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

walk with her, making her The spring oi
all his simple pleasures. Now, he was
a careful, cautious man, boarding up se-
Hcre,s which were not for her, but which,
il his lips were silent about them, spoke e
Of their nature IN the firmly closed mouth,
The lines iurrowing the once smooth brow,
and the gray already splinhling the dark
hair. 81 that anniversary ever brought
with il strange mingling Of pleasure
and pain aad never did she so complete
/ ly feel the force Of the beautiful petition
\ "ln all time o( cur weahh, Good Lord
II deliver Us !" as on ihese occasions.
1 1t was on the sixteenth Of these ami
versares that Mary was sitting alone,
according 10 her wont, having stolen an
| hour from her Attendance on her invalid
\ child, !hat her custom might not be bro
! ken. Her husband returned home some
what ailier than usual, aud knocking
4 al the dooi al her dressing room, request
ed admission. She had that morning
reminded him that this was "the memo
iIraIle day )" but she had scarcely ex-
Ipected tha, he would remember i, for II
moment after quitting The house, still
Tess thai he would recur to il in the eve.
ming. But he entered on the subject nj
once, and kissing her aaec;iona,ely,
told her, that having this day concluded
a street examination Of his affairs, be
found that, free of every engagement, he
was master o! fifty thousand pounds. -
The few grains, Mary, the five hun
i dred you were SO afraid to risk, have in
deed produced n golden harvest" SAID
he 'ii so small sum has been thus
Iiuhlul, what may not be done with n
large one +? Who can say what shall
! be- the limit Of the future wealth and
consequence of William Granger !"
: But Mary had less extensive views for
} lhe future. She earnestly wished that
her husband should secure this well-won
wealth liom future risk, and, withdraw
ing rom business, or on " following 1t on
4 a moderate scale, allow them 10 enjoy
as much happiness as they might daring
! their lives. Granger secuted the very
idea Of such theory. "W hat In the
prime of my life turn clod-hopper IN
the very flush of access shut myself ont
4 from all active employment, or drone
1 along IN beaten path, whilst those who
are nov Leagues behind me shall out
+, strip ne on wings Of enterprise ~
I "I}ut, my dearest William, YOU need
not he idle. Think how much ou mig ht
/ improve this place if You would attend
10 It, and what good Won might do in II
neighhorhood like this"
I "iine enough for that, my dear, in
another twenty years, or when the fifty
thousand is irebird. lou women have
such queer notions about happiness
"Oh, Niliiam surely you cannot
have forgotten the cottage, and how re,'y
happy we were there %
"The cottage oh yes i, was ali
very wei! then, hut scarcely good enough
Tor oar p'g.siye nav people mnsi live
ncc"rding 20 their means, nv dear.
don't think, Mary, you would iss such
"A mean h''ic hole youi self now.'
Mary did not reply, bu, food u!
strange feeling rushed over ber mad
a loving regret for that little cottage-a
feeling as if friend had been lirh,l,
spoken of who should have been had in
reverence.
Another year passed away, and no,
without many changes. Mary's suffer
lng child, her beloved Ellen, had been
removed TO better world, and Clement
was preparing FOR college, being by his
own desire designed fer the church. -
lie vas a gentle, ihoue htlul youth, with
more of the temper Of his mother than
his father, pariaking too, Of her delicac,
iot coCsti;niIop ; and though Craingrr |
sighed over the disappointed hopes he .
had formed respecting his son-who, he
had trusted, would be his assistant and /
succcssor-he yielded to the boys ear
nest desire, nom n conviction that he
was not fitted lor business. He had now
embarked IN some speculations which /
less daring spirits would have deemed II
extremely perilous but his gains and
those ni the ady enturous few who had
loIned him, would be immense in the
event OF success, aud Granger could /
not, dared mol think of any other end to
his experiment. His brow grew gloomy, /
his manner, especially to Mary, not
harsh, but reserved and shr poor thing,
alter one or two Intellectual attempts TO
penetrate the secret that was evidently 4
pressing on his mind, was compelled TO.
wait patiently for such revelation as the
course Of events might make to her. L
They came at last, and came with ire-
mendous, almost crashing power The,
speculation on which he had r,sked SO
much had completely failed, and Viii
liam Graingcr was n runed man. No,
only had he 10 bear the loss or the all I
"h,rn nc had been SO many wears toilinp !
."r, but to listen 10 the reproachCs Of !
hose who had cas-, in their 10, with him, u
ed by his advice and example. WH.'I,
lam Granger had wished to ACQUIRE {
wealth, but still be was not merely {
'varicious man. He had a proud, hsh 4 :
'pirlI and deep feelings, aud these were /
leenIy wounded by the mpLiaiions Q
which many failed not To east on him %
ie was made bankrupt but long bo. &
ore his affairs were settled, he was wing c
'eiPic,sly on his bed, the victim of brain
ever. 10
For weeks poor Mary watched over h
iIn with the ienderesi solirinde, too :
nnch absorbed IN gricl for his lIIrcss to. g
hlnk much on their losses or lo sppcuIa;r "