSDAY OCTOBER 20, 188L
THE BEGINNING OF THE END j
An ExpLisn Tale.
BT A. A. CLEVELAND.
:r Copyright applledior.
CIIAlTEn vl. : --
Soon after' Phil Hanson had left the presence of
hi wife, Grandpa Hutton returned to his home
and was told oLPbiT visit V,
"Well," said he, ; "Mr. Hanson did me a good
turn once. -He procured me the situation that
enables me to live. No doubt he did It to serve
his own purpose: still I am grateful to him for It
Hut i, I would rather lie would not come to the
house any more." . . . rr
After a short silence, the old man said :
"I have eome-ead news to tell to-night." Youf
know the old woman that lives on the edge of the
common lu Luke's cottage, who made a living
from her cow and chickens ? The cow died a short
time atro. and she got behind With' Tier rent.- To
day the bailiff came'ind 7old all' hVrTthlngs at
" auction, and she has not even a bed to He on."
Sold her furniture?" said Rose. "I never
- heard of such a thing 1" V : 1 ..---...---
c No. my child : you are fortunate. But the law
permits a person who rents a house to sell a ten
ant's furniture If the tenant is owlngfor his rent."
"I remember once," said Grandma Hutton, "see-
Ing -arrfwomah's bed sold and the woman put on
some straw on the floor. She was 111 at, the time."
VI don't really know' said Grandpa Hutton,
reflectively, "whether It's law or not. But I
know it Is done by the officers of the law ; so I
launpbse It's legal." V
-"Poor-wonciari r'eal'ljose.;-- "Inhere has she
one?" ' v - .
"She went to that" old house by the creek," re
plied Mr. Hutton "Some of the women gave her
some bed-covers, and we are going to repair the
windows to-morrow." ,
" "Grandna, put that bedstead of mine in your
room, ancfTyeher your oTdorie7 said JloseT
"You might as welL There's plenty (or us all'
"Well, wellTcliIltf "we'll see to-morrow,'.:
- And sure enough, when the morrow came, the
two women sent not only the bedstead, but nearly
all the old furniture that Grandma Hutton pos
sessed. To be'aure, If Wairtibt much a chest df
drawers, a table, a few dishes and' utensils for
cooking, and some chairs that had been mended
by the old man; but old as they Were, they were
received with thankfulness, and the poor woman
was made comfortable; ,
"Now, grandma," said Bose. Jw they were re
turning home, "we'll 1ut our house In order, and
we'll go and hear Mrs. Stewart lecture to-night
You know she has returned. I laughed at her
once, but I feel now that there may be truth In
what she said." ; '' ' - -;
At the appointed time Mrs. Stewart commenced
her discourse". She referred to the Incident, men-
-tionvd ia word, th a t burned, brlngliigJtJiomeio
-every one.
"Ah, how indignaritvou
are 1" she. exclaimed.
"BUt there are other laws that I shall speakofjon
some other, occasion that are even worse than this,
v Ever since the feudal age, woman, has een looked
""upon as Inferior to man. Yet it was woman who
brought Into the world an Alexander, a Casar, a
nnmniithpnAChrlat ; yearand take warning!--
a Lucretla Borgia I Surround woman with, good
- 'Influences, and you need not be ashamed of your
sons. Let her have the opportunity to cultivate
- that Independence that men have thus far denied
her, and your children will never beg."
But I will not attempt to gi ve a synopsis of that
able argument Suffice lt to say, the seed was
so wn,and 1s eveimow brt ngl ngT6rttrffuI taome
sixty and some a hundred fold.' ;- ' '
"Before Mrs. Stewart dismissed her audience, she
announced that on the following evening she
would be pleased to receive calls from any woman
who might desire to Join In the work, or" who
- might wish even to know why she left her home
.. " and husband and girls and boys to talkon this
- .Important subject '": r"'
On iVcTnext evening, after -the lecture, as Mrs.
Stewart was writing In her room, a servant maid
announced:
! "A lady to see you, nfa'am."
"Ask her In here, please,'' said Mrs. Stewart.
The next moment the maid ushered Rose Han
son into the good lady's appartment Rose's face
was flushed and showed signs of recent tears.
"Oh, madam I!' she exclaimed, excitedly, "Is
there no law no redress for me? Must I sub
mit to this wrong this glaring Injustice?"
"Youforgetthat I amjunacqualnted with the
facts. Who has treated you unjusllyvniy dear?"
asked Mrs. Stewart, smiling pleasantly.
"Mr. Hanson my husband I" said Rose.
