Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-04-30
though he did love Helen Watkins. and
she had a thousand dollars.


hands. Doing as he thought best for their
mutual advantage. he invested it in his
business. and instead Of dashng on. with
an establishment. rem aimed at The board
ing house. For time all went well. A
loving bride thinks liile. for months, Of
any thing but love and happiness, and
Helen never spoke of the thousand dollars.
Flagg furnished her with money sufficient
Cor her wants. and indeed. for her desires.
the engrossment Of her thoughts otherwise
limiting her wishes. But when year
had gone by. she often asked for articles
of dress or luxury, luxury to them, which
her husband could not afford TO give. and
gently but resolu,ely denied her. sIl's
very strange" though, Helen to herself,
",ha. when he has all that thousand dol.
lars Of mine, he won't lie, me have wha,
want" Her mother fostered these com.
planning thoughts, and on an occasion
when she had set her heart on something
he refused TO purchase, she ven,ured to
vent her disappointment in reproacAes;
and referred to The thousand dollars. which
she was sure she ought to be at liberty tn
spend, since it was all her own. Flagg
was astonished, indignant; bu, restraining
himself. kindly reasoned with her, aud
represented to her how palry sum. in
reality, thousand dollars was. and how
long ago it would have been exhausted,
had it been in her own possession, by the
procurement of half the articles she had
solicited. But her pride prevented her
from listening with calmnes. and she only
gathered enough of his explanations 10
excite in her marked judgment, the snspi-
self from his meanness.
In short time the thousand dollars
came up again, and again. and again; the
last time Immediately after breakfast
Flagg could bear i, no longer. Wi,hou,
a rejoinder he suddenly left the house.
narily moved-tha, his face wore start
ling expression. and regretful. peni,ent.
alarmed, she called earnestly and tearfully
for him To return. But all was TOO late!
IL was sullen, stormy. winiry. chilly
day. when Flagg lef, his home tina. morn
ing, i, was. too, a. the very climax of one
Of those commercial crises when the rich
feel poor. and the poor, beggars; and Fiagg
breas,ing the storm bravely thus far, had
congratulated himself that in few DAYS
he should be safe, and his fortunes golden
forever. How bitter were his sensation,
as he came down Broadway that morning
FLASHING through the rain! He loved Hell
Il 81. t,a /. he "a,
Their days were all happiness save thai
destroyed by this faible. and lei come what
would he determined 10 give her .sIes>on
that should last her the rest Of her life. y
He did not return 10 dinner. Helen
waited for him. and, robbed by her ankle
~ and remorse Of her appetite. wond no
90 down herself. but sat all the afternoon
looking from the window. into The desert,
ed and dreary street, weeping sometime.
as though her heart would break. Whel
day light had nearly gone, and she begar
tn strain her eyes to Distinguish object.
without. she discovered him approaching
She could not-she dared no, 90 to NEE
him; but when he opened the door, sh,
could not repress shrek at the haggard
ness of his couu,enance. He came to he
side. and taking her hand, sand in voic,
broken by exhaustion and emotion. Will,
he extended with the other roll of bank
notes.
"tIelen. there are your thousand dol
lars; have had toll and anguish and pal,
enough to get them for you in ,hes
dreadful times; but had resolved. am
would no, be disappointed. Take them
do with them as you like. and we will b
wholly happy for you can never reproac|
me more"
, mo. no; not for the worldr' sobbe
/ Helen. sinking on her knees in shame
{ 'oh husband. forgive me! shall neve
, be guilty again." and she tried TO max
him accept the notes. He was, howeve,
, res"ln,e; and well knowing from his char
acler tina, which he had determined up"
as a proper course, he would neve
swerve from, she dismissed the subject
, and they were afterwards indeed happy
3 He never asked to what purpose she ha
! appropriated her thousand dollars, but
was plain enough that she expended then
IVA SiOSS bpt All
thing. she was more frugal than ever. au
f he was compelled To question her Of he
| wants and wishes, when lie was dispose
to crafty them, as he was literally an
= freely. so soon as his prosperity woul
authnrize it,
Reader. this Fiagg is the same hale oil
fellow whom we have spoken of as ridin
in his carriage in Broadway; and that viii
is this same Helen. That daughler-of
can tell story Of her! She is TO b
married mex, week. 10 a young man NJ
worth a penny-who lnves her and care
not pin for her fathers money. conf.
ing as he does. in his own energies, whic
the old gentleman made sure Of before h
gave his consent. As 10 that ihousan
dollars, it has been accumulating thi
, twenty wears. has been added to constan
" by the mother. and is now a goo
round sum. we have j, from good au,ht
, ri,y, a. least twenty thousand, will he
E yifl to the daughter on the marriage da,
but we warrant you she will hear III
whole story Of the "ihousand dollars.
. and be warned not to suspect an honest
. high minded. loving man of niarryin