Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-05

commenced with its round of dissipation,
because then he found some relief in at
tending the fashionable entertainments of
his own and his wife's acquaintance. Since
his marriage he had never enjoyed a single
hour of real domestic felicity.
How different was the welded life of
Henry and his bride. All through the ted-
Gus duties of the day, the recollection Of
his sweet wite's greeting at night, checred
the young lawyer on in his labors And
when evening came, and he had closed his
office for the day, how smilingly, and in
what neat attire, would Lucy preside at
the tea-table, Or after their meal had been
disposed of, bring out her work-stand, and
sew at something, if only at a trife for a
fair, while Henry read to her in his rich,
mellow voice. And then, sometimes, they
would sit on the sofa, and talk of thousand
plans for the future, when their income
should be extended, or if it was in summer,
they would stroll out for a walk or call upon
some one of their few intimate friends.
Dear Henry" said Lucy, one evening
to her husband, as they sat talking together
after tea, chow wearied Mr.. Lowry looks
of late. L think he must be in bad health.
How glad l am you are always well. !
know not what should do if you were to
be taken sick"
May that day be long averted, my own
Lucy" said the husband as he kissed her
pure brow, shut have noticed something
of the same look in Lowry and have at
trbuted it to the cares of business. His
wife is woman, you know, who could do
little to alleviate a husbands weariness.'
"Oh how can she be wife, and not
| xtric la, L,,,L
deed, indeed, if you only look the least
worried | share your trouble until your
brow clears up"
Sand it is that which makes he love YOU
so dearly, said the husband, as he pressed
4 her to his bosom. "Ah!" he continued to
himself, "if Charles saw me tonight
wonder whether he would not envy me 7"
That evening there was brilliant party
at the house of Mrs. Lowry who was
smiling upon her guests in all the citation
of gratfied pride. Never had she ap-
peared more happy. But even the envied
mistress Of the revel was not without her
care. One or two favorite guests whom
she invited did not come, and she could
not help overhearing some of the ill-natured
remarks of her neighbors. Her only graf
fication was in listening to the batteries
Of others of her visitors, who were either
more fawning, or more deceitful. At
length, however, the entertainment was
over, and wearied and dispirited she paused
a moment in the deserted parlors before
retiring. Her husband was there.
swell, Mrs! Lowry" said he, with a
yawn, $50 this grand affair is over at
length, and pretty pennyit has cost do
not doubr--Charlesh had latterly found that
his income was frightfully beneath his ex-
penses, and had begun to wish his bride
less extravaganl-"But why did YOU pur-
chase those new ottomans-and these can
delabra--and that" and here he used an
oath, expensive set of mirrors! told
you the old ones were good enough, and
here, when | come home find you have
purchased them In defiance of my orders.
Why, madam, an Earl's fortune would not
sustain you in your extravagances'"
Sand whose fortune, / wonder, buys
these things?" said the passionate beauty,
"you wouldn't let me have the common
comforts of life if you had your way"
"Pshaw madam, none of your airs.
But / tell you this extravaganza neither
can nor will submit to-"
"You're brute !" said the wife, $50 you
are. Do you-do you think" she contin-
ued, bursting into tears, "Pd ever have
married you, when l might have had so
many better husbands, if I'd thought you'd
used me this way ?"
"Well, madam, so you've got up scene"
cody said the husband, 'ail wish is, that
you had married some one of your other
suitors"
"You do--you insult mel won't live
with you a day. Oh! that | should be
abused in this way" and the now really
wretched woman burst into fresh flood of
tears.
Gas you please madam
But we omit the rest of this scene which
ended with fit Of Mysteries on the part
of the wife, and a volley of curses on that
of the husband. The difficulty was the
next day made up between the newly
married couple; but from that hour their
oltercations were frequent and bitter.
Charles began to think as his old friend had
told him, that there was great difference
hetwixt marrying for love or for money.
Three years passed. At the end of that
period, how altered were the circumstances
of Charles and his friend
The expenses of his establishment had
increased upon the former until fortune
not only staggered but gave way under the
pressure, and after several Intellectual at
tempts to retrieve it by speculations,
which, ending abortively, only increased
his embarrassments, Charles found himself
upon the brink of ruin. In these circum-