And then she related that her father-in-law had
given her some furniture as a wedding gift, and
that very afternoon a man had arrived with an
order from her husband to Mr. Hutton, In whose
house the furniture was, to deliver It ; and on be-
tng refused lie had waxed very angry, and had
threatened to appeal to the officers of Justice In
'support of his claim .
coaxed grandma,' continued Rose, "to give
poor woman her bed and some other things al
most all she had, In fact expecting her to use the
uruiture my humTnrrmni&TTnRr?iv6 i5Trie.'
am uow uy iicauAiia na soia u au to tuts man,
unbeknown to me, and grandpa and grandma
have nothing to lie on, and we are too poor to buy
more. Oh, what shall I do, good lady ? - What
snail I do? I don't care for myself, but for the
old folks and baby." I
"There's nothing to be done, my dear, but this,'
said MrsTStewart handing her a sovereign. "Take
this, and buy what you can with It I wish
could spare more.' , :. i-i, .
Oh, tio-rxclalnied Rose. ; "I could not take
it,tna!am." Not charity! I don't want that
want what.la.mine. What right had he to set
my things? They were given to me. They are
mine.?- ' . . ; "' '
"Nonsense, child, I don't want to five you this
money. I only want to Joan It to you, for the
sake of the old folks and baby. You only want
what is right I am talking to the people to get
them the noble-minded ones to give to women
what is right I am demanding lt at the hands of
Intelligent voters as a right you have no rights,
child. Your husband Is your master; you are his
slave. It he so wills it, you cannot hold anything
Independently of him. AU you have, all you can
ever, earn, is his. lie has a legal right to. sell
what you may buy, even with your .own earning.
That-ls the law. - You must deliver up this furni
ture to the man who bought It of your husband.
Don't make trouble for yourself. It would do no
good, and you are not the one to do It, even If lt
would." -
"Is this the boasted land of freedom? I 'always
thought to? be An Englishman was' to be a free
man I" RosTexclalmed, Indignantly.
"i es, yes, my .. dear... But you are only an
English wonutn. You are not included in that
declaration. Have you refused b live with your
liusband ?" ..,'., ; J'
"Yes, ma'am.-- f will never never live with
him again ! 'I'll 1 beg' "my bread first I Pjl work
these handu oil to support myself and dear little
Bessie... VIY die before he shall ever call me wife
again!" -... , - h
"Suppose he should compel you by law to ac
cept his bed and board, even using force If neces
sary to .accomplish his will?" said Mrs. Stewart
"I do not Wlnh to" frighten you; child, but to tell
with Mrs. Stewart They felt that all waa lost,
and when the tiurchaser called a second time,
allowed him to remove the goods without opposi
tlon. . :- ., " ;.
- Too proud to tell the neighbors of their destltu
tlonGrandma Hutton and her husband slept that
night upon the.ba.re floor, with scarcely a cover,
laughing the while at the hardness of the, board,
I merely to lighten, If ssfile, Rose's grlefr- Rose
herself, sitting wlthber-back against the wan,
folded her babe to hefr" breast and never closed an
eyelid until the dawn." .:. ;
'; But although the old folks laughed at the hard
bed, It was no, laughing matter . to them, poor
things. The old man had been ailing for some
time, and when daylight dawned he found tt Im
possible to. rise from the .floor.. . Inflammatory
rheumatism had seized him, and he was In agony
k Grandma-Hutton did all she could to ease him,
but in vain. Enquiring neighbors, kind and sym
pathetic, soon- -provided a suitable bed for the
swollen;-aching limbs to rest upon; but too late.
He had caught his death cold. From the first he
seemed to know he was at the end of his earthly
journey and would scarcely allow Roseout of hls-
signi.
"Don't leave me, child,", he would exclaim,
piteously ; "don't leave me. It will soon be over.'?
"How. Is It," said a neighbor, "that ofttimes
when the grjm messenger steps across tlkeihreslv
old not to. ret urn without his victim, that the suf
ferer seems to know bis days are numbered before
others are aware of Jt?"
-.When told pf "favorable changes, the old iman
listened with a sad smile, but would jonly repeat-:
"All will soon be over. Mother," said he, to.hls
weeplngwifersepd for Will Brownly."
Will was soon, at the bedside, and taking the old
"g
you the truth, lie can do this tiling." And with
a trembling voice she added, "He can even take
your -darling little Bessie away from yoy.. But
tell me all, child. Why did you refuse to live
with him? Sit here at my feet ThereiTbt
your poor aching head here," drawing her eloae
to her motherly bosom. "Now tell me all."
