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This widow, named Wat

II might give otcnce 10 he too particular
was not overstocked with it, and piaueC
herself as much on her slender i~ointure ant
4 a thousand dollars Helen was to possess OF
r her wedding day, as though her hundred:
f had been thousands, and her daughter.
q thousand had been a million. Helen wa.
sensible, very sensible, and resisted in
good degree the unhappy influence of hel
mothers weakness; but women, not being
conVersant with business, do not apprcci-
ate the value Of money; and j! is not amaz-
E ing thatHclcn, when it was constantly q
theme of cxu!taticn and pride wi h heI
! mother, should imagine, at least, her thou
f sand dollars Il fortune.
! Ilagg, after a time, loved her with his
whole heart, and was tendcrly loved in re-
turn. He Lad always determined, with al
', honest pride, ncycrto fall in love with a
woman who had money; eit should never be
cast in his teeth by his wife's erumbling re-
'lationS that he was supported by her. and
there are few who will accuse him ofSwcrv-
ing from his principles, although lie did love
Helen Watkins, and she had a thousand dol
lars. H married her; and on the wedding
day. pursuant 20 her fathers will, the thou
sand dollars were placed in FIagg's hands.
'pning as he Thought best fer their mutual
advantage, he invested III his business. and
instead Of daSi!inL out with al establish
mcmt, remained N tlic boarding house. For
y time. all went well. A loving bride thinks
little, for months. of any thing but love and
happiness. and Helen never spoke of the
thousand dollars. Flagg furnished her
with money sufficient for her wants, and,
indeed, for her desires, the cngrcSsment OF
her th"uGhtS otherwise limiting her wishes.
But wEcna Year had @ou@ BY, sic often
asked lor articles OF dress or luXury-luy-
TRY TO them, which her husband could not
afford 10 give. and gently but rcsolutclv de-
MED her. rs very strange thought Hell
On 10 herself, that Wien Ec Las all that ono
thousand dollars Of Iainc. lie won't let me
have what ] want Her mother foStcrcd
these complaining thoughts, and on on oc-
ca4:yn wLcns,:r Lad set her L,art on some
Ting he refused 10 purchase, Sic vcntUred
10 vent Lc. disappointment IN rCproachcs;
and referred TO tic thousand dollars which
size V as sure SIC ought to be 1T liberty TO
Spcud, since il WIS al her own. Flag- was
aston;Shcd, ind:gnant; bat restraining HIM
81. kindly reasoned with Ec-, and repre-
scntad tahcr how raitry Il sum, IN reality, a
thousand dollars WAS, and Low long az" Ii,
would have been exhausted, had it been In
her ownFos<cssion, hy the procurement of
half Tie articles she had solicited. But her,
pride prevented her from listening with
c~almncss, and she only gathered enough Of
his explanations 20 excite in her warped
Judgement, Tic suspicion that il was only
given to excuse himself from mcanncss.
In Il short time the thousand dollars came
NJ again, and again, and again; the last
time immediately after breakfast. Flaggl
could hear il no longer. Without u %rcjoin-I
der he suddenly left the house. His wife
SAW that he was more than ordinarily NOV
cd-thatl lis face wore a startling express
sion; and rcSrctful, pcnitcnt. alarmed, she
called earnestly and tcarfully for him TO re-
turn. Eut all was too late! 1t was Il sui
len, stormy, wintry, chilly day, when FlaGGI
left his home that morning; II was, too, at.
the very climaxof one of those commercial
crises when the rich feel poor, and tIcI
poorhcggars; and Tlagc brcas:ing the storm
bravcly, thus far, Lad congratulated him
~sclfthat in a few days he should be safe, and
his fortunes golden forever. How bitter,
were his sensations as he came down Broad
way that morning, FLASHING through the
rain! llclovcd Helen dearly, and he knew
that she loved him. Their days were all
happiness, save that destroyed by this fol
bic; and let come what would he dctermln-
cd to give her a~'lcsson that should last her
the rest of her life
He did not return to dinner. Helen wait
cd for him, and robbed by anxiety and re-
morse of her appetite, would not 60 down
herself, but sat all the afternoon looking
from the window, into the deserted and
drcary street, weeping sometimes as though
her heart would break. When daylight
had nearly gone, and she began to strain her
eyes to distinguish objects without, she dis
covered him approaching. She could not
she dared not meet him; but when he O.
pened the door, she could not reprcss a
Shrek at the haggardncss of his %countc-
nance. He came to her side, and taking
her hand said in a voice broken by cx-
haustion and emotion, while he extended
the other with 4 roll Of bank notes.
Helen, there arc your thousand dollars;
have had toll and anguish and pain enough
Ito get them for you in these dreadful times;
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