Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-02-13

u FIVE hundred pounds can be multiplied
IN short time, H. ynu must be conviD-
ced II can, would Il not be pity To lea
sO mach lie idle a. "a miserable bank in
terest, Tor apurpose for which il cannot
BIZ wanted for years TO come, il at MI I"
II The qnick tears gushrd into Mary 5
eyes al the conclusion Of this speech
Was he, then, already calculating, the
chances vi that dear child's life or death
as matter oi business lie perceived
her emotion, and hastened 10 amend hIs
error.
IL did not mean, my love, TO fret you,
believe mo, said he "but you muSi
) know there are such chances as that
alluded to, and should our beloved boy
, he spared to W, hope we shall no, lack
} a pahry five hundred pounds to educate
r II him"
"You thought !, n iooSs sum jus, now,
WiIham"
II "And so il is, Mary, 10 US al present !;
! do bnt speak comparatively A iew
healthy grains OF wheat are important al
serd-lIne, but how do they stand when
the barns ore full after harvest 7" Aud
Mary once more suffered herself To he
! persuaded, II not convinced, so that VII
liam Granger could now commence bus
mess with capiia' OF more than four
teen hundred pounds Ii seemed an aus
! picious beginning, but more than this g.
more even than natural cieverness and
indusiry--is required to make prosper
Gus ending. Mary comior,ed herself
with The idea that he sail reiaiued his s.
4 uailon, which, producing them n certain
income, promised the supply Of their ac-
Iuai wants, whatever might be ihe fate Of
). her husbands speculaions But Grain
ger was an altered man. With his at
tention divided between his own affairs
aud those of his employers, he became
less punctual, less cheerful, and less re-
spectlul in his manners, and Messrs
Patchett and Adams at length felt them
selves obliged 10 intimate that they
thought II better that their business should
be conducted by some one who had few.
er p'ivale matters 10 attend to- The hin,
was sufficient; Granger Immediately
| threw uphls situation, took an office of
his own, and did not inform his wife of
the step he had taken until the arrange
nent was complrteG. The announce
meat ol this change smote upon Mary's
hear, like the knell OF peace and comfort
Nhiir her husband was i-lpicing in III.
| Imdtpcnaence, she had lost all sense of
liberty. Ii was ~ vain that he gave her
|! permission 10 order what she would in
! ih,. nl 4
when she declined to obtain such things
on credit, poured money into her purse
II inr that purpose. She lplt az if she had
no longer right TO spend shilling with
Il 0ui an absolute s:ity, ~ If the un-
4 certainty of their fortunes ought 10 check
\ them IN all needless expenditure. AT
ner earnest entrenty, however, The debts
/ contracted when they first came 10 reside
in their new house were paid of, aud
her mind was relieved hom ore great
anxiety though Granger soid something
| about the folly Of pa ling away money
which might be better employed, and
I, laughed OF her fears, which he imputed
Ia her utter ignorance Of business. 4
'ew months went by, and William Grain
ger began TO be spoken Of as n man Of.
some note in The commercial world. A
few years passed, and he rated among
iho Wea'hlcst merchants in Liverpool.
lie had removed long since To more
fashionable part of the town. and latter
/ ly 10 a beautiful villa three or four miles
\ from il, where, surrounded by every lux
ury that could be devised, Mary Grain
ger lived quiet aud secluded life.
/ here were many reasons COR lhis Her
health was not robust +; she had no love
Tor show and COMPANY, and seldom ap-
peared a! the magnificent dinner parties
which her husband frequently gave, and
she had a continued lie To home in the \
care requned by her second child. u \
beautiful bat very dciicaie CIR! &C thr- 1
teen. Feeble from her infancy. and /
possessing at once the beauty and the /
iraQlily Of flower, Ellen Granger had
ivGd IA perpetual atmosphere Of ten
der cares and gentle nursing, without
winch her sickly constitution must long
since have failed. She was Gow threat
ened with disease Of the spine md need
ed a double portion Of the uofaiirg at
tenllon her mother bestowed on her.
Mrs. q S thoughts, indeed, seldom ran
ged beyond that sick room, except when
they took figh, 20 the public school,
where .eT other treasure, her darling I
Clement, was already wiuning such lau-
rels as may there be gathered. Busi-
ness was subject on which she now p
seldom spoke or thought. Years Of con
'IEued prosperity had gwen her sort of
quiet confidence that all was well and (,
her husband "cger troubled her wlh de- 4
tails of hs affairs. She did not know
anything Of his gains aad losses, his dar-
ing specm!ailons, his hair breadth escapes,
or her mind would have been in a per-
petuai fever of apprehension. She was I
like one who, travelling in the dark pass.
es learIessiy by preclpIces and pitfalls,
which, had the journey been performed ,
by day, would have produced extreme {
terror. Bot there was one day in the :
year when her thoughts returned ngmn i
aud again 10 cohiampla,ion OF worldly :
lhinEs, though perhaps less wildly than
IN former years It was on The anniver- i
'aiy OF the day when her husband frs, h
IOuu ht tn thai, l,,la crI,.. a., ,