Thus appealed to, Ttose unburdened her heart?
and when she had concluded, she felt a tear fall
upon her forehead, which told more" than words
could how much she was sympathized with 'For
a short time the tears of beth flowed freely.
Oh, oft times have my footsteps faltered by tile
way by reason of insults and sneers ; but you have
nerved me anew --for thealwgglo," said Mrs. 8t3Tw-
art "No one knows what it is to advocate an
unpopular truth but those who have carried the
load. ' I have many a time endured the sneers of
old-time. friends and the gibes of the vicious and
ill-disposed. Once, a dirty -pair of trousers was
thrown around, my nk in the puhlln fttri-ptjmJ
once butxl will not mention It It was hard to
bear. But when I see and hear of a Woman, a sis
ter, being wronged and insulted as you have been
for I feel you naveliieji telling me the truth I
am up and rcatjr ror tne iray. Anu now, upon
my sacred honor, the dearest thing to' me In the
world, I swear never again to falter ! I will press
rightDh until I haveconvlnced the Intelligent
and whipped the fools Into admitting, that all
persons are free- and equal jbefore God, and ought
to be before the law." .
"May - God help you, goodXlady I" said Roe
fervently. :, ' ; ;
"O men! men!" continued Mrs. Stewart, as
though addressing a multitude, "is it right that a
WdffiaBTfchAllTiotenJoy-the f ru Its oMier labor ?
There Is not a spark of manhood in, you If you will
stand by and smile at such a time-as this. If I
were a man, and this woman were my sister,
treated -as she has been abused, disfigured and
basely accused no land would be distaut enough
no ocean broad enough, no gulf deep enough, to
shelter him from my righteous Indignation. Ah,
poder-op. this, you who demand rights for your
selves, yet refuse them to the mother who bore
you, the sister who cherished you ; then by you
votes proclaim, if youMare, that you are. willing
that she, your sister, should be wooed and won by
some f air-spoken villalnaVdafter she has done
her best endured toll and privation, watched
that he might sleep, tolled that he might squan
der until, enervated and broken down In health,
she Is abandoned, all her savings taken by him,
and herself laughed to scorn because she Is a worn
an. I tell you that he who refuses to give a help
ing hand to a woman, he who refuses toiift hand
and voice In her defense, it not a man He who
fears t he-truth for the dangers he must brave, Is
not fit to live a freeman I He at best Is but a
lave " ' :
The good lady was thoroughly aroused, and how
long she would have continued In this strain I
know not But she was recalled to herself by the
voice of Rose, who said ! - 1
I'There is no help for mer thenj-tna'amT :
"No, you poor persecuted soul: none. Men
have made the laws, ignoring the existence of
women except as servants without wages. But
mind. -I seem filled with the spirit of prophecy :
and I tell you that even In our day we shall see
mese wrongs righted, ie
equal oi man.
Broken-hearted, Rose returned to the: cottage
and told the old people the result of her Interview
j auv unci ftuun mi. nm .. .1 ..:.n . .. 1 . . . .
t h ' - " I i"w '""itr, 1111a win inn not-. 1011 mui,noi appiy
-8 Sake . ' J ' I volirHf kn nlrtuIv r Ikiiuiiioua tt In L-llllmr -in ' '
Will. "It will be a sad, hard I And Mrs. Breczy's mouth curletl into decided
man's hand In his a hand that was
colder and colder he said : . '
" What !?an I do for you, grandpa V
. "Will, my boy," thedylng man feebly said,
"look to the women folks; and when I ani buried,
say a few words over my grave. I am not afraid
-to die, and would rather you did this, jast act of
kindnessfar ine ttia
you; for the bid man
- "Yes, yes," said
task, for me, grandpa, but I will. A'ou may de'
pend upon me." '- ; . - -
"Thank you for the promise," said the dying
man ; "and if we know each other over there, I'll
thank you for the fulfillment of.it"
A change came over his fcattfres as he uttered
these words, -and feebly, calling "Mather" and
"Roue," he smiled at both, nnd then at the child,
which Rose held iu- her artirs, and' bestowing a
look full of undying love upon the companion of
his life such a jook as only the dying can give
with scarcel
ady remember then the song he
used to sing in the happy days, the days of youth
and promise? v j
"frbere'i ua sorrow there, Jan ; t tie it's nu cold or care,
Jean'- .- - . . ' - 'I
The dayt are m' fair, In the lanjd of the leal."
i1yadayortwo, and then the two women
were called upon ; to bestow the last look on
Grandpa Hutton. The villagers came, to a man,
to follow- the-body-to-the grave, theirwlves and
little ones accompanying them.
