The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-10-13

A nd that as quickly dies. There are SUCH
flowers,
Bat oh, they are not Love. .'-kNowLEs.
Mabel Gold had many suitors. for she
wasa beauty and an heiress. She was
proud Of her personal charms, and proud
er s,ill Of the wealth which she had 1t 10
her power to confer. with her hand, upon
the husband whom she might choose
Beauty has always it's crowd of admirersi
aud s,ill more numerous are the f1atterers
and parasite that hover about the shrine
Of wealth. The homage that was & gladly
offered the presents, rich and rare which
were made to her, she rightly attributed
to the influence Of her rank and station;
and when the novelty and excitement Of
these tribu,es wore off she concluded that
new pleasures of more brilliant and en-.
during character, might be Insured 6y the
addition Of more riches to her already
great possessions. The young Earl ot
rul,pine was Among her sultors; AID the
revenue Of his iordship's estates having
accumulated during a long minority he
was cons,dered a desirable match b> all
the intriguing mammas VIII" had daughters
to be married. But the Earl 1T Iuilpine
was Q e,amuured OF Mabel Gold.
The Earl uf Tulipine was as desirons
Of the wu,ld's homage as the beauty her
self to whom lie offered his address. HIS
object was to make a sensa lou. III"
form was perfect; his lace accorded with
the s,ric,est rutes Of manly beauty; aud
he took pains TO set uf the advantage OF
nature with all the appliance of art. HIS
perseverlug attentions grati6ed the vani.
ty OF Madel Gold; aud when he made pro.
teslations Of love, he aw akened corres>
ponding sentiment IN ,hs.heiress. They
luved-or thought they loved.
The marriage Of tue Earl Of Tulipine
TO the Honorbie Mabel Gold created q
sensation in high life. The ""p'ual 'est''
yit,es filled columns of the fashionable
newspapers, and for mine days at least
1.-THE average duration Of the lie Of a woD-
der) nothing else was talked of, thought oi,
drempt OF. The happy pair left IOWA 'o
spend the honey-moon at delightful re-
treat belonging tot mutual friend, aud
hefore the honey moon was over, Mabel
Guld, her beauty, and her fortune, we're
well nigh forgotten in the SENSATIONS tha'
were awakened by some other brilliant
. novelty which engaged attention, and
awakened eDthusiasm.
' The Earl and Countess Of Tulipine
emerged into the gay world, and the
e splendor Of the ladys beauty, aud the
magn6cence uf her parties, were talked
of and admired. But MaheIs dream OF
ambition was not realized. She required
a worlds devotion. She wished 10 sec
hearts bowed down at her feet, lanyuish
ing Tor a smile winch sue would give, and
SO renew their life. She had the power to
increse the artificial glorles that surround
ed her; but. with her increase OF wealth.
the object she had 10 view receded fro"l
her. She turned to her husband for con
solatiou; but Lord Tulipine was eDgross-
, ed by the world. He had won the most
beautiful woman OF the day, and lie de-
4 lighted 10 carrying her about to parties
aud balls, as a conqner"r might carry
about with him the trophies of glorious
victory. Noon gay I"appearence, or
SO bright in conversation. abroad, as the
. Earl Ut Tulip,ne-no one 50 dull as the
Earl Of TuIip,ue at home.
Two years passed on. and the freshness
/; and novelty Of the EarI's prize wore of
: II is then, W here love exists, that its pres.
ence IS revealed. IL s not 10 the first
, ua,. Of married lite that love may be
Io.ked for because a spurious Love may
: wear the appearance of the true, aud VI
ten does SO. But enter the home of the
married pair after two years have passed,
and you may then Judge whether or not
: Love is the presiding spirit there.
Twoyears passed on, and what was Ma
bel Gold! The dream Of her lite was
ended. She had aimed at the conquest oi
a hundred hearts, and failed TO secure even
the ons that had become her own. She
was a neglected wife. Lord Tu'iP'ne
f,,nd no amusement at home. Mabel
Gold had not been educated for home en-
io,ments-she had thought only OF COO
, aues,s-of brilliant displays Of fashionable
par,ies-of grand entertainments OF her
,wo-spd ,he was still charming ami i'm
pressive on these occasions, but such &C.
cassisns were not constantly recurrin g;
they had Intervals, sometimes long aud
dreary cues; and between the fashionable
sea.ous there 10 . period which had aiwsys
been tedious Of Mabel, aud The weight u
which now became iss"pPorisbis. A
,ovutry house was terrible to her. AZ