Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1819-08-03

know it sooner or later you Cannot keep
it long from her; and the intelligence
may break upon her in more startling
manner. than if impaired by yourself;
for the accents of those we love soften the
harshest things. Besides, you are de-
priviDg yourself of the comforts Of her
sympathy; and not merely that, but also
endangering the only bond that Can keep
hearts together--an unreserved commune
ty of thought and feeling. She will soon
perceive that something is secretly prey
ing upon your mind; and true love will
not brook reserve, but feels undervalued
and outraged when even the sorrows of
those it loves are concealed from it,
Oh, but, my frierd! TO tisiuk what a
blow am to give all her future prospects
how / am TO strike her very soul to
the earth, by telling her that her husband
is beggar that she is to forego all the
eleganc;es of life-all the pleasures of So
ciety-to sink with me into indigence aud
obscurity To tell her that have drag
ged her down from the sphere in which
she might have continued to move in con-
slant brightness-the light of every eye
the admiration Of every heartl-How can
she bear poverty? she has been brought
up in all the refnements of opulence:
How can she bear neglect she has been
the idol of society. Oh, it will break her
heart it viii break her heart!-"
saw his grief was eloquent. and let
it have its flow; for sorrow relieves itself
by words. When his paroxysm had sub
sided, and be had relapsed into moody SIC
Ience, resumed the subject gently, and
urged him to break his situation at once
to his wife. He shook bis head mourn.
fully but positively.
But how are you to keep it from her?
it is necessary she should know it. that
you may take the steps proper to the al
teration of your circumstances. You
must change your style Of living-nay,"
observing pang to pass across his coun-
tenance, " don't let that afflict you. ! am
sure you never placed your happiness in
outward show--you have yet friends,
warm friends, who will not think the worse
of you for being less splendidly lodged:
and surely it does not require palace to
be happy with Mary" 81 could be
happy with her. cried he couyu!sively.
g in hovei!-I could go down with her
into poverty and dust I'll conld-I could
Il could-God bless her!'' cried he,
bursting into transport Of grief and ten
derness.
"And believe me, my friend" said I,
stepping up, and grasping him warmly by
the hand, "believe me, she can be the
same with you. Aye, more; it will be
source Of pride and triumph to her-it
will call forth all the latent energies and
fervent sympatbies Of her nature for she
will rejoice to prove that she loves you
for yourself. There is 10 every true wo-
mans heart aspark Of heavenly fire. which
lies dormant in the broad day light of
prosperity; but which kindles up, aud
beams and blazes in the dark hour of adj
versity. No man knows what the wife Of
his bosom is--no man knows what min-
isteriDg angel she is-untiI he has gone
with her through the fiery trials OF this
world"
There was something in the earnestDess
of my manser, and the figurative style of
my language, that caught the excited inn
agination of Leslie. l knew the auditor
had to deal with; aud following up the
impression had made, finished by per-
suading him TO go home and unburden his
sad heart to his wife.
l must confess, Notwithstanding all
had said, / felt some little solicitude for
the result Who can calculate on the for
titude of one whose whole life has been
reund of pleasures? Her gay spirits might
revolt al the dark, downward path of low
humility, suddenly pointed out before her,
and might cling to that sunny region in
which they had hitherto revelled. Be-
sides, ruin 10 fashionable life is accompas
MED by so many CALLING notifications, to
which, in other ranks, it is stranger. In
short, l could not meet Leslie the next
morning without trepidation. He had
made the disclosure.
I" And how did she bear il 2"
"Like an angel! 1t seemed rather to
be relief to her mind, for she threw her
arms around my neck, and asked me if
this was all that made me unhappy-but
poor GIRL" added he, " she cannot realize
the change we must undergo. She has
no idea of poverty but in the abstract /;
she has only read Of it 10 poetry, where it
is allied to love. She feels as yet no pri-
walton ;-she experiences no want Of ac-
customed conveniences or elegancies.
When we come practically to experience
its sordid cares, its paltry wants, its petty
humiIiations-then will be the real trial"
| "But," said 7, "now that you have got
over the severest task, that Of breaking it
to her, the sooner you let the world into
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