At the cottage, Will Brownly read a short but
Impressive service, and therf invited all to follow
therold man'to his last eart lily resting-place. The
grave was soon readied, the conlnw'as-lowereu
and Will stood at its head, with flowersluTils
hands. v . '
Dear friend," he said, "he who. lies here, Just
before he died, asketl me to perform-thls last sad
rite for him ; for he loved me, even as I loved him.
And now, old friend, my sadsad. task Is nearly
done. My prbm Ise toy ou Jswell . n igh fulfilled,
as jjpon thy cofllu lid I cast these flowers, one by
one. ,lhe immortelle, nt emblem of immortality:
the full-blown withering rbe,emblem of thy life,
so ripe and full ; and the little bursting bud, the
emblem of thy spirit's fllghtJo bloo'm in realms
supernair Autumnrs sun wilt rise and set, and
the irreen crass and wild flowers will start' and
bjossoni and turn to crimson and gold and wither
aiid die; Wintry Wind- will sigh and sob, and
tearful nature drop her snowy mantle upon thy
grave, and yet -thou'lt calmly sleep. ,.These eyes,
that have so oft looked into thine and reflected the
lovelight therty look on thee now I n thy last rest
ing-place; and these hands, that so oft haveN
clasped thine own In friendship, shall be the first
to cast upon thy pulseless breast the cold, damp
clods of earth. Dear old friend, farewell ! Must
we say farewell ? Is It our last farewell ?" 1 ;
Taking a handful of earth, Will cast lt upon the
coffin, and stepping back, signed to the rest, and
one by one they came and threw a spadeful into
the grave threw It with eyes blinded with tears.
And when all was over, they sadly walked away.
- (To be contlnaed.1
coeval with
No line In England carries the same number of
fassengersrQr carries them so cheaply and pays so
arge a dividend, as the underground railroad of
Ijondon. The Dassensrera last vtr nnmLoitx nn . I milk tnr ahin ia -.a m
um -e verai-ot - ine u outrg rou mt and " o ve r
ground railways carry workmen twelve miles a
day for two cents, thus enabling them to enjoy
cheap houses and country air.
Two young women. Caroline Marlstrelll and
Evangelina Betters, have been made Doctors of
NftJUyiJlThtory In th rnirprslty of Rome.
ierior has granted a yearly stlnend of 600 lire rabout
flSOttoeach of the ladles to encourage them In
A At . A A . a
(ue proeecuuon oi ineir aiuuies. '
A MATTER OF BUSINESS.
"You were out late last night, dearsaid Mrs.
Breezy, taking her seat at the breakfast table and
fumbling nervously with her fork.
"6b,Tio, said Mr. Breezy, , "It wasn't late.
You see, darling, you were asleep when I came in,
and " . - . , ' . ';';.'
"No, Mr. Breezy, I was not asleep ; but, as yoa
say, it was not late for. you." Nothing would con-,
vince you that the clock struck 3 as you closed the
hall door. Of Course business! detainee! you, my
dear., It iTwonderful, bow much-business a man
will fiod to. transact after midnight ; but of course
We Womenknbw nothing about such things. We
never can understand you men, can we, dear? "We
are always Imagining all sorts of horrid thing
when you happen to stay away a day or two with
out sending us even a line. Women are so ner-
vous, are they not, dear?- What silly creatures,
we are, to be sure. If we would only go to bed and
go to sleep, lt would save us a world of trouble,
woulda't It, dear? - We might knowUhatyoii?
great strong men could take care of yourselves.
If you are obliged to sit up until 2 or 3 o'clock in
the. morning talking business with your custom
ers, It is really ungrateful for us to complain, for
of course you have the worst of it, don't you, dar
ling? i low it must liave bothered you, and how, t '
tired you must get,, and think that it is all for our
sake. When you cometotterlng home, so tired
that you can scarcely get up stairs, and throw ' -
yourself on the bed without even the strength to
our de-
last - ,
king-
chair and fouiwl' you rst4f obliged to cling to-the -
lieadioard tt supKrt your weary form, you pre- '
sented a really. ..sad example of the over-worked
husband and father. When your shattered nerves
caused you to upset my fresh -bottleof cologne and
scatter the contents of my work-baidietover the
floor, you, really looked the tvtical martyrof mar-
riel lifeOf course you do not remember it, dear.
You were too worn out with that horrid customer .
