Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-10-10
abe asked, with a toss of her pretty

ago, learn by u note ! received from
the Y. &. while ] was u, ten, is
discovered to br quite III. He has been
absent from the Lodge for several
meetings but IA no one reported bin
IN, | was not aware OF il til jus. now.
A he lives IN the DeAt street must 20
and sec hlm.'
What s hr ?
An ODD Fellow
/ Il mean his trade =
\ "Thnt is, you mean how respectable
is he We Odd Fellows, Mary, know
30 distinction ot trades within the
Lodge. We are all brothers and
friends He IL II mechanical wood.
en2rayer, | believe. | have several
times spoken with him and like him
He Is quite, unassuning, and quite,
Interesting IN conversation. | have
head him speak IN the Lodge with
great fuency and eIoquence. His
health has been delicate Of late
You seem TO feel very much Cor such
s"rt Of person, II seems 10 me! Well,
20 ! | will try and pass the evening ia
! wrR as can a. do those when YOU
are at Tie Lodge and the lady poutc d
and looked ilI-pl"ased.
H 'Why not let me- rHll aud ask lively
Amy OILS to drop in aud pass the eve
Dine q
i had rather not have her.
'Why not go Ia your fathers. | will
see you there and call for you when
come back.
No
Then pass The time reading Fredrri-
ca Rfemer's last.
!. i shall 90 10 bad.
|. This was said So very positively Gnd
| angriIy that her husband said no more,
except good evening!
4 She waited ill she heard him close
|, the door, and ihrn sprung up aud began
to pace the room The cricket was in
her wav. and she kicked IT oDt Of her
way The piano. stool was an obstacle
10 the free exercise other limbs aud she
tilted 1t over. For full five minutes she
continued in this amiable mo0d, during
which ANIMALS slrewcd the floor, chairs
were laid upon their backs, and the
poker and shovel took a turn or two o!
cachucha about the room. A; length
she threw herself upon a sofa and play
ed the devils tattoo with her little left
foot upon the carpet I'LL she was tired
She then pulled "A feather ian To pieces
and cast the fragments around her /;
took up a book, glanced into it and
flung il to the further end of the room
greatly to the peril Of splendid French
mirror, and 10 the utter demolition of a
cologne bottle that unluckily lay in. It's
progress.
The fragrance Of the spilled cologne,
or perhaps exhaustion, calmed her, and
after venting few gentle epithets at
the Odd Fellows in general and at her
husband in particular, she rang for an
ice cream to be brought her from the
next contectloner's |; II very excellen,
cooler in such cases.
i Mrs. Preston, was not simplcton,
nor vixen, nor fool. She had good
sense, a cultivated mind, and knew u
great deal better than to act rs she did.
But she was jealous Jealous Of The
Lodge not Of a woman (; for she had
too just an appreciation of her own
beauty If not Of Charles cons'ancy to
ne Jealous Of any lady. No. The
Lodge was her rival IL robhcd her of
A part of his society all Of which she
felt it was her right to monopolize.-
She was like a sringy child with sweet
apple. lie must enjoy it in corner
lest somebody would want a bite.
she had from the first, openly shown
her hostility to the lodge aud many
had been the scenes Of tears and re-
criminations between them he being
too frtn To yield to her weak entrra,ir-
~ Withdraw from an institution he knew
10 he ~ worthy and she blind only to
her own selfish love for every hour Of.
the time. Al las refusal she would re-
tort,
\ You pretended 10 friendship. love
and truth w here is ,our friendship
for mel Where is your lore for me :
Where Is your truth, when you refuse
this my love, after you solemnly pedg-
ed yourself when YOU married me
Charles, to love and honor me Is
this loving and honoring me ir you
think so, do not =
, While Mrs. Preston was eating her
ice, Amy OiiS came in; aud bong now
IN better humor, lices are an uuIailinu
prescription IN these matters = she
managed To receive her hu.hund very
ainiaby. when at half past nine nc rs.
turned
He looked graiiiied at the caange in
her; bnl made no remark before Miss
Oils. He was grave aud thoughtful
Al length he SAID, smiling, as he look cd
at his wife
MISS Amy, my wife hes scoldcd me
a little for being an odd Fellow, You
know. She tried 10 have me stay in to.
night But as was on the sick com
mii'ee | could not very well. | am
thankful did not, he said inpressivcly.
."Would you like To hear" he aGdcd,
addressing The young lady, "whcre !
have been"
"Yes." she answered laughing =
Let us hear, Sir, of some Of your grca,
benevolent doings !"
After had walked five minutes & ON
INV door turned into - Lane, and
with some difficulty found the house
sought. II was small aud of humble
exterior. knocked, and n poor, thin,
pale young wo'nan came 10 the door i
asked if Mr.. Pollen lived there She
said that he did. told her l had come
to sec him, having just heard Of his III.