And I am sure mamma would indignantly repel the insinuation that you were ever a domineering husband." "Perhaps so; my daughter was the safety-valve in my case.

Well, daughter, my advice is, wait till to-morrow at all events.

I must say she doesn't seem to me one of the kind to submit tamely to oppression.

I did not like her behavior last evening, and it may be that she needs the lesson her husband seems to be giving her.

He certainly has been affectionate enough in the past to make it reasonable to suppose he is not abusing her now." "Oh, I could never think he would do that!" exclaimed his mother, "and I believe in my heart he would hurry home at once if he knew how she is fretting over his absence." It was near the dinner hour when Elsie returned from her drive, and stealing on tiptoe into Zoe's bedroom she found her fast asleep.