Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-02-21

learned 10 my extreme modification, thai
nv husband had become a Mason. 1 at
tu51lel II TO your influence, and I nee 4
not cay what my feelings we're towards I
YOU or my husband l at oaee cane TO
the CONCLUSION that my domestic happiness
wis nj cod but | resolved that my COO
duet ~ all tie relations Of wife and mother.
should be such that the world should sec
that hsd done ell a woman should DO.
Some three or four months aiicr learned
my husband had joined the Masons, a cir
eumslanee socarred that for The first time
gave me any reason TO doub, his integrity
II was one OF The coolest nights last winter
that my husband returned at a late hour,
and SAID to nv. Margaret, cannot you DO
without your blanket shawlf' / replied
that could He asked me TO get II for
him, and bring him bed-spread OF com
lon. l handed the sricles 10 him, and be
Immediately leh the house. went TO the
window, and by tho light from the lamps.
q scovered another man with large bask-
e. the shawl aud comfort were placed in
u. and they soon disappeared My hus
band returned IN about hall an hour !
had rctifed-and he had every reason TO
suppose that | was asleep but was not
neither did clese my eyes with sleep that
night | expected 10 the morning, as a
matter Of course he would have some story
prepared to explain his mysterious conduct
This be failed 10 do, which induced me 10
keep sharp lookout for my shawl, for
| knew that il could once get my eve
on II, | would be able TO unrsvel the whole
mystery.
- l. was not long nher, as | was on the
street, that a female whIsked pas: upon
whom discovered my shawl The good
for noihiag huzzy, l thought, while a glow
OF triumph thrilled every nerve, and quick
ened my pace 10 the pursuit. | followed
her closely from one street TO another into
The fourth story of book bndery. saw
her very composedly lay aside my shaw,
and ST down 10 her work, where, urged
on by that Unsuitable desire to get the ciew
TO my husbands perhty, | soon learned
the street and number OF her residence and
Immediately left for it. was not miEak
en- either, for | saw my comfort there
The whole secret flashed upon my mind
4. once, clearly as if i, had been written
by sunbeam from Heavea- There |
lound a widowed mother IN the last stages
Of consump iion, and three children depend
rat upon the scanly pIuance earned by the
elder sister, whom | had so susplclousIy
followed. | learned from The lips Of the
dying woman u lesson that in oil my phi
.osgphy. had never dreamed of--such O
tale 81 sorrow had never listened lo-anl
when she related the deed Of charity tha
had been the cause OF oil my unhappincss
| ieiI that there wa, not room IN my bosom
10 appreciate the disinteresled benoyolenct
G of my husband She said, | DO not know
+ how we should have lived but for the kind
5 ness OF Two persons who came here lal'
: one night and LEFT basket filled with pro
J, visions, some bed clothes, shawl and fy,
j dollars. They just opened The door, an.
u set IN The basket. saying - accept this, nnC
y ask no questions, and LEFT before had lim'
U 10 inquire their names do mol know whC
{ they were. aud have had some doub;
= where these things came, but / never lor
J. coI IN my daily payer to Him who open
eth his band and hileth the poor Yah bread
T that II these were men, TO keep them anC
hcirs from the sorrows aud affections with
which have been sisled left he hous,
. better woman than when ! entered II
; But the grand secret o. Masonry" said |
thought you were 10 tell what Il is 2
I Shf replied, d. II Is to do good and not te!
Of u Masonic Reuiel0.