Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-05-14
MONTPELIER, THURSDAY, MAY ii, 1916.

husband might be involved, she DISCHARGED her ser
wants, save one, and personally attended to house
hold arrangements. BY these, and other means
she managed TO economizc, so that the usunl MI
lowance for extra expenses for the month was NOR,
than sufficient for another
Occupied as she was in the generous sacrifices
for her husbands interests she did not FORGET tbf
Kindness and attention due her friend Mr.. and Mrs
whey were made welcome to her freside till he
could determine what should be his fate for the fi
ture Too late for Mrs. w. to nerpose for he,
husband, as she saw, by timely warning. hel
friend was able to do, she could only seek to sns
tain him in his painful abors by her unfailinr cheer
iuness. True she felt the keenness of the stroke
but forgot her in the effort to encourn &c
one who had ruined himself, rather than pain. bv n
refusal, the wife he so fondly loved His sorrow
was great. Had he confded, as he should, it might
have been different But, accustomed as she had
ever been, to luxury, he could not tell the effect
and but followed the dictates of blind love, in
thus concealing all till the last moment.
Nor is his a solitary case. Many man, with
nerve enough to face a lannon's mouth in time of
battle, dares not explain his circumstances to the
wife Of his bosom. Whether there be n deficiency
OF courage, or confidence, others must determine
Enough that so it is, and probably always will be-
though from sundry methods Of reasoning one is
led sometimes to conclude that different arrange
ment would be productive of greater amount OF
good.
In the storm that fell so heavily on Mr. WILEY
others shared. One after another followed in the
tram, till confidence was entirely lost man
dared not trust his best friend Many who would
have been saved from utter ruin, by the loan of a
few thousands, could find none with either the pow
or or the will to do them the favor.
MIR. liarcourt daily feared share in the general
RUN. If his last adventure proved unsuccessful
all was lost. He had 50 far been able to meet his
engagements, but how soon his resources nigh,
fail, he knew not. But, be the consequences what
they might, the keen edge of sorrow was removed
by the fact that his wife prepared to bear pa
tlently whatever might befall him Her untirno
devotion, her daily self denial, and above all, hei
constant cheeruness, made him doubly ashamed
OF his foolish mutterlngs about the unreasonable
ness OF women in general, and his wife in particu
lar. To call her eXacting or thoughtless, was, il
his estimation, crime, now that he daily witness
ed her heroic conservation of herself to the for
warding of his purposes and his plans. Whether
he confessed his sins in this particular, remains Q
matter OF wonder, as if he did his Nell, as he call
ed her, mad faculty OF keeping such matters as
safely as she would the keys to her closets.
10 say her womanly vanity would have been
somewhat wounded, is doubtless true; but wheth
err personal pique could have been excited by such
a confession, Is no matter Of speculation. AS q
true woman, she knew no difference between hei
own and the rights of her husband. The hand
that clasped his in friendly greeting, was as ready
to labor for his comfort. The heart that beat re.
sponsive to his love. could nerve itself to bear his
cares, or if need be, sustain the heavier part of his
burden. But there is no use in moraliznc The
adventure in which Mr.. Harcourt was engaged
proved successful and the catastrophe so feared
by the avalls of the same fully averted. The les
son learned by the short experience he had in wo-
manly courage, led him to form higher estimate
II possible, of The value of the jewel that adorned
his dwelling.
Ills friend Wiley, through the means, obtained a
favorable situation as clerk in large establishment
ana encouraged to effort by the daily zeal of his
Wlie III dong her part toward making life comfort
able, experienced more real happiness than he had
ever before enjoyed. His plans ere submitted to
her III confidence, and her approval is the incentive
to renewed eXertlon. The only regret in which he
INDUCES, is his foolish fear in former times, to an
noy her by such dry details as his personal busi-
ness He has learned a lesson not soon to be for
gotten.
Should fortune again favor him---as he some
times whispers to himself that, perchance she may
he is fully determined never to keep his affairs
to HIMSELF since he knows so safe deposite for
them all. While Harcourt daily blesses his stars,
that he had the moral courage to consult duty be-
fore love, he finds +lle two are so closely united
that the one cannot be trifed with at the expense
of the other