Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-23

mounted almost to aversion. Heconsultee
her taste in every thing and seemed to have
no will but hers.'
'tWell, Leo, only look at this man one
year after marriage, nay one month, for he
began immediately, Hecould not bear to
hear her laugh; heicould not bear to see
her pleased with anysenes conversation
j he sneered at her wheneversshe opened her
i lips-unobserved, mind, by others. By
d his hard manner he drove off all her early
4 associates, those vino loved her dearly and
could have comforfed her. His eye that
little red eve Of his's@ aepk 1nhansWheiss
fever She opened her lips to- speak, or to
. give an opinion-and it had the power of
serpent over her. There is. no thraldom,
Leo, like the thraldom of asnarried man S
eye. He expected impossibilities, almost,
from her, for her constitution was very
delicate, and when she did the utmost that
her feeble strength allowed, he sneered at
her. At table, he never helped her to any
thing he, thought she liked. She could not
bear rare meat, neither could he,
yet am told that in his own house he
would not allow the cook to send up the
meat well done, lest his wife might per.
chance get piece that she liked He ac-
tually punished himself that he'. might
scourge his unofending wife. If in the
most humble way, when she thought he
was particularly good humored, she asked
him for slice not quite so rare, he would
say some brutal or unfeeling thing to her,
for which the very negro in waiting would
like to kick him. If he deigned to help
her to another piece, it was cut from q
burnt, hard part, equally unpalatabe.
She never eat mouthtul at that wretch's'
table without insult or taunt.
sit was fortunate that this poor young
creature had no children, for his nature
was such that verify believe he would
have tormented them for the pleasure of
tormenting his wife. When she found that
all was denied her in this world, she turned
her affections to another and a better.
There she found peace and love-a love
tender and enduring. She fell sick at
length, and then you should have seen the
hypocrite. Oh how he would run for the
leecher--for the doctor, and the clergy
man! You would have thought him the
most devoted and tender Of husbands AL
most every one, save the servants and your
aunt Phillida, were deceived Even the
doctor called him pattern-husband.
"How he must have shrunk from the
touch of the good clergyman, on the day
after the funerali The reve rend man
dearly loved his pure and gentle wife, and
it went hard with him to part with her, but
with all the confidence she reposed in MIN,
she never breathed syllable Of her hus.
bands undertaking petty tyranny. Rest,
therefore, in peace, my son!' said he Us he
arose to leave the room, placing his hand
on her cruel husbands head, 'as. she for
whom you mourn is now in heaven. You
tenderly loved her, you sustained her in
sickness and sorrow, and you comforted
her in the last trying moments. Your con-
science must acquit you of the slightest in
territorial unkindness, for you were all that
tender conslderate husband should be-
Grieve not, therefore, like one without
hope; but let US initiate the purity and nj
tegrity of her life, so that in the end your
spirit may again be united to hers"
"Would you believe it, Leo?-the hypo-
crite told all this to one of his friends?
There he comes again. Only hear that
laugh! Just SO he roar ed, and made fun
when he was breaking his wife's heart at
home. Jokes? No one could have din
ner or supper party without him. He
afterwards married Lavina Marks, on the
strength of his goodness to his first wife
and have no doubt the same thing will op-
crate on the mind of Mss PARCELS and her
father. Poor Christiana Dell! But she is
far happier where she is now, than she could
ha cvan if T)a vSon xuera not hrIlta Ruf
come, let US sally out; 1t is visiting time,
and we owe great number of visits. So,
here we are-thls is Ormsby's house. Now,
Leo, look out for the married mans eye."
The newly-married couple were sitting
together very lovingly, and everything a.
round them was bride-like and comfortable.
They jumped up quickly to welcome us,
for my uncle, as said, was general fa-
vorite. He praised everything over and O.
yer again, even the ugly clock on the man.
tie piece had his kind notice.
eyes, knew you would like it, said the
lively little lad y, 'but James does not think
it suitable for this small room. 1t is rath-
er large, to be sure, but then bronze is SO
much more fashionable than gold. am
sorry now, since he dislikes it so much,
that did not take the gilt one. Then, he
thought as thought, and as | uniformly
preferred the bronze clock, why he was
only too happy to approve-was you not,
James? never heard, then, Of his dislike
to this poor clock, but a month after mar
riage makes great difference, you know
Mr.. Andover."
While she was laughing gaily, in the
pride and joy of young BRIDES heart
Ormsby was trying to catch her eye.
saw that her prattle disconnected him, ano
he wanted to stop her, but she ran on, ane
nv uncle listened with rs much glee anc
innocence as herself Ormsby walked a
cross the room, so as to get in front Of her
under the pretence of getting the clocl
straight.
-sI believe James is satisfied with all my
purchases said she, 'but that foolish clock
and if l could, would change it yet io
the gold one. Why, only little before
you came in -"
Her husband caught her eye this time
and his look quelled her, for her laugh an
her joyousness were at an end. She wa
puzzled to know why her little nonsens
, was taken amiss now, when it was alway