Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1845-11-07

| KISS was so SWEEP, tlihL DeauInnnlr JOIbEI
ting his Disappointment, excIamed:-
"WeII, if yea prefer r., it certainly viii
be pleasanler."
"ARd wIIyou stop at Madam G-'s!'
" If yen wish, certainly, love"
"And viii yon he p me teCaoOse hat"
" Dearest. your own taste fe sRjque."
And away drove the enamnMd husband
with his gay, young wife. Happy would
it have been iftheir matrimOn,at 't5atre TENS
could always have ended lhGs happily!
Neither had these twelve months pas
sed uneventtul in the domestic SGiG OI
Frank Harrington and Mary. Clouds o.
vershadowed their honey moon, and II"
affectioaate girl had nuch TO grieve heI
gentle 81 .rit. T. 3sS ioEr weeks OF cus'om
jproscriJca Jlbs were passed in the conn
try, bet no sooner did they retHrn to town,
than, apparently forgeTfeI alike Of his re-
sponsihiIities as husband, and thai tho
happiness Of the sweet gr4 he had we'd
Grd rested so entirely upon himself, Har-
ringvon phnged anew into the vortex Of
dissi paticn,
| But Mary concealed anhersmrows with.
in her own breasl-@SRe uttered norPproaCh
-~brpsthed no complaint bat ever met her
aruant husband with a glad smile OF wei
come. And she did this because SHE loved
him, and because she had full faith in sis
love for her How silen was she TO wean
him to herself from scenes to which habh
so enchained him? Not by lamentations
not by cpnsorr, Good sense pointed the
way, ana affection Tired not. She remit
ted none Of her kindness, nor ieigned g.
love she did not feel Gradually she dis
co, cred his pocGIiar tancI9s--hia tastes or
in hompy parIance, his likes and dlsIkes,
and these it was her study and delight to
crafty, Il was all done, too, without OBJ
tmsivenpss And sic herself was always
sorheerIuI--with something interesting to
relate, CT snrse silpasing book tc read, or TO
which she, The more Delighted, iStencd.-
Her dinners were got up with npatness ard
even elegance-his IavOritc dishes done to
| his palate so tpmptingIy servants were
qnict ami respectful, and every thing a
round her house was in perfect keeping,
while all air Of comfort and chreriulness
peyvSded the wlftIe. l'jstrusting her own
MOWERS Of pteasing himdfoags, unaided 10y
others, she would occasionally gather a.
round her few CHOSEN friends whom she
knew lie loved, ENthe greatpstconquest5
were achieved alone. More than once ere
six months Of their welded life had Gown,
as they sat tcfr-a-leie Of an evening, llar-
rington had drawn forth his watch eXctaim'
ing Wllh an evident look of surprise.
us il possible, Mary, it is so late! Why
il is ten O'Clock already How rapidly the
h0u nave passed
What words Of joy to Mary! Or at 9th
er times after listening for hours to his Ia
vorlte songs, sting IN the most chatmlng
manner to which he would now and then
add his own fine voice, turning over the
iedves Of her music hook with scrupuIous
eXactness, he would kiss the fair open brow
turned toward him and say:
"WhN MarW YOU are bewitchng' !
promised to he at the opEra tonight; but ne
yer mind, dearest, your music is sweetel."
And thus DIT the end OF twelVesmon'II
Mary was in fair way OF retaining beI
beloved husband from the errors into
Whlch lie had iallen-~ol rendering ntA'
respected aud esteemed, and Of securing
forever their mutual happiness.
---s-
Another twelve month passed, and Ma
ry and Arabel were mothers%-each oil
lovely boy! And now, thought BeaumOni
as he pressed his FIRST bonn TO bis heart, Ar
abel will no longer he obliged oseek abroad
for amusement. Oh, no, if home has a
times seemed tedious tc her, can do so nc
longer. Our dear little hoy will be sOur,e
of constant delight and the proud, happy
father kissed Tie cheek OF his b7antItu
wife, iand felt he could .moke no sacrifice
too great for her.
Arabel was overpowered with excite
ment at the aovcHy. She screamed viii!
Joy when she first kissed her babe. What
IA dear little thingl But, heavens, what &
red IaceI ItwouId just look like Mortimer
she knew, but then it rolled its eyes so ho.'
ribly she could not bear 10 look at it. She
loved it dearly, 50 dearly, but, pray nurse
do take it out OF sight and hearing. MPr