The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-04-06
NIisrelIaneur Q II 8
PATCHULY, OR TEST OF THE LIPS
CHAPTER

CHAPTER I.
1t is known to all lovers of sweet aromas
that there is very costly and fashionable per
fume bearing the unseemly looking term
which we have placed at the head of our story.
But as much in vogue as this charming
scent now is, it is not very long time ago
since it was first introduced upon the toilets OF
the fair ladies this side of the Atlantic. Its
origin is Parisian and as the first its rare and
delicate odor, with its costliness, united it ex-
clusively to royal patronage.
It is at this period that our story opens; the
scene however, is not laid in Paris, but in
Boston.
By window in a drawing room of hand
somely furnished house, sat a young married
woman, her cheek resting on her fair hand,
and her eyes setupon small parterre of flow
ers that interviewed between the mansion and
the street The roseate glow of twilight lent
glory to hen brow, which was lofty and beau
tifully shaped. The lady was dressed with
simplicity and taste in white, her dark brown
hair bound around her head in graceful band
of folds, with tress or two falling beneath
her ear and resting upon her snowy neck. Her
beauty was without fault, save that her cheek
was something pale, and her look disturbed
and anxious.
She sighed heavily, and lifting her eyes
from the parterre for an instant let them rest
upon the moulded arm which had supported
her cheek The arm was bare in its loose
sleeve, and clasped at the wrist by bracelet
of golden links The shape oft was incompa-
Erable. A painter would have done homage to
its faultless outline. She regarded it a mo-
ment or two and sighed heavily.
"What is beauty to me if no longer binds
Edward to my side 90 she said sadly ave
have been but a year and half married, and
already his heart is estranged-his love is
another's, He once praised my arm and cal
led it faultless. He once called me beautiful
beyond all my SEX He used to tell me that
one hour of my society was dearer to him than
whole years would be, in the presence of 9TH
ers. Butnow how changed is his conduct from
these protestatons, / know he no longer loves
me. He cares but lightly for my society. l
know that another has taken from me- That
lovei Oh, that he had never beheld her
Her beauty has ensnared him, and my pow
er over him is gone At this moment, instead
of sitting here by my side or walking with
me abroad enjoying my society and sympathis-
ing with me in beauty of the scenery and of
the hour he is with her. Perhaps at this mo-
ment she leans upon his arm, and looking up
into hiss face with her deep blue eyes, listens
enraptured to his voice as he bends tenderly
towards her and discourses of love. That
low voice which is mine only to listen to-that
arm, which it is my wifely privilege to be sus-
tanned by, at such an hour and time''
Sister Clara said a voice near by her
'Ah, Frank how softly you entered she
exclaimed with surprise and slight confusion.
No. came as usual but you were so much
engaged in taking to yourself that you did
not regard my STEP Are you jealous of Ed
wardP said the young man, laughing as he
threw himself upon the ottoman by her, and
took her beautiful hand in his.
am not jealous brother; but don't like
Edwards attentions to Miss Lawrence"
why it is nothing, Clara. You know he
was at College with her brother, and they
we're very intimate, and he looks upon Emma
only as sister,
No, Frank, he doesn't only look upon her
as sister. His manner in her society is not
the same as it is in her sisters
what is it like then?'
tits like his manner to me when we were
engaged He regards her with the same ex-
preston with which he used to look upon me-
Y ou need not smile Frank. tits ome very
serious matter. | am satisfied that Edward
loves Emma Lawrence
"Eolly Emma, you know is a clever girl;
she is very fond of literature and so is Ned
she writes poetry and so does he; She.
4 know all that you can say, and it is these
very accomplishments which, added to her
beauty, have ensnared his heart Why should
he sosoften seek her society and leave mine ?
The husbands presence will be where his
heart is. Edward scarcely passes an evening
with me-"
4 am sure he does.'
DO you know it sis ?"
where else should he go? Besides he is