Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1844-10-19

obstacle 10 the free use of her limbs,
and she tilted that over. For full five
minutes she appeared in this amiable
mood, during which ANIMALS strcwcd
the floor, chairs were laid on their
backs, and the poker and shovel took
a turn or two Of cachucha around the
room. At length she threw herself
upon the sofa, and played the devils
tattoo with her little left foot upon the
carpet till she was tired. She then
pulled to pieces feather fan, and scat
tered the fragments around the foo"
took up book, glanced into it. and
flung it TO the further side Of the room,
greatly to the peril of beautiful new
French mirror, and to the utter demo
lition of cologne bottle. that unluck-
lily stood in the course Of its progress.
The fragrance Of the spilled cologne.
or perhaps exhaustion, Gained hcr.and
after venting a few gentle cpithcts at
the Odd Fellows in general, she runs
the bell for a servant to bring her an
Iice-crcam from the next conicctioncrs;
an excellent cooler in such cases.
Mrs. Preston was not simplcton.
nor vixen nor fool. She had good
sense, Il cultivated mind, and knew Il
great deal better than to act as she did.
But she was jealous Jealous of the
lodge, not of a woman !; for she had too
Just appreciation Of her own beauty. If
not of Charles constancy, TO be jcal-
Gus of any lady. No, the lodge was
her rival. 1t robbed her of a part Of
his society, all of which she felt it was
her right to monopolizc. She was like
stingy child with sweet apple. lie
must enjoy it in a corner for fear some
body should want bite.
She had from the first. openly shown
her hostility to the lodge. and many
had been the scenes of tears and re-
ordinations between them; he being
quite too firm TO yield to her weak
entrcatics to withdraw from an institq-
ton he knew to be so worthy and she
blind to her own sefi,h love for every
hour of his time. At his refusal, she
would rctort.
You pretend to friendship. love and
truth Where is your friendship for
me Where is your truth, when you
refuse this 10 my love, after YOU solemn
ly pledged yourself when you married
me, Charles, to honor me ! Is this hon
orine me {! If you think so, don't.
While Mrs. Preston was ealing her
ice, Amy Otis came in and being now
in better humor, she managed to re-
ceivc her husband very amiably, when
at half past nine he returned.
lie looked gratiied at the change
in her, but made no remark in the
presence Of Miss Otis. He was grave
and thoughtful. AT length he said,
smiling, as he looked at bis wife
"Miss Amy, my wife has been scold-
ing me little for being an Odd Eel
low, you know. She tried to have me
stay in tonight but as was on
the sick committee, could not very
well i; and | am thankful did not J"
he said cxprcssively. Would you
like to hear" he added, addressing the
young lady, 'whcre ! have been ~
yes" she answered, laughing, ''let
us hear sir, some Of your benevolent
doings."
"Aftcr | had walked five minutes
from my door, | turned into - lane,
and with some difficulty. found the house
| sought. 1t was small, and ofhumblc
exterior. | knocked, and n thin. pale
young woman came to the door.
asked if Mr.. Pollen lived there She
said that he did. | told her | had
come 10 sec him, having just heard OF
his illness"
"He is indeed i'll, sir. and am very
glad you have come to see him. Are
you an Odd Fellow Z" She asked with
all eager look.
"Yes."
"Thcn all is well for us 7" she an
swered gratefully. "Hc is my hus-
band, sir. He has not been well for
six months. For the last six weeks he
has not been able to work, for the den-
jue in his fingers. This worried him,
and wore upon him. and at last, made
him right sick.-Well, as his daily
earnings were eat up by the four chill
dren and Us two, ne fast rs it came in.
if he lost a day, it was robbing the
mouths that depended on him and he
has been paid low Of late. there arc so
many engravcrs that are not married