Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-09-11

WIG ; Tor he could not BRING hllnSeI 10
oYcrwhchn her with the news. She
saw, however, with the 1tick eyes Of at
lection, that all was not well with him.
She marked his altered looks and stifled
signs, and was not to be deceived by bis
sckly ard vapid attempts at cheerful
ness. She taskcd all her sprightly pow
ers and tender Establishments to bring
him back to happiness but she only
drove the arrow deeper into his he ~.
The more he saw cause 70 love her, the
more toriuring was the thought that be
was soon to make her wretched. A lit
tie while, thought he, and the smile will
vanish from that cheek-the song will
die away from those lips--the lustre of
those eyes will be quenched with sor-
row; and the happy heart which now
beats lightly in thatbosom, will be weigh
cd down, like mine, by the cares and
miseries OF the world.
At length he came to me, one day,
and related his whole situation in tone
of the deepest despair. When ! had
heard him through, inquired, "does
your wife know of all this PAT the
question, he burst into an agony of tears.
s For Gods sake!" cried he, {" if you
have any pity on me, don't mention my
wife; it is the thought OF her that drives
me almost to madness y
"And why not !" said I. "She must
know it sooner or later: you cannot
keep it long from her, and the intelli-
gence may break upon her in more
startling manner, than if impaired by
yourself; for the accents Of those we
love soften the harshest tidings. Be-
sides, you are depriving yourself Of the
comforts of her sympathy; and not
merely that, but also cndangering the
only bond that can keep hearts together
IAN unreseryed community of thought
and feeling. She will soon perceive
that something is secretly preying upon
your mind; andtruc love will not brook
reserve, but feels underyalued and out
ragged, when even the sorrows Of those it
loves are concealed from it..
"Oh, but, my friend ! to think what a
blow am 10 give all her future pros
pccts--how l am to strike her very soul
to the earth, by telling her that her hus-
band is beggar .--that she is to iorego
all the elegancies of life---all the plea
sures of society--to shrink with me into
indulgence and obscurity To tell her
that have dragged her down from the
sphere in which she might have CONT
nued to move in constant brightness
the light of every eye--the admiration OF
every heart How can she bear power
ty? she has been brought up i'll all the
rcfnements of opulence. How can she
bear neglect? she has been the idol OF
society. Oh, it will break her heart, it
will break her heart -
saw his grief was eloquent, and let
it have its flow; for sorrow relieves it
self by words. When his paroxysm
had subsidized, and he had relapsed into
moody silence, | resumed the subject
gently, and urged him to break his stua.
ton at once to his wife. He shook his
head mournfully, but positively.
But how are YOU to kcepit from her
Il is necessary that she should know it,
that you may take the steps proper to
the alteration of your circumstances
You must change your style of living
nay" observing pang to pass across
his countenance, "don't let that atilict
you. amsure you have neverplacedyour
happiness in outward show---you have
vet friends, warm friends, who will not
think the worse Of yon for being less
splendidly lodged: and surely it does
not require palace to be happy with
Mary"
could be happy with her" cried
he convulsively, in a howell II could
go down with her into poverty and the
dust IL could-I could---God bless
her!" cried he, bursting into transport
of grief and tenderness.
" And believe INC, my friend," said I,
stepping up, and srasping him warmly
by the hand, {" believe me, she can be
the same with you. Aye, more it will
be a source of pride and triumph to her
it will call forth all the latent energies
and fervent sympathies of her nature;
for she will rejoice to prove that she
loves you for yourself. There is in eve
ry true woman's heart spark of heav-
emily fire, which lies dormant in the broad
daylight of prosperity, but which kindles
up, and beams and blazes in the dark
hour of adversely. No man knows what
the wife of his bosom is--no man knows
what ministering angel she is--until
he has gone with her through the fiery
trials of this world"
There WAS snmcthinp In the carnest-