Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-01-10
VOL. XI.NO. 20.

start and moan, or cry out. Afier time il
awoke, and commenced screaming The
mother lifted il from the cradle, and tried
to hush II upon her bosom, but the babe
still cried on. IL was evidently in pain.
'Confound you Why don't you keep tina,
child quiet f--exclaimed the husband. i'm
patiently, casting at the same time, an angry
look upon his wife.
Anna made no reply, but turned half away
from him, evidently to conceal the tears that
suddenly started from her eyes, aud stroye
more earnestly to quiet the child. In this
she soon succeeded.
4 believe you let her cry on purpose.
whenever am in the house, Just to annoy
me- her husband resumed in an ill-natured
tone.
mo Thomas, you know that do not
Anna-said
Say lie, why don't you 7
oh, Thomas, how can you speak so to
me- And his young wife turned towards
him an earnest, fearful look.
Bah don't try to melt me with your cry
ing. l never believed in it, Women can
cry at any moment
There was a convulsive motion Of Mrs.
Elliou's head as she turned quickly away,
and choking sound in her throat. She
remained silent. Ten minutes passed, when
her husband said in firm voice:
Anna, I'm going to break up
Mrs Elliott glanced around with start
led air.
1t is true, just what say-your father
may think that Pun going to make slave of
myself to support you, but he's mistaken.
He's refused to help me in my business one
single copper, though he is able enough
And now have taken my resolution. You
can go back TO him as quick as you like
Before the brutal husband had half finish
ed the sentence, his wife was on her feet,
with cheek deadly pale, and eyes almost
starting from her head. Thomas Elliott was
; her husband and the father of her babe, and
as such she had loved him with a far deeper
, love than he had deserved. This had caus-
; ed her to bear with GOODNESS and neglect,
: and even positive unkindness without COM
plant. Sacredly chad she kept from her
: mother even hint of the truth Thus she
: had gone on almost from the first, but only
r few months elapsed before she discovered
that her image was dim on her husbands
heart.
' You needn't stand there staring al me
e like one moon struck'--he said, with bitter
y sarcasm and curl oil the lip. What say
d is the truth. Pm going to give up, aud
) you've got to go home to them that are bet
5 ter able TO support you than am, and have
n better right, too, Pm thinking. Hf
e There was something so heartless and
; chilling in the words and manner of her hus-
+ band, that Mrs Elliott made no attempt TO
: reply. Covering her face with her hands.
she sunk back into the chair from whic h
e she had risen, more deeply miserable than
d she had ever been in her life. From this
e state she was aroused by the imperative
II question,
ii Anna, what do you intend doingl'
o That is for you to say'-was her muir
n INJURED reply.
!. Then, | say, 60 home to your father, and
o at once
e Without a word the wife rose from he,
Is chair, with her infant in her arms, and paus
J. ing only long enough to put on her shaw
t. and bonnet, left the house.
lie Mr. and Mrs Wyman were sitting alon,
he late on the afternoon Of the same day, think
ing about, and -conversing of their child
in Neither of them felt too we'll satisfied will
ID the result of her marriage. II required no
y. even tie close observation of parents ey,
4 to discover that she was far from happy. /.
v 1 wish she were only single'-Mr Wy
in man at length said. she married much to,
to young--only eighteen, with cold-hearted
:e and fear unprincipled and neglected. hus
IL band. II is sad TO think of it,
But was married as young as she was
* MIR WymanT
y, Yes; but Haiter myself you made
of much better choice. Your condition a
p eighteen was very different from what her
now is. As | said before, only wish sh
p were single, and then wouldn't care to Sc
Sc her married for two or three years to come
nd i cant help wishing she had refused M
h Elliott. II she had done so, she might hay
ed been married TO much better man long BE-
ut fore this. Mr. Carpenter is worth doze
ot Of him. o dear this marriage is all lo
ey terry after all. Few prizes aud many blank.
~ Poor Anna she is not happy
he At this moment the door opened, and III
I'd. child of whom they were speaking, with he
I'd, infant in her arms, came hurriedly in. He
Ter face was deadly pale, and her lips tight
M compressed, and her eyes widely distende
OF and fixed
on Anna exclaimed the mother, starting u
al quickly and sprnging towards her.
int My child, what ails your?' was eaqerI
asked by her father, as he, too, rose up has
tar lily.
eli But there was no reply. The heart {
icy the child was too full. She could not ute
ar the truth. She had been sent back to he
10 parents by her husband, but her tongue coul
up not declare that Pride, shame, wounde