Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-11


line first met him he was hearijtv tir,d a
ner. Then it was he saw all he had lost Lv
ms early rashness, for he loved me Mt once
NeIiShly own, but mady aud passionat.l, ss
man could love. Aud was his eoual in bir,b
and fortune. and education, and mich, b.,n
been his, but for the fatal barrier his own hand
ha1 raised between Us. Surely it was the sri
RI, OF EVIL that prompted the thought Tim, i,
nlght be removed. This plan was formed q,
once; h" offered the unfortunate wife whom
ne loved no longer an ample splrlempn, if she
would sui conceal the fact of their msrriaca
tor Iength OF time his entteaties, urord hath
personally and by letter, were unayailIny: but
AZ !asl lie "rung from her n promise, that
"nue considerable annuity was purctualIy
palu 10 her she would keep the secret Suu
| ne Ielt mat he would be safer in fore On lauI
| 'h'n 10 his own country. and hence his prea,
| anxiety to go to India. Captain Maitland was
on 'he Continent during these Transactions,
and L1Flmer's design was, on his return home
o inform hl.D that his former wife was dead
This story niiGh' have obtained crrdpnce
but for the manifest con Tnsinn with which Le,.
inner recognised Maitland a. their unexpected
meeting. 1t seems Lorlner called on Maitland
on the subsequent day; and tod him that his
vile had died some months before, but though
Maitland made no observations on the subisc',
he was not satisfied and Lorimer must have
suspected That ne was nut.--BoriuIer went IL
London. and Maitland act Off al once for the
place where the family Of Eliza Harris, the
wife. resided. he found she was not dead, and
returning with all speed. he took that oppor-
tunity the assembly at L. ntfurdei. OF
putting me on my guard. sob, Edmund, /
sometimes scarcely know whether ain thank
ful or not that the warning was given. Il is
an evilthOught, yet sometimes it " i'll come into
my mind, that If the discovery had not been
made. might have been happy With him in
another land lnnocen'ly happy in my quo.
rance Of the truth, and surely he could mot
have been more wretched then, than he was in
losing net Her voice filtered and she wept
bitterly.
"Dear, dear Agatha" said |, edo no, sreal:
so wildly surely you must be thankful that
Nhe Providence of God saved YOU from Dc.
struc'lon. Think, if wears afterwards the 90.
cret had been known what would have been,
your situation
at is true, all true she replied. mournrully:
but will tell all the truth; did Not love
Maitland i was b. und TO BE- grateful to him.
AMI he had right to ask reward. The boom
he claimed was my hand. and had no right Of
refusal. But told him had no love for him,
such as wife should feel told him that.
WIKI all his errors, Lnrin,cr was still dearer to
me than all the world besides, and tha, could
not promise even to try to conquer that vain
affection. But still he brsOught NE 10 be hi,
and promised, on the condition that he would
At once make such arrangements a. would en-
able him TO take me to lndia.
ENo have boa, "a
cannot say that Maitland has ever been other
wise than kind to me. But though have &C
CURED sort Of habual affection for him.
cannot but feel that that fearful night or,he
discovery set the seal on my destiny, aud dried
up The spring of happiness in my heart forever.
Ny husbands kind words fall on an insensibIs
ear. Ny chiIdren's smiles and their winning
Drattle are pleasant 10 me; bu. they do not
seem TO reach nv heart. There is an uneasy
'Pot-a deep and hoseless aching that nuthing
ian out away.-The news Of Lorimer's death
irst seemed 10 rouse ma 10 something like e,
notion. Strange 10 suy It brought me- hope
he hope OF rey>itng my ewn land | deter>
mined never 10 return while there was d posi-
'IIliy Of encounterIug him again, and Judging
~ my debiIitated state Of health. and his far
trunger constitution, i. seemed extremely i'm.
probable that | should survive him But nv
orebod.ng has been false; he j. no more.
am again IN England. Had It been other
wise, | should have cons jgned my children 10
he car Of some Aomaward bound friend, and
most likely should have persisted in the Innate
Which has already made such threads OH nv
institution, And now that have opened nv
ealt TO you. Edmund, | feel better, il seems,
- II the oden times had come back agan--as
the dark past were but u dteam--and that
Sc were almost children agoiu"
There wa. reliefjn the long fit Of weeping
hat followed her recital, and | was glad'io per
GIVE in a few days that much 81 her cumpu>
ure and little Of her old cheefruIne,s la!
eturned. She remained some mon h. in Sel>
,orth, long after had returned to London,
he rcjolned me there IN he ensuing spring,
nd stay ed with ire a short time prcyi us Ia
aIIng again for India, aud was thankful 10
erceive that her health was much improved
nd that she was more fihe Agatha of former
avs than she had been since her d,sae peiur-
lent. Her spirit appeared resigned ana even
leerul, and she responded heartily to nv
lsh, that she might he spared To- rev. sit Eng
nd, and that might Yet SEE her again. Ala,!
ms hope was not to be realized, ! heard ol
n safe arrival IN lrdla, and receiN FL uue It,.
r from her, written in 4 far more atpyy tore
an could have hoVrd for beard 10 more
her tor many months, and then came q letter
aIed with black, and directed in strange
nd. She had commenced il. his, her hu.,
ho had flushed cousin Agatha was dead,
MECHANICS WIVES.
In the middle ranks Of life we behold wo-