Jto rememlter anything. What a. dry, stupid time
you must have talking business up. to 3 o'clock la
me morning, and you look so nceny and usvd up
this morning I would really imagine you had ex- ;
perlencel a severe illness If I didn't know It was
those terrible racking buslnesrearefc which Dull
yojj ciown sov i see you Have quite lostyoutapie-
uurseii ou me oeu wunoui even me sireugii
remove your boots, we Bbould appreciate your
vntion in thus laboring to support u. Now,
night, dear, when you stumbled over the f1 rock I
sneer as she drg a tablespoon into the fried pota
toes,
"But. mv dear." said Idr. Breezv. maklnsr a
heroic effort to swallow a little of tlie steak, "it
was a most imiortant engage -
-ur course it was.'? said Mrs
poured out a cup of coffee w
"()f-ourse It was, love., Y
Breezy, as she
itli trembling hands.
our enuraurenients are
always important. They will' never keep over
until morning, never. Wha't If these engage
nints these verv- IniDortant enirairpmpnts do
occuV five or six nights out of-thp w-k, t s al
sign of your progDeiUyi iduld 1 complain if your
find vniiynt ImTnTltfi'd to meet vour customers at
leaters and concert halls, and at Doker narties In
butof-the-way hotels? N9, dear, you are obliged
to adapt yourself" to your customers mode, of life.'!
It is all in the way of business nTTil we short
sighted wives .are very unreasonable W. suppose
for a moment that you frequent Vuchjdaces out of .
choice, when even-Instinct should teach us that
you would much nrefer biPmg" Womein the bosoms
f your famHles. You-dror abuscMi hnThaird9T
How patient you are, to be sure, with us tliiiretv.
tinreasouable creatures !" - ' '
And Mrs. Breezy mished back her chair with a
Jerk 4ihd left the room, irovMyiJJagi?:-
The high civilization of "Prussia, in the aenn-e-
gate, does not extend to her northern and north
eastern boundaries. - Recent 1 yi a notato neddler.
returning from the Dantzlc market to her village
with a' lame horse, wasdrlvlng nast the cottacreof. ;
an aged womnn,"belleved throughout that section
of the country to be in league With the powers of -darkness,
when the-tired animal came to a dead
halt and declined Co proceed farther. This natu-7
ra I result of the animal's lameness and fatltrue
was ascribed-to a sih'11 cast linon iho hrr lv thA
venerable dame inhabiting the cottage, and at a
late . hour of the same evenlncr Hie liidliniant-
)otato peddler's husband andmotlfer-In-law pro-
celled to haul the alleged sorceress out of -bed and
inflicted on her the most barbarous -torments.
with a view of compelling her to exorM.se the,
demon that Had caused the horse to acrs hKdid.
Ihey backed her fingers with knives, kicked h
irod upon, her- face, and beat her unmerclfullv
Her screams aroused the neighborhood, and be
tween forty and fifty peasants were soon assem
bletl on the scene, where they gave all encourage
ment to her tormentors. One fellow offered to eet
a razor, with which to sever the arteries on her
wrist, and another was preparing a rope to Jiang
her, when a district physician, who happened to
be visiting a patient in Stangenwalde, heard the
shrieks of the' Victim and made his aniearance
Just In time to savc her from beJngl brutally mur-
uereu. 1 ue umonunaie woman is neany m years
old, and lt Is doubtful that she will recover from
her dreadful injuries. The chief offenders of this
savage crowd have been lodged In Jail, and the
affair is being vigorously Invest lgnted-by the au-
iiionues, wun a iair prospect or a deserved, pun
ishment of the participants In the disgraceful out
rage.': '. r- ... - -;
. When distributing lately at Birnam the nrizes
of the Highland games, Lady John Manners said
mat sne relieved the Scottish jwasantry owed
their great muscular power to oatmeal and milk:
and she wished the English peasantry would live
on the like fare. Lady John hs.xHInt author
ity for her belief. Twenty years ago a most care
ful Parliamentary report declared that the declen
sion ih the physique of the. Northumbrians was
their abanti
tandonment of oatmeal and
A Judee at Erie. Pa., has lust decided that
Spiritualism is a religion and Its exponents are
entitled to all the privileges enjoyed by minis-
ten.' A medium who bad been arrested for glv-
ng exhibitions without a license was accordfnirlv.
discharged. r . -. v. 4
In, Germany thelalrynmn sends butter thTongh -t-
the mail to the consumer's table. In Winter lt is
sent In parchment paper and wrapped lu com-u
mon paper ; In Summer In tin cans or wooden
boxes made expressly for that purpose, ...
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