Litchfield enquirer., 1833-08-15
No. 10. WnorE No s74:

ceasing; the happiness Of others gave heE intoierable paiR--she thought of nothing but fevshge. How unlike what she was
 when the cheerful, the prudent, the conn passionate Ariana
 She continually labored 10 disturb Un-
 ion so firmly, so affectionateIy founded, and
 planned every schOmc which she thought
 most likely to disturb it4
 Fortune seemed wiling t0 promote her
 unjust intentions; the circsmsIances of Sa-
 binOs had been long embarrassed by te-
 dious lawsuit, and tile court determining
 tho cause unexpectedly in favor of his Op-
 pOnent, it sunk his fortune to the lowest pitch of penury from the highest affluence. From the nearness of relationship, he ex- pected from Ariana those assistances his lpfes0nt situation required butshe was iR-
 sensible to all his entreaties, and the jnst- ness of every remonstranee, unless f6 first separated from Olinda, whom she regarded
 with detes.ation.. Upon compliance with
 her desires in this respect, she promised
 that her fortune, her interest, and her all
 should be at his command. Sabinns was Eshocked at the proposal ]; i,e loved hts wife
 with inexpressible tenderness, and refused
 those offers with indignation, which were 10 be purchased as So high a price. Ara-
 ma was no less displeased to find her offers rejected. and gave loose 10 lltirat warmth, which she had so long ondeagored to supp press. Reproach generally produces re- cfihfinati6n; tho quarrel rOse to such height that Sabinus was marked for destrpc- lion: and tbo very next day, upsh the strength 0f an old family debt, he was sent to gaol, with none but 0linda to comfort him in his tniseries. Tn this mahsion of distress they lived dtegether with resignation and even with comfort. She provided the frugal 'nieal, and he read to her while s4n- ployed in the little offices of domestic con corn. Their fellow prisoners admired their
 contentfn6n,, and whenever they had de- sire of relaxing into mirlh. and enjoying
 those little comforts tbat prison affords, sSabinus and Olinda were sure to be of the party. instead Of representing, each bore 3 share ofthe load imposed by Providence. Whenever Sabinas showed the least con- corn on his dear partners account, she con- Jured him by the.lovo he bore her, by those tender ties, which now united them forst-
 CT, not to discoMpose himself; that 90 long as his affections lasted, she dofied all the
 ills of fortunS, and every loss of fame and
 ffieBlfships sihai nofhiag could make her
 miserable but his seeming to want happi- ness, nothing pleased but his symapalhising
 with her pleasures. A continuance in pris-
 oh soon robbed them of tho little they had left, and famine began 10 make fts horrid appearances ,yet still was neither found to mirmur they both looked upon their little boy, who, insensible to their or his own dis tress, was playing about the room, with in- expressible yet silent anguish, when mes- ,senget came to inform them that Afiana
 was dead, and that her will in favor of se- Hry distant relation, who was now in anoth-
 er country, might easily be procured end
 burnt, in which caso all her large fortune
 would revert to him as being her next ksig at law. A proposal of SO base nature fliIod our
 unhappy couple with horror; they ordef-
 ed the messenger immediately out of the
 room, and falling upon each others mock,
 iiiddlged an agoily pf sorrow, for now even all hopes of relief were banished. The
 inessehger who made the proposal, hOwev- sr, was only a spy sent by Ariana to sound the dispositions of man she loved at once and persecuted. This lady. though warp- cd by wrong passions, was naturally kind,
 judicioas. and friendly. She found that aN her attempts 10 shako the constancy or in-
 tsgrity of Sabinns were intellectual; she
 had therefore began IL reflect, and to Won-
 der how she could so long and % ilhproyok- cd injure such ansOmnsa fortitads and af-
 fection. ss.. HIM ! She had iron, the next room herself fkearf the reception given to the nIsssehgefs and could not avoid feeling all the force of fsupe- frior virtue she therefore re.assumGa her former goodness of heart; she came into
 the rooM with tears in her cyess and ac-'
 knUwledged the severity of hsf former treatment. Siie bestowed her first care in providing them all the. necessary supplies.
 and acknowledged them the most deserv-' ! inQ heirs of her fortune. From this mo-. meni Sabinus enjoyed an uninterrupted llIappimess with Olinda. and both were hap Epy in the friendship and assistanc6 Of AfI-
 ana. w6o, dying soon afler. lett them m possession of "a hrge estate, and n her last
 moments confessed that virtsae was the -or- ly paul, to trne glory and that. however innotence may for time bs depressed. q
 steady perseverance, will in time lead to .
 certain victory. Dangerous Weapons.-T The most dam gerots of edge tools is talent at repartee, in continuation with vindietiv0 spirit.-