Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-06-05
From the Saturday Courier.
A CHAPTER FOR YOUNG WIVES.
The painful vigil may never know
That ANXIOUS watches DER a wandering heart

The painful vigil may | never know
That ANXIOUS watches DER a wandering heart"
Mas TIGHE. !
IL was past midnight. and sho sat leaning her |
pale cheek ON her hand, counting the dull ticking
OF the French clock that stood on the marble chin
ncy piece. and ever aud anon lifting her weary eve
TO ITS dial 10 mark the lapse of another hour Il
was past midnight, aud yet hc returned not She
arose. and taking up the lamp whose pale rays alone
illuminated the solitary chamber. proceeded with
noseeSs step 10 a small apartment The curtains
OF the little bed were drawn aside AMI the young
mother gaZed on her sleeping child VIVA. a con.
tras did that glowing cheek aud smiling brow pre-.
sent. as he lay ia rosy slumber. to the faded vet
| beautiful face that hung over han IA tears
| "Nlll he resemble tis iatherl" was he thought
that passed for a moment through her devoted heart
and sigh was only the answer.
lis hIs we'll known knock and the steps of the
porter echoed through the lofty hail. as with n muir
muir on has lip he drew the massive bolr, and nj.
mted hs thpushlless master. -Four o'clock, willis.
Is II uoW and he sPrang mp the staircase another
moment, he Is IN the chambcr-u her arms,
No r"prcaches met the lruant husband, none
save ho she could 10, but spare him. IN her heavy
eye and faded check-yet ,hnse spoke to has heart
"Jliin. have been wandering husband &"
BAT yon are come now, Charles, and all i.
we'll"
Aud oll was well for, from that hour. Charlie
DIuvers became altered man. Had his vii,
, met him with irowns and sullcn tears, he had be-
come hardened hbcrtinc but her afieciionatc ga
resses, the joy that danced in her sudden eve th
e hectic flush that lit ~ her pad cheek at MS M
: proach, were arguments he could not withstand -
J. Married m early life, while be felt all the ardo
but no. the esteem Of love; possessed %. splendu
II fortune, and having hitherto had the entire con
r nand OF hrs own pleasures, Dlnvers fell iulu ia
common error Of newly married nen-ihe DIRE al u
beng eonir' He'd In vain did his parents, who b,
held with sorrow the rep-ol-hes an misery he VA
D. hcIping up for himself IA after life renons.rair-
Charles Dlnvers turned deaf ear 10 advice an
pursued, with companions every way unworthy
= his society the path Of folly IT not absolute Cu
J. The tavern. the Club-ron aud the rlce-cuurse O.
often LETT his wife a solitary mourncr or a midagI
~ watcher.
Thus the first three years of their welded III
n had plssed-'o him IN fcycrcd and restless peasur
he TO her IN h.Ishled hope unmurmurmg regret
of But this night crowned the patient iUrbearance
the neglected julia with its Just reward, and "a,
- The death blow To folly IN the bosom of Dahvel
e Returning with disgust from the losses uf the hazl
table, her meekness ami long suffering touched IN
TO the soul the film fell from his eyes, AMI vice
nj her own hideous dciormity, stood uumlskcd bcfo
10y him.
Ten years have passed since that solitary mel
IL when the young mlrron bent in tears over h
sleeping boy. Behold her now S,Ill IN the p-i
n Of womanhopd. surrounded b. the chcruh Fac,
who are listening. ere they g 10 resi- 10 her swe
)r voice, It ppurs forth To the accompaniment ur h
harp an evening song Of JOY nni nslpdy; whlc
manly form Is bending over the muse page 10 hi
the Tears OF happiness and triumph that spnng iru
zee swelling bosom, as he cOalemplates the nterc
M ihg group.
en- Youthful mllrons! We who watch over a wa
dcrng. perhaps an eTring hcau-whgu rcprOa
III irembes Oh your laps towards a irulul has'irud
IiatS JuLa Diuyers. aud rem -m5er, though hyin
uf has cham, like the sword OF Iarmpdluns they m
ns be covered with hpHcrs; that kindness aud r.
liability do bat harden If not wholly e,lranre o.
lac heuri-Whilc on the contrary. patience aud gent
led ness OF manner-as wafer dropping on the f,r
rock will m Time wear i into soGness-seIdum q
ssI u reclaim 10 happiness aud the TruanI H.
band.