The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-10-08

Esnily had became such ssennd nslsrs
10 hsr lhsG she eSnid III I've .iGh0aG has,
.ng d FrsIlked. To Asys The most rosly
carpets ssd sofas. or 70 gIss lhs most sIs-
gent snlsflsiamsHls ~ss n0w Der smbI-
non. HAIRY. psTrsising Ihs sahsEr.ss-
msnts 10 sLirh .his would lead. made
ssEsrsl sfoHs 20 check the habit. buI his
hsasiIful slls had never bern ns.d % bs-
ing crossed in her sill, md. like al We
men whOss minds are made up. shs ruth.
sr wonisd OF e.inlsd HIN Il lssI INTO her
we've. she soald cay.
"Those chairs, an sure. ny dear. 20
sos SUIT aur new carpet. Rosewood is
na@ al The rage. and these are mahogany.
They look mean aud piI,ipl alongside az
Ihs; carved fsnt,uil." And sgsin: do
hoy some nsS Ies-poTs: these are old and
look quIls rusty. There sIs some With
bssn'ifully painted lops, 81 ThornIoh's."
TIE te..poss. alter . mantle psTseEsr-
snee we're obtaintd; and then. Il was not
laf z before there was . discrepancy de.
Iested between them and the kRick.
knarksrss Silh uhleh such ihlngs srs
Usually snswn. Il musl." Kate would
.sS. =" positively must have a pair Cf
those fassr stands l saw At Weaver,
yeslsTdsy-ihsy are such loves Of Ihlngs.
These old.lashiOBed onss qsils disgraes
The rooms"
In one particular Hurry himself favored
this sxrsrsganee. lie would see his vifs
well dressed, and no silk was TOO expen.
sise for bic pocket. The richest aud
eostllet ps,terns in town accordingly
found their wsy TO his hoSse; and be cer-
iaiuly had the pleasure of seeing his wife
a. beautifully dressed as any one in tho
place. Her bonnels were equally superb
and cos,ly. Il was nearly the only plea
sure be hsd lefi belonging 10 his marned
life, 10 see his wife looking well: and. 20
confess The truth, Harry wss proud when
he saw her stirred for the street, or dress.
ed f1 bail, the prettiest woman without
a rival in the city.
But this VAS sean,y happiness for one
who had counted on such unmitigs,ed
felicity in The married life. Alasl where
were I'll his vision. oi acknowledgement az
ter he soIls Of the day we're pss', with his
vile beside him, the hours passing in
pleasant and instructive convsTsss
4 Driven fom his home for wan, Of COM
panIonship, Harry beepms q regular al.
tsndsni On the club, learned to play, and
drink hish. and, like h.. slf,, finally be-
so oas '''WSf Wien kRgae'siItsBsasu Bfs&is
born, che fell into low and nersons state;
and now. Harry. il he had been whst hs
was in the 6r.I year at her marriage,
would have taken psssuIe in remaining
at home 10 cheer his suck wife. But. by
this lime, he was irIecoverahly ruined.
He hated the thought Of sn evening at
J home, and wss irri,s ed and psevlsh until
supper was over, and he could escape from
The noise Of the children aid The COM
plants Of his wife.
Five, years after her marriage you
would scarcely have known Kate. Hes
long illness had completely erad"ated her
beauty. only her hns eyes bfing lefiof 40
|, her eminent personal advantages. She had
lost her color; her form was shrunk and
silsnusted; che stopped in her shoulders;
and her cheek, once 50 rounded. VAS now
hoilnw. So tia, het husband fonhd HIM
self al lssl without even the onsolatlon
Of knowing that his vile VAS beautiful.
Hsuy's course oi lis impaired his for-
tune and diminished his practice; but he
still persisted IN ~. and even grew mors
careless as his sfa'ts becane ~ re des-
pers'e. His only happiness sss IN the
excitement Of he w,ne"eUp or card table.
he had lost al iaste toS general society,
and vas indeed melancholy spectacle OF
, fine puwers ruined end great advantages
th,own away BY one false step in life.
Waste 10 the kitchen, aud profasion in
the parlor. united to dissipation on tbs
par, of the husband. have ruined Gove IA
milies than bank explosions, OF perhape
even than The vicissi,uies Of Wade. Har-
. rvs fortune stood The dysIn tor some
vss,s. but a, las. gave ~sv. H pu, of
the cash as long as possible. hu. when be
frvnd il inevitable, sailed suddenly for
South America. leaving his wife SICK In
bed w,sh an execution IN the house.
"Ahr' SAID poor Aun' Sarah. with
tears N her ewes, al aep' the day Harry
was married. hut nov weep Ten times
more. All feared has come to pass.
Alas had Harry been rightly matched
bad as he SNOW become--he would have
: been good husband and en- honor to cur
nsme. | shall never dare 10 hold up my
bead again"
The deserted vie did not recover from
her illness. The orphan children tound
= home with Aun, Sarah. Their s.her was
+, neser heard Of sg.in.
4 Thus it is that fly leads 10 crime.
. Reader, d" you know none who sre like
|. Hsrry's Pretty Wife! ~.
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e In respec. to his mortality, no man is
T superior to another. The rich and the
J, poor, The honorable and the dishonorable,